Social Science & Medicine

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2017, volume 192, articles C

Preventing gender-based violence victimization in adolescent girls in lower-income countries: Systematic review of reviews pp. 1-13

Kathryn M. Yount, Kathleen H. Krause and Stephanie S. Miedema

Impact of active concealment of stigmatized identities on physical and psychological quality of life pp. 14-17

Diane M. Quinn, Bradley M. Weisz and Elizabeth K. Lawner

Getting more people on the stairs: The impact of point-of-decision prompts pp. 18-27

Olivier Allais, Pascale Bazoche and Sabrina Teyssier

Smoking concordance during pregnancy: Are there relationship benefits? pp. 30-35

Talea Cornelius, Alethea Desrosiers and Trace Kershaw

Effects of house prices on health: New evidence from Australia pp. 36-48

Kadir Atalay, Rebecca Edwards and Betty Y.J. Liu

Relative deprivation: Measurement issues and predictive role for body image dissatisfaction pp. 49-57

Lucio Esposito and Adrián Villaseñor

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), illness narratives and Elias's sociology of knowledge pp. 58-65

Dominic Malcolm, Mark W. Orme, Mike D. Morgan and Lauren B. Sherar

A systematic review of allostatic load in relation to socioeconomic position: Poor fidelity and major inconsistencies in biomarkers employed pp. 66-73

Sarah C. Johnson, Francesca L. Cavallaro and David A. Leon

How the built environment affects change in older people's physical activity: A mixed- methods approach using longitudinal health survey data in urban China pp. 74-84

Peiling Zhou, Sue C. Grady and Guo Chen

Response shift in self-rated health after serious health events in old age pp. 85-93

Svenja M. Spuling, Julia K. Wolff and Susanne Wurm

Hearing impairment, social support, and depressive symptoms among U.S. adults: A test of the stress process paradigm pp. 94-101

Jessica S. West

Area-level socioeconomic disadvantage and suicidal behaviour in Europe: A systematic review pp. 102-111

Joanne-Marie Cairns, Eva Graham and Clare Bambra

Re-evaluating associations between the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation and body mass index in the context of unmeasured confounders pp. 112-124

Joseph Rigdon, Seth A. Berkowitz, Hilary K. Seligman and Sanjay Basu

Effectiveness of physical activity interventions in achieving behaviour change maintenance in young and middle aged adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 125-133

Jennifer M. Murray, Sarah F. Brennan, David P. French, Christopher C. Patterson, Frank Kee and Ruth F. Hunter

Perceived social support in African American breast cancer patients: Predictors and effects pp. 134-142

Tess Thompson, Maria Pérez, Matthew Kreuter, Julie Margenthaler, Graham Colditz and Donna B. Jeffe

Shaping innovation in health care: A content analysis of innovation policies in the English NHS, 1948–2015 pp. 143-151

Tomas Farchi and Torsten-Oliver Salge

Perceived neighborhood quality, family processes, and trajectories of child and adolescent externalizing behaviors in the United States pp. 152-161

Mengying Li, Sara B. Johnson, Rashelle J. Musci and Anne W. Riley

2017, volume 191, articles C

A systemic approach to understanding mental health and services pp. 1-8

Mark Cohen

Who provides inconsistent reports of their health status? The importance of age, cognitive ability and socioeconomic status pp. 9-18

Nicole Black, David Johnston, Michael Shields and Agne Suziedelyte

Do restrictive omnibus immigration laws reduce enrollment in public health insurance by Latino citizen children? A comparative interrupted time series study pp. 19-29

Chenoa D. Allen and Clea A. McNeely

Rural-urban disparities in unmet long-term care needs in China: The role of the hukou status pp. 30-37

Yumei Zhu and August Österle

Environmental injustice and sexual minority health disparities: A national study of inequitable health risks from air pollution among same-sex partners pp. 38-47

Timothy W. Collins, Sara E. Grineski and Danielle X. Morales

Crowdfunding our health: Economic risks and benefits pp. 48-56

Matthew J. Renwick and Elias Mossialos

Celebrity over science? An analysis of Lyme disease video content on YouTube pp. 57-60

N. Yiannakoulias, R. Tooby and S.L. Sturrock

A meta-analytic review on social relationships and suicidal ideation among older adults pp. 65-76

Qingsong Chang, Chee Hon Chan and Paul S.F. Yip

Care interrupted: Poverty, in-migration, and primary care in rural resource towns pp. 77-83

Kathleen Rice and Fiona Webster

Ethical implications of location and accelerometer measurement in health research studies with mobile sensing devices pp. 84-88

