Social Science & Medicine

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2017, volume 173, articles C

Requests for cesarean deliveries: The politics of labor pain and pain relief in Shanghai, China pp. 1-8

Eileen Wang

Does the proportion of pay linked to performance affect the job satisfaction of general practitioners? pp. 9-17

Thomas Allen, William Whittaker and Matt Sutton

Minding the gap: Subjective relative deprivation and depressive symptoms pp. 18-25

Shadi Beshai, Sandeep Mishra, Tyler J.S. Meadows, Priya Parmar and Vivian Huang

And justice for all: Examining corruption as a contextual source of mental illness pp. 26-34

Ioana van Deurzen

Parental health shocks and schooling: The impact of mutual health insurance in Rwanda pp. 35-47

Maame Woode

The socioeconomic within-gender gap in informal caregiving among middle-aged women: Evidence from a Japanese nationwide survey pp. 48-53

Mutsumi Tokunaga and Hideki Hashimoto

Socioeconomic position, John Henryism, and incidence of acute myocardial infarction in Finnish men pp. 54-62

Mahasin S. Mujahid, Sherman A. James, George A. Kaplan and Jukka T. Salonen

User preferences and willingness to pay for safe drinking water: Experimental evidence from rural Tanzania pp. 63-71

Zachary Burt, Robert M. Njee, Yolanda Mbatia, Veritas Msimbe, Joe Brown, Thomas F. Clasen, Hamisi M. Malebo and Isha Ray

Health effects of informal caregiving across Europe: A longitudinal approach pp. 72-80

Judith Kaschowitz and Martina Brandt

“Not there yet”: Examining community support from the perspective of people with dementia and their partners in care pp. 81-87

R.V. Herron and M.W. Rosenberg

Social network types among older Korean adults: Associations with subjective health pp. 88-95

Sung Yun Sohn, Won-tak Joo, Woo Jung Kim, Se Joo Kim, Yoosik Youm, Hyeon Chang Kim, Yeong-Ran Park and Eun Lee

Optimising the community-based approach to healthcare improvement: Comparative case studies of the clinical community model in practice pp. 96-103

Emma-Louise Aveling, Graham Martin, Georgia Herbert and Natalie Armstrong

Neighbourly support of people with chronic illness; is it related to neighbourhood social capital? pp. 110-117

Geeke Waverijn, Monique Heijmans and Peter P. Groenewegen

Associations between community-level disaster exposure and individual-level changes in disability and risk of death for older Americans pp. 118-125

Samuel L. Brilleman, Rory Wolfe, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Anne E. Sales, Kenneth M. Langa, Yun Li, Elizabeth L. Daugherty Biddison, Lewis Rubinson and Theodore J. Iwashyna

The role of sleep problems in the relationship between peer victimization and antisocial behavior: A five-year longitudinal study pp. 126-133

Ling-Yin Chang, Wen-Chi Wu, Chi-Chen Wu, Linen Nymphas Lin, Lee-Lan Yen and Hsing-Yi Chang

2017, volume 172, articles C

Constructing embodied identity in a ‘new’ ageing population: A qualitative study of the pioneer cohort of childhood liver transplant recipients in the UK pp. 1-9

Karen Lowton, Chris Hiley and Paul Higgs

A network approach to policy framing: A case study of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan pp. 10-18

Jennifer Browne, Evelyne de Leeuw, Deborah Gleeson, Karen Adams, Petah Atkinson and Rick Hayes

Is trade liberalisation a vector for the spread of sugar-sweetened beverages? A cross-national longitudinal analysis of 44 low- and middle-income countries pp. 21-27

Ana Mendez Lopez, Rachel Loopstra, Martin McKee and David Stuckler

Reconciling community-based Indigenous research and academic practices: Knowing principles is not always enough pp. 28-36

Melody E. Morton Ninomiya and Nathaniel J. Pollock

Food and beverage product reformulation as a corporate political strategy pp. 37-45

C. Scott, B. Hawkins and C. Knai

Universal health coverage at the macro level: Synthetic control evidence from Thailand pp. 46-55

Matthias Rieger, Natascha Wagner and Arjun Bedi

Neighborhood social stressors, fine particulate matter air pollution, and cognitive function among older U.S. adults pp. 56-63

Jennifer Ailshire, Amelia Karraker and Philippa Clarke

Two approaches, one problem: Cultural constructions of type II diabetes in an indigenous community in Yucatán, Mexico pp. 64-71

