Julia Dickson-Gomez, PhD
Associate Professor
jdickson@mcw.edu
Dr. Dickson-Gomez studies HIV prevention among drug users in the United States and El Salvador and is also interested in the influence of structural factors on HIV risk. Her research explores the effects of housing policy on drug users' access to housing, variations in housing status and housing options of drug users, and levels of HIV risk related to these factors. Dr. Dickson-Gomez's work also explores macro- and micro-social contexts of crack use and HIV risk in communities in El Salvador. She has used qualitative methods to evaluate network-based HIV prevention interventions for drug users and at-risk women.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Telephone: 414.955.7700
Fax: 414.287.4206
EDUCATION
PhD - Medical Anthropology; University of California, Los Angeles
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dickson-Gomez, J., Hilario, H., Convey, M., Corbett, A.M., Weeks, M., and Martinez, M. (in press). The relationship between housing status and HIV risk among active drug users: A qualitative analysis. Substance Use and Misuse.
Dickson-Gomez, J., Bodnar, G., Guevarra, A., Rodriguez, K., and Gaborit, M. (2006). Childhood sexual abuse and HIV risk among crack-using commercial sex workers in San Salvador, El Salvador. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 20(4), 545-574.
Dickson-Gomez, J., Weeks, M., Martinez, M., and Convey, M. (2006). Times and places: Process evaluation of a peer-led HIV prevention intervention. Substance Use and Misuse, 41(5), 669-690.