Margaret Weeks, PhD
Visiting Rsrch Scientist School of Public HealthCards
About
Titles
Visiting Rsrch Scientist School of Public Health
Education & Training
- PhD
- University of Connecticut (1987)
- MA
- University of Connecticut, Anthropology (1980)
- BA
- State University of New York at Potsdam, Anthropology (1978)
Research
Publications
2024
“They make it too hard and too many hoops to jump”: system and organizational barriers to drug treatment during epidemic rates of opioid overdose
Dickson-Gomez J, Krechel S, Ohlrich J, Montaque H, Weeks M, Li J, Havens J, Spector A. “They make it too hard and too many hoops to jump”: system and organizational barriers to drug treatment during epidemic rates of opioid overdose. Harm Reduction Journal 2024, 21: 52. PMID: 38413972, PMCID: PMC10900746, DOI: 10.1186/s12954-024-00964-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderDrug treatmentImprove treatment retentionTreat opioid use disorderAttended group treatmentOpioid overdoseMedically managed withdrawalHeightened risk of overdoseRates of opioid overdoseCourse of treatmentTreatment retentionGroup treatmentUse disorderRisk of overdoseTreatment participationAbstinence requirementRespiratory depressionManaged withdrawalOpioidInitiate MOUDMOUD initiationMOUD stigmaMOUD treatmentHeightened riskOpioid overdose crisis
2012
A Social Network Approach to Demonstrate the Diffusion and Change Process of Intervention From Peer Health Advocates to the Drug Using Community
Li J, Weeks MR, Borgatti SP, Clair S, Dickson-Gomez J. A Social Network Approach to Demonstrate the Diffusion and Change Process of Intervention From Peer Health Advocates to the Drug Using Community. Substance Use & Misuse 2012, 47: 474-490. PMID: 22428816, PMCID: PMC3740960, DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2012.644097.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Female condom use in the rural sex industry in China: analysis of users and non-users at post-intervention surveys
Liao S, Weeks MR, Wang Y, Li F, Jiang J, Li J, Zeng X, He B, Dunn J. Female condom use in the rural sex industry in China: analysis of users and non-users at post-intervention surveys. AIDS Care 2011, 23: 66-74. PMID: 21660752, PMCID: PMC3117276, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.555742.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSex work establishmentsSex industryWork establishmentsRural townWomen more autonomySmall urban townsWomen's Health ProjectHealth ProjectNew prevention technologiesRural contextRural ChinaHIV/STIsFemale condomQualitative methodsLocal resourcesHIV/AIDSPost-intervention surveysMore autonomySexual attitudesUrban townsFC useHuman resourcesMale condomsFirst study siteSingle countyInclusion of the female condom in a male condom-only intervention in the sex industry in China: A cross-sectional analysis of pre- and post-intervention surveys in three study sites
Liao S, Weeks MR, Wang Y, Nie L, Li F, Zhou Y, Zeng X, Jiang J, He B, Li J, Dunn J, Zhang Q. Inclusion of the female condom in a male condom-only intervention in the sex industry in China: A cross-sectional analysis of pre- and post-intervention surveys in three study sites. Public Health 2011, 125: 283-292. PMID: 21513961, PMCID: PMC3112295, DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.01.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-intervention surveysCross-sectional surveyMC useCommunity public health interventionsCondom useIntensive intervention phaseSerial cross-sectional surveysMale condom useLocal health workersFemale sex workersFemale condom usePublic health interventionsProportion of womenSex establishmentsCross-sectional analysisEligible womenIntervention periodPromotion interventionsHealth workersFemale condomHealth interventionsIntervention staffStudy participantsFC useIntervention phase
2006
The Risk Avoidance Partnership: Training Active Drug Users as Peer Health Advocates
Weeks MR, Dickson-Gomez J, Mosack KE, Convey M, Martinez M, Clair S. The Risk Avoidance Partnership: Training Active Drug Users as Peer Health Advocates. Journal Of Drug Issues 2006, 36: 541-570. PMID: 19337568, PMCID: PMC2662598, DOI: 10.1177/002204260603600303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeer-led interventionsActive drug usersDrug usersPeer health advocatesInjection drug useHealth advocatesRisk Avoidance PartnershipAIDS prevention programsDrug-using social networksPublic health advocatesDrug useCocaine usePrevention programsInfectious diseasesHarm reductionSexual activityDrug activityIllicit drugsInterventionStaff supportDrug user organizationsRisky practicesTraining curriculum
1993
- Weeks, M.R., Singer, M., Grier, M., Hunte-Merrow, J. & Haughton, C. (1993). AIDS prevention and the African American injection drug user. Transforming Anthropology, 4, 39-51.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Others
- Schensul, J.J., Radda, K., Weeks, M.R., & Clair, S. (2002). Ethnicity, social networks and HIV risk in older drug users. In: Pescosolido, B. and Levy, J., (Eds.), Advances in Medical Sociology Volume 8: Social Networks and Health, pp.167-197. London: Oxford Press.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Links & Media
News
- October 15, 2004
A conservative “hit list” targets aids researchers, including some at Yale
- April 20, 2004
AIDS Science Day to Highlight "Politics, Ideology and HIV/AIDS Prevention"
- September 15, 1998
A path for prevention
- July 15, 1998
CIRA's four projects