Social Science & Medicine

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2019, volume 225, articles C

Reports of rationing from the neglected realm of capital investment: Responses to resource constraint in the English National Health Service pp. 1-8

Iestyn Williams, Kerry Allen and Gunveer Plahe

The ‘double precarity’ of employment insecurity and unaffordable housing and its impact on mental health pp. 9-16

Rebecca Bentley, Emma Baker and Zoe Aitken

Implementation and effectiveness of free health insurance for the poor pregnant women in Tanzania: A mixed methods evaluation pp. 17-25

August Kuwawenaruwa, Kate Ramsey, Peter Binyaruka, Jitihada Baraka, Fatuma Manzi and Josephine Borghi

Negotiating jurisdictional boundaries in response to new genetic possibilities in breast cancer care: The creation of an ‘oncogenetic taskscape’ pp. 26-33

Sarah Wright, Mary Porteous, Diane Stirling, Oliver Young, Charlie Gourley and Nina Hallowell

The disciplining of self-help: Doing self-help the Norwegian way pp. 34-41

M. Hedlund, B.J. Landstad and J.Q. Tritter

Do children's food choices go with the crowd? Effects of majority and minority peer cues shown within an audiovisual cartoon on children's healthy food choice pp. 42-50

Alice Binder, Brigitte Naderer and Jörg Matthes

Powerful audiences are linked to health information avoidance: Results from two surveys pp. 51-59

Nikolette P. Lipsey and James A. Shepperd

Peer worker involvement in low-threshold supervised consumption facilities in the context of an overdose epidemic in Vancouver, Canada pp. 60-68

Mary Clare Kennedy, Jade Boyd, Samara Mayer, Alexandra Collins, Thomas Kerr and Ryan McNeil

All in the mind? Estimating the effect of mental health on health behaviours pp. 69-84

Dan Hoang, Ingebjørg Kristoffersen and Ian Li

Saved by retirement: Beyond the mean effect on mental health pp. 85-97

Ingo Kolodziej and Pilar Garcia-Gomez

Sugar-sweetened beverage price elasticities in a hypothetical convenience store pp. 98-107

Miranda R. Blake, Emily Lancsar, Anna Peeters and Kathryn Backholer

Government of Malawi's unconditional cash transfer improves youth mental health pp. 108-119

Gustavo Angeles, Jacobus de Hoop, Sudhanshu Handa, Kelly Kilburn, Annamaria Milazzo and Amber Peterman

Embodiment and the foundation of biographical disruption pp. 120-127

Athena Engman

Do measures of country-level safety predict individual-level health outcomes? pp. 128-138

Kimberly R. More, Adele Quigley-McBride, Alexa S. Clerke and Curt More

2019, volume 224, articles C

Contributions of personality to social influence: Contingent associations between social network body size composition and BMI pp. 1-10

Brea L. Perry and Gabriele Ciciurkaite

Children's mobility and environmental exposures in urban landscapes: A cross-sectional study of 10–11 year old Scottish children pp. 11-22

Jonathan R. Olsen, Richard Mitchell, Paul McCrorie and Anne Ellaway

Accepters, fence sitters, or rejecters: Moral profiles of vaccination attitudes pp. 23-27

Isabel Rossen, Mark J. Hurlstone, Patrick D. Dunlop and Carmen Lawrence

Multi-contextual influences on adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections in the United States pp. 28-36

Gabriela Ksinan Jiskrova and Alexander T. Vazsonyi

Economic development and health outcomes: Evidence from cardiovascular disease mortality in Europe pp. 37-44

Jonathan Spiteri and Philip von Brockdorff

Out-of-pocket expenditure and correlates of caesarean births in public and private health centres in India pp. 45-57

Sanjay K. Mohanty, Basant Kumar Panda, Pijush Kanti Khan and Priyamadhaba Behera

Suffering and response: Directions in empirical research pp. 58-66

Tyler J. VanderWeele

Dynamics of intervention adoption, implementation, and maintenance inside organizations: The case of an obesity prevention initiative pp. 67-76

