Cross Track Session 1: Sexualised drug use among gay, bisexual and other MSM: exploring assumptions, motivations and implications
Tracks
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| Wednesday, September 26, 2018 |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
| Grand Lodge (Level 1) |
Details
Learning Objectives: 1) To examine the patterns of drug use, including sexualised drug use, among gay and bisexual men in Australia 2) To challenge common assumptions about the role of drugs in sexual risk-taking and the interaction between drug use and mental health. 2) To examine motivations for, and positive impacts of, using drugs in a sexual context. 3) To explore how sexual health and harm reduction professionals can meaningfully engage with GBMSM about sexualised drug use in a way that takes account of such motivations.
Speaker
Dr Mo Hammoud
Senior Research Fellow & Research Group Leader
LGBTQ+ Population Health Research Group, Kirby Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney
Prof Garrett Prestage
Program Coordinator
Kirby Institute
Prof Jennifer Power
Deputy Director
ARCSHS La Trobe
Kane Race
University of Sydney
Peter Locke
Acting Director of Services
Thorne Harbour Health
Panel Discussion
Panellists: Joanne Bryant, Mohamed Hammoud, Garrett Prestage, Jennifer Power, Kane Race and Peter Locke
2:20 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
Chair
Joanne Bryant
Professor
UNSW, School of Social Sciences
Mo Hammoud
Senior Research Fellow & Research Group Leader
LGBTQ+ Population Health Research Group, Kirby Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney
