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Margaret R. Weeks

Margaret R. Weeks, Ph.D.

Dr. Weeks is a sociocultural anthropologist whose research areas include substance abuse and AIDS. She has worked with culturally-targeted AIDS-prevention programs in Africa, Puerto Rico, China, and the United States. Her current areas of study are the acceptance of female condoms and microbicides among sex workers in southern China, sustained female condom use as a means of HIV/AIDS prevention in Hartford, Connecticut, and a program to train active drug users as peer health advocates in their communities.

Positions

  • Executive Director, Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT
  • Director, Community Research Core, Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, New Haven, CT
  • Investigator, Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core, Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, New Haven, CT

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1987, University of Connecticut, Anthropology

 

Relevant Publications

  • Weeks, M. R., Abbott, M., Liao, S., Yu, W., He, B., Zhou, Y., et al. (2007). Opportunities for woman-initiated HIV prevention methods among female sex workers in Southern China. Journal of Sex Research, 44, 190—201.
  • Dickson-Gomez, J., Convey, M., Hilario, H., Corbett, A. M., & Weeks, M. (2007). Unofficial policy: access to housing, housing information and social services among homeless drug users in Hartford, CT. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy, 2(8), 2—8.
  • Weeks, M. R., Dickson-Gomez, J., Mosack, K. E., Convey, M., Martinez, M., and Clair, S. (2006). The risk avoidance partnership: Training active drug users as peer health advocates. Journal of Drug Issues, 3, 541-570.
  • Dickson-Gomez, J., Weeks, M. R., Martinez, M., & Convey, M. (2006). Times and places: Process evaluation of a peer-led HIV prevention intervention. Substance Use and Misuse, 41, 669-690.
  • Idali, T. M., & Weeks, M. R. (2006). Sexual health protection, culture and community: Contributions of anthropology to community health education approaches: An introduction. International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 25, 165-168.

 

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