Toorjo Ghose
Biographic Data
| ID | 123499 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Toorjo Ghose |
| GIVEN NAMES | Toorjo |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghose |
| SIGNATURE | GHOSE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3334-3013 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The lasting impact of incarceration
I Know What I Need
Background Black men in the United States experience disproportionate rates of incarceration, contributing to adverse mental health outcomes. Yet, research on mental health-seeking behaviors of formerly incarcerated Black men (FIBM) remains limited, often focusing on formal mental health services, leaving knowledge gaps about coping strategies, support networks, and the influence of incarceration experiences on health-seeking behaviors. Purpose T…
We're the CHATS old‐heads”
Philadelphia has one of the country's largest populations re‐entering society after incarceration. Reentry services have been critiqued for their ineffectiveness. Scholars note the lack of evidence‐based practices (EBPs) in the field, and the challenges of translating them. Through a case study of one reentry agency implementing an EBP, we examine engagement with the intervention by clients and service providers. Qualitative interviews were condu…
Sexual health communication between sex worker mothers and their children in India
In India, relatively little is known about sex worker mothers' beliefs regarding sexual health communication with their children. Using qualitative data collected in Kolkata, India, this study used the Parent Expansion of the Theory of Planned Behaviour to examine sex worker mothers' beliefs about sexual health communication and factors shaping these beliefs. Sex worker mothers' beliefs about sexual health communication were shaped by societal no…
Are Financial Incentives Appropriate Means of Encouraging Medication Adherence Among People Living With HIV
Financial incentives, when embedded in wrap-around services, innovative client-centered organizational processes, and a justice orientation, constitute an ethical intervention requiring ethical investigation
Examining the Role of a Community-Led Structural Intervention in Shaping Mothering Among Sex Workers in India
The aim of this study is to explore the ways in which community-led structural interventions (CLSI) shape the mothering experiences of sex workers. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with 40 sex worker mothers from Kolkata, India. Participants were recruited from Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), a CLSI. Elements of constructivist grounded theory were employed. Results revealed DMSC mobilization (re)shaped mothering for fem…
Effectiveness of a Viral Load Suppression Intervention for Highly Vulnerable People Living with HIV
Consistent Condom Use by Married and Cohabiting Female Sex Workers in India
Community-Led Economic Initiatives with Sex Workers
Diversity in Social Work Doctoral Programs
Students of color (SOC) face multiple barriers to being admitted and retained in social work doctoral programs. We describe these hurdles and propose approaches to circumvent them. Admission challenges include a lack of guidance, financial hurdles, underpreparedness, and racism directed at applicants. Retention challenges include a dearth of mentorship, financial hardship, lack of academic support, and discrimination experienced by students. We p…
Doctoral Social Work Education
This article is intended to forecast major environmental changes that may impact social work doctoral education and assess what should be done in anticipation of these changes. We apply an open system and future studies perspective to guide our work. We present a set of predicted societal changes that will impact social work as a profession and doctoral education in particular. We then present and discuss major expected changes in higher educatio…
Consistent Condom Use by Female Sex Workers in Kolkata, India
Consistent condom use (CCU) is the primary HIV/STI prevention option available to sex workers globally but may be undermined by economic insecurity, life-course vulnerabilities, behavioral factors, disempowerment, or lack of effective interventions. This study examines predictors of CCU in a random household survey of brothel-based female sex workers (n = 200) in two neighborhoods served by Durbar (the Sonagachi Project) in Kolkata, India. Multiv…
The Association Between Hiv Status and Homelessness Among Veterans in Care
Veterans seeking care in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System (VA) are more vulnerable to HIV infection and homelessness. However, there is little scholarship on the association between serostatus and homelessness among VA veterans. We examined this association in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study, a sample of 6,819 HIV-positive and HIV-negative veterans attending 8 VAs across the country. We utilized logistic models regressing she…
Stilling the tremors
