Select Publications

Journal articles

Lea T, 2017, 'Commentary on Kecojevic et al. (2017): Challenges in researching substance use in sexual minority populations', Addiction, 112, pp. 625 - 626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13770

Hammoud MA; Jin F; Degenhardt L; Lea T; Maher L; Grierson J; Mackie B; Pastorelli M; Batrouney C; Bath N; Bradley J; Prestage GP, 2017, 'Following Lives Undergoing Change (Flux) study: Implementation and baseline prevalence of drug use in an online cohort study of gay and bisexual men in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 41, pp. 41 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.11.012

Lea T; Kolstee J; Lambert S; Ness R; Hannan S; Holt M, 2017, 'Methamphetamine treatment outcomes among gay men attending a LGBTI-specific treatment service in Sydney, Australia', PLoS ONE, 12, pp. e0172560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172560

Race K; Lea T; Murphy D; Pienaar K, 2017, 'The future of drugs: Recreational drug use and sexual health among gay and other men who have sex with men', Sexual Health, 14, pp. 42 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH16080

Bryant J; Hopwood M; Dowsett GW; Aggleton P; Holt M; Lea T; Drysdale K; Treloar C, 2017, 'The rush to risk when interrogating the relationship between methamphetamine use and sexual practice among gay and bisexual men', International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 242 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.010

Holt M; Lea T; Mao L; Zablotska-Manos I; Lee E; Hull P; de Wit JBF; Prestage G, 2017, 'Adapting behavioural surveillance to antiretroviral-based HIV prevention: reviewing and anticipating trends in the Australian Gay Community Periodic Surveys', Sexual Health, 14, pp. 72 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH16072

Lea T; Hopwood M; Aggleton P, 2016, 'Hepatitis C knowledge among gay and other homosexually active men in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 35, pp. 477 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12333

Holt M; Lea T; Schmidt HM; Murphy D; Rosengarten M; Crawford D; Ellard J; Kolstee J; de Wit J, 2016, 'Increasing Belief in the Effectiveness of HIV Treatment as Prevention: Results of Repeated, National Surveys of Australian Gay and Bisexual Men, 2013–15', AIDS and Behavior, 20, pp. 1564 - 1571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1306-0

Lea T; Mao L; Hopwood M; Prestage G; Zablotska I; de Wit J; Holt M, 2016, 'Methamphetamine use among gay and bisexual men in Australia: Trends in recent and regular use from the Gay Community Periodic Surveys', International Journal of Drug Policy, 29, pp. 66 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.01.003

Hopwood M; Lea T; Aggleton P, 2016, 'Multiple strategies are required to address the information and support needs of gay and bisexual men with hepatitis C in Australia', Journal of public health (Oxford, England), 38, pp. 156 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdv002

Roxburgh A; Lea T; de Wit J; Degenhardt L, 2016, 'Sexual identity and prevalence of alcohol and other drug use among Australians in the general population', International Journal of Drug Policy, 28, pp. 76 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.11.005

Lea T; Bryant J; Treloar C, 2016, 'Exposure to injecting drug use and hepatitis C knowledge among an online sample of young people', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 23, pp. 84 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2015.1080227

Holt M; Lea T; Kippax S; Kolstee J; Ellard J; Velecky M; Murphy D; De Wit J, 2016, 'Awareness and knowledge of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among Australian gay and bisexual men: results of a national, online survey', Sexual Health, 13, pp. 359 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH15243

Lea T; de Wit J; Reynolds R, 2015, '“Post-Gay” Yet? The Relevance of the Lesbian and Gay Scene to Same-Sex Attracted Young People in Contemporary Australia', Journal of Homosexuality, 62, pp. 1264 - 1285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2015.1037139

Lea T; Bryant J; Treloar C, 2015, 'Exposure to injecting drug use and hepatitis C knowledge among an online sample of young people', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2015.1080227

