Sex, Meth and HIV

This video is part of the NIDA series At the Intersection: Stories of Research, Compassion, and HIV Services for People who Use Drugs.

One 2020 study found as many as 1 in 3 new HIV transmissions among sexual and gender minorities involve people who regularly use methamphetamine. NIDA supports research to better understand why people who use meth may be more likely to experience poor HIV outcomes and to discover effective ways to prevent and treat HIV in this population.

In this video, HIV advocate and artist Ken Williams speaks to Christian Gov, Ph.D., of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health, and Adam Carrico, Ph.D., of the University of Miami, about their NIDA-supported research on preventing and treating HIV among sexual minority men who use meth. Sarit Golub, Ph.D., M.P.H., of CUNY Hunter College, and people with lived experience at the intersection of substance use and HIV also share their insights on the ways stigma and other factors can impact access to HIV services.

Learn more about this project: https://nida.nih.gov/about-nida/noras...

Learn more about HIV and substance use: https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/hiv

Interviews were filmed in June 2022. See other videos in NIDA’s “At the Intersection: HIV & Substance Use Research” series:    • At the Intersection: HIV & Substance ...  

This video can also be viewed at https://nida.nih.gov/videos/sex-meth-hiv.

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