Social Science & Medicine

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2016, volume 164, articles C

Older adults' quality of life – Exploring the role of the built environment and social cohesion in community-dwelling seniors on low income pp. 1-11

L. Engel, A.M. Chudyk, M.C. Ashe, H.A. McKay, D.G.T. Whitehurst and S. Bryan

Managing madness, murderers and paedophiles: Understanding change in the field of English forensic psychiatry pp. 12-18

Ruth McDonald, Vivek Furtado and Birgit Vollm

Visualising uncertainty: Examining women's views on the role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in late pregnancy pp. 19-26

Kate Reed, Inna Kochetkova and Elspeth Whitby

Limits and opportunities to community health worker empowerment: A multi-country comparative study pp. 27-34

Sumit Kane, Maryse Kok, Hermen Ormel, Lilian Otiso, Mohsin Sidat, Ireen Namakhoma, Sudirman Nasir, Daniel Gemechu, Sabina Rashid, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Sally Theobald and Korrie de Koning

Understanding HIV-related stigma in older age in rural Malawi pp. 35-43

Emily Freeman

A chapter a day: Association of book reading with longevity pp. 44-48

Avni Bavishi, Martin D. Slade and Becca R. Levy

Do racial inequities in infant mortality correspond to variations in societal conditions? A study of state-level income inequality in the U.S., 1992–2007 pp. 49-58

Arjumand Siddiqi, Marcella K. Jones, Donald J. Bruce and Paul C. Erwin

Healthy or unhealthy migrants? Identifying internal migration effects on mortality in Africa using health and demographic surveillance systems of the INDEPTH network pp. 59-73

Carren Ginsburg, Philippe Bocquier, Donatien Béguy, Sulaimon Afolabi, Orvalho Augusto, Karim Derra, Kobus Herbst, Bruno Lankoande, Frank Odhiambo, Mark Otiende, Abdramane Soura, Marylene Wamukoya, Pascal Zabré, Michael J. White and Mark A. Collinson

Does fiscal decentralization improve health outcomes? Evidence from infant mortality in Italy pp. 74-88

Marina Cavalieri and Livio Ferrante

Agroecology and sustainable food systems: Participatory research to improve food security among HIV-affected households in northern Malawi pp. 89-99

Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Faith Nankasa Mambulu, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Isaac Luginaah and Esther Lupafya

Rhetoric and the law, or the law of rhetoric: How countries oppose novel tobacco control measures at the World Trade Organization pp. 100-107

Raphael Lencucha, Jeffrey Drope and Ronald Labonte

Collaboration and entanglement: An actor-network theory analysis of team-based intraprofessional care for patients with advanced heart failure pp. 108-117

A. McDougall, M. Goldszmidt, E.A. Kinsella, S. Smith and L. Lingard

The impact of strengthening cigarette pack warnings: Systematic review of longitudinal observational studies pp. 118-129

Seth M. Noar, Diane B. Francis, Christy Bridges, Jennah M. Sontag, Kurt M. Ribisl and Noel T. Brewer

Medical mistrust among social network members may contribute to antiretroviral treatment nonadherence in African Americans living with HIV pp. 133-140

Laura M. Bogart, Glenn J. Wagner, Harold D. Green, Matt G. Mutchler, David J. Klein, Bryce McDavitt, Sean J. Lawrence and Charles L. Hilliard

Interpersonal communication about pictorial health warnings on cigarette packages: Policy-related influences and relationships with smoking cessation attempts pp. 141-149

James F. Thrasher, Erika N. Abad-Vivero, Liling Huang, Richard J. O'Connor, David Hammond, Maansi Bansal-Travers, Hua-Hie Yong, Ron Borland, Barry Markovsky and James Hardin

Are liveable neighbourhoods safer neighbourhoods? Testing the rhetoric on new urbanism and safety from crime in Perth, Western Australia pp. 150-157

Sarah Foster, Paula Hooper, Matthew Knuiman, Fiona Bull and Billie Giles-Corti

2016, volume 163, articles C

“Whenever they cry, I cry with them”: Reciprocal relationships and the role of ethics in a verbal autopsy study in Papua New Guinea pp. 1-9

