Social Science & Medicine

1979 - 2023

Current editor(s): Ichiro (I.) Kawachi and S.V. (S.V.) Subramanian

From Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().

Access Statistics for this journal.
Track citations for all items by RSS feed
Is something missing from the series or not right? See the RePEc data check for the archive and series.

2023, volume 332, articles C

Lest we forget. Illuminating lived experience of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown

S. Hanson, P. Belderson, E. Ward, F. Naughton and C. Notley

Evolution of preferences for COVID-19 vaccine throughout the pandemic – The choice experiment approach

Ricardo Daziano and Wiktor Budziński

Reconsidering the relationship between health and income in the UK

Rosen Chowdhury, Steve Cook and Duncan Watson

The role of labor market inequalities in explaining the gender gap in depression risk among older US adults

Maria Gueltzow, Maarten J. Bijlsma, Frank J. van Lenthe and Mikko Myrskylä

Impact of the expanded child tax credit and its expiration on adult psychological well-being

Eunho Cha, Jiwan Lee and Stacie Tao

The impact of poverty-reduction intervention on child mental health mediated by family relations: Findings from a cluster-randomized trial in Uganda

Leyla Karimli, Fred M. Ssewamala and Torsten B. Neilands

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers: The experience of chaplains evaluating religious accommodation requests from coworkers

M.J. Wirpsa, P. Galchutt, C.S. Price, B. Schaefer, C. Szilagyi and P.K. Palmer

The social patterning of vicarious discrimination: Implications for health equity

Edward B. Quinn, Jessica D. Ross, P. Qasimah Boston, HEAT Steering Committee, Connie J. Mulligan and Clarence C. Gravlee

Defining focused ethnography: Disciplinary boundary-work and the imagined divisions between ‘focused’ and ‘traditional’ ethnography in health research – A critical review

Catherine Trundle and Tarryn Phillips

Demedication without demedicalization? Redefining the medical and economic boundaries of veterinary professional jurisdiction

Clémentine Comer, Lucile Benoit, Florence Hellec and Nicolas Fortané

A contemporary ontology of continuity in general practice: Capturing its multiple essences in a digital age

Emma Ladds, Trisha Greenhalgh, Richard Byng, Sarah Rybczynska-Bunt, Asli Kalin and Sara Shaw

Non-standard nature. Venoms, serum and serpentariums in the uneven fabrication of global health

Mathieu Quet

Health accidents and wealth decline in old age

d’Albis, Hippolyte, Najat El Mekkaoui and Bérangère Legendre

Change in sense of coherence mediates the association between economic recession and mortality among middle-aged men: A population-based cohort study from Eastern Finland

Ilkka Piiroinen, Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen, Tommi Tolmunen, Siiri-Liisi Kraav, Rand Jarroch and Ari Voutilainen

Promoting COVID-19 booster vaccines in Macao: A psychological reactance perspective

Hongzhe Xiang, Yiwei Li and Yu Guo

Reconceptualising men's loneliness: An interpretivist interview study of UK-based men

John Ratcliffe, Mona Kanaan and Paul Galdas

Heterogeneous gender gaps in mental wellbeing: Do women with low economic status face the biggest gender gaps?

Dorrit Posel and Adeola Oyenubi

2023, volume 329, articles C

A matter of life and death: The power of personal networks for medical crowdfunding performance

Shen Yang, Xiwang Ke, Cheng Cheng and Yanjie Bian

Shared decision-making during prostate cancer consultations: Implications of clinician misalignment with patient and partner preferences

Simon John Stewart, Lisa Roberts and Lucy Brindle

Different health systems – Different mortality outcomes? Regional disparities in avoidable mortality across German-speaking Europe, 1992–2019

Michael Mühlichen, Mathias Lerch, Markus Sauerberg and Pavel Grigoriev

“Don't use herbs in labor!”: Plants, pharmaceuticals, and the unmaking of traditional birth attendants in Ghana, 1970–2000

Abena Dove Osseo-Asare

Clinician resistance to broaching the topic of weight in primary care: Digging deeper into weight management using strong structuration theory

Anisa Hajizadeh, Laura Heath, Aryati Ahmad, Maryam Kebbe, Susan Anne Jebb, Paul Aveyard and Gemma Hughes

“This is most likely not the correct vaccine”: Analyzing COVID-19's viral spread and vaccine anxieties in Ghana, Cameroon, and Malawi

Nathanael Ojong and Eyram Agbe

Social network-structural position and obesity: Evidence from a national study

Jaeun Lim and Benjamin Cornwell

Measuring negative emotional responses to climate change among young people in survey research: A systematic review

Gina Martin, Alina Cosma, Tasha Roswell, Martin Anderson, Matthew Treble, Kathleen Leslie, Kiffer G. Card, Kalysha Closson, Angel Kennedy and Maya Gislason

How does debt shape health outcomes for older Americans?

