Faculty Articles
Title
Club Drug Use, Sexual Behavior, and HIV Risk Among Community and Internet Samples of Hispanic MSM: Implications for Clinicians
ISBN or ISSN
1533-256X
Publication Title
Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
Volume
5
Issue
4
Publication Date / Copyright Date
1-1-2005
First Page
81
Last Page
100
DOI Number
10.1300/J160v05n04_06
Abstract
Hispanic men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk of HIV infection. This study reports on the club drug use and sexual behaviors of two distinct samples (community and Internet) of Hispanic MSM living in the AIDS epicenter of Miami-Dade County. Both samples reported high rates of unprotected anal sex and high numbers of sex partners; rates of club drug use (cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamines, GHB, amyl nitrites, and Viagra) were also high. Recent use of club drugs was associated with both unprotected receptive and insertive anal sex in the Internet sample, but not in the community sample. Implications for social work practice are discussed.
Disciplines
Medical Specialties | Medicine and Health Sciences | Osteopathic Medicine and Osteopathy
File Exists
mariafer/intellcont/Fernandez_Club Drug Use Sexual Bx HIV Risk-1.pdf
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NSUWorks Citation
Fernandez, Maria I.; Perrino, Tatiana; Bowen, George Stephen; Hernandez, Nilda; Cardenas, Saray A.; Marsh, David; and Rehbein, Alfredo, "Club Drug Use, Sexual Behavior, and HIV Risk Among Community and Internet Samples of Hispanic MSM: Implications for Clinicians" (2005). Faculty Articles. 221.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_com_faculty_articles/221