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D-Index
69
Citations
19852
World Ranking
808
National Ranking
58

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Peter Aggleton is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia, where they have contributed extensively to research within the social sciences, psychology, and health professions. Their work spans interdisciplinary approaches, focusing on themes related to health, identity, and social rights.

Their research encompasses multiple subfields such as general health professions, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, gender studies, and broader health disciplines. This range is reflected in their academic output, which addresses complex intersections of health and identity.

Central topics in their body of work include adolescent sexual and reproductive health, LGBTQ health, identity and policy, Indigenous health, education and rights, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, issues surrounding drug use and sexual risk, child abuse and trauma, as well as gender roles and identity studies.

Peter Aggleton's collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Joanne Bryant, Christy E. Newman, Carla Treloar, Stephen Bell, and Reuben Bolt. These partnerships underline a consistent engagement with scholars working on overlapping subjects related to social health and wellbeing.

The scientist's notable recent journal publications include:

  • Beyond deficit: 'strengths-based approaches' in Indigenous health research, 2021, Sociology of Health & Illness
  • Destabilising the 'problem' of chemsex: Diversity in settings, relations and practices revealed in Australian gay and bisexual men's crystal methamphetamine use, 2020, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Restricted modes: Social media, content classification and LGBTQ sexual citizenship, 2020, New Media & Society
  • Intersex: cultural and social perspectives, 2021, Culture Health & Sexuality
  • Young Aboriginal people's engagement with STI testing in the Northern Territory, Australia, 2020, BMC Public Health

They have published multiple articles within a number of journals including Culture Health & Sexuality, International Journal of Drug Policy, Sociology of Health & Illness, Health Sociology Review, and Sexual Health.

In addition to peer-reviewed articles, Peter Aggleton has contributed to academic books published by UCL Press and Springer International Publishing. Their book topics focus on educational policy and social justice, as well as HIV prevention strategies in contemporary contexts.

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, reflecting their established role within academic social science communities.

Best Publications

  • HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination: a conceptual framework and implications for action.

    Richard Parker;Peter Aggleton

  • Structural approaches to HIV prevention.

    Geeta Rao Gupta;Justin O Parkhurst;Jessica A Ogden;Peter Aggleton

  • HIV-related stigmatization and discrimination: Its forms and contexts

    Anne Malcolm;Peter Aggleton;Mario Bronfman;Jane Galvão

  • HIV/AIDS-related Stigma and Discrimination: A Conceptual Framework and Agenda for Action

    Richard Parker;Peter Aggleton

  • Stigma, HIV/AIDS and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission in Zambia

    Virginia Bond;Elaine Chase;Peter Aggleton

  • Culture, Society and Sexuality: A Reader

    Richard G. Parker;Peter Aggleton

  • Working with young people - towards an agenda for sexual health

    Peter Aggleton;Catherine Campbell

  • Men who have sex with men: stigma and discrimination

    Dennis Altman;Peter Aggleton;Michael Williams;Travis Kong

  • Estigma, discriminaçäo e aids

    Richard Parker;Peter Aggleton

  • Sexuality education and young people's sexual behavior: a review of studies.

    Anne Grunseit;Susan Kippax;Peter Aggleton;Mariella Baldo

  • Rebels without a cause? Socialization and subcultural style among the children of the new middle classes

    Peter J. Aggleton;Geoff Whitty

  • Framing the sexual subject.

    Parker R;Barbosa Rm;Aggleton P

  • Risking everything ? Risk behavior, behavior change, and AIDS

    Peter Aggleton;Kevin O'Reilly;Gary Slutkin;Peter Davies

  • Framing the sexual subject : the politics of gender, sexuality, and power

    Richard G. Parker;Regina Maria Barbosa;Peter Aggleton

  • Gender and HIV/AIDS: What Do Men have to Do with it?

    Purnima Mane;Peter Aggleton

  • Uganda: HIV and AIDS-related Discrimination, Stigmatization and Denial

    S Mukasa Monico;A Nuwagaba;E Otolok Tanga;Paul Tyrer

  • HIV-related stigma, discrimination and human rights violations: Case studies of successful programmes

    Peter Aggleton;Kate Wood;Anne Malcolm;Richard Parker

  • HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM): systematic review of qualitative evidence

    Theo Lorenc;Isaac Marrero-Guillamón;Alexis Llewellyn;Peter Aggleton

  • Facing the challenge: household responses to HIV/AIDS in Mumbai, India.

    Bharat S;Aggleton P

  • Developing sexual health programmes. A framework for action.

    P. Aggleton;K. Wood;F. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Parker
Richard Parker Columbia University
Geoff Whitty
Geoff Whitty University of Newcastle Australia
Susan Kippax
Susan Kippax University of New South Wales
Lisa Maher
Lisa Maher University of New South Wales
Carlos F. Caceres
Carlos F. Caceres Cayetano Heredia University
John de Wit
John de Wit Utrecht University
Alex Broom
Alex Broom University of Sydney
Mitchell G. Weiss
Mitchell G. Weiss Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
David M. Whiley
David M. Whiley University of Queensland
Catherine Campbell
Catherine Campbell London School of Economics and Political Science

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