Social Science & Medicine

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2014, volume 117, articles C

Is self-rated health a stable and predictive factor for allostatic load in early adulthood? Findings from the Nord Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) pp. 1-9

Tina Løkke Vie, Karl Ove Hufthammer, Turid Lingaas Holmen, Eivind Meland and Hans Johan Breidablik

Do welfare regimes influence the association between disability and self-perceived health? A multilevel analysis of 57 countries pp. 10-17

Josephine Foubert, Katia Levecque, Ronan Van Rossem and Alessia Romagnoli

Dream vs. reality: Seven case-studies on the desirability and feasibility of cross-border hospital collaboration in Europe pp. 18-24

Irene A. Glinos and Rita Baeten

The influence of gender equality policies on gender inequalities in health in Europe pp. 25-33

Laia Palència, Davide Malmusi, Deborah De Moortel, Lucía Artazcoz, Mona Backhans, Christophe Vanroelen and Carme Borrell

Exploring socio-cultural factors that mediate, facilitate, & constrain the health and empowerment of refugee youth pp. 34-41

Sara Edge, Bruce Newbold and Marie McKeary

The politics of tuberculosis and HIV service integration in Ghana pp. 42-49

Joshua Amo-Adjei, Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Hannah Fosuah Amo and Kofi Awusabo-Asare

The social life of health records: Understanding families' experiences of autism pp. 50-57

Amber M. Angell and Olga Solomon

No association found between cardiovascular mortality, and job demands and decision latitude: Experience from the Västerbotten Intervention Programme in Sweden pp. 58-66

Mojgan Padyab, Yulia Blomstedt and Margareta Norberg

Results from using a new dyadic-dependence model to analyze sociocentric physician networks pp. 67-75

Sudeshna Paul, Nancy L. Keating, Bruce E. Landon and A. James O'Malley

Suicide and the 2008 economic recession: Who is most at risk? Trends in suicide rates in England and Wales 2001–2011 pp. 76-85

Caroline Coope, David Gunnell, William Hollingworth, Keith Hawton, Nav Kapur, Vanessa Fearn, Claudia Wells and Chris Metcalfe

Linking governance mechanisms to health outcomes: A review of the literature in low- and middle-income countries pp. 86-95

Dana Karen Ciccone, Taryn Vian, Lydia Maurer and Elizabeth H. Bradley

‘It is hard for mums to put themselves first’: How mothers diagnosed with breast cancer manage the sociological boundaries between paid work, family and caring for the self pp. 96-106

Catherine Ruth Mackenzie

Negotiating jurisdiction in the workplace: A multiple-case study of nurse prescribing in hospital settings pp. 107-115

M. Kroezen, P. Mistiaen, L. van Dijk, P.P. Groenewegen and A.L. Francke

Social recovery and the move beyond deficit models of depression: A feminist analysis of mid-life women's self-care practices pp. 116-124

Simone Fullagar and Wendy O'Brien

Understanding the adoption dynamics of medical innovations: Affordances of the da Vinci robot in the Netherlands pp. 125-133

Payam Abrishami, Albert Boer and Klasien Horstman

Health system reform in rural China: Voices of healthworkers and service-users pp. 134-141

Xu Dong Zhou, Lu Li and Therese Hesketh

Assessing the potential impact of increased participation in higher education on mortality: Evidence from 21 European populations pp. 142-149

Ivana Kulhánová, Rasmus Hoffmann, Ken Judge, Caspar W.N. Looman, Terje A. Eikemo, Matthias Bopp, Patrick Deboosere, Mall Leinsalu, Pekka Martikainen, Jitka Rychtaříková, Bogdan Wojtyniak, Gwenn Menvielle and Johan P. Mackenbach

The inter-section of political history and health policy in Asia – The historical foundations for health policy analysis pp. 150-159

John Grundy, Elizabeth Hoban, Steve Allender and Peter Annear

2014, volume 116, articles C

Neighborhood context and immigrant children's physical activity pp. 1-9

Mackenzie Brewer and Rachel Tolbert Kimbro

How community environment shapes physical activity: Perceptions revealed through the PhotoVoice method pp. 10-21

Ana Paula Belon, Laura M. Nieuwendyk, Helen Vallianatos and Candace I.J. Nykiforuk

Suicide and the Great Recession of 2007–2009: The role of economic factors in the 50 U.S. states pp. 22-31

Julie A. Phillips and Colleen N. Nugent

Consultancy research as a barrier to strengthening social science research capacity in Uganda pp. 32-40

Daniel Wight, Josephine Ahikire and Joy C. Kwesiga

The psychiatric report as moral tool: A case study in a French district court pp. 41-48

Fabrice Fernandez and Samuel Lézé

The relationship between parenting, family interaction and childhood dental caries: A case-control study pp. 49-55

M. de Jong-Lenters, D. Duijster, M.A. Bruist, J. Thijssen and C. de Ruiter

How might healthcare systems influence speed of cancer diagnosis: A narrative review pp. 56-63

Sally Brown, Michele Castelli, David J. Hunter, Jonathan Erskine, Peter Vedsted, Catherine Foot and Greg Rubin

Cohort differences in the marriage–health relationship for midlife women pp. 64-72

Nicky J. Newton, Lindsay H. Ryan, Rachel T. King and Jacqui Smith

The two cultures of health worker migration: A Pacific perspective pp. 73-81

John Connell

Contribution of streetscape audits to explanation of physical activity in four age groups based on the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS) pp. 82-92

Kelli L. Cain, Rachel A. Millstein, James F. Sallis, Terry L. Conway, Kavita A. Gavand, Lawrence D. Frank, Brian E. Saelens, Carrie M. Geremia, James Chapman, Marc A. Adams, Karen Glanz and Abby C. King

Assessing young people's perceptions of HIV risks in Nyanza, Kenya: Are school and community level factors relevant? pp. 93-101

Eric Y. Tenkorang and Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale

The caregiving bind: Concealing the demands of informal care can undermine the caregiving identity pp. 102-109

Helen Moore and Alex Gillespie

At the intersection of sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and cervical cancer screening: Assessing Pap test use disparities by sex of sexual partners among black, Latina, and white U.S. women pp. 110-118

Madina Agénor, Nancy Krieger, S. Bryn Austin, Sebastien Haneuse and Barbara R. Gottlieb

“It's better for me to drink, at least the stress is going away”: Perspectives on alcohol use during pregnancy among South African women attending drinking establishments pp. 119-125

Melissa H. Watt, Lisa A. Eaton, Karmel W. Choi, Jennifer Velloza, Seth C. Kalichman, Donald Skinner and Kathleen J. Sikkema

Conceptualising time before surgery: The experience of patients waiting for hip replacement pp. 126-133

Emma C. Johnson, Jeremy Horwood and Rachael Gooberman-Hill

A diagnostic illusory? The case of distinguishing between “vegetative” and “minimally conscious” states pp. 134-141

Sarah Nettleton, Jenny Kitzinger and Celia Kitzinger

Adults with autism in India: A mixed-method approach to make meaning of daily routines pp. 142-149

Tamara C. Daley, Thomas Weisner and Nidhi Singhal

An empirical analysis of White privilege, social position and health pp. 150-160

Naa Oyo A. Kwate and Melody S. Goodman

Investigating the influence of African American and African Caribbean race on primary care doctors' decision making about depression pp. 161-168

A. Adams, L. Vail, C.D. Buckingham, J. Kidd, S. Weich and D. Roter

HIV prevention and marriage: Peer group effects on condom use acceptability in rural Kenya pp. 169-177

Julia Cordero Coma

Counselee participation in follow-up breast cancer genetic counselling visits and associations with achievement of the preferred role, cognitive outcomes, risk perception alignment and perceived personal control pp. 178-186

Akke Albada, Margreet G.E.M. Ausems and Sandra van Dulmen

The convergent validity of three surveys as alternative sources of health information to the 2011 UK census pp. 187-192

Joanna Taylor, Liz Twigg and Graham Moon

Willingness to pay for publicly financed health care services in Central and Eastern Europe: Evidence from six countries based on a contingent valuation method pp. 193-201

Marzena Tambor, Milena Pavlova, Bernd Rechel, Stanisława Golinowska, Christoph Sowada and Wim Groot

Poverty and transitions in health in later life pp. 202-210

Maja Adena and Michal Myck

Can counter-advertising reduce pre-adolescent children's susceptibility to front-of-package promotions on unhealthy foods?: Experimental research pp. 211-219

Helen Dixon, Maree Scully, Bridget Kelly, Kathy Chapman and Melanie Wakefield

Questions of trust in health research on social capital: What aspects of personal network social capital do they measure? pp. 225-234

