Social Science & Medicine

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2013, volume 92, articles C

Immigrant enclaves and obesity in preschool-aged children in Los Angeles County pp. 1-8

Tabashir Z. Nobari, May-Choo Wang, M. Pia Chaparro, Catherine M. Crespi, Maria Koleilat and Shannon E. Whaley

Conceptualising and measuring the well-being of people with psychosis: Systematic review and narrative synthesis pp. 9-21

Beate Schrank, Victoria Bird, Andre Tylee, Tony Coggins, Tayyab Rashid and Mike Slade

Socioeconomic differences in purchases of more vs. less healthy foods and beverages: Analysis of over 25,000 British households in 2010 pp. 22-26

Rachel Pechey, Susan A. Jebb, Michael P. Kelly, Eva Almiron-Roig, Susana Conde, Ryota Nakamura, Ian Shemilt, Marc Suhrcke and Theresa M. Marteau

AIDS treatment and mental health: Evidence from Uganda pp. 27-34

Edward N. Okeke and Glenn J. Wagner

Associations of occupational attributes and excessive drinking pp. 35-42

Andrew J. Barnes and Frederick J. Zimmerman

“So they believe that if the baby is sick you must give drugs…” The importance of medicines in health-seeking behaviour for childhood illnesses in urban South Africa pp. 43-52

Natalie Friend-du Preez, Noël Cameron and Paula Griffiths

Precursors to overnutrition: The effects of household market food expenditures on measures of body composition among Tsimane' adults in lowland Bolivia pp. 53-60

Asher Rosinger, Susan Tanner and William R. Leonard

Health, policy and geography: Insights from a multi-level modelling approach pp. 61-73

Adriana Castelli, Rowena Jacobs, Maria Goddard and Peter C. Smith

Realising the transformative potential of healthcare partnerships: Insights from divergent literatures and contrasting cases in high- and low-income country contexts pp. 74-82

Emma-Louise Aveling and Graham Martin

Rethinking gender and mental health: A critical analysis of three propositions pp. 83-91

Terrence D. Hill and Belinda L. Needham

Estimating a WTP-based value of a QALY: The ‘chained’ approach pp. 92-104

Angela Robinson, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Philomena Bacon, Rachel Baker, Mark Pennington and Cam Donaldson

Health consequences of the ‘Great Recession’ on the employed: Evidence from an industrial cohort in aluminum manufacturing pp. 105-113

Sepideh Modrek and Mark R. Cullen

Worker health is good for the economy: Union density and psychosocial safety climate as determinants of country differences in worker health and productivity in 31 European countries pp. 114-123

Maureen F. Dollard and Daniel Y. Neser

Accounting for fetal death: Vital statistics and the medicalization of pregnancy in the United States pp. 124-131

Lauren Fordyce

2013, volume 91, articles C

Mother's social capital and child health in Indonesia pp. 1-9

Sujarwoto Sujarwoto and Gindo Tampubolon

How do you measure trust in the health system? A systematic review of the literature pp. 10-14

Sachiko Ozawa and Pooja Sripad

“Safe Going”: The influence of crime rates and perceived crime and safety on walking in deprived neighbourhoods pp. 15-24

Phil Mason, Ade Kearns and Mark Livingston

Absolute and relative family affluence and psychosomatic symptoms in adolescents pp. 25-31

Frank J. Elgar, Bart De Clercq, Christina W. Schnohr, Phillippa Bird, Kate E. Pickett, Torbjørn Torsheim, Felix Hofmann and Candace Currie

Does inappropriate selectivity in information use relate to diagnostic errors and patient harm? The diagnosis of patients with dyspnea pp. 32-38

Laura Zwaan, Abel Thijs, Cordula Wagner and Daniëlle R.M. Timmermans

Perceived organizational justice as a predictor of long-term sickness absence due to diagnosed mental disorders: Results from the prospective longitudinal Finnish Public Sector Study pp. 39-47

Marko Elovainio, Anne Linna, Marianna Virtanen, Tuula Oksanen, Mika Kivimäki, Jaana Pentti and Jussi Vahtera

The role of social geography on Lady Health Workers' mobility and effectiveness in Pakistan pp. 48-57

Zubia Mumtaz, Sarah Salway, Candace Nykiforuk, Afshan Bhatti, Anushka Ataullahjan and Bharati Ayyalasomayajula

Investigating the relationship between neighborhood poverty and mortality risk: A marginal structural modeling approach pp. 58-66

D. Phuong Do, Lu Wang and Michael R. Elliott

Physical and emotional well-being and the balance of needed and received emotional support: Age differences in a daily diary study pp. 67-75

Julia K. Wolff, Florian Schmiedek, Annette Brose and Ulman Lindenberger

Criminal victimisation and health: Examining the relation in nine countries of the former Soviet Union pp. 76-83

