Social Science & Medicine

1979 - 2025

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2021, volume 275, articles C

Accumulation of economic hardship and health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Social causation or selection?

Alex Bierman, Laura Upenieks, Paul Glavin and Scott Schieman

Parental unemployment during the Great Recession and childhood adiposity

Jonathan Briody

The disparate impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of female and male caregivers

Mark Wade, Heather Prime, Dylan Johnson, Shealyn S. May, Jennifer M. Jenkins and Dillon T. Browne

“Cured” but not “healed”: The application of principles of palliative care to cancer survivorship

Chelsea MacDonald, Julie A. Theurer and Philip C. Doyle

Clinical practice guidelines in courts’ representation of medical evidence and testimony

Jaakko Taipale and Lotta Hautamäki

Globalization and health policy space: Introducing the WTOhealth dataset of trade challenges to national health regulations at World Trade Organization, 1995–2016

P. Barlow and D. Stuckler

Marital loss and risk of dementia: Do race and gender matter?

Zhenmei Zhang, Hui Liu and Seung-won Emily Choi

“PrEP just isn't my priority”: Adherence challenges among women who inject drugs participating in a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration project in Philadelphia, PA USA

Marisa Felsher, Eliza Ziegler, K. Rivet Amico, Adam Carrico, Jennie Coleman and Alexis M. Roth

Influence of enhanced nutrition and psychosocial stimulation in early childhood on cognitive functioning and psychological well-being in Guatemalan adults

María J. Ramírez-Luzuriaga, Ann M. DiGirolamo, Reynaldo Martorell, Manuel Ramírez-Zea, Rachel Waford and Aryeh D. Stein

Early life programming of adult ischemic heart disease within and across generations: The role of the socioeconomic context

Muhammad Zakir Hossin, Daniel Falkstedt, Peter Allebeck, Gita Mishra and Ilona Koupil

What are the challenges for antibiotic stewardship at the community level? An analysis of the drivers of antibiotic provision by informal healthcare providers in rural India

Meenakshi Gautham, Neil Spicer, Soumyadip Chatterjee and Catherine Goodman

Association between socioeconomic welfare and depression among older adults: Evidence from the China health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Wei Li, Echu Liu, Tomas Baležentis, Huanhuan Jin and Dalia Streimikiene

Dutch COVID-19 lockdown measures increased trust in government and trust in science: A difference-in-differences analysis

Joost Oude Groeniger, Kjell Noordzij, Jeroen van der Waal and Willem de Koster

Evaluating the literature of therapeutic landscapes with an emphasis on the search for the dimensions of health: A systematic review

Shima Taheri, Maryam Ghasemi Sichani and Amirhosein Shabani

Intersecting internalized stigmas and HIV self-care among men who have sex with men and who use substances

Abigail W. Batchelder, Jacklyn D. Foley, Jane Kim, Aron Thiim, John Kelly, Kenneth Mayer and Conall O'Cleirigh

Mental associations with COVID-19 and how they relate with self-reported protective behaviors: A national survey in the United States

Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Katherine Carman and Andrew M. Parker

“You have to start normalizing”: Identity construction among self-changers and treatment changers in the context of drug use normalization

Keren Gueta and Gila Chen

2021, volume 274, articles C

What works? The association of organisational structure, reforms and interventions on efficiency in treating hip fractures

Unto Häkkinen and Reijo Sund

State abortion policies and Medicaid coverage of abortion are associated with pregnancy outcomes among individuals seeking abortion recruited using Google Ads: A national cohort study

Ushma D. Upadhyay, Ashley A. McCook, Ariana H. Bennett, Alice F. Cartwright and Sarah C.M. Roberts

Health-related quality of life of hospitalized COVID-19 survivors: An initial exploration in Nanning city, China

Chenhui Wu, Jianquan Cheng, Jun Zou, Lian Duan and Janis E. Campbell

Psychological distress in middle eastern immigrants to the United States: A challenge to the healthy migrant model?

Elif Bulut and Karin L. Brewster

Help me quit smoking but don't make me sick! The controversial effects of electronic cigarettes on tobacco smokers

Jérôme Ronchetti and Anthony Terriau

Changes in social relationships during an initial “stay-at-home” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal survey study in the U.S

Lindsey M. Philpot, Priya Ramar, Daniel L. Roellinger, Barbara A. Barry, Pravesh Sharma and Jon O. Ebbert

Young women's and midwives' perspectives on improving nutritional support in pregnancy: The babies, eating, and LifestyLe in adolescence (BELLA) study

Sofia Strömmer, Susie Weller, Leanne Morrison, Hora Soltani, Judith Stephenson, Melissa Whitworth, Rachel Rundle, Jane Brewin, Lucilla Poston, Wendy Lawrence and Mary Barker

Internal migration, urban living, and non-communicable disease risk in South Africa

