Getting Clear About Crystal Meth

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Getting Clear About Crystal Meth

• Survey results and demographics
• Implications for future Center web-based
  education and health promotion efforts

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Why Crystal Meth Matters to Our Communities
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Crystal Meth use among MSM CDC National HIV
Behavioral Surveillance Survey
Preliminary data. Sources Raymond-Fisher 2005,
Bingham 2005, Murrill 2005, Sifakis 2005,
Prachand, 2005
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Association between Meth Use and STIs

• Meth use is associated with sexual risk behavior
  among MSM (especially URA)
• 2. MSM meth users (vs. non-users) are 2 times
  more likely to be HIV
• 3. MSM Meth users (vs. non-users) had twice as
  many partners in the prior 4 weeks
• were 1.7 times more likely to have gonorrhea
• were 1.9 times more likely to have chlamydia
• were 4.9 times more likely to have syphilis

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Crystal Meth Site and Survey Facts

• THEN
• 10,000 unique visitors to Center web site monthly
  
• launched March 1st, 2004
• 100 unique visitors to Crystal Meth site per
  month in March
• 500 by June
• 1000 page impressions per month
• 1022 surveys completed and submitted
• 5 of visitors visited crystal meth site
• CURRENT
• 30,000 unique visitors to Center web site monthly
• 500 visitors to meth website, 1000 page
  impressions or 1.6
• 500 additional completed surveys since July 2005

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Survey Results

• March 2, 2004 May 12th, 2005
• 1022 complete submitted surveys

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Demographics
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6 identity as transgender

• 1/3 FTM
• 1/3 MTF
• 1/3 gender variant

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Race Ethnicity
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Residence
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Crystal Meth Info
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USE

• The majority of respondents, 57 are gay men of
  whom
• 24 percent have never used methamphetamine
• 19 have tried it at least once
• 24 percent use it 1-2 times per month
• Only 8 self-report as daily users of which 9
  percent identify as in need of help to stop using
• 23 are heterosexually identified of which 76
  have used, or report as currently using, meth.
• These figures indicate that the majority of site
  visitors are in a primary prevention or early
  intervention category in which provision of
  education and an opportunity to look at the
  consequences of use may be effective as primary
  prevention or early intervention

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Lesbian-identified Crystal Meth Users

• 62 respondents or 6 of all survey respondents
  identified as lesbian
• 36 not users 64 users
• 14 of lesbian survey respondents using meth
  monthly
• 17 of lesbian survey respondents using meth 1-3
  x weekly
• 25 of lesbian survey respondents daily users

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August 2004 March 2005 Update

• Survey responses slowed from average of 125
  complete submissions per month to an average of
  50 completed submissions per month.
• New question broke down residency to specific
  boroughs of Manhattan ( see next slide).
• Trends in this data set that differ from first
  one-
• age of respondents dropping , with more in their
  twenties
• more frequent use reported
• more reports of not being able to stop using or
  unsure they can stop using
• 4. other data very similar

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NEW YORK CITYn381

• 89 respondents or 23 of all respondents in this
  time period
• 13 Bronx
• 15 Brooklyn
• 60 Manhattan
• 8 Queens
• 4 Staten Island

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On line Survey Meth Use Data NYC- 8/05 - 3/06

• 12 Bronx respondents, all whom reported meth use
  on a regular basis
• Manhattan and Brooklyn respondents had highest
  percentage of weekend use
• Staten Island survey numbers very small,
  insignificant reports of meth use
• While 33 of all respondents from around the
  country reported never using or trying meth, only
  8 of all NYC respondents reported never trying
  or using meth

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Lessons Learned

• New content every 6 months invite contributors
  but screen them
• New headers , new ads at least every 3 months
• Google key words
• Video clips less than 1.5 minutes
• Quick and dirty surveys work
• Raffles are nice BUT..
• Data analysis is a big big task