Social Science & Medicine

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2024, volume 345, articles C

Financing and provision of healthcare for two billion people in low-income nations: Is the cooperative healthcare model a solution?

William C. Hsiao and Winnie Yip

“Mother's milk”: Is there a social reversal in breastfeeding practices along with economic development?

Elodie Rossi, Pierre Levasseur and Matthieu Clément

What does the MAIHDA method explain?

Rima Wilkes and Aryan Karimi

Baiting the hook: Fish scarcity, gendered division of labour, and the fish-for-sex trade

Grace Oswald

Why prescribe antibiotics? A systematic review of knowledge, tension, and motivation among clinicians in low-, middle- and high-income countries

Olivia S.K. Chan, Wendy Lam, Shilin Zhao, Hein Tun, Ping Liu and Peng Wu

Compelling care: A grounded theory of transmasculine self-defense and collective protection at the clinic

Sid P. Jordan

Is income inequality linked to infectious disease prevalence? A hypothesis-generating study using tuberculosis

Min Kyong Kim, Jayanta Bhattacharya and Joydeep Bhattacharya

Speed, accuracy, and efficiency: The promises and practices of digitization in pathology

Olsi Kusta, Margaret Bearman, Radhika Gorur, Torsten Risør, John Brandt Brodersen and Klaus Hoeyer

Going beyond compliance: A qualitative study of the practice of surgical safety checklist

Shu Rong Lim, Qin Xiang Ng, Xiaohui Xin, Rachel Moyal-Smith, James C. Etheridge, Chai Lian Teng, Joaquim M. Havens, Mary E. Brindle, Tze Tein Yong and Hiang Khoon Tan

How are intra-household dynamics, gender roles and time availability related to food access and children's diet quality during the Covid-19 lockdown?

Isabel Pemjean, Paula Hernández, Fernanda Mediano and Camila Corvalán

Evaluating the use of casuistry during moral case deliberation in the ICU: A multiple qualitative case study

Niek Kok, Cornelia Hoedemaekers, Malaika Fuchs, Hans van der Hoeven, Marieke Zegers and Jelle van Gurp

Experiencing birth trauma: Individualism and isolation in postpartum

Hyeyoung Oh Nelson

“People will talk about her if she is not circumcised”: Exploring the patterning, drivers and gender norms around female genital mutilation in Ethiopia's Somali region

Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Nicola Jones, Kefyalew Endale, Tassew Woldehanna, Workneh Yadete and Abdilahi Abdiselam

What maternal educational mobility tells us about the mother’s parenting routines, offspring school achievement and intelligence

Nathalie Tamayo Martinez, Fadila Serdarevic, Emin Tahirovic, Stijn Daenekindt, Renske Keizer, Pauline W. Jansen and Henning Tiemeier

The wording matters: Gender equality laws and women's attitudes towards domestic violence in Africa

Dafeng Xu

Ethnic networks in neighborhoods affect mental health: Evidence from a quasi-random assignment of applicants in the public social housing system

Bence Boje-Kovacs, Jane Greve and Cecilie D. Weatherall

Causal beliefs about mental illness: A scoping review

Isaac L. Ahuvia, Ian Sotomayor, Kelly Kwong, Fiona W. Lam, Aqsa Mirza and Jessica L. Schleider

Housing cost burden and external causes of mortality: Variations across housing regimes in high-income countries, 2010–2020

Gum-Ryeong Park

Educational attainment, income, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A mediation analysis based on two-step Mendelian randomization

Tao Xie, Bin Zhu, Hao-ran Li, Jin-feng Xu and Ying Mao

“Not just rebellious, it's revolutionary”: Do-it-yourself hormone replacement therapy as Liberatory Harm Reduction

Brianna C. August-Rae, Jonathan T. Baker and Patrice M. Buzzanell

A critical analysis of trans-visibility through online medical crowdfunding

Susan Wardell and Cassie Withey-Rila

“The machine doesn't judge”: Counternarratives on surveillance among people accessing a safer opioid supply via biometric machines

Geoff Bardwell, Andrew Ivsins, James R. Wallace, Manal Mansoor and Thomas Kerr

A bridge too far? Social network structure as a determinant of depression in later life

Tianyao Qu

Administrative burden for patients in U.S. health care settings Post-Affordable Care Act: A scoping review

Passion Ilea and Ian Ilea

Uncovering the linkage between sustainable development goals for access to electricity and access to safely managed drinking water and sanitation services

Stéphane Mbiankeu Nguea

The link between intimate partner violence and spousal resource inequality in lower- and middle-income countries

Chia Liu and Emmanuel Olamijuwon

The adult consequences of being bullied in childhood

David Blanchflower and Alex Bryson

“If I knew you were a travesti, I wouldn't have touched you”:Iatrogenic violence and trans necropolitics in Turkey