H.N. Gouda, A. Kelly-Hanku, L. Wilson, S. Maraga and I.D. Riley

Can cash transfers improve determinants of maternal mortality? Evidence from the household and community programs in Indonesia pp. 10-20

Dian Kusuma, Jessica Cohen, Margaret McConnell and Peter Berman

“It’s not if I get cancer, it’s when I get cancer”: BRCA-positive patients’ (un)certain health experiences regarding hereditary breast and ovarian cancer risk pp. 21-27

Marleah Dean

Drivers of sustained hygiene behaviour change: A case study from mid-western Nepal pp. 28-36

Celia McMichael and Priscilla Robinson

Cross-section and panel estimates of peer effects in early adolescent cannabis use: With a little help from my ‘friends once removed’ pp. 37-44

John Moriarty, Duncan McVicar and Kathryn Higgins

Web based health surveys: Using a Two Step Heckman model to examine their potential for population health analysis pp. 45-53

Karyn Morrissey, Peter Kinderman, Eleanor Pontin, Sara Tai and Mathias Schwannauer

Personality traits and body weight: Evidence using sibling comparisons pp. 54-62

Jinho Kim

Political strategies in difficult times – The “backstage” experience of Swedish politicians on formal priority setting in healthcare pp. 63-70

Peter Garpenby and Ann-Charlotte Nedlund

Alcohol abstention in early adulthood and premature mortality: Do early life factors, social support, and health explain this association? pp. 71-79

Rebecca J. Evans-Polce, Jeremy Staff and Jennifer L. Maggs

Development of an explanatory model of sexual intimacy following treatment for localised prostate cancer: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence pp. 80-88

Samantha R. Tucker, Susan A. Speer and Sarah Peters

Action control in dyads: A randomized controlled trial to promote physical activity in everyday life pp. 89-97

Corina Berli, Gertraud Stadler, Jennifer Inauen and Urte Scholz

“Halfway towards recovery”: Rehabilitating the relational self in narratives of postnatal depression pp. 98-106

Meredith Stone and Renata Kokanovic

Gender differentials and old age survival in the Nairobi slums, Kenya pp. 107-116

Rachel Bennett, Gloria Chepngeno-Langat, Maria Evandrou and Jane Falkingham

Retirement and its consequences for women's health in Australia pp. 117-125

Rong Zhu

Exhausted without trust and inherent worth: A model of the suicide process based on experiential accounts pp. 126-134

Outi Benson, Susanne Gibson, Zoë V.R. Boden and Gareth Owen

Disentangling the directions of associations between structural social capital and mental health: Longitudinal analyses of gender, civic engagement and depressive symptoms pp. 135-143

Evelina Landstedt, Ylva B. Almquist, Malin Eriksson and Anne Hammarström

A cross-sectional and spatial analysis of the prevalence of multimorbidity and its association with socioeconomic disadvantage in South Africa: A comparison between 2008 and 2012 pp. 144-156

Amy Weimann, Dajun Dai and Tolu Oni

Are testosterone levels and depression risk linked based on partnering and parenting? Evidence from a large population-representative study of U.S. men and women pp. 157-167

Lee T. Gettler and Rahul C. Oka

Dimensions of religious involvement and leukocyte telomere length pp. 168-175

Terrence D. Hill, Christopher G. Ellison, Amy M. Burdette, John Taylor and Katherine L. Friedman

2016, volume 162, articles C

The impact on health of employment and welfare transitions for those receiving out-of-work disability benefits in the UK pp. 1-10

Esther Curnock, Alastair H. Leyland and Frank Popham

Growth of health maintenance organisations in Nigeria and the potential for a role in promoting universal coverage efforts pp. 11-20

Chima A. Onoka, Kara Hanson and Anne Mills

Multiple contexts and adolescent body mass index: Schools, neighborhoods, and social networks pp. 21-31

Clare R. Evans, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, David R. Williams and S.V. Subramanian

Heuristic decision-making about research participation in children with cystic fibrosis pp. 32-40

Emily Christofides, Jennifer A. Dobson, Melinda Solomon, Valerie Waters and O’Doherty, Kieran C.