Sarah M. Frank and T. Elizabeth Durden

Common or multiple futures for end of life care around the world? Ideas from the ‘waiting room of history’ pp. 72-79

Shahaduz Zaman, Hamilton Inbadas, Alexander Whitelaw and David Clark

How do individuals value health states? A qualitative investigation pp. 80-88

M. Karimi, John Brazier and S. Paisley

Public health and public trust: Survey evidence from the Ebola Virus Disease epidemic in Liberia pp. 89-97

Robert A. Blair, Benjamin S. Morse and Lily L. Tsai

Your money or your time? How both types of scarcity matter to physical activity and healthy eating pp. 98-106

Danielle Venn and Lyndall Strazdins

Cancer patients' experiences with nature: Normalizing dichotomous realities pp. 107-114

Sarah Blaschke, Clare C. O'Callaghan, Penelope Schofield and Pär Salander

Distinguishing hypothetical willingness from behavioral intentions to initiate HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): Findings from a large cohort of gay and bisexual men in the U.S pp. 115-123

H. Jonathon Rendina, Thomas H.F. Whitfield, Christian Grov, Tyrel J. Starks and Jeffrey T. Parsons

Communication about HIV and death: Maternal reports of primary school-aged children's questions after maternal HIV disclosure in rural South Africa pp. 124-134

Tamsen J. Rochat, Joanie Mitchell, Anina M. Lubbe, Alan Stein, Mark Tomlinson and Ruth M. Bland

Separating, replacing, intersecting: The influence of context on the construction of the medical-nursing boundary pp. 135-143

Elisa Giulia Liberati

Conceptualising the public health role of actors operating outside of formal health systems: The case of social enterprise pp. 144-152

Michael J. Roy, Rachel Baker and Susan Kerr

Gifts and influence: Conflict of interest policies and prescribing of psychotropic medications in the United States pp. 153-162

Marissa King and Peter S. Bearman

2016, volume 171, articles C

Standardizing psycho-medical torture during the War on Terror: Why it happened, how it happened, and why it didn't work pp. 1-8

Myles Balfe

Food insecurity and maternal mental health in León, Nicaragua: Potential limitations on the moderating role of social support pp. 9-17

Barbara A. Piperata, Kammi K. Schmeer, Andres Herrera Rodrigues and Virgilio Mariano Salazar Torres

Perceived community environmental influences on eating behaviors: A Photovoice analysis pp. 18-29

Ana Paula Belon, Laura M. Nieuwendyk, Helen Vallianatos and Candace I.J. Nykiforuk

Shorter lives in stingier states: Social policy shortcomings help explain the US mortality disadvantage pp. 30-38

Jason Beckfield and Clare Bambra

Avoiding blindness to health status in health achievement and health inequality measurement pp. 39-47

Paul Makdissi and Myra Yazbeck

Female political representation and child health: Evidence from a multilevel analysis pp. 48-57

Amm Quamruzzaman and Matthew Lange

Early parenthood as a link between childhood disadvantage and adult heart problems: A gender-based approach pp. 58-66

Chioun Lee and Carol D. Ryff

Limited common origins of multiple adult health-related behaviors: Evidence from U.S. twins pp. 67-83

Nikkil Sudharsanan, Jere Behrman and Hans-Peter Kohler

Improving community health through marketing exchanges: A participatory action research study on water, sanitation, and hygiene in three Melanesian countries pp. 84-93

D.J. Barrington, S. Sridharan, S.G. Saunders, R.T. Souter, J. Bartram, K.F. Shields, S. Meo, A. Kearton and R.K. Hughes

Increased drug use and the timing of social assistance receipt among people who use illicit drugs pp. 94-102

Emanuel Krebs, Linwei Wang, Michelle Olding, Kora DeBeck, Kanna Hayashi, M.-J. Milloy, Evan Wood, Bohdan Nosyk and Lindsey Richardson

2016, volume 170, articles C

Psychosocial distress and inflammation: Which way does causality flow? pp. 1-8

Aniruddha Das

Conflict or congruence? Maternal and infant-centric factors associated with shorter exclusive breastfeeding durations among the Tsimane pp. 9-17

Melanie A. Martin, Geni Garcia, Hillard Kaplan and Michael D. Gurven

Role-meanings as a critical factor in understanding doctor managers' identity work and different role identities pp. 18-25