Chantel F. Pheiffer

Incorporating Social Determinants of Health into Modelling of COVID-19 and other Infectious Diseases: A Baseline Socio-economic Compartmental Model

Giorgos Galanis and Adam Hanieh

Impact of public health programs on maternal and child health services and health outcomes in India: A systematic review

Abinash Singh and Sukumar Vellakkal

Public attitudes toward genetic risk scoring in medicine and beyond

Simone Zhang, Rebecca A. Johnson, John Novembre, Edward Freeland and Dalton Conley

How do consumers respond to “sin taxes”? New evidence from a tax on sugary drinks

Eleonora Fichera, Toni Mora, Beatriz G. Lopez-Valcarcel and David Roche

Beyond single sleep measures: A composite measure of sleep health and its associations with psychological and physical well-being in adulthood

Soomi Lee and Katie M. Lawson

Public preferences for paying for social care in later life in England: A latent class analysis

Sanna Read, Bob Erens, Raphael Wittenberg, Gerald Wistow, Francis Dickinson, Martin Knapp, Eva Cyhlarova and Nicholas Mays

Unmet communication needs and moral work in the disposition decision concerning surplus frozen embryos: The perspectives of IVF users

Aviad Raz, Jasmine Vardi, Shelly Reisner Vain, Amir Meiri, Gali Barkan, Foad Azem and Hadar Amir

2021, volume 273, articles C

“The solitude absorbs and it oppresses”: ‘Illegality’ and its implications on Latino immigrant day laborers' social isolation, loneliness and health

Nalini Junko Negi, Jennifer L. Siegel, Priya B. Sharma and Gabriel Fiallos

How are social determinants of health integrated into epigenetic research? A systematic review

Linnea Evans, Michal Engelman, Alex Mikulas and Kristen Malecki

Cervical cancer screening invitations in low and middle income countries: Evidence from Armenia

Armenak Antinyan, Marco Bertoni and Luca Corazzini

The health impacts of eviction: Evidence from the national longitudinal study of adolescent to adult health

Morgan K. Hoke and Courtney E. Boen

Asymmetry in inter-municipal cooperation in health services – How does it affect service quality and autonomy?

Bjørnulf Arntsen, Dag Olaf Torjesen and Tor-Ivar Karlsen

Spatial variation in access to the health care safety net for Hispanic immigrants, 1970–2017

Emily Parker

Tobacco use and cessation in the context of ART adherence: Insights from a qualitative study in HIV clinics in Uganda

Frances Thirlway, Kellen Namusisi Nyamurungi, Joseph K.B. Matovu, Andrew Kibuuka Miti and Noreen Dadirai Mdege

Neoliberal discourse, actor power, and the politics of nutrition policy: A qualitative analysis of informal challenges to nutrition labelling regulations at the World Trade Organization, 2007–2019

P. Barlow and A.M. Thow

‘It is this which is normal’ A qualitative study on girl child marriage and health in conakry, Guinea

Yvette Efevbera and Paul Farmer

Utilizing genome wide data to highlight the social behavioral pathways to health: The case of obesity and cardiovascular health among older adults

Trent Davidson, Justin Vinneau-Palarino, Joshua A. Goode and Jason D. Boardman

Health consequences of retirement due to non-health reasons or poor health

Sae Hwang Han

Assessing the effects of autarchic policies on the biological well-being: Analysis of deviations in cohort male height in the Valencian Community (Spain) during Francoist regime

Antonio D. Cámara, Javier Puche and José Martínez-Carrión

Geographic access to COVID-19 healthcare in Brazil using a balanced float catchment area approach

Rafael Pereira, Carlos Kauê Vieira Braga, Luciana Mendes Servo, Bernardo Serra, Pedro Amaral, Nelson Gouveia and Antonio Paez

Understanding urban accessibility: A community-engaged pilot study of entrance features

Candace I.J. Nykiforuk, Nicole M. Glenn, Ian Hosler, Heather Craig, Darcy Reynard, Brittany Molner, Jared Candlish and Sammy Lowe

Hidden internet-based measure of discrimination and mental health of Black people

Hidehito Isoya and Hiroyuki Yamada

Dispositional Optimism and Disaster Resilience: A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Krisztina Gero, Jun Aida, Kokoro Shirai, Katsunori Kondo and Ichiro Kawachi

Public understanding of COVID-19 antibody testing and test results: A qualitative study conducted in the U.K. early in the pandemic

Jan Lecouturier, Michael P. Kelly, Fiona Graham, Carly Meyer, Mei Yee Tang, Louis Goffe, Chris Bonell, Susan Michie and Falko F. Sniehotta

Medical, transportation and spiritual out-of-pocket health expenditure on outpatient and inpatient visits in Bhutan

Chantal Herberholz and Sonam Phuntsho