Jack Ume Tocco
Biographic Data
| ID | 1743294 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jack Ume Tocco |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jack Ume |
| FAMILY NAME | Tocco |
| SIGNATURE | TOCCO J U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0655-500X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bridging Care Divides
Cultivating Empathy Through Virtual Reality
PROBLEM: Racism and bias are fundamental causes of health inequities, and they negatively affect the climate of academic medical institutions across the United States. APPROACH: In 2019, the Zucker School of Medicine and Northwell Health piloted a virtual reality (VR) racism experience as a component of professional development for medical school and health system leaders, faculty, and staff. Participants experienced a 60-minute, interactive, lar…
I Couldn’t Afford to Resist”
Reproductive Desires and Considerations of HIV-Positive Men in Heterosexual Relationships in New York City
Intentional and Unintentional Condom Breakage and Slippage in the Sexual Interactions of Female and Male Sex Workers and Clients in Mombasa, Kenya
The Islamification of antiretroviral therapy
Switching on After Nine
There is considerable diversity, fluidity and complexity in the expressions of sexuality and gender among men who have sex with men (MSM). Some non-gay identified MSM are known colloquially by gay-identified men in Mpumalanga, Province, South Africa, as 'After-Nines' because they do not identify as gay and present as straight during the day but also have sex with other men at night. Based on, key informant interviews and focus group discussions i…
Interpersonal Relationships and Social Support in Transitioning Narratives of Black Transgender Women in Detroit
Social support has been shown to play a key role in overcoming adversities associated with marginalized identities, yet there is a dearth of information regarding the role of social networks in the gender transition process, particularly in ethnic minority transgender communities. This study uses life history narratives, and a modified grounded theory analysis, to explore the impact of interpersonal relationships on the gender transition process …
Every disease has its cure’
Northern Nigeria has one of the highest levels of HIV prevalence among societies that are predominantly Muslim. In the last decade the region has experienced marked expansion of religiously-oriented healing practices following the formal adoption of Islamic sharia law. Since 2005, international funding has also made antiretroviral therapy (ART) more widely available throughout Nigeria. This study uses ethnographic data collected in Kano, northern…
Love in Africa
Jennifer Cole and Lynn M. Thomas, Chicago and London, The University of Chicago Press, 2009, 280 pp., US$ 63.00 (clothback), US$23.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-2261-1352-4 (clothback), 978-0-2261-135
Interpersonal Relationships and Social Support in Transitioning Narratives of Black Transgender Women in Detroit
Social support has been shown to play a key role in overcoming adversities associated with marginalized identities, yet there is a dearth of information regarding the role of social networks in the gender transition process, particularly in ethnic minority transgender communities. This study uses life history narratives, and a modified grounded theory analysis, to explore the impact of interpersonal relationships on the gender transition process …
The Islamification of antiretroviral therapy
Every disease has its cure’
Northern Nigeria has one of the highest levels of HIV prevalence among societies that are predominantly Muslim. In the last decade the region has experienced marked expansion of religiously-oriented healing practices following the formal adoption of Islamic sharia law. Since 2005, international funding has also made antiretroviral therapy (ART) more widely available throughout Nigeria. This study uses ethnographic data collected in Kano, northern…
Love in Africa
Jennifer Cole and Lynn M. Thomas, Chicago and London, The University of Chicago Press, 2009, 280 pp., US$ 63.00 (clothback), US$23.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-2261-1352-4 (clothback), 978-0-2261-135
Interpersonal Relationships and Social Support in Transitioning Narratives of Black Transgender Women in Detroit
Social support has been shown to play a key role in overcoming adversities associated with marginalized identities, yet there is a dearth of information regarding the role of social networks in the gender transition process, particularly in ethnic minority transgender communities. This study uses life history narratives, and a modified grounded theory analysis, to explore the impact of interpersonal relationships on the gender transition process …
Switching on After Nine
There is considerable diversity, fluidity and complexity in the expressions of sexuality and gender among men who have sex with men (MSM). Some non-gay identified MSM are known colloquially by gay-identified men in Mpumalanga, Province, South Africa, as 'After-Nines' because they do not identify as gay and present as straight during the day but also have sex with other men at night. Based on, key informant interviews and focus group discussions i…
Reproductive Desires and Considerations of HIV-Positive Men in Heterosexual Relationships in New York City
Intentional and Unintentional Condom Breakage and Slippage in the Sexual Interactions of Female and Male Sex Workers and Clients in Mombasa, Kenya
The Islamification of antiretroviral therapy
I Couldn’t Afford to Resist”
Cultivating Empathy Through Virtual Reality
PROBLEM: Racism and bias are fundamental causes of health inequities, and they negatively affect the climate of academic medical institutions across the United States. APPROACH: In 2019, the Zucker School of Medicine and Northwell Health piloted a virtual reality (VR) racism experience as a component of professional development for medical school and health system leaders, faculty, and staff. Participants experienced a 60-minute, interactive, lar…
Bridging Care Divides
Medicine (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (6 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Nursing (4 works)