Rosalía Cascón-Pereira, Shiona Chillas and Jerry Hallier

Functional health decline before and after retirement: A longitudinal analysis of the Health and Retirement Study pp. 26-34

Sander K.R. van Zon, Ute Bültmann, Sijmen A. Reijneveld and Carlos F. Mendes de Leon

Assessing spatial access to public and private hospitals in Sichuan, China: The influence of the private sector on the healthcare geography in China pp. 35-45

Jay Pan, Hanqing Zhao, Xiuli Wang and Xun Shi

Social media as a space for support: Young adults' perspectives on producing and consuming user-generated content about diabetes and mental health pp. 46-54

Gillian Fergie, Kate Hunt and Shona Hilton

Social networks, social participation, and health among youth living in extreme poverty in rural Malawi pp. 55-62

Amelia Rock, Clare Barrington, Sara Abdoulayi, Maxton Tsoka, Peter Mvula and Sudhanshu Handa

The role of socioeconomic factors in Black-White health inequities across the life course: Point-in-time measures, long-term exposures, and differential health returns pp. 63-76

Courtney Boen

The Quality and Outcomes Framework: Body commodification in UK general practice pp. 77-86

Armando H. Norman, Andrew J. Russell and Claudia Merli

Decolonization and life expectancy in the Caribbean pp. 87-96

Soraya P.A. Verstraeten, Hans A.M. van Oers and Johan P. Mackenbach

State risk discourse and the regulatory preservation of traditional medicine knowledge: The case of acupuncture in Ontario, Canada pp. 97-105

Nadine Ijaz, Heather Boon, Linda Muzzin and Sandy Welsh

Everyday tactics in local moral worlds: E-cigarette practices in a working-class area of the UK pp. 106-113

Frances Thirlway

Marital history and survival after a heart attack pp. 114-123

Matthew E. Dupre and Alicia Nelson

Insurance coverage and socioeconomic differences in patient choice between private and public health care providers in China pp. 124-132

Qing Wang, Donglan Zhang and Zhiyuan Hou

Intersystem return on investment in public mental health: Positive externality of public mental health expenditure for the jail system in the U.S pp. 133-142

Jangho Yoon and Jeff Luck

Realities of environmental toxicity and their ramifications for community engagement pp. 143-151

Justin T. Clapp, Jody A. Roberts, Britt Dahlberg, Lee Sullivan Berry, Lisa M. Jacobs, Edward A. Emmett and Frances K. Barg

Frequency of medical malpractice claims: The effects of volumes and specialties pp. 152-160

Luigi Buzzacchi, Giuseppe Scellato and Elisa Ughetto

The health, financial and distributional consequences of increases in the tobacco excise tax among smokers in Lebanon pp. 161-169

Nisreen Salti, Elizabeth Brouwer and Stéphane Verguet

The relationship between maternal education and reported childhood conditions pp. 170-179

Edward R. Berchick

Quantifying the individual-level association between income and mortality risk in the United States using the National Longitudinal Mortality Study pp. 180-187

Paul Henry Brodish and Jahn K. Hakes

Suffering and medicalization at the end of life: The case of physician-assisted dying pp. 188-196

Hadi Karsoho, Jennifer R. Fishman, David Kenneth Wright and Mary Ellen Macdonald

Child access to the nutritional safety net during and after the Great Recession: The case of WIC pp. 197-207

Margot I. Jackson and Patrick Mayne

Equity impact analysis of medical approaches to cardiovascular diseases prevention in Tanzania pp. 208-217

Frida N. Ngalesoni, George M. Ruhago, Amani T. Mori, Bjarne Robberstad and Ole F. Norheim

Racial bias is associated with ingroup death rate for Blacks and Whites: Insights from Project Implicit pp. 220-227

Jordan B. Leitner, Eric Hehman, Ozlem Ayduk and Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton

How food insecurity contributes to poor HIV health outcomes: Qualitative evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area pp. 228-236

Henry J. Whittle, Kartika Palar, Hilary K. Seligman, Tessa Napoles, Edward A. Frongillo and Sheri D. Weiser

Culture: The missing link in health research pp. 237-246

M. Kagawa Singer, W. Dressler and S. George

First depressed, then discriminated against? pp. 247-254

Stijn Baert, Sarah De Visschere, Koen Schoors, Désirée Vandenberghe and Eddy Omey