Helen Kang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3886522 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Kang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Kang |
| SIGNATURE | KANG H |
| AFFILIATIONS | British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9522-1911 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Looking Toward Restorative Justice for Redlined Communities Displaced by Eco-Gentrification
MJEAL chose to publish Helen Kang’s piece, Looking Toward Restorative Justice for Redlined Communities Displaced by Eco-Gentrification, because it offers a unique analytic approach for analyzing the roots of environmental racism and the appropriate tools to help rectify it. She offers an argument for why restorative justice needs to be the framework and explains how we can accomplish this in the context of a whole government solution. MJEAL is ex…
Feeling Well and Having Good Numbers: Renal Patients’ Encounter With Clinical Uncertainties and the Responsibility to “Live Well
Individuals living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) must be mindful of their diet and exercise, take multiple medications, and deal with other compounding illnesses. We observed renal patients' encounters with health professionals at a renal clinic for tensions and gaps in patients' and health professionals' understandings of "living well" with CKD. We found that the renal patients at the clinic become emotionally invested in the fluctuations in…
When Symbols Clash: Legitimacy, Legality and the 2010 Winter Olympics
In February 2010, the Olympics descended on Vancouver, British Columbia. Between athletes competing for gold and a provincial venue with the highest poverty rate in Canada, a clash of symbols arose: those deemed legitimate by the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) and those deemed illegitimate. The Games not only transformed the city's landscape, municipal laws, infrastructure, and social relations but also resulted in the concurrent …
Aging with HIV: Historical and Intra-Community Differences in Experience of Aging with HIV
Gay men living with HIV/AIDS face a complex of health issues, including those associated with the aging process, long-term HIV infection (25 years or more), and side effects from Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART). If aging can increase marginalization, this is more likely for the aging HIV positive gay man, who is already marginalized for being queer and living with a stigmatizing disease. This article presents findings from a study o…
Feeling Well and Having Good Numbers: Renal Patients’ Encounter With Clinical Uncertainties and the Responsibility to “Live Well
Individuals living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) must be mindful of their diet and exercise, take multiple medications, and deal with other compounding illnesses. We observed renal patients' encounters with health professionals at a renal clinic for tensions and gaps in patients' and health professionals' understandings of "living well" with CKD. We found that the renal patients at the clinic become emotionally invested in the fluctuations in…
When Symbols Clash: Legitimacy, Legality and the 2010 Winter Olympics
In February 2010, the Olympics descended on Vancouver, British Columbia. Between athletes competing for gold and a provincial venue with the highest poverty rate in Canada, a clash of symbols arose: those deemed legitimate by the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) and those deemed illegitimate. The Games not only transformed the city's landscape, municipal laws, infrastructure, and social relations but also resulted in the concurrent …
Aging with HIV: Historical and Intra-Community Differences in Experience of Aging with HIV
Gay men living with HIV/AIDS face a complex of health issues, including those associated with the aging process, long-term HIV infection (25 years or more), and side effects from Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART). If aging can increase marginalization, this is more likely for the aging HIV positive gay man, who is already marginalized for being queer and living with a stigmatizing disease. This article presents findings from a study o…
Looking Toward Restorative Justice for Redlined Communities Displaced by Eco-Gentrification
MJEAL chose to publish Helen Kang’s piece, Looking Toward Restorative Justice for Redlined Communities Displaced by Eco-Gentrification, because it offers a unique analytic approach for analyzing the roots of environmental racism and the appropriate tools to help rectify it. She offers an argument for why restorative justice needs to be the framework and explains how we can accomplish this in the context of a whole government solution. MJEAL is ex…
Aging with HIV: Historical and Intra-Community Differences in Experience of Aging with HIV
Gay men living with HIV/AIDS face a complex of health issues, including those associated with the aging process, long-term HIV infection (25 years or more), and side effects from Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART). If aging can increase marginalization, this is more likely for the aging HIV positive gay man, who is already marginalized for being queer and living with a stigmatizing disease. This article presents findings from a study o…
When Symbols Clash: Legitimacy, Legality and the 2010 Winter Olympics
In February 2010, the Olympics descended on Vancouver, British Columbia. Between athletes competing for gold and a provincial venue with the highest poverty rate in Canada, a clash of symbols arose: those deemed legitimate by the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) and those deemed illegitimate. The Games not only transformed the city's landscape, municipal laws, infrastructure, and social relations but also resulted in the concurrent …
Feeling Well and Having Good Numbers: Renal Patients’ Encounter With Clinical Uncertainties and the Responsibility to “Live Well
Individuals living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) must be mindful of their diet and exercise, take multiple medications, and deal with other compounding illnesses. We observed renal patients' encounters with health professionals at a renal clinic for tensions and gaps in patients' and health professionals' understandings of "living well" with CKD. We found that the renal patients at the clinic become emotionally invested in the fluctuations in…
Looking Toward Restorative Justice for Redlined Communities Displaced by Eco-Gentrification
MJEAL chose to publish Helen Kang’s piece, Looking Toward Restorative Justice for Redlined Communities Displaced by Eco-Gentrification, because it offers a unique analytic approach for analyzing the roots of environmental racism and the appropriate tools to help rectify it. She offers an argument for why restorative justice needs to be the framework and explains how we can accomplish this in the context of a whole government solution. MJEAL is ex…
Gender Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Feeling (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Active listening (1 works)