Social Science & Medicine

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2020, volume 267, articles C

Religion, social integration, and depression in Europe: Evidence from the European Social Survey

Jason Schnittker

Regional employment and individual worklessness during the Great Recession and the health of the working-age population: Cross-national analysis of 16 European countries

Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Katie H. Thomson, Clare Bambra and Jamie R. Pearce

Educational inequalities in disability linked to social security coverage among older individuals in five Latin American countries

Philipp Hessel, Pieter Sayer and Carlos Riumallo-Herl

Educational inequalities in self-rated health and social relationships – analyses based on the European Social Survey 2002-2016

Nico Vonneilich, Daniel Lüdecke and Olaf von dem Knesebeck

The thin blue line of health: Police contact and wellbeing in Europe

Valerio Baćak and Robert Apel

Globalization and health equity: The impact of structural adjustment programs on developing countries

Timon Forster, Alexander E. Kentikelenis, Thomas H. Stubbs and Lawrence P. King

The global use of diverse medical systems

Bernice A. Pescosolido, Bianca Manago and Sigrun Olafsdottir

Diverging ideas of health? Comparing the basis of health ratings across gender, age, and country

Patrick Lazarevič and Martina Brandt

Educational inequalities in high- vs. low-preventable health conditions: Exploring the fundamental cause theory

Håvard T. Rydland, Erling F. Solheim and Terje A. Eikemo

Is it unfair for the affluent to be able to purchase “better” healthcare? Existential standards and institutional norms in healthcare attitudes across 28 countries

Ellen M. Immergut and Simone M. Schneider

Intersectional migration-related health inequalities in Europe: Exploring the role of migrant generation, occupational status & gender

Anna Gkiouleka and Tim Huijts

Improving job strain might reduce inequalities in cardiovascular disease mortality in european men

M.I. Witvliet, M. Toch-Marquardt, T.A. Eikemo and J.P. Mackenbach

Contextualizing geneticization and medical pluralism: How variable institutionalization of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TCAM) conditions effects of genetic beliefs on utilization

Jae-Mahn Shim and Jibum Kim

Depression in women and men, cumulative disadvantage and gender inequality in 29 European countries

Piet Bracke, Katrijn Delaruelle, Rozemarijn Dereuddre and Sarah Van de Velde

Health inequalities in Eastern Europe. Does the role of the welfare regime differ from Western Europe?

Regina Jutz

2020, volume 266, articles C

Presenting treatment options in breast cancer consultations: Advice and consent in Italian medical care

Marilena Fatigante, John Heritage, Francesca Alby and Cristina Zucchermaglio

Shouting at each other into the void: A linguistic network analysis of vaccine hesitance and support in online discourse regarding California law SB277

Kali DeDominicis, Alison M. Buttenheim, Amanda C. Howa, Paul L. Delamater, Daniel Salmon, Saad B. Omer and Nicola P. Klein

How and why children instigate talk in pediatric allergy consultations: A conversation analytic account

Laura Jenkins, Alexa Hepburn and Colin MacDougall

Economic valuation of setting up a social health enterprise in urban poor-resource setting in Kenya

Hermann Donfouet, Shukri F. Mohamed, Peter Otieno, Elvis Wambiya, Martin Kavao Mutua and Goodarz Danaei

A critical exploration of professional jurisdictions and role boundaries in inter-professional end-of-life care in the community

Holly Standing, Rebecca Patterson, Sonia Dalkin, Catherine Exley and Katie Brittain

Negotiating the practical ethics of ‘self-tracking’ in intimate relationships: Looking for care in healthy living

Catherine M. Will, Flis Henwood, Kate Weiner and Rosalind Williams

Nothing but the truth: Consistency and efficiency of the list experiment method for the measurement of sensitive health behaviours

Aurélia Lépine, Carole Treibich and D’Exelle, Ben

What it means to say “I Don't have any money to buy health insurance” in rural Vietnam: How anticipatory activities shape health insurance enrollment

Amy Dao

The effect of a shelf placement intervention on sales of healthier and less healthy breakfast cereals in supermarkets: A co-designed pilot study

Leanne Young, Magda Rosin, Yannan Jiang, Jacqui Grey, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Wilma Waterlander and Cliona Ni Mhurchu

Trajectories of informal care intensity among the oldest-old Chinese

Bo Hu

Linked fate and mental health among African Americans

Ellis P. Monk

Vulnerability and resilience to pandemic-related stress among U.S. women pregnant at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

Heidi Preis, Brittain Mahaffey, Cassandra Heiselman and Marci Lobel

Innovation, professional identity, and generational divides in medicine: The case of gynecologic laparoscopy in the USA

James R. Zetka

Family health competence: Attachment, detachment and health practices in the early years of parenthood

Gerlieke Veltkamp, Mutsumi Karasaki and Christian Bröer

The weight of patriarchy? Gender obesity gaps in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Joan Costa-Font and Mario Györi

The impact of temporary assistance for needy families, minimum wage, and Earned Income Tax Credit on Women's well-being and intimate partner violence victimization

Rachael A. Spencer, Melvin D. Livingston, Briana Woods-Jaeger, Shelby T. Rentmeester, Nolan Sroczynski and Kelli A. Komro

Small increments in diet cost can improve compliance with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Chelsea M. Rose, Shilpi Gupta, James Buszkiewicz, Linda K. Ko, Jin Mou, Andrea Cook, Anne Vernez Moudon, Anju Aggarwal and Adam Drewnowski