Stipica Mudrazija and Barbara A. Butrica

Does social capital matter? A study of hit-and-run in US counties

Stefano Castriota, Sandro Rondinella and Mirco Tonin

The health and economic benefits of sugar taxation and vegetables and fruit subsidy scenarios in Canada

Siyuan Liu, Arto Ohinmaa, Katerina Maximova and Paul J. Veugelers

Transgender/nonbinary young adults’ exposure to cissexism-related social stressors: Variation across gender groups

Gabriel R. Murchison, Rodrigo A. Aguayo-Romero, Elle Lett, Sabra L. Katz-Wise, Madina Agénor and Allegra R. Gordon

Exploring non-participation in colorectal cancer screening: A systematic review of qualitative studies

Alice Le Bonniec, Oonagh Meade, Milou Fredrix, Eimear Morrissey, Ronan E. O'Carroll, Patrick J. Murphy, Andrew W. Murphy and Jenny Mc Sharry

Online engagement, resilience, and loneliness among older people during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kunyu Zhang, Jeffrey A. Burr, Jan E. Mutchler and Jiehua Lu

COVID-19 vaccinations and mental health among U.S. adults: Individual and spillover effects

Rebekah Levine Coley, Naoka Carey, Christopher F. Baum and Summer Sherburne Hawkins

Well-being and cultural identity for Māori: Knowledge of iwi (tribal) affiliations does not strongly relate to health and social service outcomes

Lara M. Greaves, Cinnamon Lindsay Latimer, Eileen Li and Logan Hamley

Experiences of dehumanizing: Examining secondary victimization within the nurse-patient relationship among African American women survivors of sexual assault in the Upper Midwest

Ashley M. Ruiz, Kaylen M. Moore, Lynne M. Woehrle, Peninnah Kako, Kelly C. Davis and Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu

The role of performativity in informal dementia carers' capability to be mobile

Thomas A. Lowe, Louise Meijering and Billie de Haas

Reconfigured professional purpose in times of crisis: Experiences of frontline healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jenny K. Rodriguez, Stephen Procter and Gregorio Perez Arrau

From Preventing physical infection to managing affective contagion: An initial study of daily nursing practices in the early outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan

Man Wen, Shaoying Zhang and Derek McGhee

Mechanism mapping: A qualitative study of how different forms of instability mediate the relationship between legal status and immigrant mental well-being

Kimberly Higuera and Tomás R. Jiménez

Bright sides and dark sides: Unveiling the double-edged sword effects of social networks

Xiaoguang Li, Xiaoxian Guo and Zhilei Shi

The impact of sleep quality on mental health in working Australians: A quasi-experimental approach

Jia Kai Foo and Tinh Doan

Examining individual-level tri-exposure to greenspace and air/noise pollution using individual-level GPS-based real-time sensing data

Dong Liu, Mei-Po Kwan, Zihan Kan and Yang Liu

Pathways to ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 health outcomes in the United Kingdom: A systematic map

Patricia Irizar, Dharmi Kapadia, Sarah Amele, Laia Bécares, Pip Divall, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Eliud Kibuchi, Dylan Kneale, Ronan McCabe, James Nazroo, Laura B. Nellums, Harry Taylor, Shirley Sze, Daniel Pan and Manish Pareek

Intersex people's perspectives on affirming healthcare practices: A qualitative study

Darius Haghighat, Tala Berro, Lillian Torrey Sosa, Kayla Horowitz, Bria Brown-King and Kimberly Zayhowski

2023, volume 328, articles C

Diversity of attitudes towards complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and vaccines: A representative cross-sectional study in France

Jeremy K. Ward, Fatima Gauna, Michael J. Deml, Norah MacKendrick and Patrick Peretti-Watel

A meta-ethnography on the experience and psychosocial implications of providing abortion care