The J anuary 12, 2010 earthquake in H aiti severely undermined HIV service provision in the country. Almost 10 percent of H aitians were displaced and now live in temporary tent communities. Little is known about how HIV services are being provided to H aitians with HIV in these encampments. This study addresses this lacuna by conducting a process evaluation of the manner in which a collaboration among H aitian community‐based HIV service provide…
Depression and anxiety among HIV-positive sex workers in Kolkata, India
We examine how the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was modified to measure anxiety and depression among HIV-infected sex workers in India. Supervised by a community advisory group, HADS was translated and administered to 100 HIV-infected sex workers in Sonagachi, Kolkata, India. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine validity. Results indicate that the inability to remain calm is experienced as depression rather than anxiet…
Surviving the Aftershock
In this research we examined how the conditions of Haiti's tent communities, inhabited by those displaced by the January 10, 2010, earthquake, shaped access and adherence to highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) for Haitians with HIV. Conditions in the encampments were marked by unhygienic and cramped living spaces, exposure to the elements, a lack of privacy, unavailability of food and clean water, and a dependence on poorly functioning…
Motivations to Volunteer Among College Students in India
India’s cultural context suggests that student volunteering may be influenced by a constellation of factors. However, scholars have not examined student volunteering in India. Addressing this, we examine motivations to volunteer in a sample of 596 Indian college students. A majority of students volunteered. Three types of volunteering emerged: formal volunteering in non-profit agencies, informal volunteering outside these agencies, and hybrid vol…
The Role of Brothels in Reducing HIV Risk in Sonagachi, India
High rates of empowerment, HIV-related knowledge, and condom use among sex workers in Sonagachi, India have been attributed to a community-led intervention called the Sonagachi HIV/AIDS Intervention Program (SHIP). In this research we examined the crucial role of brothels in the success of the intervention. In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted with 55 participants of SHIP. The results indicate that brothels help sex workers reduce H…
Mobilizing collective identity to reduce HIV risk among sex workers in Sonagachi, India
The Logic of Sanctioning Welfare Recipients
The 1996 welfare reform legislation expanded the use of sanctions under the assumption that welfare recipients can comply with work requirements and that they can calculate the costs and benefits of compliance. This research tests the validity of these assumptions through a record‐ and survey‐based study of California welfare recipients. The article questions the validity of the assumptions, finding that, compared to nonsanctioned recipients, san…
The Logic of Sanctioning Welfare Recipients
The 1996 welfare reform legislation expanded the use of sanctions under the assumption that welfare recipients can comply with work requirements and that they can calculate the costs and benefits of compliance. This research tests the validity of these assumptions through a record‐ and survey‐based study of California welfare recipients. The article questions the validity of the assumptions, finding that, compared to nonsanctioned recipients, san…
Mobilizing collective identity to reduce HIV risk among sex workers in Sonagachi, India
Motivations to Volunteer Among College Students in India
India’s cultural context suggests that student volunteering may be influenced by a constellation of factors. However, scholars have not examined student volunteering in India. Addressing this, we examine motivations to volunteer in a sample of 596 Indian college students. A majority of students volunteered. Three types of volunteering emerged: formal volunteering in non-profit agencies, informal volunteering outside these agencies, and hybrid vol…
The Role of Brothels in Reducing HIV Risk in Sonagachi, India
High rates of empowerment, HIV-related knowledge, and condom use among sex workers in Sonagachi, India have been attributed to a community-led intervention called the Sonagachi HIV/AIDS Intervention Program (SHIP). In this research we examined the crucial role of brothels in the success of the intervention. In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted with 55 participants of SHIP. The results indicate that brothels help sex workers reduce H…
Diversity in Social Work Doctoral Programs
Students of color (SOC) face multiple barriers to being admitted and retained in social work doctoral programs. We describe these hurdles and propose approaches to circumvent them. Admission challenges include a lack of guidance, financial hurdles, underpreparedness, and racism directed at applicants. Retention challenges include a dearth of mentorship, financial hardship, lack of academic support, and discrimination experienced by students. We p…