Mohammad S. Jalali, Hazhir Rahmandad, Sally Lawrence Bullock, Seung Hee Lee-Kwan, Joel Gittelsohn and Alice Ammerman

Economic conditions at birth and cardiovascular disease risk in adulthood: Evidence from post-1950 cohorts pp. 77-84

Rob J.M. Alessie, Viola Angelini, Gerard van den Berg, Jochen Mierau and Laura Viluma

The hidden cost of informal care: An empirical study on female caregivers' subjective well-being pp. 85-93

Lu Chen, Hongli Fan and Lanlan Chu

Maternal employment and child health in Nepal: The importance of job type and timing across the child's first five years pp. 94-105

Sarah Brauner-Otto, Sarah Baird and Dirgha Ghimire

Clustered risk: An ecological understanding of sexual activity among adolescent boys and girls in two urban slums in Monrovia, Liberia pp. 106-115

Jewel Gausman, Danielle Lloyd, Thomas Kallon, S.V. Subramanian, Ana Langer and S. Bryn Austin

Unconditional cash transfers and parental obesity pp. 116-126

Laetitia Lebihan and Charles Olivier Mao Takongmo

Income-related inequality and inequity in children’s health care: A longitudinal analysis using data from Brazil pp. 127-137

Anderson Moreira Aristides dos Santos, Julian Perelman, Paulo de Andrade Jacinto, Cesar Augusto Oviedo Tejada, Aluísio J.D. Barros, Andréa D. Bertoldi, Alicia Matijasevich and Iná S. Santos

20 Years in the world of work: A study of (nonstandard) occupational trajectories and health pp. 138-148

Francesco Giudici and Davide Morselli

Effect of physicians' knowledge on antibiotics rational use in China's county hospitals pp. 149-155

Xiaodong Guan, Ye Tian, Jiafang Song, Dawei Zhu and Luwen Shi

2019, volume 223, articles C

Political parties and mortality: The role of social status and personal responsibility pp. 1-7

Viji Diane Kannan, Theodore M. Brown, Stephen J. Kunitz and Benjamin P. Chapman

Navigating a fragmented health care landscape: DACA recipients' shifting access to health care pp. 8-15

Christina M. Getrich, Kaelin Rapport, Alaska Burdette, Ana Ortez-Rivera and Delmis Umanzor

Benefits and risks of suicide disclosure pp. 16-23

Lindsay Sheehan, Nathalie Oexle, Silvia A. Armas, Hoi Ting Wan, Michael Bushman, LaToya Glover and Stanley A. Lewy

Informal caregiving and mortality―Who is protected and who is not? A prospective cohort study from Japan pp. 24-30

Atsushi Miyawaki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Yasuki Kobayashi and Ichiro Kawachi

Making sense of bodily sensations: Do shared cancer narratives influence symptom appraisal? pp. 31-39

Sara Macdonald, Elaine Conway, Annemieke Bikker, Susan Browne, Kathryn Robb, Christine Campbell, Robert JC. Steele, David Weller and Una Macleod

Conceptualizations of climate-related health risks among health experts and the public in Ghana pp. 40-50

Lucia Kafui Hussey and Godwin Arku

The body language of place: A new method for mapping intergenerational “geographies of embodiment” in place-health research pp. 51-63

Ryan J. Petteway, Mahasin Mujahid, Amani Allen and Rachel Morello-Frosch

How to be a very safe maternity unit: An ethnographic study pp. 64-72

Elisa G. Liberati, Carolyn Tarrant, Janet Willars, Tim Draycott, Cathy Winter, Sarah Chew and Mary Dixon-Woods

The global diabetes epidemic and the nonprofit state corporate complex: Equity implications of discourses, research agendas, and policy recommendations of diabetes nonprofit organizations pp. 77-88