Andrew Stickley, Ai Koyanagi, Bayard Roberts, David Rotman and Martin McKee

A randomized controlled trial of combined exercise and psycho-education for low-SES women: Short- and long-term outcomes in the reduction of stress and depressive symptoms pp. 84-93

Judith E.B. van der Waerden, Cees Hoefnagels, Clemens M.H. Hosman, Pierre M. Souren and Maria W.J. Jansen

The high price of debt: Household financial debt and its impact on mental and physical health pp. 94-100

Elizabeth Sweet, Arijit Nandi, Emma K. Adam and Thomas W. McDade

Using autoethnography to reclaim the ‘place of healing’ in mental health care pp. 105-109

J. Liggins, R.A. Kearns and P.J. Adams

Creation of synthetic homogeneous neighbourhoods using zone design algorithms to explore relationships between asthma and deprivation in Strasbourg, France pp. 110-121

C.E. Sabel, W. Kihal, D. Bard and C. Weber

Creating ‘therapeutic landscapes’ for mental health carers in inpatient settings: A dynamic perspective on permeability and inclusivity pp. 122-129

Victoria J. Wood, Sarah E. Curtis, Wil Gesler, Ian H. Spencer, Helen J. Close, James Mason and Joe G. Reilly

Is physical activity in natural environments better for mental health than physical activity in other environments? pp. 130-134

Richard Mitchell

Woodland as working space: Where is the restorative green idyll? pp. 135-140

Amanda Bingley

Reprint of: “I'm always entirely happy when I'm here!” Urban blue enhancing human health and well-being in Cologne and Düsseldorf, Germany pp. 141-152

Sebastian Völker and Thomas Kistemann

Youth, alcohol and place-based leisure behaviours: A study of two locations in England pp. 153-161

Tim G. Townshend

The spatial and temporal development of binge drinking in England 2001–2009: An observational study pp. 162-167

Liz Twigg and Graham Moon

Neighbourhood deprivation and adolescent self-esteem: Exploration of the ‘socio-economic equalisation in youth’ hypothesis in Britain and Canada pp. 168-177

James H. Fagg, Sarah E. Curtis, Steven Cummins, Stephen A. Stansfeld and Amélie Quesnel-Vallée

Seasonal and locational variations in children's play: Implications for wellbeing pp. 178-185

Christina R. Ergler, Robin A. Kearns and Karen Witten

The emotional overlay: Older person and carer perspectives on negotiating aging and care in rural Ontario pp. 186-193

Rachel V. Herron and Mark W. Skinner

The weather-stains of care: Interpreting the meaning of bad weather for front-line health care workers in rural long-term care pp. 194-201

Gillian M. Joseph, Mark W. Skinner and Nicole M. Yantzi

Entitlement to concessionary public transport and wellbeing: A qualitative study of young people and older citizens in London, UK pp. 202-209

Alasdair Jones, Anna Goodman, Helen Roberts, Rebecca Steinbach and Judith Green

Right to a healthy city? Examining the relationship between urban space and health inequity by Aboriginal youth artist-activists in Winnipeg pp. 210-218

Emily Skinner and Jeffrey R. Masuda

Aboriginal urbanization and rights in Canada: Examining implications for health pp. 219-228

Laura C. Senese and Kathi Wilson

Defying the odds: A mixed-methods study of health resilience in deprived areas of England pp. 229-237

Joanne Marie Cairns-Nagi and Clare Bambra

Deprived yet healthy: Neighbourhood-level resilience in New Zealand pp. 238-245

Amber L. Pearson, Jamie Pearce and Simon Kingham

Expert knowledge sourcing for public health surveillance: National tsetse mapping in Uganda pp. 246-255

Lea Berrang-Ford and Kelly Garton

2013, volume 90, articles C

Health insurance coverage within sibships: Prevalence of mixed coverage and associations with health care utilization pp. 1-10

Christine Percheski and Sharon Bzostek

A spatial analysis of community disadvantage and access to healthcare services in the U.S pp. 11-23

Matthew E. Archibald and Caddie Putnam Rankin

Socioeconomic inequalities and mental health problems in children and adolescents: A systematic review pp. 24-31

Franziska Reiss

How healthcare provider talk with parents of children following severe traumatic brain injury is perceived in early acute care pp. 32-39

Cecelia I. Roscigno, Teresa A. Savage, Gerald Grant and Gerry Philipsen

Contextual factors and weight change over time: A comparison between U.S. Hispanics and other population sub-groups pp. 40-48

S. Heidi Ullmann, Noreen Goldman and Anne R. Pebley

Parsing the peanut panic: The social life of a contested food allergy epidemic pp. 49-55

Miranda R. Waggoner

‘It can do no harm’: Body maintenance and modification in alternative medicine acknowledged as a non risk health regimen pp. 56-62

Inge Kryger Pedersen

“Your body is your business card”: Bodily capital and health authority in the fitness industry pp. 63-71

David J. Hutson