Caroline Acker
Biographic Data
| ID | 7561485 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Acker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline |
| FAMILY NAME | Acker |
| SIGNATURE | ACKER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carnegie Mellon University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sexual contexts and the process of risk reduction
Understanding the dynamics of sexual risks for HIV among men who have sex with men has been one of the ongoing challenges of HIV prevention. While the majority of HIV-prevention interventions target individual behaviour and decision making, multiple studies point to the importance of social context in shaping risk behaviour. Analysis of qualitative data from a study of men who have sex with men, drug use and sex found that sexual encounters were …
Money, Drugs, and Bodies
Research on men who sell sex has primarily focused on psychological profiles and HIV risk factors. Substantially less literature examines the consumers in the male-to-male exchange sex dyad. This article examines the perspectives of venders and consumers. Data come from a qualitative study of a group of 26 men who recently exchanged sex for money or drugs in New York City. Findings indicate that a complex set of interactions between motivation, c…
Neighborhood history as a factor shaping syringe distribution networks among drug users at a U.S. syringe exchange
Neighborhood history as a factor shaping syringe distribution networks among drug users at a U.S. syringe exchange
Money, Drugs, and Bodies
Research on men who sell sex has primarily focused on psychological profiles and HIV risk factors. Substantially less literature examines the consumers in the male-to-male exchange sex dyad. This article examines the perspectives of venders and consumers. Data come from a qualitative study of a group of 26 men who recently exchanged sex for money or drugs in New York City. Findings indicate that a complex set of interactions between motivation, c…
Neighborhood history as a factor shaping syringe distribution networks among drug users at a U.S. syringe exchange
Money, Drugs, and Bodies
Research on men who sell sex has primarily focused on psychological profiles and HIV risk factors. Substantially less literature examines the consumers in the male-to-male exchange sex dyad. This article examines the perspectives of venders and consumers. Data come from a qualitative study of a group of 26 men who recently exchanged sex for money or drugs in New York City. Findings indicate that a complex set of interactions between motivation, c…
Sexual contexts and the process of risk reduction
Understanding the dynamics of sexual risks for HIV among men who have sex with men has been one of the ongoing challenges of HIV prevention. While the majority of HIV-prevention interventions target individual behaviour and decision making, multiple studies point to the importance of social context in shaping risk behaviour. Analysis of qualitative data from a study of men who have sex with men, drug use and sex found that sexual encounters were …
Family medicine (3 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (2 works)