Claudia Chaufan and Daniel Saliba

Coercion and power in psychiatry: A qualitative study with ex-patients pp. 89-96

Evi Verbeke, Stijn Vanheule, Joachim Cauwe, Femke Truijens and Brenda Froyen

Perceived causes of obesity, emotions, and attitudes about Discrimination Policy pp. 97-103

Mark R. Joslyn and Donald P. Haider-Markel

Loneliness does (not) have cardiometabolic effects: A longitudinal study of older adults in two countries pp. 104-112

Aniruddha Das

2019, volume 222, articles C

Effects of National Health Insurance on household out-of-pocket expenditure structure pp. 1-10

Yu-Chun Ku, Yiing-Jenq Chou, Miaw-Chwen Lee and Christy Pu

Temporalities of emergency: Migrant pregnancy and healthcare networks in Southern European borderlands pp. 11-19

Grotti Vanessa, Malakasis Cynthia, Quagliariello Chiara and Sahraoui Nina

Spatial patterning, correlates, and inequality in suicide across 432 neighborhoods in Taipei City, Taiwan pp. 20-34

Chien-Yu Lin, Chia-Yueh Hsu, David Gunnell, Ying-Yeh Chen and Shu-Sen Chang

Toward understanding mental illness stigma and help-seeking: A social identity perspective pp. 35-43

Kathleen A. Klik, Stacey L. Williams and Katherine J. Reynolds

Persuasive bodies: Testimonies of deep brain stimulation and Parkinson's on YouTube pp. 44-51

John Gardner, Narelle Warren, Courtney Addison and Gabby Samuel

Understanding and preventing situations of abuse in health care – Navigation work in a Swedish palliative care setting pp. 52-58

Jelmer Brüggemann, Alma Persson and Barbro Wijma

Exploring the meaning of pro-vaccine activism across two countries pp. 59-66

Samantha Vanderslott

Structural competency in emergency medicine services for transgender and gender non-conforming patients pp. 67-75

Cathleen Willging, Lara Gunderson, Daniel Shattuck, Robert Sturm, Adrien Lawyer and Cameron Crandall

Changing standards for drug approval: A longitudinal analysis of conditional marketing authorisation in the European Union pp. 76-83

Jarno Hoekman and Wouter Boon

Association between internet gaming addiction and leukocyte telomere length in Korean male adolescents pp. 84-90

NaHyun Kim, Jin Young Sung, Joo Yeon Park, In Deok Kong, Tonda L. Hughes and Dae-Kwang Kim

Perceived discrimination and physical health-related quality of life: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) Sociocultural Ancillary Study pp. 91-100

Kristine M. Molina, Mayra L. Estrella, Ramon Durazo-Arvizu, Vanessa L. Malcarne, Maria M. Llabre, Carmen R. Isasi, India J. Ornelas, Krista M. Perreira, Frank J. Penedo, Elizabeth Brondolo, Linda Gallo and Martha L. Daviglus

Did the expansion of free GP care impact demand for Emergency Department attendances? A difference-in-differences analysis pp. 101-111

Brendan Walsh, Anne Nolan, Aoife Brick and Conor Keegan

No wink of sleep: Population sleep characteristics in response to the brexit poll and the 2016 U.S. presidential election pp. 112-121

Jiří Anýž, Eduard Bakštein, Daniela Dudysová, Karolína Veldová, Monika Kliková, Eva Fárková, Jana Kopřivová and Filip Španiel

Intergenerational transmission of gender social norms and teenage smoking pp. 122-132

Núria Rodriguez-Planas and Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano

Socioeconomic determinants of pediatric asthma emergency department visits under regional economic development in western New York pp. 133-144

Youngseob Eum, EunHye Yoo and Elizabeth Bowen

Challenge and hindrance stressors in relation to sleep pp. 145-153

Kimberly A. French, Tammy D. Allen and Tyler G. Henderson

Exploring the contribution of social enterprise to health and social care: A realist evaluation pp. 154-161

Francesca Caló, Michael James Roy, Cam Donaldson, Simon Teasdale and Simone Baglioni

The effects of family dysfunction trajectories during childhood and early adolescence on sleep quality during late adolescence: Resilience as a mediator pp. 162-170

