Frederick R Bloom
Biographic Data
| ID | 113251 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frederick R Bloom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frederick R |
| FAMILY NAME | Bloom |
| SIGNATURE | BLOOM F R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Medical College of Wisconsin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Philadelphia’s Syphilis Outbreak in Gay Men
Since 2000, rapid ethnographic assessment has been used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention (DSTDP) to assist local health departments by providing technical assistance to develop disease prevention strategies. To facilitate this, Dr. Frederick Bloom was hired as a Research Anthropologist by the Behavioral Interventions and Research Branch of DSTDP in 1998. An anthropologist was …
New Beginnings
This article reports results of an ethnographic study that sought to understand how a cohort of gay men living with HIV infection evaluated and worked to preserve or improve the quality of their lives. Themes of life story narratives are identified, each with an associated stylistic selforientation to living with HIV infection. Changes in thematic content of a selected participant's life story narratives are discussed, demonstrating how events of…
Psychosocial Issues in the Era of New Aids Treatments from the Perspective of Persons Living with HIV
In the past, HIV disease meant an almost invariably downward health course. New highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens have improved the health outlook for many persons living with HIV/AIDS but may create new psychological and coping challenges. In this study, open-ended, in-depth interviews were undertaken with an ethnically diverse sample of 44 purposively selected men and women with HIV disease who were on HAART regimens. The in…
Perceptions of Pesticide Associated Cancer Risks among Farmers
American farmers experience disenfranchisement in occupational and health status that places them at excess risk for injury and disease. Cancer morbidity and mortality investigations have documented excess rates of specific cancers among agricultural workers, and occupational pesticide exposure is thought to be a contributing etiologic agent. We report on a qualitative investigation of dairy farmers' awareness of cancer and their perceptions of p…
Choosing Unsafe Sex
Searching for Meaning in Everyday Life
Based on a prospective ethnographic study of gay men living with HIV infection, perceived quality of life is examined via the integration of life events into life-story narratives. Most prominent among life events for these men were loss of friends due to AIDS and deterioration of their own health as a result of HIV-related illnesses. The experiences of four men among 20 interviewed are singled out to demonstrate the range of narrative strategies…
Psychosocial Issues in the Era of New Aids Treatments from the Perspective of Persons Living with HIV
In the past, HIV disease meant an almost invariably downward health course. New highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens have improved the health outlook for many persons living with HIV/AIDS but may create new psychological and coping challenges. In this study, open-ended, in-depth interviews were undertaken with an ethnically diverse sample of 44 purposively selected men and women with HIV disease who were on HAART regimens. The in…
New Beginnings
This article reports results of an ethnographic study that sought to understand how a cohort of gay men living with HIV infection evaluated and worked to preserve or improve the quality of their lives. Themes of life story narratives are identified, each with an associated stylistic selforientation to living with HIV infection. Changes in thematic content of a selected participant's life story narratives are discussed, demonstrating how events of…
Searching for Meaning in Everyday Life
Based on a prospective ethnographic study of gay men living with HIV infection, perceived quality of life is examined via the integration of life events into life-story narratives. Most prominent among life events for these men were loss of friends due to AIDS and deterioration of their own health as a result of HIV-related illnesses. The experiences of four men among 20 interviewed are singled out to demonstrate the range of narrative strategies…
Choosing Unsafe Sex
Searching for Meaning in Everyday Life
Based on a prospective ethnographic study of gay men living with HIV infection, perceived quality of life is examined via the integration of life events into life-story narratives. Most prominent among life events for these men were loss of friends due to AIDS and deterioration of their own health as a result of HIV-related illnesses. The experiences of four men among 20 interviewed are singled out to demonstrate the range of narrative strategies…
Perceptions of Pesticide Associated Cancer Risks among Farmers
American farmers experience disenfranchisement in occupational and health status that places them at excess risk for injury and disease. Cancer morbidity and mortality investigations have documented excess rates of specific cancers among agricultural workers, and occupational pesticide exposure is thought to be a contributing etiologic agent. We report on a qualitative investigation of dairy farmers' awareness of cancer and their perceptions of p…
Choosing Unsafe Sex
Psychosocial Issues in the Era of New Aids Treatments from the Perspective of Persons Living with HIV
In the past, HIV disease meant an almost invariably downward health course. New highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens have improved the health outlook for many persons living with HIV/AIDS but may create new psychological and coping challenges. In this study, open-ended, in-depth interviews were undertaken with an ethnically diverse sample of 44 purposively selected men and women with HIV disease who were on HAART regimens. The in…
New Beginnings
This article reports results of an ethnographic study that sought to understand how a cohort of gay men living with HIV infection evaluated and worked to preserve or improve the quality of their lives. Themes of life story narratives are identified, each with an associated stylistic selforientation to living with HIV infection. Changes in thematic content of a selected participant's life story narratives are discussed, demonstrating how events of…
Philadelphia’s Syphilis Outbreak in Gay Men
Since 2000, rapid ethnographic assessment has been used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention (DSTDP) to assist local health departments by providing technical assistance to develop disease prevention strategies. To facilitate this, Dr. Frederick Bloom was hired as a Research Anthropologist by the Behavioral Interventions and Research Branch of DSTDP in 1998. An anthropologist was …
Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Art (2 works)