Daniel Fuller, Martine Shareck and Kevin Stanley

Impact of medical subsidy disqualification on children's healthcare utilization: A difference-in-differences analysis from Japan pp. 89-98

Atsushi Miyawaki, Haruko Noguchi and Yasuki Kobayashi

The impact of Black cancer patients' race-related beliefs and attitudes on racially-discordant oncology interactions: A field study pp. 99-108

Louis A. Penner, Felicity W.K. Harper, John F. Dovidio, Terrance L. Albrecht, Lauren M. Hamel, Nicole Senft and Susan Eggly

A good abortion experience: A qualitative exploration of women's needs and preferences in clinical care pp. 109-116

Anna L. Altshuler, Alison Ojanen-Goldsmith, Paul D. Blumenthal and Lori R. Freedman

Disappearing everyday materials: The displacement of medical resources following disaster in Fukushima, Japan pp. 117-124

Sudeepa Abeysinghe, Claire Leppold, Akihiko Ozaki, Mariko Morita and Masaharu Tsubokura

Effects of Latino children on their mothers' dietary intake and dietary behaviors: The role of children's acculturation and the mother-child acculturation gap pp. 125-133

Sandra H. Soto, Elva M. Arredondo, Bess Marcus, Holly B. Shakya, Scott Roesch and Guadalupe X. Ayala

Does gender matter? An analysis of men's and women's accounts of responding to symptoms of lung cancer pp. 134-142

Alice MacLean, Kate Hunt, Sarah Smith and Sally Wyke

Disability rights in Higher Education Programs: The case of medical schools and other health-related disciplines pp. 143-150

Anastasia Liasidou and Katerina Mavrou

Exploring associations between state education initiatives and teachers’ sleep: A social-ecological approach pp. 151-159

Kaori Fujishiro, Amy N. Farley, Marie Kellemen and Christopher M. Swoboda

Why do people with mental distress have poor social outcomes? Four lessons from the capabilities approach pp. 160-167

Richard Brunner

Geographic and demographic correlates of autism-related anti-vaccine beliefs on Twitter, 2009-15 pp. 168-175

Theodore S. Tomeny, Christopher J. Vargo and Sherine El-Toukhy

The impact of price policy on demand for alcohol in rural India pp. 176-185

Arjunan Subramanian and Parmod Kumar

Experience as knowledge: Disability, distillation and (reprogenetic) decision-making pp. 186-193

Felicity K. Boardman

Korean immigrants don't buy health insurance: The influences of culture on self-employed Korean immigrants focusing on structure and functions of social networks pp. 194-201

Hyunsung Oh and Chung Hyeon Jeong

Post-migration employment changes and health: A dyadic spousal analysis pp. 202-211

Annie Ro and Rachel E. Goldberg

Should I stay or should I go? How healthcare professionals close encounters with people with dementia in the acute hospital setting pp. 212-225

Rebecca Allwood, Alison Pilnick, Rebecca O'Brien, Sarah Goldberg, Rowan H. Harwood and Suzanne Beeke

The unintended consequences of community verifications for performance-based financing in Burkina Faso pp. 226-236

Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Idriss Ali Gali-Gali, Manuela De Allegri and Valéry Ridde

Racial residential segregation and adverse birth outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 237-250

Renee Mehra, Lisa M. Boyd and Jeannette R. Ickovics

2017, volume 190, articles C

The new frontier of strategic alliances in health care: New partnerships under accountable care organizations pp. 1-10

Valerie A. Lewis, Katherine I. Tierney, Carrie Colla and Stephen M. Shortell

Does health insurance reduce out-of-pocket expenditure? Heterogeneity among China's middle-aged and elderly pp. 11-19

Anwen Zhang, Zlatko Nikoloski and Elias Mossialos

Childhood deprivation and later-life cognitive function in a population-based study of older rural South Africans pp. 20-28

Lindsay C. Kobayashi, M. Maria Glymour, Kathleen Kahn, Collin F. Payne, Ryan G. Wagner, Livia Montana, Farrah J. Mateen, Stephen M. Tollman and Lisa F. Berkman

Increased alcohol use after Hurricane Ike: The roles of perceived social cohesion and social control pp. 29-37

Chenyi Ma and Tony E. Smith

The political economy of diagnosis-related groups pp. 38-47

Paola Bertoli and Veronica Grembi

Self-rated health, generalized trust, and the Affordable Care Act: A US panel study, 2006–2014 pp. 48-56

Jan Mewes and Giuseppe Nicola Giordano

The observed and perceived neighborhood environment and physical activity among urban-dwelling adults: The moderating role of depressive symptoms pp. 57-66

