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Kim M Blankenship, Associate Research Professor of Duke Global Health Institute and Sociology
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Kim M Blankenship
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Short Description of Research
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Associate Research Professor of Duke Global Health Institute and Sociology
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277B Sociology-Psychology BLD |
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(919) 681-7639 |
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(919) 681-7677 |
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Tuesdays, 2:00-3:30 |
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| Areas of Interest: |
Gender, Class, Race inequality
Health
HIV/AIDS
Drugs and Society
Collective movements
Law, Policy and Society
Structural Interventions
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| My research has focused on understanding the social contextual/structural determinants of health, particularly the way that inequalities of gender, class, and race determine health related risks and outcomes and subsequently, on identifying structural interventions that can reduce these risks and the resulting inequalities in health outcomes. Much of this work has further focused on HIV/AIDS among women and drug users. With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, I have been conducting multi-methods research (intensive ethnographic research in one field site and an annual cross-sectional survey) on the implementation and impact of community led structural interventions to address HIV risk in female sex workers in Southern India. Over the next three years, this research will be extended to include a four-site comparative analysis, as well as extensive analysis of secondary data across up to 80 different sites, to understand how gender power, policing policy, and economic instability impact on HIV risk and how interventions to address these factors can be successfully implemented. In my domestic research, I have focused on the role of involvement with the criminal justice system in explaining Black-White differences in HIV/AIDS. With funding from NIDA, I have collected both qualitative data (longitudinal qualitative interviews with 50 individuals with a history of non-violent drug offenses living in New Haven, CT) and quantitative data (an extensive survey with 130 similar individuals)to assess how criminal justice involvement shapes HIV risk, particularly by creating economic, residential, and network instability. I have applied for additional funding to continue to explore these questions. Finally, I will soon embark on a series of meta-analyses with colleagues at the University of CT to better understand the factors associated with the efficacy of HIV risk reduction interventions. In particular, I will oversee meta-analysis of structural interventions for HIV prevention.
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Selected Publications/Recent
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- Blankenship, KM, West, BS, Kershaw, TS, Biradavolu, MR, Power, Community Mobilization, and Condom Use Practices among Female Sex Workers in Andhra Pradesh, India,
AIDS, vol. 22 no. Suppl 5 (December, 2008),
pp. S109-S116 [abs].
- Hanck SE, Blankenship KM, Irwin KS, West BS, Kershaw T, Assessment of Self-Reported Sexual Behavior and Condom Use Among Female Sex Workers in India Using A Polling Box Approach: A Preliminary Report,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 35 no. 5
(2008),
pp. 489-494 [abs].
- Katsulis Y, Blankenship KM, Women’s Agency in the Context of Drug Use,
in Neither Villain Nor Victim: Empowerment and Agency among Women Substance Abusers, edited by Tammy Anderson
(2008).
- Biradavolu, MR, Burris, S, George, A, Jenna, A, Blankenship, KM, Enrolling NGOs to Regulate Police; Learning From an HIV Prevention Project for Sex Workers in Southern India,
Social Science and Medicine (In press).
- Dworkin, S and Blankenship, KM, Microfinance and HIV/AIDS Prevention: Assessing its Promise and Limitations,
AIDS and Behavior (In press).
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Course Descriptions
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- SOCIOL 99IFCS.01, GENDER, POVERTY, AND HEALTH
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Sociology
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