Karen Kroeger

Datos Biográficos

ID223331
NOMBREKaren Kroeger
NOMBRESKaren
APELLIDOKroeger
FIRMAKROEGER K
AFILIACIONESNational Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAS43
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2003
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2020
ÍNDICE H3

  • Rapid Ethnographic Assessments

    T Sangaramoorthy, Karen A Kroeger et al.BOOKRapid Ethnographic Assessments2020

    Please see the website of author Thurka Sangaramoorthy for extra resources and material related to this book, at thurkasangaramoorthy.com. Click on the book’s cover and be sure to check back for updated content This book provides provides a practical guide to understanding and conducting rapid ethnographic assessments (REAs) with an emphasis on their use in public health contexts. This team-based, multi-method, relatively low-cost approach result…

  • Mobility, Latino Migrants, and the Geography of Sex Work

    T Sangaramoorthy, Karen KroegerARTICLEHuman Organization2013

    Recent studies have documented frequent use of female sex workers among Latino migrant men in the southeastern United States, yet little is known about the context in which sex work takes place, or the women who provide these services. As anthropologists working in applied public health, we use rapid ethnographic assessment as a technical assistance tool to document local understandings of the organization and typology of sex work and patterns of…

  • Female Sex Work Within the Rural Immigrant Latino Community in the Southeast United States

    Scott D Rhode, Amanda E Tanner et al.ARTICLEProgress in community health…2012Citada por: 3Referencias: 9

    Study findings suggest that it is possible to identify and recruit sex workers and clients and collect formative data within this highly vulnerable and neglected community; the prevention of HIV and STDs is a priority among sex workers, and the need for a larger study to include non-Latino men who report using Latina sex workers, other community insiders (e.g., bartenders), and service providers for Latina sex workers

  • Perceptions of door-to-door HIV counselling and testing in Botswana

    Open AccessKaren Kroeger, Allan W Taylor et al.ARTICLESAHARA-J Journal of Social…2011Referencias: 23

    Prevalence of HIV infection in Botswana is among the highest in the world, at 23.9% of 15 - 49-year-olds. Most HIV testing is conducted in voluntary counselling and testing centres or medical settings. Improved access to testing is urgently needed. This qualitative study assessed and documented community perceptions about the concept of door-to-door HIV counselling and rapid testing in two of the highest-prevalence districts of Botswana. Communit…

  • Rapid Assessment of HIV Risk Behavior in Drug Using Sex Workers in Three Cities in South Africa

    Open AccessCharles D H Parry, Charles Parry et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2008

  • Sex, drugs, and HIV

    Open AccessRichard Needle, Karen Kroeger et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2008Citada por: 6Referencias: 27

  • Sexual Inequalities and Social Justice. Niels Teunis , Gilbert Herdt

    Karen A Kroeger, Karen KroegerARTICLEJournal of Anthropological Research2008

  • Aids rumors, imaginary enemies, and the body politic in Indonesia

    Open AccessKaren A Kroeger, Karen KroegerARTICLEAmerican Ethnologist2003Citada por: 34Referencias: 26

    Rumors about disease and illness draw on the rich symbolism of the body and are a way for social groups to express concerns about their relationships to the community and state. The Indonesian "AIDS Club" rumors are part of a corpus of contemporary legends about AIDS that have circulated globally. In their local form, however, they speak to particular concerns that urban Indonesians have about modernity and the power of the Indonesian state. [AID…