Stephanie L. Orstad, Meghan H. McDonough, David B. Klenosky, Marifran Mattson and Philip J. Troped

Does grandchild care influence grandparents’ self-rated health? Evidence from a fixed effects approach pp. 67-74

Merih Ates

The Islamification of antiretroviral therapy: Reconciling HIV treatment and religion in northern Nigeria pp. 75-82

Jack Ume Tocco

Alternative futures: Fields, boundaries, and divergent professionalisation strategies within the Chiropractic profession pp. 83-91

Caragh Brosnan

Social disorganization and homicide mortality rate trajectories in Brazil between 1991 and 2010 pp. 92-100

Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres and Amy Nivette

Interest in and reactions to genetic risk information: The role of implicit theories and self-affirmation pp. 101-110

Jennifer M. Taber, William M.P. Klein, Susan Persky, Rebecca A. Ferrer, Annette R. Kaufman, Chan L. Thai and Peter R. Harris

Social support, flexible resources, and health care navigation pp. 111-118

Elizabeth A. Gage-Bouchard

Post-conflict struggles as networks of problems: A network analysis of trauma, daily stressors and psychological distress among Sri Lankan war survivors pp. 119-132

Nuwan Jayawickreme, Candace Mootoo, Christine Fountain, Andrew Rasmussen, Eranda Jayawickreme and Rebecca F. Bertuccio

Patient-provider communication, maternal anxiety, and self-care in pregnancy pp. 133-140

Jennifer Nicoloro-SantaBarbara, Lisa Rosenthal, Melissa V. Auerbach, Christina Kocis, Cheyanne Busso and Marci Lobel

‘Being’ a ventricular assist device recipient: A liminal existence pp. 141-148

Holly C. Standing, Tim Rapley, Guy A. MacGowan and Catherine Exley

Perceptions of incentives offered in a community-based malaria diagnosis and treatment program in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea pp. 149-156

Camilla Burkot, Laura Naidi, Liesel Seehofer and Kevin Miles

“Stay cool, sell stuff cheap, and smile”: Examining how reputational management of dental tourism reinforces structural oppression in Los Algodones, Mexico pp. 157-164

Krystyna Adams, Jeremy Snyder, Valorie A. Crooks and Nicole S. Berry

Finding HOPE: Changes in depressive symptomology following relocation from distressed public housing pp. 165-173

Michael D. Webb, William M. Rohe, Mai Thi Nguyen, Kirstin Frescoln, Mary Donegan and Hye-Sung Han

Why did life expectancy decline in the United States in 2015? A gender-specific analysis pp. 174-180

Francesco Acciai and Glenn Firebaugh

“The land of the sick and the land of the healthy”: Disability, bureaucracy, and stigma among people living with poverty and chronic illness in the United States pp. 181-189

Henry J. Whittle, Kartika Palar, Nikhil A. Ranadive, Janet M. Turan, Margot Kushel and Sheri D. Weiser

Parent use of cannabis for intractable pediatric epilepsy: Everyday empiricism and the boundaries of scientific medicine pp. 190-198

Elisa J. Sobo

The perception of fairness in infant care and mothers' postpartum depression pp. 199-206

Alfred DeMaris and Annette Mahoney

Access to occupational networks and ethnic variation of depressive symptoms in young adults in Sweden pp. 207-216

Alexander Miething, Mikael Rostila and Jens Rydgren

The spatial politics of place and health policy: Exploring Sustainability and Transformation Plans in the English NHS pp. 217-226

Jonathan Hammond, Colin Lorne, Anna Coleman, Pauline Allen, Nicholas Mays, Rinita Dam, Thomas Mason and Kath Checkland

Pathway from poor self-rated health to mortality: Explanatory power of disease diagnosis pp. 227-236

James Falconer and Amélie Quesnel-Vallée

The impact of democracy and media freedom on under-5 mortality, 1961–2011 pp. 237-246

Simon Wigley and Arzu Akkoyunlu-Wigley

Differential item functioning in quality of life measurement: An analysis using anchoring vignettes pp. 247-255

Rachel J. Knott, Paula Lorgelly, Nicole Black and Bruce Hollingsworth

A randomized controlled trial of a resilience-based intervention on psychosocial well-being of children affected by HIV/AIDS: Effects at 6- and 12-month follow-up pp. 256-264

Xiaoming Li, Sayward E. Harrison, Amanda J. Fairchild, Peilian Chi, Junfeng Zhao and Guoxiang Zhao

Effects of health empowerment intervention on resilience of adolescents in a tribal area: A study using the Solomon four-groups design pp. 265-274

Kaushik Sarkar, Aparajita Dasgupta, Multipada Sinha and Bhaskar Shahbabu