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Overview

Kate Shannon is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and social sciences. Their research primarily addresses issues related to HIV, drug use, sexual risk, and sex work, alongside broader topics concerning public health and social determinants.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including epidemiology, sociology and political science, infectious diseases, clinical psychology, and general health professions. This range highlights the multidisciplinary approach taken in their investigations and analyses.

Kate Shannon has published frequently in various academic venues, with four publications in BMC Public Health and three each in the International Journal of Drug Policy, PLoS ONE, and Social Sciences. The journal AIDS and Behavior also features three of their publications, indicating a consistent focus on health-related social research.

Their recent papers include:

  • "The role of sex work laws and stigmas in increasing HIV risks among sex workers," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Overdose among mothers: The association between child removal and unintentional drug overdose in a longitudinal cohort of marginalised women in Canada," 2020, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • "The impact of end-demand legislation on sex workers' access to health and sex worker-led services: A community-based prospective cohort study in Canada," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Structural determinants of HIV/STI prevalence, HIV/STI/sexual and reproductive health access, and condom use among immigrant sex workers globally," 2021, AIDS
  • "Sex Workers' Access to Police Assistance in Safety Emergencies and Means of Escape from Situations of Violence and Confinement under an "End Demand" Criminalization Model: A Five City Study in Canada," 2021, Social Sciences

The main topics of Kate Shannon's work include:

  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Sex work and related issues
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Kate Shannon are:

  • Melissa Braschel
  • Andrea Krüsi
  • Shira M. Goldenberg
  • Kathleen Deering
  • Jennie Pearson

Best Publications

  • Global epidemiology of HIV among female sex workers: influence of structural determinants

    Kate Shannon;Steffanie A Strathdee;Shira M Goldenberg;Putu Duff

  • Association of highly active antiretroviral therapy coverage, population viral load, and yearly new HIV diagnoses in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based study

    Julio S.G. Montaner;Julio S.G. Montaner;Julio S.G. Montaner;Viviane D. Lima;Viviane D. Lima;Rolando Barrios;Benita Yip

  • A systematic review of the correlates of violence against sex workers

    Kathleen N. Deering;Avni Amin;Jean Shoveller;Ariel Nesbitt

  • Social and structural violence and power relations in mitigating HIV risk of drug-using women in survival sex work

    Kate Shannon;Thomas Kerr;Shari Allinott;Jill Chettiar

  • Prevalence and structural correlates of gender based violence among a prospective cohort of female sex workers.

    Kate Shannon;Thomas Kerr;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Jean Shoveller

  • Expansion of HAART Coverage Is Associated with Sustained Decreases in HIV/AIDS Morbidity, Mortality and HIV Transmission: The “HIV Treatment as Prevention” Experience in a Canadian Setting

    Julio S.G. Montaner;Viviane D. Lima;P. Richard Harrigan;Lillian Lourenço

  • Structural and Environmental Barriers to Condom Use Negotiation With Clients Among Female Sex Workers: Implications for HIV-Prevention Strategies and Policy

    Kate Shannon;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Jean Shoveller;Melanie Rusch

  • Occupational stigma as a primary barrier to health care for street-based sex workers in Canada

    Lisa Lazarus;Kathleen N Deering;Rose Nabess;Kate Gibson

  • Mapping violence and policing as an environmental-structural barrier to health service and syringe availability among substance-using women in street-level sex work

    Kate Shannon;M. Rusch;Jean Shoveller;D. Alexson

  • Violence, condom negotiation, and HIV/STI risk among sex workers.

    Kate Shannon;Joanne Csete

  • An action agenda for HIV and sex workers

    Chris Beyrer;Anna Louise Crago;Linda Gail Bekker;Jenny Butler

  • High rates of primary care and emergency department use among injection drug users in Vancouver

    T. Kerr;E. Wood;E. Grafstein;T. Ishida

  • The global response and unmet actions for HIV and sex workers.

    Kate Shannon;Anna Louise Crago;Stefan D. Baral;Linda Gail Bekker

  • Community-based HIV prevention research among substance-using women in survival sex work: The Maka Project Partnership

    Kate Shannon;Vicki Bright;Shari Allinott;Debbie Alexson

  • Income generating activities of people who inject drugs

    Kora DeBeck;Kate Shannon;Evan Wood;Kathy Li

  • HIV infection among female sex workers in concentrated and high prevalence epidemics: why a structural determinants framework is needed.

    Kate Shannon;Shira M Goldenberg;Kathleen N Deering;Steffaine A Strathdee

  • Negotiating Safety and Sexual Risk Reduction With Clients in Unsanctioned Safer Indoor Sex Work Environments: A Qualitative Study

    Andrea Krüsi;Jill Chettiar;Amelia Ridgway;Janice Abbott

  • Structural violence and structural vulnerability within the risk environment: Theoretical and methodological perspectives for a social epidemiology of HIV risk among injection drug users and sex workers

    Tim Rhodes;Karla Wagner;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Kate Shannon

  • Gender inequity norms are associated with increased male-perpetrated rape and sexual risks for HIV infection in Botswana and Swaziland.

    Kate Shannon;Karen Leiter;Nthabiseng Phaladze;Zakhe Hlanze

  • Criminalisation of clients: reproducing vulnerabilities for violence and poor health among street-based sex workers in Canada—a qualitative study

    A Krüsi;K Pacey;L Bird;C Taylor

  • Structural andEnvironmentalBarriers toCondomUse NegotiationWithClientsAmongFemale SexWorkers: ImplicationsforHIV-PreventionStrategiesandPolicy

    Kate Shannon;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Jean Shoveller;Melanie Rusch

Frequent Co-Authors

Shira M. Goldenberg
Shira M. Goldenberg University of British Columbia
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego
Jean Shoveller
Jean Shoveller University of British Columbia
Will Small
Will Small Simon Fraser University
Viviane D. Lima
Viviane D. Lima University of British Columbia
P. Richard Harrigan
P. Richard Harrigan University of British Columbia
Benita Yip
Benita Yip University of British Columbia
Stephen Moses
Stephen Moses University of Manitoba
Stefan Baral
Stefan Baral Johns Hopkins University
Linda-Gail Bekker
Linda-Gail Bekker University of Cape Town

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