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Jennifer S. Hirsch

Jennifer S. Hirsch

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
42
Citations
10741
World Ranking
4633
National Ranking
2203

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Jennifer S. Hirsch is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States, where their research primarily spans the social sciences. Their work is grounded in several subfields including sociology and political science, gender studies, general health professions, health, and information systems.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on issues related to sexual health, victimization, and education. Selected recent papers include:

  • Repeat sexual victimization during college: Prevalence and psychosocial correlates, 2020, Psychology of Violence
  • Sex Education: Broadening the Definition of Relevant Outcomes, 2020, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Debating Sex and Sovereignty: Uganda's New National Sexuality Education Policy, 2021, Sexuality Research and Social Policy
  • The Promise and Peril of Mobile Phones for Youth in Rural Uganda: Multimethod Study of Implications for Health and HIV, 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Putting the "Comprehensive" in Comprehensive Sexuality Education: a Review Exploring Young Adult Literature as a School-based Intervention, 2022, Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Frequent coauthors in their work include John Santelli, Kate Walsh, Shamus Khan, Melanie M. Wall, and Claude A. Mellins. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships within related domains of research.

The publication venues where Jennifer S. Hirsch has commonly published are:

  • Sexuality Research and Social Policy
  • Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • Culture Health & Sexuality
  • Psychology of Violence
  • Journal of Adolescent Health

The main research domains and topics covered in their work include:

  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies

Jennifer S. Hirsch was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2012, an acknowledgment within their professional career. The overall body of work indicates a sustained focus on health, gender, and sociopolitical aspects of sexuality and violence across diverse populations.

Best Publications

  • The measurement and meaning of unintended pregnancy.

    John Santelli;Roger Rochat;Kendra Hatfield-Timajchy;Brenda Colley Gilbert

  • A Courtship after Marriage

    Jennifer S. Hirsch

  • A Courtship after Marriage: Sexuality and Love in Mexican Transnational Families

    Jennifer S. Hirsch

  • Long-term health correlates of timing of sexual debut: results from a national US study.

    Theo G.M. Sandfort;Mark Orr;Jennifer S Hirsch;John S. Santelli

  • Modern Loves: The Anthropology of Romantic Courtship and Companionate Marriage

    Jennifer S. Hirsch;Holly Wardlow

  • Comfortably, Safely, and Without Shame: Defining Menstrual Hygiene Management as a Public Health Issue.

    Marni Sommer;Jennifer S. Hirsch;Constance Nathanson;Richard G. Parker

  • Sexual assault incidents among college undergraduates: Prevalence and factors associated with risk.

    Claude Mellins;Kate Walsh;Kate Walsh;Aaron L. Sarvet;Melanie M. Wall;Melanie M. Wall

  • The Social Constructions of Sexuality: Marital Infidelity and Sexually Transmitted Disease–HIV Risk in a Mexican Migrant Community

    Jennifer S. Hirsch;Jennifer Higgins;Margaret E. Bentley;Constance A. Nathanson

  • Sex Education and Sexual Socialization: Roles for Educators and Parents

    Ronny A. Shtarkshall;John S. Santelli;Jennifer S. Hirsch

  • State-level immigration and immigrant-focused policies as drivers of Latino health disparities in the United States

    Morgan M. Philbin;Morgan Flake;Mark L. Hatzenbuehler;Jennifer S. Hirsch

  • En el Norte la Mujer Manda Gender, Generation, and Geography in a Mexican Transnational Community

    Jennifer S. Hirsch

  • Immigration policies and mental health morbidity among Latinos: A state-level analysis.

    Mark L. Hatzenbuehler;Seth J. Prins;Morgan Flake;Morgan Philbin

  • The inevitability of infidelity: sexual reputation, social geographies, and marital HIV risk in rural Mexico.

    Jennifer S. Hirsch;Sergio Meneses;Brenda Thompson;Mirka Negroni

  • The Secret: Love, Marriage, and HIV

    Jennifer S. Hirsch;Holly Wardlow;Daniel Jordan Smith

  • Pleasure, power, and inequality: incorporating sexuality into research on contraceptive use.

    Jennifer Higgins;Jennifer S. Hirsch

  • The pleasure deficit: revisiting the "sexuality connection" in reproductive health.

    Jennifer Higgins;Jennifer S. Hirsch

  • Love and Globalization: Transformations of Intimacy in the Contemporary World

    Mark B. Padilla;Jennifer S. Hirsch;Miguel Muñoz-Laboy

  • "I Didn't Want To Be 'That Girl'": The Social Risks of Labeling, Telling, and Reporting Sexual Assault

    Shamus R. Khan;Jennifer S. Hirsch;Alexander Wamboldt;Claude A. Mellins

  • Comprehensive Sexuality Education as a Primary Prevention Strategy for Sexual Violence Perpetration

    Madeline Schneider;Jennifer S Hirsch

  • Psychosocial Implications of Homophobia and HIV Stigma in Social Support Networks Insights for High-Impact HIV Prevention Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men

    Jonathan Garcia;Caroline Parker;Richard G. Parker;Patrick A. Wilson

  • Pleasure, Prophylaxis and Procreation: A Qualitative Analysis of Intermittent Contraceptive Use and Unintended Pregnancy

    Jenny A. Higgins;Jennifer S. Hirsch;James Trussell

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Parker
Richard Parker Columbia University
Claude A. Mellins
Claude A. Mellins Columbia University
Patrick A. Wilson
Patrick A. Wilson Columbia University
Melanie M. Wall
Melanie M. Wall Columbia University
Louisa Gilbert
Louisa Gilbert Columbia University
Martie P. Thompson
Martie P. Thompson Appalachian State University
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler Harvard University
P. Richard Harrigan
P. Richard Harrigan University of British Columbia
José A. Bauermeister
José A. Bauermeister University of Pennsylvania
Kathryn M. Yount
Kathryn M. Yount Emory University

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