Sexual health risk among dance drug users: Cross-sectional comparisons with nationally representative data

Abstract Aims To describe the sexual behaviour and related risk of a sample of dance drug users and compare this with data from the UK National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles 2000 survey. Methods Cross-sectional purposive sampling using both self-completion postal and web-based questionna...

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Published in:The International journal of drug policy 2008-08, Vol.19 (4), p.304-310
Main Authors: Mitcheson, Luke, McCambridge, Jim, Byrne, Angela, Hunt, Neil, Winstock, Adam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Condoms - utilization
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dance clubs
Dance drug use
Drug abuse
Drug addicts
Drug users
Female
Health Promotion
Humans
Internal Medicine
Leisure
Life Style
Male
Medical Education
Nightclubbing
Recreation
Risk Factors
Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Sexual behaviour
Sexual health
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology
Sexually transmitted infections
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
United Kingdom
Unsafe sex
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Summary:Abstract Aims To describe the sexual behaviour and related risk of a sample of dance drug users and compare this with data from the UK National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles 2000 survey. Methods Cross-sectional purposive sampling using both self-completion postal and web-based questionnaires. Findings This sample of dance drug users are more sexually active and have more concurrent partners than the general population. Rates of anal or vaginal sex within the last year without condom use are high and of concern (men 80 per cent; women 90 per cent). These dance drug users appear also to have higher lifetime prevalence of sexually transmitted infections than the general population and are also more likely to have ever attended a sexual health clinic. Conclusions Clubbing and dance drug use, as part of a socially active lifestyle, is associated with elevated and pronounced sexual health risk. Future epidemiological studies of sexual health risk should incorporate investigation of both clubbing and recreational drug use in order to confirm the representativeness of these observations. Clubbers should be considered a target for dedicated sexual health promotion interventions, which may also be combined with interventions targeting drug and alcohol use.
ISSN:0955-3959
1873-4758
DOI:10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.02.002