Doctoral Social Work Education
This article is intended to forecast major environmental changes that may impact social work doctoral education and assess what should be done in anticipation of these changes. We apply an open system and future studies perspective to guide our work. We present a set of predicted societal changes that will impact social work as a profession and doctoral education in particular. We then present and discuss major expected changes in higher educatio…
Examining the Role of a Community-Led Structural Intervention in Shaping Mothering Among Sex Workers in India
The aim of this study is to explore the ways in which community-led structural interventions (CLSI) shape the mothering experiences of sex workers. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with 40 sex worker mothers from Kolkata, India. Participants were recruited from Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), a CLSI. Elements of constructivist grounded theory were employed. Results revealed DMSC mobilization (re)shaped mothering for fem…
The lasting impact of incarceration
We're the CHATS old‐heads”
Philadelphia has one of the country's largest populations re‐entering society after incarceration. Reentry services have been critiqued for their ineffectiveness. Scholars note the lack of evidence‐based practices (EBPs) in the field, and the challenges of translating them. Through a case study of one reentry agency implementing an EBP, we examine engagement with the intervention by clients and service providers. Qualitative interviews were condu…
Depression and anxiety among HIV-positive sex workers in Kolkata, India
We examine how the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was modified to measure anxiety and depression among HIV-infected sex workers in India. Supervised by a community advisory group, HADS was translated and administered to 100 HIV-infected sex workers in Sonagachi, Kolkata, India. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine validity. Results indicate that the inability to remain calm is experienced as depression rather than anxiet…
The Logic of Sanctioning Welfare Recipients
The 1996 welfare reform legislation expanded the use of sanctions under the assumption that welfare recipients can comply with work requirements and that they can calculate the costs and benefits of compliance. This research tests the validity of these assumptions through a record‐ and survey‐based study of California welfare recipients. The article questions the validity of the assumptions, finding that, compared to nonsanctioned recipients, san…
Mobilizing collective identity to reduce HIV risk among sex workers in Sonagachi, India
The Role of Brothels in Reducing HIV Risk in Sonagachi, India
High rates of empowerment, HIV-related knowledge, and condom use among sex workers in Sonagachi, India have been attributed to a community-led intervention called the Sonagachi HIV/AIDS Intervention Program (SHIP). In this research we examined the crucial role of brothels in the success of the intervention. In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted with 55 participants of SHIP. The results indicate that brothels help sex workers reduce H…
Motivations to Volunteer Among College Students in India
India’s cultural context suggests that student volunteering may be influenced by a constellation of factors. However, scholars have not examined student volunteering in India. Addressing this, we examine motivations to volunteer in a sample of 596 Indian college students. A majority of students volunteered. Three types of volunteering emerged: formal volunteering in non-profit agencies, informal volunteering outside these agencies, and hybrid vol…
Stilling the tremors
The J anuary 12, 2010 earthquake in H aiti severely undermined HIV service provision in the country. Almost 10 percent of H aitians were displaced and now live in temporary tent communities. Little is known about how HIV services are being provided to H aitians with HIV in these encampments. This study addresses this lacuna by conducting a process evaluation of the manner in which a collaboration among H aitian community‐based HIV service provide…
Depression and anxiety among HIV-positive sex workers in Kolkata, India
We examine how the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was modified to measure anxiety and depression among HIV-infected sex workers in India. Supervised by a community advisory group, HADS was translated and administered to 100 HIV-infected sex workers in Sonagachi, Kolkata, India. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine validity. Results indicate that the inability to remain calm is experienced as depression rather than anxiet…
Surviving the Aftershock
In this research we examined how the conditions of Haiti's tent communities, inhabited by those displaced by the January 10, 2010, earthquake, shaped access and adherence to highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) for Haitians with HIV. Conditions in the encampments were marked by unhygienic and cramped living spaces, exposure to the elements, a lack of privacy, unavailability of food and clean water, and a dependence on poorly functioning…