Tankut Atuk

Do expenditures on public health reduce preventable mortality in the long run? Evidence from the Canadian provinces

Mehdi Ammi, Emmanuelle Arpin, F. Antoine Dedewanou and Sara Allin

The socioeconomic consequences of loneliness: Evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal study of young adults

Bridget T. Bryan, Katherine N. Thompson, Sidra Goldman-Mellor, Terrie E. Moffitt, Candice L. Odgers, Sincere Long Shin So, Momtahena Uddin Rahman, Jasmin Wertz, Timothy Matthews and Louise Arseneault

Financial responsibility, financial context, and ambulatory blood pressure in early middle-aged African-American women

Tené T. Lewis, Rachel Parker, Christy L. Erving, Shivika Udaipuria, Raphiel J. Murden, Nicole D. Fields, Bianca Booker, Reneé H. Moore and Viola Vaccarino

Explaining depression in the language of burnout: Normative reasons for depression in place of deterministic causes

Hiroto Shimizu

Impact of the Essential Public Health Service program on financial protection and health outcomes among hypertensive patients: A quasi-experimental study in China

Chengsen Cui, Yue Zhang, Ruoxi Ding and Ping He

Queering food security research: A critical analysis of 2SLGBTQ+ People's experiences of food insecurity in Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic

James K. Gibb, Sarah Williams, Kaspars Mikelsteins, Jada Charles, Leela McKinnon, Laura Beach, Luseadra McKerracher and Jessica Fields

Technology for transgender healthcare: Access, precarity & community care

Avery R. Everhart, Kristi E. Gamarel and Oliver L. Haimson

Perceived social position, active engagement with life, and depressive symptoms among older adults

HyunJee Park and Jinho Kim

Police-mental health co-response versus police-as-usual response to behavioral health emergencies: A pragmatic randomized effectiveness trial

Evan Marie Lowder, Eric Grommon, Katie Bailey and Bradley Ray

2024, volume 344, articles C

Delivering compassionate NHS healthcare: A qualitative study exploring the ethical implications of resetting NHS maternity and paediatric services following the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

Anna Chiumento, Sara Fovargue, Caroline Redhead, Heather Draper and Lucy Frith

Water insecurity is associated with gender-based violence: A mixed-methods study in Indonesia

Stroma Cole, Paula Tallman, Gabriela Salmon-Mulanovich and Binahayati Rusyidi

The WHO Foundation in global health governance: Depoliticizing corporate philanthropy

Rob Ralston, Tracey Wagner-Rizvi, May CI. van Schalkwyk, Nason Maani and Jeff Collin

Why is concealment associated with health and wellbeing? An investigation of potential mechanisms

Joel M. Le Forestier, Elizabeth W. Chan, Rosemarie Shephard, Elizabeth Page-Gould and Alison L. Chasteen

Agents of scientific uncertainty: Conflicts over evidence and expertise in gender-affirming care bans for minors

Joanna Wuest and Briana S. Last

Managing a policy paradox? Responses to textual warning labels on E-cigarette advertisements among U.S. national samples of youth overall and adults who smoke or vape

Jeff Niederdeppe, Norman A. Porticella, Alan Mathios, Rosemary Avery, Michael Dorf, Amelia Greiner Safi, Motasem Kalaji, Leah Scolere and Sahara E. Byrne

Key drivers of investment initiatives in Uganda's pharmaceutical industry

Bernard Onyinyi and Nashira Asiimwe

“We grow older. We also have lots of sex. I just want a doctor who will at least ask about it.”: Transgender, non-binary, and intersex older adults in sexual and reproductive healthcare

Nik M. Lampe and Carla A. Pfeffer

Evaluating the effects of the 2017 National Health Insurance coverage expansion on amenable mortality and its disparities between areas in South Korea using Bayesian structural time-series models

Sang Jun Eun

Measuring the overall performance of mental healthcare providers

María José Aragón, Hugh Gravelle, Adriana Castelli, Maria Goddard, Nils Gutacker, Anne Mason, Donna Rowen, Russell Mannion and Rowena Jacobs

The paradox of the resident experiencing depression: Higher depression, less favorable help-seeking outcome expectations, and lower help-seeking intentions

Jason T. Siegel, Brendon Ellis, Gabrielle Riazi, Anne Brafford, Gregory Guldner and Jessica C. Wells

Conceptualisations of “good care” within informal caregiving networks for older people in rural South Africa

Michelle R. Brear, Lenore Manderson, Themby Nkovana and Guy Harling

‘Financial fallout’ in the US biopharmaceutical industry: Maximizing shareholder value, regulatory capture, and the consequences for patients

