Jorge Fontdevila
California State University, Fullerton
19 Papers
133 Citations
Jorge Fontdevila is an academic researcher from California State University, Fullerton. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 19 publications. Previous affiliations of Jorge Fontdevila include California State University & Columbia University.
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Papers
HIV risks of men in methadone maintenance treatment programs who abuse their intimate partners: A forgotten issue
Nabila El-Bassel,Jorge Fontdevila,Louisa Gilbert,Dexter R. Voisin,Beverly L. Richman,Pamela Pitchell +5 more
TL;DR: It was showed that men who perpetrated partner violence were at higher risk for HIV transmission and HIV prevention interventions need to consider the complex relationship between partner violence and HIV risk.
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Rethinking sexual initiation: pathways to identity formation among gay and bisexual Mexican male youth.
Héctor Carrillo,Jorge Fontdevila +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that Mexican male same-sex sexuality is characterized by three distinct patterns of sexual initiation—one heavily-based on gender roles, one based on homosociality, and onebased on object choice—which inform the men’s interpretations regarding sexual roles, partner preferences, and sexual behaviors.
Indexes, power, and netdoms: A multidimensional model of language in social action
TL;DR: The authors argue that the relationship between grammar and practice can be expressed along three analytical dimensions: semiotic, power, and relational, and conclude with a multidimensional model of communicative action, and assert that these tensions arise from uncritically conflating the empirical with the analytical.
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Predictors of sharing drugs among injection drug users in the South Bronx: implications for HIV transmission.
TL;DR: Female injection drug users were at high risk of drug sharing because they constituted the great majority of those who exchanged sex, and continuing research is needed to understand how drug-sharing contributes to the spread of HIV and other infections.
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Framing dilemmas during sex: A micro-sociological approach to HIV risk
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore interactional mechanisms of HIV transmission through rigorous analysis of micro-dilemmas of HIV health cooperation during sex and find two types of meta-frame switching during sexual encounters: protective versus trusting.
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