Lisa Mills and Jennifer Watermeyer

Multidimensional intergenerational mobility

Jason Fletcher and Katie M. Jajtner

Temporal frames, temporal focus, and behavioral expectations: The persuasive impact of near and distant threats

Manusheela Pokharel, Jakob D. Jensen, Sophia Taylor-Burton, Andy J. King, Kevin K. John and Sean Upshaw

Effectiveness of father-inclusive interventions on maternal, paternal, couples, and early child outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

Joshua Jeong, Eileen F. Sullivan and Juliet K. McCann

From population numbers to population needs: Incorporating epidemiological change into health service planning in Australia

Sabrina Lenzen and Stephen Birch

Enhanced unemployment benefits, mental health, and substance use among low-income households during the COVID-19 pandemic

Soyun Jeong and Ashley M. Fox

MANstruation: A cyberethnography of linguistic strategies of trans and nonbinary menstruators

Rowena B.D. Kosher, Lauren C. Houghton and Inga T. Winkler

An extended period of elevated influenza mortality risk follows the main waves of influenza pandemics

Max Schroeder, Spyridon Lazarakis, Rebecca Mancy and Konstantinos Angelopoulos

Ethnic enclaves and colon cancer stage at diagnosis among New Jersey Hispanics

Veronica Gomes, Daniel Wiese, Antoinette Stroup and Kevin A. Henry

“Coming out of the closet about sexual assault”: Intersectional sexual assault stigma and (non) disclosure to formal support providers among survivors using Reddit

Stephanie Lanthier, Robin Mason, Carmen H. Logie, Ted Myers and Janice Du Mont

From pandemic to Plandemic: Examining the amplification and attenuation of COVID-19 misinformation on social media

Edmund W.J. Lee, Huanyu Bao, Yixi Wang and Yi Torng Lim

Associations between income changes and the risk of herpes zoster: LIFE study

Hiroaki Onizuka and Haruhisa Fukuda

Declining trend in cigarette smoking among U.S. adults over 2008–2018: A decomposition analysis

Nigar Nargis, Zheng Xue, Samuel Asare, Priti Bandi and Ahmedin Jemal

Moving to opportunity? Low birth weight outcomes among Southern-born Black mothers during the Great Migration

Cecilia Vu, Mariana C. Arcaya, Ichiro Kawachi and David R. Williams

Exposure to gun violence and handgun carrying from adolescence to adulthood

Benjamin P. Comer and Eric J. Connolly

Framing depression as a functional signal, not a disease: Rationale and initial randomized controlled trial

Hans S. Schroder, Andrew Devendorf and Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher

Adaptation in life satisfaction and self-assessed health to disability - Evidence from the UK

Jannis Stöckel, Job van Exel and Werner Brouwer

Framing the pandemic: Multiplying “crises” in Dutch healthcare governance during the emerging COVID-19 pandemic

Bert de Graaff, Sabrina Huizenga, Hester van de Bovenkamp and Roland Bal

How to present work productivity loss results from clinical trials for patients and caregivers? A mixed methods approach

Jacynthe L'Heureux, Helen McTaggart-Cowan, Gary Johns, Lin Chen, Theodore Steiner, Paige Tocher, Huiying Sun and Wei Zhang

Overconfidence at the time of COVID-19:Does it lead to laxer attitudes?

Dominik M. Piehlmaier, Emanuela Stagno and Agnes Nagy

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on inequalities in preventive health screenings: Trends and implications for U.S. population health

Sneha Sarah Mani and Rebecca Anna Schut

Political network composition predicts vaccination attitudes

Matthew Facciani, Aleksandra Lazić, Gracemarie Viggiano and Tara McKay

Infertility, reproductive timing and ‘cure’ in families affected by Turner Syndrome

Kriss Fearon

Mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable populations: Lessons for improving health and social equity

Si Ying Tan, Chuan De Foo, Monica Verma, Piya Hanvoravongchai, Paul Li Jen Cheh, Aungsumalee Pholpark, Tiara Marthias, Firdaus Hafidz, Likke Prawidya Putri, Yodi Mahendradhata, Kim Bao Giang, Stefan Nachuk, Hong Wang, Jeremy Lim and Helena Legido-Quigley

Spatial availability of federally qualified health centers and disparities in health services utilization in medically underserved areas

Eun Kyung Lee, Gwendolyn Donley, Timothy H. Ciesielski, Darcy A. Freedman and Megan B. Cole