Socio-economic status in relation to smoking: The role of (expected and desired) social support and quitter identity pp. 41-49

Eline Meijer, Winifred A. Gebhardt, Colette Van Laar, Ramin Kawous and Sarah C.A.M. Beijk

Moving to opportunity and mental health: Exploring the spatial context of neighborhood effects pp. 50-58

Corina Graif, Mariana C. Arcaya and Ana V. Diez Roux

Developing robust composite measures of healthcare quality – Ranking intervals and dominance relations for Scottish Health Boards pp. 59-67

Laura Schang, Yrjänä Hynninen, Alec Morton and Ahti Salo

The Index of Vulnerability: An anthropological method linking social-ecological systems to mental and physical health outcomes pp. 68-78

Paula Skye Tallman

Understanding public reactions to commercialization of biobanks and use of biobank resources pp. 79-87

Dianne Nicol, Christine Critchley, Rebekah McWhirter and Tess Whitton

The health effects of the foreclosure crisis and unaffordable housing: A systematic review and explanation of evidence pp. 88-96

Janelle Downing

A transactional approach to relationships over time between perceived HIV stigma and the psychological and physical well-being of people with HIV pp. 97-105

Carol T. Miller, Sondra E. Solomon, Susan E. Varni, James J. Hodge, F. Andrew Knapp and Janice Y. Bunn

The relationship between electronic gaming machine accessibility and police-recorded domestic violence: A spatio-temporal analysis of 654 postcodes in Victoria, Australia, 2005–2014 pp. 106-114

Francis Markham, Bruce Doran and Martin Young

To tell or not to tell: A qualitative interview study on disclosure decisions among children with inflammatory bowel disease pp. 115-123

Claudia Barned, Alain Stinzi, David Mack and O’Doherty, Kieran C.

Moving from rational to normative ideologies of control over public involvement: A case of continued managerial dominance pp. 124-132

Charlotte Croft, Graeme Currie and Sophie Staniszewska

Understanding specialist sharing: A mixed-method exploration in an increasingly price-competitive hospital market pp. 133-142

Daan Westra, Federica Angeli, Evelina Jatautaitė, Martin Carree and Dirk Ruwaard

How does the seasonality influence utilitarian walking behaviour in different urbanization settings in Scotland? pp. 143-150

Jinhyun Hong

“You get to know the people and whether they’re talking sense or not”: Negotiating trust on health-related forums pp. 151-157

Ellen Brady, Julia Segar and Caroline Sanders

Education and alcohol use: A study of gene-environment interaction in young adulthood pp. 158-167

Peter B. Barr, Jessica E. Salvatore, Hermine Maes, Fazil Aliev, Antti Latvala, Richard Viken, Richard J. Rose, Jaakko Kaprio and Danielle M. Dick

Happiness and health across the lifespan in five major cities: The impact of place and government performance pp. 168-176

Michael J. Hogan, Kevin M. Leyden, Ronan Conway, Abraham Goldberg, Deirdre Walsh and Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley

Mothercraft: Birth work and the making of neoliberal mothers pp. 177-184

Katharine McCabe

High performance in healthcare priority setting and resource allocation: A literature- and case study-based framework in the Canadian context pp. 185-192

Neale Smith, Craig Mitton, William Hall, Stirling Bryan, Cam Donaldson, Stuart Peacock, Jennifer L. Gibson and Bonnie Urquhart

Peer counselling for doctors in Norway: A qualitative study of the relationship between support and surveillance pp. 193-200

Karin Isaksson Rø, Frode Veggeland and Olaf G. Aasland

Involving immigrant religious organizations in HIV/AIDS prevention: The role of bonding and bridging social capital pp. 201-209

ManChui R. Leung, John J. Chin and Miruna Petrescu-Prahova

Cash transfers, maternal depression and emotional well-being: Quasi-experimental evidence from India’s Janani Suraksha Yojana programme pp. 210-218

Timothy Powell-Jackson, Shreya K. Pereira, Varun Dutt, Sarah Tougher, Kaveri Haldar and Paresh Kumar

Challenges in researching violence affecting health service delivery in complex security environments pp. 219-226

Ludvig Foghammar, Suyoun Jang, Gulzhan Asylbek Kyzy, Nerina Weiss, Katherine A. Sullivan, Fawzia Gibson-Fall and Rachel Irwin