Abstract
Despite emerging evidence of the efficacy and continued importance of sexual health outreach within public sex environments (PSE), current literature fails to examine how such interventions work. Accordingly, we present a qualitative process evaluation of an innovative PSE outreach service in England, UK. Through interviewing volunteers (n = 5), cruisers (n = 14), and all salaried staff (n = 5), we provide an insider's perspective highlighting both the challenges of PSE outreach provision and the unique solutions developed locally. Outreach success is achieved through respecting the local sexual culture within which cruising activities occur. Moreover, this illustrates the importance of local cultural sensitivity when delivering health promotion in challenging settings.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 22-32 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of LGBT Health Research |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2009 |
Funding
We express our gratitude to all the people who took the time to participate in this study, particularly the SOS team and volunteers. This work was funded by City of Brighton and Hove Primary Care Trust.
Keywords
- HIV prevention
- men who have sex with men
- outreach work
- process evaluation
- public sex environments
- sexual cultures
- UK