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Cruising For Truckers On Highways And The Internet: Sexual Networks And Infection Risk, Yorghos Apostolopoulos, Sevil Sönmez, Mona Shattell, Jennie Kronenfeld, Donna Smith, Sarah Stanton
Cruising For Truckers On Highways And The Internet: Sexual Networks And Infection Risk, Yorghos Apostolopoulos, Sevil Sönmez, Mona Shattell, Jennie Kronenfeld, Donna Smith, Sarah Stanton
Mona Shattell
Empirical evidence on the heterosexual partnerships of long-haul truckers suggests connections among occupational stressors, substance misuse, structural factors, and risk for sexually transmitted infections and HIV. Yet the potential risks associated with same-sex partnerships of truckers and truckchasers (men who specifically cruise for truckers) remain largely unknown. Drawing from diverse sources as well as primary and secondary data from 173 truckers and “truckchasers,” we discuss how trucking and cruising contexts, in conjunction with Internet fora, jointly create a risk-enabling environment for truckers and their sex contacts. Findings point toward an elusive but extensive sexual network that spans across the Internet …
Barriers To Truck Drivers’ Healthy Eating: Environmental Influences And Health Promotion Strategies, Yorghos Apostolopoulos, Sevil Sönmez, Mona Shattell, Robert Strack, Laura Haldeman, Victoria Jones
Barriers To Truck Drivers’ Healthy Eating: Environmental Influences And Health Promotion Strategies, Yorghos Apostolopoulos, Sevil Sönmez, Mona Shattell, Robert Strack, Laura Haldeman, Victoria Jones
Mona Shattell
This article presents an assessment of 25 trucking work settings designed to examine whether the environmental attributes of these settings influence eating patterns of truckers who are at risk for excess weight gain. Findings corroborate evidence that these work settings represent healthy food deserts. From restaurants and vending machines to the social-information environments and their surrounding communities, only meager opportunities exist for healthful eating practices. This article aims to place underserved truckers and warehousing-sector employees firmly within the discourse of workplace health promotion and calls for multistakeholder wellness strategies that encompass the intertwined risk factors linked with the transportation work …