Ling-Yin Chang, Chi-Chen Wu, Lee-Lan Yen and Hsing-Yi Chang

Suffering of silenced people in northern Rwanda pp. 171-179

Yuko Otake

Can time heal all wounds? An empirical assessment of adaptation to functional limitations in an older population pp. 180-187

Anne de Hond, Pieter Bakx and Matthijs Versteegh

Network influences on policy implementation: Evidence from a global health treaty pp. 188-197

Thomas W. Valente, Stephanie Pitts, Heather Wipfli and George Vega

What do the British public think of inequality in health, wealth, and power? pp. 198-206

David Howarth, Theresa M. Marteau, Adam P. Coutts, Julian L. Huppert and Pedro Ramos Pinto

Adaptation of an effective school-based sexual health promotion program for youth in Colombia pp. 207-215

Alexandra Morales, Eileen Garcia-Montaño, Cristian Barrios-Ortega, Janivys Niebles-Charris, Paola Garcia-Roncallo, Daniella Abello-Luque, Mayra Gomez-Lugo, Diego Alejandro Saavedra, Pablo Vallejo-Medina, José Pedro Espada, Marguerita Lightfoot and Omar Martínez

Audiologist availability and supply in the United States: A multi-scale spatial and political economic analysis pp. 216-224

Arrianna Marie Planey

Demographic and spatial trends in diabetes-related virtual nursing examinations pp. 225-230

Steven R. Schultze, Frances C. Mujica and A.J. Kleinheksel

Women's stories of living with breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence pp. 231-245

Anri Smit, Coetzee, Bronwynè Jo’sean, Rizwana Roomaney, Melissa Bradshaw and Leslie Swartz

Equal access for equal need: Eliciting public preferences for access to health treatment by employment status pp. 246-255

Naomi Gibbs, Philip A. Powell and Aki Tsuchiya

A comparison of professional and private time preferences of General Practitioners pp. 256-264

Alastair Irvine, Marjon van der Pol and Euan Phimister

Individuate and separate: Values and identity re-development during rehabilitation and transition in the Australian Army pp. 265-273

Paula A. Dabovich, Jaklin A. Eliott and Alexander C. McFarlane

The impact of the Greek economic adjustment programme on household health expenditure pp. 274-284

Ilias Kyriopoulos, Zlatko Nikoloski and Elias Mossialos

Impact of an employment guarantee scheme on utilisation of maternal healthcare services: Results from a natural experiment in India pp. 285-293

Divya Parmar and Aneesh Banerjee

‘Falling from grace’ and ‘rising from rags’: Intergenerational educational mobility and depressive symptoms pp. 294-304

Alexi Gugushvili, Yizhang Zhao and Erzsébet Bukodi

Adolescent mental health and unemployment over the lifespan: Population evidence from Sweden pp. 305-314

Victoria Mousteri, Michael Daly, Liam Delaney, Per Tynelius and Finn Rasmussen

A qualitative study on intersectional stigma and sexual health among women on opioid substitution treatment in England: Implications for research, policy and practice pp. 315-322

Laura Medina-Perucha, Jenny Scott, Sarah Chapman, Julie Barnett, Charlotte Dack and Hannah Family

Legal mobilization in medicine: Nurses, rape kits, and the emergence of forensic nursing in the United States since the 1970s pp. 323-334

Jaimie Morse

Lettuce be happy: A longitudinal UK study on the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and well-being pp. 335-345

Neel Ocean, Peter Howley and Jonathan Ensor

Father departure and children's mental health: How does timing matter? pp. 349-358

Emla Fitzsimons and Aase Villadsen

Parental concern about concussion risk for their children pp. 359-366

Emily Kroshus, Pingping Qu, Sara P.D. Chrisman, Christina Schwien, Stanley A. Herring and Frederick P. Rivara

Community organizations and mental health after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings pp. 367-376

Rupa Jose, E. Alison Holman and Roxane Cohen Silver