Social Science & Medicine

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2017, volume 176, articles C

Trade liberalization and social determinants of health: A state of the literature review pp. 1-13

Courtney McNamara

Guilt without fault: A qualitative study into the ethics of forgiveness after traumatic childbirth pp. 14-20

Katja Schrøder, Karen la Cour, Jan Stener Jørgensen, Ronald F. Lamont and Niels Christian Hvidt

Son-biased sex ratios in 2010 US Census and 2011–2013 US natality data pp. 21-24

Douglas Almond and Yixin Sun

Conceptualisation of the ‘good’ self-manager: A qualitative investigation of stakeholder views on the self-management of long-term health conditions pp. 25-33

J. Ellis, E. Boger, S. Latter, A. Kennedy, F. Jones, C. Foster and S. Demain

Predictors of decline in IADL functioning among older survivors following the Great East Japan earthquake: A prospective study pp. 34-41

Toru Tsuboya, Jun Aida, Hiroyuki Hikichi, S.V. Subramanian, Katsunori Kondo, Ken Osaka and Ichiro Kawachi

Hour-glass ceilings: Work-hour thresholds, gendered health inequities pp. 42-51

Huong Dinh, Lyndall Strazdins and Jennifer Welsh

“Life is so easy on ART, once you accept it”: Acceptance, denial and linkage to HIV care in Shiselweni, Swaziland pp. 52-59

Shona Horter, Zanele Thabede, Velibanti Dlamini, Sarah Bernays, Beverley Stringer, Sikhathele Mazibuko, Lenhle Dube, Barbara Rusch and Kiran Jobanputra

The productive techniques and constitutive effects of ‘evidence-based policy’ and ‘consumer participation’ discourses in health policy processes pp. 60-68

K. Lancaster, K. Seear, C. Treloar and A. Ritter

From wanting to willing – controlled drug use as a treatment goal pp. 69-76

Margaretha Järvinen

“Too much medicine”: Insights and explanations from economic theory and research pp. 77-84

Martin Hensher, John Tisdell and Craig Zimitat

Community-based participatory research in a heavily researched inner city neighbourhood: Perspectives of people who use drugs on their experiences as peer researchers pp. 85-92

Will Damon, Cody Callon, Lee Wiebe, Will Small, Thomas Kerr and Ryan McNeil

The mental health of Indigenous peoples in Canada: A critical review of research pp. 93-112

Sarah E. Nelson and Kathi Wilson

Wasting the doctor's time? A video-elicitation interview study with patients in primary care pp. 113-122

Nadia Llanwarne, Jennifer Newbould, Jenni Burt, John L. Campbell and Martin Roland

Assessment of acculturation in minority health research pp. 123-132

Molly Fox, Zaneta Thayer and Pathik D. Wadhwa

Uptake of health insurance and the productive safety net program in rural Ethiopia pp. 133-141

Zemzem Shigute, Anagaw D. Mebratie, Robert Sparrow, Zelalem Yilma, Getnet Alemu and Arjun Bedi

The resource curse and child mortality, 1961–2011 pp. 142-148

Simon Wigley

Offspring schooling associated with increased parental survival in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa pp. 149-157

Jan-Walter De Neve and Guy Harling

Income, financial barriers to health care and public health expenditure: A multilevel analysis of 28 countries pp. 158-165

Tae Jun Kim, Nico Vonneilich, Daniel Lüdecke and Olaf von dem Knesebeck

Health in the Tenderloin: A resident-guided study of substance use, treatment, and housing pp. 166-174

Jamie Suki Chang

Socioeconomic disparities in adolescent substance use: Role of enjoyable alternative substance-free activities pp. 175-182

Nafeesa Andrabi, Rubin Khoddam and Adam M. Leventhal

2017, volume 175, articles C

Activity spaces of men who have sex with men: An initial exploration of geographic variation in locations of routine, potential sexual risk, and prevention behaviors pp. 1-10

Adam S. Vaughan, Michael R. Kramer, Hannah L.F. Cooper, Eli S. Rosenberg and Patrick S. Sullivan

Equity in healthcare resource allocation decision making: A systematic review pp. 11-27

Haylee Lane, Mitchell Sarkies, Jennifer Martin and Terry Haines

The business cycle and mortality: Urban versus rural counties pp. 28-35

Sediq Sameem and Kevin Sylwester

Does work-to-family conflict really matter for health? Cross-sectional, prospective cohort and fixed-effects analyses pp. 36-42

Takashi Oshio, Akiomi Inoue and Akizumi Tsutsumi

Poverty dynamics and parental mental health: Determinants of childhood mental health in the UK pp. 43-51