Holt M; Lea T; Mao L; Zablotska I; Prestage G; de Wit J, 2015, 'HIV prevention by Australian gay and bisexual men with casual partners: the emergence of undetectable viral load as one of a range of risk reduction strategies.', J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 70, pp. 545 - 548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000000787

Roxburgh A; Lea T; de Wit J; Degenhardt L, 2015, 'Sexual identity and prevalence of alcohol and other drug use among Australians in the general population', International Journal of Drug Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.11.005

Lea T; Ryan D; Prestage G; Zablotska I; Mao L; de Wit J; Holt M, 2015, 'Alcohol use among a community-based sample of gay men: Correlates of high-risk use and implications for service provision', Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, pp. 349 - 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12234

Lea T; Bryant J; Ellard J; Howard J; Treloar C, 2015, 'Young people at risk of transitioning to injecting drug use in Sydney, Australia: Social disadvantage and other correlates of higher levels of exposure to injecting', Health and Social Care in the Community, 23, pp. 200 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12145

Hopwood M; Lea T; Aggleton P, 2015, 'Drug, sex and sociality: Factors associated with the recent sharing of injecting equipment among gay and bisexual men in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 210 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.10.013

Murphy DA; Lea T; de Wit JBF; Ellard J; Kippax SC; Rosengarten M; Holt M, 2015, 'Interest in using rectal microbicides among Australian gay men is associated with perceived HIV vulnerability and engaging in condomless sex with casual partners: results from a national survey', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91, pp. 266 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2014-051694

Holt M; Lea T; Asselin J; Hellard M; Prestage G; Wilson D; de Wit J; Stoové M, 2015, 'The prevalence and correlates of undiagnosed HIV among Australian gay and bisexual men: results of a national, community-based, bio-behavioural survey', J Int AIDS Soc, 18, pp. 20526 - 20526, http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.18.1.20526

Holt M; Lea T; Murphy D; Ellard J; Rosengarten M; Kippax S; De Wit J, 2014, 'Australian Gay and Bisexual Men’s Attitudes to HIV Treatment as Prevention in Repeated, National Surveys, 2011-2013', PLoS One, 19, pp. e112349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112349

Lea T; de Wit J; Reynolds R, 2014, 'Minority Stress in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young Adults in Australia: Associations with Psychological Distress, Suicidality, and Substance Use', Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43, pp. 1571 - 1578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0266-6

Holt M; Hull P; Lea T; Guy R; Bourne C; Prestage G; Zablotska I; De Wit J; Mao L, 2014, 'Comprehensive testing for, and diagnosis of, sexually transmissible infections among Australian gay and bisexual men: findings from repeated, cross-sectional behavioural surveillance, 2003–2012', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 90, pp. 208 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051294

Kala J; Evans JP; Pitman AJ; Schaaf CB; Decker M; Carouge C; Mocko D; Sun Q; Lea T; Prestage G; Wilson D; de Wit J, 2014, 'Corrigendum to', Geoscientific Model Development, 7, pp. 2501 - 2501, http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.19.1.21154

Holt M; Lea T; Murphy D; Ellard J; Rosengarten M; Kippax S; De Wit J, 2014, 'Willingness to use HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis has declined among Australian gay and bisexual men: results from repeated national surveys, 2011-2013', JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 67, pp. 222 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000000287

Lea T; Reynolds R; de Wit J, 2013, 'Alcohol and club drug use among same-sex attracted young people: Associations with the lesbian and gay scene and other bars and nightclubs', Substance Use and Misuse, 48, pp. 129 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2012.733904

Lea T; Reynolds R; de Wit J, 2013, 'Alcohol and other drug use, club drug dependence and treatment seeking among lesbian, gay and bisexual young people in Sydney', Drug and Alcohol Review, 32, pp. 303 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12004

Lea T; Costello M; Mao L; Prestage G; Zablotska I; Ward JW; Kaldor JM; de Wit J; Holt M, 2013, 'Elevated reporting of unprotected anal intercourse and injecting drug use but no difference in HIV prevalence among Indigenous Australian men who have sex with men compared with their Anglo-Australian peers', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 146 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12097

