Publications
Here you can find links to most of our academic papers, published in peer review journals. Please click on the image or link to go to the paper / abstract online. Some academic journals allow folk to freely download the whole paper but most require a membership or fee. If you'd like to read one of our papers but don't have access to the journal, please send us an email as we may be able to help share this with you.
C19 Mental Health
5 April 2022
Strongylou, Flowers & Frankis
Hlth Psych and Bhvrl Med
C19 Mental Health
In preparation
What is the impact of social distancing on GBM’s mental and wider health and how does psychological resilience mediate this impact?
Frankis, Strongylou & Flowers
In preparation
TBA
Mental Health
6 November 2021
McGarty, McDaid, Flowers, Riddell, Pachankis & Frankis
BMC Public Health
Chemsex
29 March 2018
Low levels of chemsex among men who have sex with men, but high levels of risk among men who engage in chemsex: analysis of a cross-sectional online survey across four countries.
Frankis, Flowers, McDaid & Bourne
Sexual Health
Syndemics
18 November 2019
Informing theoretical development of salutogenic, asset-based health improvement to reduce syndemics among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: Empirical evidence from secondary analysis of multi-national, online cross-sectional surveys
McDaid, Flowers, Ferlatte, McAloney-Kocaman, Gilbert & Frankis
Social Science & Medicine Population Health
Older GBMSM
18 May 2019
Age-related factors influence HIV testing within subpopulations: a cross-sectional survey of MSM within the Celtic nations
Dalrymple, McAloney-Kocaman, Flowers, McDaid and Frankis.
BMJ Sex Transm Infect
PrEP Acceptability
19 April 2016
Who Will Use Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Why?: Understanding PrEP Awareness and Acceptability amongst Men Who Have Sex with Men in the UK – A Mixed Methods Study
Frankis, Young, Flowers & McDaid
PLOS One
HIV Testing
2016
Frequency of HIV testing among gay and bisexual men in the UK: implications for HIV prevention
McDaid, Aghaizu, Frankis, Riddell, Nardone, Johnson, Hart and Flowers
HIV Medicine
PrEP Preparedness
22 January 2016
Towards preparedness for PrEP: PrEP awareness and acceptability among MSM at high risk of HIV transmission who use sociosexual media in four Celtic nations: Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
and The Republic of Ireland: an online survey
Frankis, Young, Lorimer, Davis and Flowers
BMJ Sex Transm Infect
Safety and Hook Ups
2016
Location, safety and (non) strangers in gay men’s narratives on ‘hook-up’ apps
Davis, Flowers, Lorimer, Oakland & Frankis
Sexualities
Young GBMSM
2016
Young men who have sex with men’s use of social and sexual media and sex-risk associations:
cross-sectional, online survey across four countries
Lorimer, Flowers, Davis & Frankis
BMJ Sex Transm Infect
Regular STI Testing
4 March 2016
Regular STI testing amongst men who have sex with men and use social media is suboptimal – a cross-sectional study
Frankis, Goodall, Clutterbuck, Abubakari & Flowers
Int J STD AIDS