Jessika Van Kammen
Biographic Data
| ID | 264200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessika Van Kammen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessika |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Kammen |
| SIGNATURE | VAN KAMMEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Twente |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Who Represents the Users? Critical Encounters between Women’s Health Advocates and Scientists in Contraceptive R&D
Gender and risk assessment in contraceptive technologies
This paper concerns a comparison of risk assessment practices of contraceptives for women and men. Our analysis shows how the evaluation of health risks of contraceptives does not simply reflect the specific effects of chemical compounds in the human body. Rather, we show how side-effects were rated differently according to the risk model that was adopted. Our analysis shows an important new aspect of risk assessment: lay perspectives of men are …
Representing Users' Bodies
This article is about the ways in which representations of users' bodies mediate in the designers' configuration of anti-fertility vaccines and their future users. Anti-fertility vaccines are a novel and not yet available method to regulate fertility. The researchers involved claim that anti-fertility vaccines can be developed for both men and women. But in the material and political specificities of the research contexts, representations of male…
Gender and risk assessment in contraceptive technologies
This paper concerns a comparison of risk assessment practices of contraceptives for women and men. Our analysis shows how the evaluation of health risks of contraceptives does not simply reflect the specific effects of chemical compounds in the human body. Rather, we show how side-effects were rated differently according to the risk model that was adopted. Our analysis shows an important new aspect of risk assessment: lay perspectives of men are …
Representing Users' Bodies
This article is about the ways in which representations of users' bodies mediate in the designers' configuration of anti-fertility vaccines and their future users. Anti-fertility vaccines are a novel and not yet available method to regulate fertility. The researchers involved claim that anti-fertility vaccines can be developed for both men and women. But in the material and political specificities of the research contexts, representations of male…
Representing Users' Bodies
This article is about the ways in which representations of users' bodies mediate in the designers' configuration of anti-fertility vaccines and their future users. Anti-fertility vaccines are a novel and not yet available method to regulate fertility. The researchers involved claim that anti-fertility vaccines can be developed for both men and women. But in the material and political specificities of the research contexts, representations of male…
Gender and risk assessment in contraceptive technologies
This paper concerns a comparison of risk assessment practices of contraceptives for women and men. Our analysis shows how the evaluation of health risks of contraceptives does not simply reflect the specific effects of chemical compounds in the human body. Rather, we show how side-effects were rated differently according to the risk model that was adopted. Our analysis shows an important new aspect of risk assessment: lay perspectives of men are …
Who Represents the Users? Critical Encounters between Women’s Health Advocates and Scientists in Contraceptive R&D
Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Environmental health (1 works) · Family planning (1 works) · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (1 works) · Fertility (1 works)