Lea T; Lee E; Mao L; De Wit J; Holt M, 2013, 'HIV and hepatitis C co-infection among men who have sex with men in Sydney, and associations with sexual and drug use practices', Sexual Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH13042

Lea T; Mao L; Bath N; Prestage G; Zablotska I; de Wit J; Holt M, 2013, 'Injecting drug use among gay and bisexual men in Sydney: prevalence and associations with sexual risk practices and HIV and hepatitis C infection', AIDS and Behavior, 17, pp. 1344 - 1351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-013-0409-0

Lea T; Prestage G; Mao L; Zablotska I; de Wit J; Holt M, 2013, 'Trends in drug use among gay and bisexual men in Sydney, Melbourne and Queensland, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 32, pp. 39 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00494.x

Winstock A; Lintzeris N; Lea T, 2011, '"Should I stay or should I go?" Coming off methadone and buprenorphine treatment', International Journal of Drug Policy, 22, pp. 77 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2010.08.001

Lea T; Reynolds R; de Wit J, 2011, 'Mephedrone use among same-sex attracted young people in Sydney, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, pp. 438 - 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00288.x

Winstock A; Lea T, 2010, 'Diversion and injection of methadone and buprenorphine among clients in public opioid treatment clinics in New South Wales, Australia', Substance Use and Misuse, 45, pp. 240 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826080903080664

Winstock A; Lea T; Sheridan J, 2010, 'Problems experienced by community pharmacists delivering opioid substitution treatment in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia', Addiction, 105, pp. 335 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02774.x

Winstock AR; Lintzeris N; Lea T, 2009, 'Why do patients report transferring between methadone and buprenorphine?', Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, pp. 686 - 687, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00127.x

Winstock A; Lea T, 2009, 'Evaluation of a training program to improve clinicians` assessment of patient stability', Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, pp. 353 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00049.x

Winstock A; Lea T; Copeland J, 2009, 'Lithium carbonate in the management of cannabis withdrawal in humans: An open-label study', Journal of Psychopharmacology, 23, pp. 84 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269881108089584

Winstock A; Lea T; Jackson AP, 2009, 'Methods and motivations for buprenorphine diversion from public opioid substitution treatment clinics', Journal of Addictive Diseases, 28, pp. 57 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10550880802545036

Winstock A; Nittis M; Whitton GJ; Lea T, 2009, 'Opioid dependent patients` experiences of and attitudes towards having their injecting sites examined', International Journal of Drug Policy, 20, pp. 85 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.11.002

Winstock A; Lea T; Fettell A, 2009, 'Pilot evaluation of an educational DVD for people with opioid dependence', Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy, 16, pp. 182 - 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687630701777604

Winstock A; Lea T; Sheridan J, 2009, 'What Is Diversion of Supervised Buprenorphine and How Common Is It?', Journal of Addictive Diseases, 28, pp. 269 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10550880903028841

Winstock AR; Lea T; Sheridan J, 2008, 'Prevalence of diversion and injection of methadone and buprenorphine among clients receiving opioid treatment at community pharmacies in New South Wales, Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 19, pp. 450 - 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.03.002

Lea T; Sheridan J; Winstock A, 2008, 'Consumer satisfaction with opioid treatment services at community pharmacies in Australia', Pharmacy World and Science, 30, pp. 940 - 946

Winstock AR; Lea T; Madden A; Bath N, 2008, 'Knowledge about buprenorphine and methadone among those receiving treatment for opioid dependence', Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 15, pp. 395 - 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687630701425865

Winstock A; Lea T; Sheridan J, 2008, 'Patients` help-seeking behaviours for health problems associated with methadone and buprenorphine treatment', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 393 - 397

Madden A; Lea T; Bath N; Winstock A, 2008, 'Satisfaction guaranteed? What clients on methadone and buprenorphine think about their treatment', Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, pp. 671 - 678

Winstock A; Lea T, 2007, 'Safe storage of methadone takeaway doses - a survey of patient practice', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 31, pp. 526 - 528


Back to profile page