Janie Simmons

Biographic Data

ID5024299
NAMEJanie Simmons
GIVEN NAMESJanie
FAMILY NAMESimmons
SIGNATURESIMMONS J
AFFILIATIONSNational Development and Research Institutes
ORCID0000-0002-0320-9139
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS17
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Police officers perceptions of fentanyl pre and post a novel occupational risk reduction training

    Open AccessJanie Simmons, Sonali Rajan et al.ARTICLEHealth & Justice2026

    Misinformation regarding occupational fentanyl exposure remains common among U.S. law enforcement despite evidence indicating that incidental exposure poses minimal risk of opioid toxicity. Such misinformation may influence overdose response as well as other policing activities involving illicit drugs. We developed and evaluated a novel online occupational risk reduction training designed to improve officers’ knowledge and confidence regarding oc…

  • HIV-serodifferent couples’ perspectives and practices regarding HIV prevention strategies

    Open AccessJames M McMahon, Janie Simmons et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    A substantial proportion of heterosexually acquired HIV infections in the U.S. occur between partners in primary relationships characterized by mixed HIV status. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued guidelines prioritizing HIV-serodifferent couples for primary HIV prevention, including treatment-as-prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Yet, very little research has been conducted to understand the perspectives…

  • Determinants of physical and global functioning in adult HIV-positive heterosexual men

    Krupa Shah, James M McMahon et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2015

    Little is known about the psychosocial factors that might impact the functioning ability of heterosexual men living with HIV. We examined positive and negative coping, social support, and HIV stigma as predictors of physical and global functioning in a cross-sectional sample of 317 HIV-infected adult heterosexual male patients recruited from clinical and social service agencies in New York City. Study participants were primarily minority and low …

  • A Collaborative Methodology for Investigating the Ethical Conduct of Research on Female Sex Workers in the Philippines

    Open AccessLianne A Urada, Janie SimmonsARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2014Cited by: 1References: 3

    Designing research in an ethical, non-exploitative manner that investigates concerns around privacy, confidentiality, and voluntariness is imperative for female sex work populations (Shaver, 2005; Urada & Simmons, 2014). Some community-led interventions, especially those focused on empowerment, education, and economic independence, have been effective with female sex workers across the globe (Biradavolu, Blankenship, Jena, Dhungana, 2012; Kerriga…

  • Social and Structural Constraints on Disclosure and Informed Consent for HIV Survey Research Involving Female Sex Workers and Their Bar Managers in the Philippines

    Open AccessLianne A Urada, Janie SimmonsARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2014Cited by: 6References: 5

    Informed consent was constrained by perceived government coercion and skepticism that research results would translate into community benefits. Disclosure was constrained by distrust in confidentiality and perceived intrusiveness of survey questions. FSWs and managers were frustrated by the government's inability to stop police from using condoms as evidence of prostitution. Findings suggest HIV interventions move beyond didactic prevention works…

  • Retrospective accounts of injection initiation in intimate partnerships

    Open AccessJanie Simmons, Sonali Rajan et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2012

  • Commentary Hidden Injuries of Research on Social Suffering Among Drug Users

    Janie Simmons, Kim KoesterARTICLEPracticing Anthropology2003

    Ethnographic research with impoverished, often homeless, street drug users commonly involves the direct and indirect witnessing of various kinds of violence. Numerous methodological and ethical challenges related to the witnessing of violence have been explored in the ethnographic literature on drug use. In addition, drug-use researchers like Bourgois and Inciardi have written, at least tangentially, about the myriad emotions that come into play …

  • Structural and Interpersonal Violence Among Puerto Rican Drug Users

    Michael Duke, Wei Teng et al.ARTICLEPracticing Anthropology2003

    The lives of Puerto Rican street drug users living on the US mainland are structured by addiction and violence. For some, drugs act as a palliative against the trauma of being exposed to extreme physical or emotional harm. For others, the effects of structural oppression, coupled with the cruel logic of addiction, situates violence just below the surface of lived experience (Singer 1996). This paper will explore the relationship between exposure …

  • The Challenges of Street Research on Drug Use, Violence, and Aids Risk

    M Singer, Janie Simmons et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2001

    Violence is a regular and consequential event in the lives of street drug users, commonly beginning at an early age and continuing throughout their drug careers. Growing evidence indicates that involvement in violence, of various kinds, including as victim, perpetrator, and witness, is a factor in the initiation and continuation of drug use, as well as in AIDS risk behaviours associated with illicit drug consumption. As a result, improving our un…

  • Locations of Remorse and Homelands of Resilience

    Open AccessAna Ortiz, Janie Simmons et al.ARTICLECulture Medicine and Psychiatry1999Cited by: 10References: 14