Ryan Whitacre

The cumulative effects of stigma-related stress: Chronic stigma-related stress exposure exacerbates daily associations between enacted stigma and anxious/depressed affect

Christina Dyar

Re-evaluating John Snow's 1856 south London study

Thomas S. Coleman

‘My doctor just called me a good girl and I died a bit inside’: From everyday misogyny to obstetric violence in UK fertility and maternity services

Nadia von Benzon, Jo Hickman-Dunne and Rebecca Whittle

The solicitation of altruistic kidney donations on Facebook

Baruch Shomron

Between loss and restoration: The role of liminality in advancing theories of grief and bereavement

Katherine Bristowe, Liadh Timmins, Alexandra Pitman, Debbie Braybrook, Steve Marshall, Katherine Johnson, Michael King, Anna Roach, Deokhee Yi, Kathryn Almack, Elizabeth Day, Paul Clift, Ruth Rose and Richard Harding

The impact of socioeconomic status on health practices via health lifestyles: Results of qualitative interviews with Americans from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds

Charles Allan McCoy, Eliana Johnston and Cellan Hogan

When patients demur: Resisting diagnostic closure in US primary care

Amanda McArthur

Income inequality and deaths of despair risk in Canada, identifying possible mechanisms

Alexandra Loverock, Claire Benny, Brendan T. Smith, Arjumand Siddiqi and Roman Pabayo

Does digital infrastructure improve public Health? A quasi-natural experiment based on China's Broadband policy

Yiwei Liu, Keshan Liu, XiangLin Zhang and Qiuyue Guo

The impact of informal caregiving on U.S. Veterans Health Administration utilization and expenditures

Josephine C. Jacobs, Jeanie Lo, Courtney H. Van Houtven and Todd H. Wagner

Social identity and health-related behavior: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Natascha de Hoog and Ron Pat-El

Experiencing the unreal. Mapping patient journeys from injury towards rehabilitation for a life with tetraplegia

Ditte Thøgersen, Marie Svensmark Krag, Johanne Staugaard Johansen and Anette Jørgensen

Comparing disease specific catastrophic cost estimates using longitudinal and cross-sectional designs: The example of tuberculosis

Takuya Yamanaka, Mary Christine Castro, Julius Patrick Ferrer, Sharon E. Cox, Yoko V. Laurence and Anna Vassall

Parental gender attitudes and children's mental health: Evidence from the UK household longitudinal study

Edith Aguirre, Michaela Benzeval and Aja Murray

Genetic influences on depression and selection into adverse life experiences

Tamkinat Rauf and Jeremy Freese

Promoting equitable sexual health communication among patients with minoritized racial/ethnic, sexual orientation, and gender identities: Strategies, challenges, and opportunities

Madeline Noh, Jaclyn M.W. Hughto, S. Bryn Austin, Roberta E. Goldman, Jennifer Potter and Madina Agénor

“Even when you write with a pencil there is an eraser to clean it”: Examining men's conceptualisations of and involvement in emergency contraceptive use in Accra, Ghana

Joe Strong

Menu choice stated preference tasks to capture demand complementarity in health

Elisabeth Huynh, Joffre Swait, Emily Lancsar and Jemimah Ride

Implementing age-friendly policies in China: Assessing the impact on older adults’ self-rated health

Shuhong Wang and Wanyang Hu

Swiss residents’ information behavior perceptions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal qualitative study

Bettina M. Zimmermann

Vigilance in infectious disease emergencies: Expanding the concept

Jane Williams, Christopher Mayes, Eamon Flint-Peterson and Chris Degeling

The ‘diagnostic gap’ and ‘economic burden’ of depression: Global mental health in neoliberal Poland (2010s–2020s)

Beata Szulęcka

Stability and shifts in the combined positive and negative mental health of clergy: A longitudinal latent class and latent transition analysis study of united methodist pastors before and after the onset of COVID-19

Bo-Hyeong Jane Lee, Anna Holleman and Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell

Reality check. The issue of social plausibility in Virtual reality therapy with addiction patients

Céline Borelle and Elsa Forner

“We have knowledge that is unique”: Patient activism and the promotion of trans-inclusive primary care

Inna Blus-Kadosh and Gilly Hartal

Care in transition: Global norms, transnational adaptation, and family-centered gender-affirming care in China

Xiaogao Zhou

The work of composition: Situated articulation of visible and invisible work within patient organisations

Alexandra Endaltseva

Oops I did it (again): Patient experiences of complications after non-invasive cosmetic procedures

Anne-Mette Hermans, Tom Decates, Lakisha A. Geysendorpher and Marjolein Lugtenberg