Emla Fitzsimons, Alissa Goodman, Elaine Kelly and James P. Smith

Socioeconomic factors related to surgical treatment for localized, non-small cell lung cancer pp. 52-57

Xiaqing Jiang, Ge Lin and K.M. Monirul Islam

Relation between social network and psychological distress among middle-aged adults in Japan: Evidence from a national longitudinal survey pp. 58-65

Rong Fu, Haruko Noguchi, Hirokazu Tachikawa, Miyuki Aiba, Shin Nakamine, Akira Kawamura, Hideto Takahashi and Nanako Tamiya

Is it time to talk? Understanding specialty child mental healthcare providers' decisions to engage in interdisciplinary communication with pediatricians pp. 66-71

Michael Reiss, Carolyn A. Greene and Julian D. Ford

Monitoring income-related health differences between regions in Great Britain: A new measure for ordinal health data pp. 72-80

Paul Allanson

The weight of inequalities: Duration of residence and offspring's birthweight among migrant mothers in Sweden pp. 81-90

Sol P. Juárez and Anders Hjern

Negotiating intersex: A case for revising the theory of social diagnosis pp. 91-98

Tania M. Jenkins and Susan E. Short

Experience in action: Moderating care in web-based patient feedback pp. 99-108

Malte Ziewitz

Patient agency and contested notions of disability in social assistance applications in South Africa pp. 109-116

Gabrielle Kelly

Assessing physician productivity following Norwegian hospital reform: A panel and data envelopment analysis pp. 117-126

Karl Arne Johannessen, Sverre Kittelsen and Terje P. Hagen

Modelling possible causality in the associations between unemployment, cannabis use, and alcohol misuse pp. 127-134

Joseph M. Boden, Jungeun Olivia Lee, L. John Horwood, Carolina Villamil Grest and Geraldine F.H. McLeod

Pappa Ante Portas: The effect of the husband's retirement on the wife's mental health in Japan pp. 135-142

Marco Bertoni and Giorgio Brunello

Relations between neighbourhood socioeconomic status and birth outcomes are mediated by maternal weight pp. 143-151

Zahra M. Clayborne, Gerald F. Giesbrecht, Rhonda C. Bell and Lianne M. Tomfohr-Madsen

Effects of assisted outpatient treatment and health care services on psychotic symptoms pp. 152-160

Andres R. Schneeberger, Christian G. Huber, Undine E. Lang, Kristina H. Muenzenmaier, Dorothy Castille, Matthias Jaeger, Azizi Seixas, Julia Sowislo and Bruce G. Link

Climate change threats to family farmers' sense of place and mental wellbeing: A case study from the Western Australian Wheatbelt pp. 161-168

Neville R. Ellis and Glenn A. Albrecht

Between a rock and a hard place: Economic expansion and social responsibility in UK media discourses on the global alcohol industry pp. 169-176

Mary Thornton and Benjamin Hawkins

Effects of donor proliferation in development aid for health on health program performance: A conceptual framework pp. 177-186

Sarah Wood Pallas and Jennifer Prah Ruger

How universal is coverage and access to diagnosis and treatment for Chagas disease in Colombia? A health systems analysis pp. 187-198

Zulma M. Cucunubá, Jennifer M. Manne-Goehler, Diana Díaz, Pierre Nouvellet, Oscar Bernal, Andrea Marchiol, María-Gloria Basáñez and Lesong Conteh

The threat of home eviction and its effects on health through the equity lens: A systematic review pp. 199-208

Hugo Vásquez-Vera, Laia Palència, Ingrid Magna, Carlos Mena, Jaime Neira and Carme Borrell

Graphic health warnings as activators of social networks: A field experiment among individuals of low socioeconomic position pp. 219-227

Shoba Ramanadhan, Rebekah H. Nagler, Rachel McCloud, Racquel Kohler and Kasisomayajula Viswanath

The utility of hair cortisol concentrations in the prediction of PTSD symptoms following traumatic physical injury pp. 228-234

Maria L. Pacella, Bryce Hruska, Susann Steudte-Schmiedgen, Richard L. George and Douglas L. Delahanty

“Doing what I do best”: The association between skill utilization and employee health with healthy behavior as a mediator pp. 235-243

Kaori Fujishiro and Catherine A. Heaney

Correlational study and randomised controlled trial for understanding and changing red meat consumption: The role of eating identities pp. 244-252

V. Carfora, D. Caso and M. Conner

2017, volume 174, articles C

Revealing student nurses' perceptions of human dignity through curriculum co-design pp. 1-8

Sarah-Anne Munoz, Leah Macaden, Richard Kyle and Elaine Webster

Negotiating the (bio)medical gaze – Experiences of trans-specific healthcare in Sweden pp. 9-16

