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Characteristics associated with group sex participation among men and women in the club drug scene

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: This study examined the demographics, substance use and sexual risk behaviours associated with group sex (GS) participation among a sample of club drug users (n=498) in Miami. Men (n=128; 46.3%) and women (n=75; 33.7%) reported histories of GS. Group sex participation among men and women was associated with heroin and injection drug use, trading or selling sex, and sex while high, compared with no GS participation. Moreover, among men, GS was associated with buying sex and sex with an injection drug user; among women, GS was associated with substance dependence, a history of sexually transmissible infections and crack cocaine use, compared with no GS participation.

Source: Sexual Health

DOI: 10.1071/sh15071

Authors: Mance E. Buttram, Steven P. Kurtz

Language: English

Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Award: A Self-Assessment Intervention for Young Adult Polydrug Users at Risk for HIV