Communicating the harms of methamphetamine use to men who have sex with men

Key take-home messages

• Focus groups within the community can provide useful insight on how methamphetamine is used among men who have sex with men in the local context.
• Media campaigns aimed at discouraging use or uptake of methamphetamine among men who have sex with men have conflicting results.
• Using the sex-based sociality framework may have useful implications when designing education campaigns or harm reduction interventions among men who have sex with men.
• There is a dearth of research examining the spectrum of methamphetamine use between primary prevention and treatment; research examining contextual factors influencing methamphetamine is needed.

• Population(s)
  • Men who have sex with men
  • People who use drugs
• Prevention
  • Drug use behaviours/harm reduction