Contamination, suffering and womanhood: Lay explanations of breast cancer in Central Vietnam

Trang Thu Do and Andrea Whittaker

The effect of increased family finance and dual-parental absence since infancy on Children's cognitive Abilities

Wen-Peng Hou, Tony Xing Tan, Yu-Jie Wen, Xue-Qi Wang, Xian-Bin Li and Chuan-Yue Wang

Parents’ decision-making following diagnosis of a severe congenital anomaly in pregnancy: Practical, theoretical and ethical tensions

Alexis Paton, Natalie Armstrong, Lucy Smith and Robyn Lotto

Health risks and outcomes that disproportionately affect women during the Covid-19 pandemic: A review

Jade Connor, Sarina Madhavan, Mugdha Mokashi, Hanna Amanuel, Natasha R. Johnson, Lydia E. Pace and Deborah Bartz

Contraceptive selection and practice: Associations with self-identified race and socioeconomic disadvantage

Kelsey Q. Wright

Political connections and psychosocial wellbeing among Women's Development Army leaders in rural amhara, Ethiopia: Towards a holistic understanding of community health workers' socioeconomic status

Svea Closser, Kenneth Maes, Erick Gong, Neha Sharma, Yihenew Tesfaye, Roza Abesha, Mikayla Hyman, Natalie Meyer and Jeffrey Carpenter

Medical pluralism, Pentecostal healing and contests over healing power in Papua New Guinea

Richard Eves and Angela Kelly-Hanku

Organizational change and everyday health system resilience: Lessons from Cape Town, South Africa

Lucy Gilson, Soraya Ellokor, Uta Lehmann and Leanne Brady

Developing an Innu framework for health research: The canoe trip as a metaphor for a collaborative approach centered on valuing Indigenous knowledges

Leonor M. Ward, Mary Janet Hill, Samia Chreim, Christine Poker, Anita Olsen Harper and Samantha Wells

One last round of chemo? Insights from conversations between oncologists and lung cancer patients about prognosis and treatment decisions

Amalie M. Hauge

Can counter-advertising protect spectators of elite sport against the influence of unhealthy food and beverage sponsorship? A naturalistic trial

Helen Dixon, Maree Scully, Melanie Wakefield, Bridget Kelly, Simone Pettigrew, Kathy Chapman and Jeff Niederdeppe

Small steps, big change. Forging a public-private health insurance system in the Netherlands

R.M. Bertens and R.A.A. Vonk

Health care, overconsumption and uneconomic growth: A conceptual framework

Martin Hensher, Ben Canny, Craig Zimitat, Julie Campbell and Andrew Palmer

Dealing with negative reviews on physician-rating websites: An experimental test of how physicians can prevent reputational damage via effective response strategies

Florian Arendt, Michaela Forrai and Oliver Findl

Understanding the policy dynamics of COVID-19 in the UK: Early findings from interviews with policy makers and health care professionals

P. Atkinson, N. Gobat, S. Lant, H. Mableson, C. Pilbeam, T. Solomon, S. Tonkin-Crine and S. Sheard

“Cooling of the mind”: Assessing the relevance of mindfulness training among people living with HIV using alcohol and other substances in South Africa

Jessica F. Magidson, Emily N. Satinsky, Christina M. Luberto, Bronwyn Myers, Christopher J. Funes, Rachel Vanderkruik and Lena S. Andersen

COVID-19-related stigma profiles and risk factors among people who are at high risk of contagion

Wenjie Duan, He Bu and Zheng Chen

Sex, power, marginalisation and HIV amongst young fishermen in Malawi: Exploring intersecting inequalities

Eleanor E. MacPherson, Mackwellings Phiri, John Sadalaki, Victoria Nyongopa, Nicola Desmond, Victor Mwapasa, David G. Lalloo, Janet Seeley and Sally Theobald

Grow fast, die young? The causes and consequences of adult height and prolonged growth in nineteenth century Maastricht

Kristina Thompson, Björn Quanjer and Mayra Murkens

Physicians’ rhetorical strategies for motivating HPV vaccination

Melissa B. Gilkey, Brigid K. Grabert, Teri L. Malo, Megan E. Hall and Noel T. Brewer

Reducing HIV- and TB-Stigma among healthcare co-workers in South Africa: Results of a cluster randomised trial

Nina Sommerland, Caroline Masquillier, Asta Rau, Michelle Engelbrecht, Gladys Kigozi, Triantafyllos Pliakas, Andre Janse van Rensburg and Edwin Wouters

Identifying risk and protective factors, including culture and identity, for methamphetamine use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: Relevance of the ‘communities that care’ model

Rachel Reilly, Sandra Gendera, Carla Treloar, Yvette Roe, Kate Conigrave, Peter Azzopardi and James Ward

All-cause mortality and the time-varying effects of psychosocial work stressors: A retrospective cohort study using the HILDA survey

Yamna Taouk, Matthew J. Spittal, Allison J. Milner and Anthony D. LaMontagne

Health profiles of spouse caregivers: The role of active coping and the risk for developing prolonged grief symptoms

Lyndsey M. Miller, Rebecca L. Utz, Katherine Supiano, Dale Lund and Michael S. Caserta

Maternal exposure to childhood traumatic events, but not multi-domain psychosocial stressors, predict placental corticotrophin releasing hormone across pregnancy

Iris M. Steine, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Nadra Lisha, Frances Tylavsky, Roger Smith, Maria Bowman, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Catherine J. Karr, Alicia K. Smith, Michael Kobor and Nicole R. Bush