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Club Drugs and HIV/STD Infection: An Exploratory Analysis among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Changsha, China
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate current club drug use and its potential association with the transmission of HIV/STD among Changsha men who have sex with men (MSM). METHOD: A cross-sectional survey was conducted by using self-administered questionnaires including information regarding socio-demographics, clu...
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2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4423981/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25950912 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126320 |
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author | Chen, Xi Li, Xingli Zheng, Jun Zhao, Junshi He, Jianmei Zhang, Guoqiang Tang, Xuemin |
author_facet | Chen, Xi Li, Xingli Zheng, Jun Zhao, Junshi He, Jianmei Zhang, Guoqiang Tang, Xuemin |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate current club drug use and its potential association with the transmission of HIV/STD among Changsha men who have sex with men (MSM). METHOD: A cross-sectional survey was conducted by using self-administered questionnaires including information regarding socio-demographics, club drug use, high-risk behaviors, and HIV/STD infections. Multiple methods including venue-based, peer referral using “snowball” techniques, and internet advertisements were used to recruit study participants. RESULTS: Of the 826 participants, 177 (21.4%) reported that they had used club drugs at some time before or during sex in the past six months. MSM with young age, low education level, and seeking partners through the internet or bars were the main population who used drugs. Poppers were the most common drug used among Changsha MSM. The prevalence of HIV, syphilis, and herpes simplex virus-2 were higher among drug users. There were no significant differences in unprotected sexual intercourse and condom use between drug users and non-users. Compared with non-users, risk behaviors such as group sex, multiple sex partners, and sex with foreigners were more frequent among drug users. CONCLUSION: Club drug use is common among Changsha MSM, and is related to unsafe sex activities and HIV/STD infection. It is necessary to build novel targeted HIV prevention strategies to monitor and reduce club drug use among MSM. |
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spelling | pubmed-44239812015-05-13 Club Drugs and HIV/STD Infection: An Exploratory Analysis among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Changsha, China Chen, Xi Li, Xingli Zheng, Jun Zhao, Junshi He, Jianmei Zhang, Guoqiang Tang, Xuemin PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVE: To evaluate current club drug use and its potential association with the transmission of HIV/STD among Changsha men who have sex with men (MSM). METHOD: A cross-sectional survey was conducted by using self-administered questionnaires including information regarding socio-demographics, club drug use, high-risk behaviors, and HIV/STD infections. Multiple methods including venue-based, peer referral using “snowball” techniques, and internet advertisements were used to recruit study participants. RESULTS: Of the 826 participants, 177 (21.4%) reported that they had used club drugs at some time before or during sex in the past six months. MSM with young age, low education level, and seeking partners through the internet or bars were the main population who used drugs. Poppers were the most common drug used among Changsha MSM. The prevalence of HIV, syphilis, and herpes simplex virus-2 were higher among drug users. There were no significant differences in unprotected sexual intercourse and condom use between drug users and non-users. Compared with non-users, risk behaviors such as group sex, multiple sex partners, and sex with foreigners were more frequent among drug users. CONCLUSION: Club drug use is common among Changsha MSM, and is related to unsafe sex activities and HIV/STD infection. It is necessary to build novel targeted HIV prevention strategies to monitor and reduce club drug use among MSM. Public Library of Science 2015-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4423981/ /pubmed/25950912 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126320 Text en © 2015 Chen et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Chen, Xi Li, Xingli Zheng, Jun Zhao, Junshi He, Jianmei Zhang, Guoqiang Tang, Xuemin Club Drugs and HIV/STD Infection: An Exploratory Analysis among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Changsha, China |
title | Club Drugs and HIV/STD Infection: An Exploratory Analysis among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Changsha, China |
title_full | Club Drugs and HIV/STD Infection: An Exploratory Analysis among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Changsha, China |
title_fullStr | Club Drugs and HIV/STD Infection: An Exploratory Analysis among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Changsha, China |
title_full_unstemmed | Club Drugs and HIV/STD Infection: An Exploratory Analysis among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Changsha, China |
title_short | Club Drugs and HIV/STD Infection: An Exploratory Analysis among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Changsha, China |
title_sort | club drugs and hiv/std infection: an exploratory analysis among men who have sex with men in changsha, china |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4423981/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25950912 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126320 |
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