The Association Between Hiv Status and Homelessness Among Veterans in Care
Veterans seeking care in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System (VA) are more vulnerable to HIV infection and homelessness. However, there is little scholarship on the association between serostatus and homelessness among VA veterans. We examined this association in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study, a sample of 6,819 HIV-positive and HIV-negative veterans attending 8 VAs across the country. We utilized logistic models regressing she…
Consistent Condom Use by Female Sex Workers in Kolkata, India
Consistent condom use (CCU) is the primary HIV/STI prevention option available to sex workers globally but may be undermined by economic insecurity, life-course vulnerabilities, behavioral factors, disempowerment, or lack of effective interventions. This study examines predictors of CCU in a random household survey of brothel-based female sex workers (n = 200) in two neighborhoods served by Durbar (the Sonagachi Project) in Kolkata, India. Multiv…
Community-Led Economic Initiatives with Sex Workers
Diversity in Social Work Doctoral Programs
Students of color (SOC) face multiple barriers to being admitted and retained in social work doctoral programs. We describe these hurdles and propose approaches to circumvent them. Admission challenges include a lack of guidance, financial hurdles, underpreparedness, and racism directed at applicants. Retention challenges include a dearth of mentorship, financial hardship, lack of academic support, and discrimination experienced by students. We p…
Doctoral Social Work Education
This article is intended to forecast major environmental changes that may impact social work doctoral education and assess what should be done in anticipation of these changes. We apply an open system and future studies perspective to guide our work. We present a set of predicted societal changes that will impact social work as a profession and doctoral education in particular. We then present and discuss major expected changes in higher educatio…
Consistent Condom Use by Married and Cohabiting Female Sex Workers in India
Effectiveness of a Viral Load Suppression Intervention for Highly Vulnerable People Living with HIV
Examining the Role of a Community-Led Structural Intervention in Shaping Mothering Among Sex Workers in India
The aim of this study is to explore the ways in which community-led structural interventions (CLSI) shape the mothering experiences of sex workers. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with 40 sex worker mothers from Kolkata, India. Participants were recruited from Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), a CLSI. Elements of constructivist grounded theory were employed. Results revealed DMSC mobilization (re)shaped mothering for fem…
Are Financial Incentives Appropriate Means of Encouraging Medication Adherence Among People Living With HIV
Financial incentives, when embedded in wrap-around services, innovative client-centered organizational processes, and a justice orientation, constitute an ethical intervention requiring ethical investigation
Sexual health communication between sex worker mothers and their children in India
In India, relatively little is known about sex worker mothers' beliefs regarding sexual health communication with their children. Using qualitative data collected in Kolkata, India, this study used the Parent Expansion of the Theory of Planned Behaviour to examine sex worker mothers' beliefs about sexual health communication and factors shaping these beliefs. Sex worker mothers' beliefs about sexual health communication were shaped by societal no…
We're the CHATS old‐heads”
Philadelphia has one of the country's largest populations re‐entering society after incarceration. Reentry services have been critiqued for their ineffectiveness. Scholars note the lack of evidence‐based practices (EBPs) in the field, and the challenges of translating them. Through a case study of one reentry agency implementing an EBP, we examine engagement with the intervention by clients and service providers. Qualitative interviews were condu…
The lasting impact of incarceration
I Know What I Need
Background Black men in the United States experience disproportionate rates of incarceration, contributing to adverse mental health outcomes. Yet, research on mental health-seeking behaviors of formerly incarcerated Black men (FIBM) remains limited, often focusing on formal mental health services, leaving knowledge gaps about coping strategies, support networks, and the influence of incarceration experiences on health-seeking behaviors. Purpose T…
Medicine (16 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Sociology (13 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (8 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (8 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Sex work and related issues (8 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (7 works)