Richard M. Carpiano and Lisa M. Fitterer

The color of health: Skin color, ethnoracial classification, and discrimination in the health of Latin Americans pp. 241-250

Krista M. Perreira and Edward E. Telles

2014, volume 114, articles C

Determining and broadening the definition of impact from implementing a rational priority setting approach in a healthcare organization pp. 1-9

Evelyn Cornelissen, Craig Mitton, Alan Davidson, Colin Reid, Rachelle Hole, Anne-Marie Visockas and Neale Smith

The effect of age and time to death on primary care costs: The Italian experience pp. 10-17

Vincenzo Atella and Valentina Conti

How religious status shapes psychological well-being: Cultural consonance as a measure of subcultural status among Brazilian Pentecostals pp. 18-25

H.J. François Dengah

Discussing race-related limitations of genomic testing for colon cancer risk: Implications for education and counseling pp. 26-37

Morgan N. Butrick, Lauren Vanhusen, Kara-Grace Leventhal, Gillian W. Hooker, Rachel Nusbaum, Beth N. Peshkin, Yasmin Salehizadeh, Jessica Pavlick, Marc D. Schwartz and Kristi D. Graves

Testing a discrete choice experiment including duration to value health states for large descriptive systems: Addressing design and sampling issues pp. 38-48

Nick Bansback, Arne Hole, Brendan Mulhern and Aki Tsuchiya

Narratives of continuity among older people with late stage chronic kidney disease who decline dialysis pp. 49-56

Henry Llewellyn, Joe Low, Glenn Smith, Katherine Hopkins, Aine Burns and Louise Jones

Patient and provider perspectives on quality and health system effectiveness in a transition economy: Evidence from Ukraine pp. 57-65

J. Luck, J.W. Peabody, L.M. DeMaria, C.S. Alvarado and R. Menon

“There's a higher power, but He gave us a free will”: Socioeconomic status and the intersection of agency and fatalism in infertility pp. 66-72

Ann V. Bell and Elizabeth Hetterly

Exploring lay views on physical activity and their implications for public health policy. A case study from East Belfast pp. 73-80

L. Prior, D. Scott, R. Hunter, M. Donnelly, M.A. Tully, M.E. Cupples and F. Kee

Intra-professional dynamics in translational health research: The perspective of social scientists pp. 81-88

Graeme Currie, Nellie El Enany and Andy Lockett

Costs and consequences of a cash transfer for hospital births in a rural district of Uttar Pradesh, India pp. 89-96

Diane Coffey

Women's land ownership and risk of HIV infection in Kenya pp. 97-102

Felix M. Muchomba, Julia Shu-Huah Wang and Laura Maria Agosta

Evaluating return on investment in a school based health promotion and prevention program: The investment multiplier for the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden National Program pp. 103-112

Simon Eckermann, James Dawber, Heather Yeatman, Karen Quinsey and Darcy Morris

Uneasy subjects: Medical students' conflicts over the pharmaceutical industry pp. 113-120

Kelly Holloway

Understanding resilience in armed conflict: Social resources and mental health of children in Burundi pp. 121-128

Brian J. Hall, Wietse A. Tol, Mark J.D. Jordans, Judith Bass and Joop T.V.M. de Jong

Do reviews of healthcare interventions teach us how to improve healthcare systems? pp. 129-137

Ray Pawson, Joanne Greenhalgh, Cathy Brennan and Elizabeth Glidewell

Understanding the formation and influence of attitudes in patients' treatment choices for lower back pain: Testing the benefits of a hybrid choice model approach pp. 138-150

Mirja Elisabeth Kløjgaard and Stephane Hess

A changing epidemiology of suicide? The influence of birth cohorts on suicide rates in the United States pp. 151-160

Julie A. Phillips

Why do some countries spend more for health? An assessment of sociopolitical determinants and international aid for government health expenditures pp. 161-168

Li-Lin Liang and Andrew J. Mirelman

The influence of women's empowerment on maternal health care utilization: Evidence from Albania pp. 169-177

Lantona Sado, Alma Spaho and David R. Hotchkiss

The relationship between happiness and health: Evidence from Italy pp. 178-187

Fabio Sabatini

Whose social capital matters? The case of U.S. urban public hospital closures and conversions to private ownership pp. 188-196

Michelle Ko, Kathryn Pitkin Derose, Jack Needleman and Ninez A. Ponce