Yorghos Apostolopoulos
Biographic Data
| ID | 219309 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yorghos Apostolopoulos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yorghos |
| FAMILY NAME | Apostolopoulos |
| SIGNATURE | APOSTOLOPOULOS Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring the Role of Social Network Structure in Disease Risk among U.S. Long-haul Truck Drivers in Urban Areas
Objective: Using mixed methods, we explored properties of long-haul truckers' social networks potentially influencing STI/BBI acquisition and transmission. Methods: We recruited inner-city drug and sex network members (N = 88) for interviews. Blood and urine samples and vaginal swabs were collected to test for STIs/BBIs. Data were collected on participants' role in the network (trucker, sex worker, or intermediary), sexual and substance-use behav…
Work-Life Conflict among U.S. Long-Haul Truck Drivers: Influences of Work Organization, Perceived Job Stress, Sleep, and Organizational Support
Work-life balance and job stress are critical to health and well-being. Long-haul truck driving (LHTD) is among the unhealthiest and most unsafe occupations in the U.S. Despite these disparities, there are no extant published studies examining the influence of work, stress and sleep outcomes on drivers' work-life balance. The current study investigated whether adverse work organization, stress, and poor sleep health among LHTDs are significantly …
Overcoming Barriers in Unhealthy Settings: A Phenomenological Study of Healthy Truck Drivers
We investigated the phenomenon of sustained health-supportive behaviors among long-haul commercial truck drivers, who belong to an occupational segment with extreme health disparities. With a focus on setting-level factors, this study sought to discover ways in which individuals exhibit resiliency while immersed in endemically obesogenic environments, as well as understand setting-level barriers to engaging in health-supportive behaviors. Using a…
Ethno-epidemiological research challenges: Networks of long-haul truckers in the inner city
Long-haul truck drivers and members of their social networks in urban locales constitute a hard-to-reach population at risk for acquiring and disseminating STIs/HIV. This paper focuses on the unique logistical, methodological, and ethical challenges faced by population health scientists while studying long-haul truck drivers and members of their sexual networks in inner-city neighborhoods of a major US metropolitan center and the innovative strat…
Work Conditions and Health and Well-Being of Latina Hotel Housekeepers
Mapping U.S. long-haul truck drivers’ multiplex networks and risk topography in inner-city neighborhoods
Social, Occupational, and Spatial Exposures and Mental Health Disparities of Working-Class Latinas in the US
Infection Risk Along U.S. Highways? The Case of a ‘Truckchaser’ Cruising for Truckers
This article explores potential infection risks linked with trucker cruising along U.S. highways. Specifically, the article delineates the settings and social organization of trucker cruising, examines the structure of sex partnerships of truckers and cruisers, and delves into the unique database of one truckchaser who recorded 4,162 sex interactions with 2,499 different truckers during a 13-year period. Concurrent sexual partnerships of bisexual…
STI/HIV Risks for Mexican Migrant Laborers: Exploratory Ethnographies
Binge drinking and casual sex on spring break
STI/HIV Risks for Mexican Migrant Laborers: Exploratory Ethnographies
Binge drinking and casual sex on spring break
Infection Risk Along U.S. Highways? The Case of a ‘Truckchaser’ Cruising for Truckers
This article explores potential infection risks linked with trucker cruising along U.S. highways. Specifically, the article delineates the settings and social organization of trucker cruising, examines the structure of sex partnerships of truckers and cruisers, and delves into the unique database of one truckchaser who recorded 4,162 sex interactions with 2,499 different truckers during a 13-year period. Concurrent sexual partnerships of bisexual…
Work Conditions and Health and Well-Being of Latina Hotel Housekeepers
Mapping U.S. long-haul truck drivers’ multiplex networks and risk topography in inner-city neighborhoods
Social, Occupational, and Spatial Exposures and Mental Health Disparities of Working-Class Latinas in the US
Overcoming Barriers in Unhealthy Settings: A Phenomenological Study of Healthy Truck Drivers
We investigated the phenomenon of sustained health-supportive behaviors among long-haul commercial truck drivers, who belong to an occupational segment with extreme health disparities. With a focus on setting-level factors, this study sought to discover ways in which individuals exhibit resiliency while immersed in endemically obesogenic environments, as well as understand setting-level barriers to engaging in health-supportive behaviors. Using a…
Ethno-epidemiological research challenges: Networks of long-haul truckers in the inner city
Long-haul truck drivers and members of their social networks in urban locales constitute a hard-to-reach population at risk for acquiring and disseminating STIs/HIV. This paper focuses on the unique logistical, methodological, and ethical challenges faced by population health scientists while studying long-haul truck drivers and members of their sexual networks in inner-city neighborhoods of a major US metropolitan center and the innovative strat…
Work-Life Conflict among U.S. Long-Haul Truck Drivers: Influences of Work Organization, Perceived Job Stress, Sleep, and Organizational Support
Work-life balance and job stress are critical to health and well-being. Long-haul truck driving (LHTD) is among the unhealthiest and most unsafe occupations in the U.S. Despite these disparities, there are no extant published studies examining the influence of work, stress and sleep outcomes on drivers' work-life balance. The current study investigated whether adverse work organization, stress, and poor sleep health among LHTDs are significantly …
Exploring the Role of Social Network Structure in Disease Risk among U.S. Long-haul Truck Drivers in Urban Areas
Objective: Using mixed methods, we explored properties of long-haul truckers' social networks potentially influencing STI/BBI acquisition and transmission. Methods: We recruited inner-city drug and sex network members (N = 88) for interviews. Blood and urine samples and vaginal swabs were collected to test for STIs/BBIs. Data were collected on participants' role in the network (trucker, sex worker, or intermediary), sexual and substance-use behav…
Medicine (8 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sex work and related issues (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Public health (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)