Ida Linander, Erika Alm, Anne Hammarström and Lisa Harryson

Disparities in self-rated health across generations and through the life course pp. 17-25

Bruce G. Link, Ezra S. Susser, Pam Factor-Litvak, Dana March, Katrina L. Kezios, Gina S. Lovasi, Andrew G. Rundle, Shakira F. Suglia, Kim M. Fader, Howard F. Andrews, Eileen Johnson, Piera M. Cirillo and Barbara A. Cohn

Social-structural properties and HIV prevention among young men who have sex with men in the ballroom house and independent gay family communities pp. 26-34

Lindsay E. Young, Adam B. Jonas, Stuart Michaels, Joel D. Jackson, Mario L. Pierce and John A. Schneider

Neutrality in medicine and health professionals from ethnic minority groups: The case of Arab health professionals in Israel pp. 35-42

Yael Keshet and Ariela Popper-Giveon

Prescription hypnotics in the news: A study of UK audiences pp. 43-52

Jonathan Gabe, Simon J. Williams and Catherine M. Coveney

Climate change and epidemics in Chinese history: A multi-scalar analysis pp. 53-63

Harry F. Lee, Jie Fei, Christopher Y.S. Chan, Qing Pei, Xin Jia and Ricci P.H. Yue

Outsourcing cleaning services increases MRSA incidence: Evidence from 126 english acute trusts pp. 64-69

Veronica Toffolutti, Aaron Reeves, Martin McKee and David Stuckler

Promissory identities: Sociotechnical representations & innovation in regenerative medicine pp. 70-78

John Gardner, Ruchi Higham, Alex Faulkner and Andrew Webster

The making of a population: Challenges, implications, and consequences of the quantification of social difference pp. 79-85

Taylor M. Cruz

The impact of HTA and procurement practices on the selection and prices of medical devices pp. 89-95

Giuditta Callea, Patrizio Armeni, Marta Marsilio, Claudio Jommi and Rosanna Tarricone

Does the relationship between health-related quality of life and subjective well-being change over time? An exploratory study among breast cancer patients pp. 96-103

Philippe Tessier, Myriam Blanchin and Véronique Sébille

Hospitals as complex adaptive systems: A case study of factors influencing priority setting practices at the hospital level in Kenya pp. 104-112

Edwine W. Barasa, Sassy Molyneux, Mike English and Susan Cleary

Governance of global health research consortia: Sharing sovereignty and resources within Future Health Systems pp. 113-121

Bridget Pratt and Adnan A. Hyder

What caused the 2012 dengue outbreak in Pucallpa, Peru? A socio-ecological autopsy pp. 122-132

Margot Charette, Lea Berrang-Ford, Elmer Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, César Cárcamo and Manisha Kulkarni

Parents' experience of unintended childbearing: A qualitative study of factors that mitigate or exacerbate effects pp. 133-141

Megan L. Kavanaugh, Kathryn Kost, Lori Frohwirth, Isaac Maddow-Zimet and Vivian Gor

Controlling the unruly maternal body: Losing and gaining control over the body during pregnancy and the postpartum period pp. 142-148

Elena Neiterman and Bonnie Fox

Neighborhood age structure and cognitive function in a nationally-representative sample of older adults in the U.S pp. 149-158

Esther M. Friedman, Regina A. Shih, Mary E. Slaughter, Margaret M. Weden and Kathleen A. Cagney

Dynamic axes of informed consent in Japan pp. 159-168

Laura Specker Sullivan

Immigration policies and mental health morbidity among Latinos: A state-level analysis pp. 169-178

Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, Seth J. Prins, Morgan Flake, Morgan Philbin, M. Somjen Frazer, Daniel Hagen and Jennifer Hirsch

The role of physicians in prescribing irrational fixed-dose combination medicines in India pp. 179-187

Ajay Bhaskarabhatla and Chirantan Chatterjee

Women's police stations and intimate partner violence: Evidence from Brazil pp. 188-196

Elizaveta Perova and Sarah Anne Reynolds

Early-life income inequality and adolescent health and well-being pp. 197-208

Frank J. Elgar, Geneviève Gariépy, Torbjørn Torsheim and Candace Currie

Associations of baseline depressed mood and happiness with subsequent well-being in cardiac patients pp. 209-212

Julia Craner, Kristin Vickers Douglas, Ross Dierkhising, Julie Hathaway, Kashish Goel and Randal J. Thomas

Time to first cigarette and serum cholesterol levels pp. 213-219

Arielle S. Selya and Naa Dede Hesse

The impact of IMF conditionality on government health expenditure: A cross-national analysis of 16 West African nations pp. 220-227

Thomas Stubbs, Alexander Kentikelenis, David Stuckler, Martin McKee and Lawrence King