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ArticleCulture, health & sexuality2018

A latent class analysis of substance use and culture among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.

Kiffer G Card, Heather L Armstrong, Allison Carter, Zishan Cui, Lu Wang, Julia Zhu, Nathan J Lachowsky, David M Moore, Robert S Hogg, Eric A Roth

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Article in Culture, health & sexuality, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kiffer G Carda Faculty of Health Science , Simon Fraser University , Burnaby , Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6545-1249
Heather L Armstrongb BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS , Vancouver , Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1071-8644
Allison Cartera Faculty of Health Science , Simon Fraser University , Burnaby , Canada.
Zishan Cuib BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS , Vancouver , Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9236-3890
Lu Wangb BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS , Vancouver , Canada.
Julia Zhub BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS , Vancouver , Canada.
Nathan J Lachowskyd School of Public Health and Social Policy , University of Victoria , Victoria , Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6336-8780
David M Moorec Faculty of Medicine , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , Canada.
Robert S Hogga Faculty of Health Science , Simon Fraser University , Burnaby , Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3463-5488
Eric A Rothe Department of Anthropology , University of Victoria , Victoria , Canada.
AIDS Vancouver · CASimon Fraser University · CAUniversity of Victoria · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

Seek and Treat for Optimal Prevention of HIV & AIDS (STOP HIV/AIDS) in BCR01DA036307 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA · PI MONTANER, JULIO SERGIO GONZALEZ · 2013 to 2017
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HAART optimism, drug use and risky sexual behavior among MSM in British Columbia.R01DA031055 · NIDA · SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY · PI HOGG, ROBERT S · 2011 to 2015
$2.0M
CIHR MFE-152443CIHR MOP-107544CIHR MOP-143342CIHR PJT-15139NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA031055NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA036307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Assessments of gay and bisexual men's substance use often obscures salient sociocultural and identity-related experiences related to how they use drugs. Latent class analysis was used to examine how patterns of substance use represent the social, economic and identity-related experiences of this population. Participants were sexually active gay and bisexual men (including other men who have sex with men), aged ≥ 16 years, living in Metro Vancouver (n = 774). LCA indicators included all substances used in the past six months self-reported by more than 30 men. Model selection was made with consideration to model parsimony, interpretability and optimisation of statistical criteria. Multinomial regression identified factors associated with class membership. A six-class solution was identified representing: 'assorted drug use' (4.5%); 'club drug use' (9.5%); 'street drug use' (12.1%); 'sex drug use' (11.4%); 'conventional drug use' (i.e. tobacco, alcohol, marijuana; 25.9%); and 'limited drug use' (36.7%). Factors associated with class membership included age, sexual orientation, annual income, occupation, income from drug sales, housing stability, group sex event participation, gay bars/clubs attendance, sensation seeking and escape motivation. These results highlight the need for programmes and policies that seek to lessen social disparities and account for social distinctions among this population.

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BisexualityCultureHomosexuality, MaleAdultBritish ColumbiaCross-Sectional StudiesHumansLatent Class AnalysisMaleSelf ReportSubstance-Related DisordersCanadacommunitygay and bisexual menlatent class analysisSubstance use

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PMID29589798
PMCPMC6162168
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