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2016, volume 149, articles C

Unequal depression for equal work? How the wage gap explains gendered disparities in mood disorders pp. 1-8

Jonathan Platt, Seth Prins, Lisa Bates and Katherine Keyes

“Heroes' invisible wounds of war:” constructions of posttraumatic stress disorder in the text of US federal legislation pp. 9-16

Jonathan Purtle

‘Marginalised malignancies’: A qualitative synthesis of men's accounts of living with breast cancer pp. 17-25

Kerry Quincey, Iain Williamson and Sue Winstanley

Negotiating treatment preferences: Physicians' formulations of patients' stance pp. 26-36

Anne Marie Dalby Landmark, Jan Svennevig and Pål Gulbrandsen

Does income inequality have lasting effects on health and trust? pp. 37-45

Jesper Jelle Rözer and Beate Volker

Using vignettes to rethink Latino-white disparities in self-rated health pp. 46-65

Sharon Bzostek, Narayan Sastry, Noreen Goldman, Anne Pebley and Denise Duffy

The effects of community income inequality on health: Evidence from a randomized control trial in the Bolivian Amazon pp. 66-75

Eduardo A. Undurraga, Jere Behrman, William R. Leonard and Ricardo A. Godoy

Maternal depression as a risk factor for children's inadequate housing conditions pp. 76-83

Hope Corman, Marah A. Curtis, Kelly Noonan and Nancy E. Reichman

Subjective socioeconomic status and health in cross-national comparison pp. 84-92

Patrick Präg, Melinda C. Mills and Rafael Wittek

The flight of white-collars: Civil conflict, availability of medical service providers and public health pp. 93-103

Arzu Kıbrıs and Nils Metternich

Neighbourhood environment and physical activity in older adults pp. 104-113

Habib Chaudhury, Michael Campo, Yvonne Michael and Atiya Mahmood

Segmented assimilation, neighborhood disadvantage, and Hispanic immigrant health pp. 114-121

Ilana Redstone Akresh, D. Phuong Do and Reanne Frank

Volunteering is prospectively associated with health care use among older adults pp. 122-129

Eric S. Kim and Sara H. Konrath

The impact of health claims and food deprivation levels on health risk perceptions of fast-food restaurants pp. 130-134

Romain Cadario

Income-related inequalities in cardiovascular disease from mid-life to old age in a Northern Swedish cohort: A decomposition analysis pp. 135-144

Paola A. Mosquera, Miguel San Sebastian, Anna-Karin Waenerlund, Anneli Ivarsson, Lars Weinehall and Per E. Gustafsson

Exploring the moderating effect of children's nutritional knowledge on the relationship between product evaluations and food choice pp. 145-152

Liudmila Tarabashkina, Pascale Quester and Roberta Crouch

Examining the changing profile of undernutrition in the context of food price rises and greater inequality pp. 153-163

Shailen Nandy, Adel Daoud and David Gordon

Social participation and older adults' sleep pp. 164-173

Jen-Hao Chen, Diane S. Lauderdale and Linda J. Waite

2016, volume 148, articles C

Stigma and the etiology of depression among the obese: An agent-based exploration pp. 1-7

Stephen J. Mooney and Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed

“I was on the way to the hospital but delivered in the bush”: Maternal health in Ghana's Upper West Region in the context of a traditional birth attendants' ban pp. 8-17

Andrea Rishworth, Jenna Dixon, Isaac Luginaah, Paul Mkandawire and Caesar Tampah Prince

Examining a conceptual model of parental nurturance, parenting practices and physical activity among 5–6 year olds pp. 18-24

Simon J. Sebire, Russell Jago, Lesley Wood, Janice L. Thompson, Jezmond Zahra and Deborah A. Lawlor

Cultural consensus modeling to measure transactional sex in Swaziland: Scale building and validation pp. 25-33

Rebecca Fielding-Miller, Kristin L. Dunkle, Hannah L.F. Cooper, Michael Windle and Craig Hadley

Economic constraints on taste formation and the true cost of healthy eating pp. 34-41

Caitlin Daniel

Framing health for land-use planning legislation: A qualitative descriptive content analysis pp. 42-51

Patrick Harris, Jennifer Kent, Peter Sainsbury and Anne Marie Thow

Contribution of health behaviors to the association between area-level socioeconomic status and cancer mortality pp. 52-58

Theresa A. Hastert, Julie J. Ruterbusch, Shirley A.A. Beresford, Lianne Sheppard and Emily White

Obese people's perceptions of the thin ideal pp. 60-70

Danielle Couch, Samantha L. Thomas, Sophie Lewis, R. Warwick Blood, Kate Holland and Paul Komesaroff

“You have to make a judgment call”. – Morals, judgments and the provision of quality sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents in South Africa pp. 71-78

Alexandra Müller, Stefanie Röhrs, Yonina Hoffman-Wanderer and Kelley Moult

A discrete-time analysis of the effects of more prolonged exposure to neighborhood poverty on the risk of smoking initiation by age 25 pp. 79-92

Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz

Bedtime mobile phone use and sleep in adults pp. 93-101

Liese Exelmans and Jan Van den Bulck

Birth weight, early life course BMI, and body size change: Chains of risk to adult inflammation? pp. 102-109

Bridget J. Goosby, Jacob E. Cheadle and Thomas McDade

Is natural experiment a cure? Re-examining the long-term health effects of China's 1959–1961 famine pp. 110-122

Hongwei Xu, Lydia Li, Zhenmei Zhang and Jinyu Liu

Pastoral power in the community pharmacy: A Foucauldian analysis of services to promote patient adherence to new medicine use pp. 123-130

Justin Waring, Asam Latif, Matthew Boyd, Nick Barber and Rachel Elliott

“We don't wear it on our sleeve”: Sickle cell disease and the (in)visibile body in parts pp. 131-138

Rebekah M. Ciribassi and Crystal L. Patil

Quality of qualitative research in the health sciences: Analysis of the common criteria present in 58 assessment guidelines by expert users pp. 142-151

M. Santiago-Delefosse, A. Gavin, C. Bruchez, P. Roux and S.L. Stephen

Migrant maternity in an era of superdiversity: New migrants' access to, and experience of, antenatal care in the West Midlands, UK pp. 152-159

Jenny Phillimore

2015, volume 147, articles C

New norms new policies: Did the Adelaide Thinkers in Residence scheme encourage new thinking about promoting well-being and Health in All Policies? pp. 1-9

Fran Baum, Angela Lawless, Colin MacDougall, Toni Delany, Dennis McDermott, Elizabeth Harris and Carmel Williams

Gendering gametes: The unequal contributions of sperm and egg donors pp. 10-19

Rosanna Hertz, Margaret K. Nelson and Wendy Kramer

Is socioeconomic incorporation associated with a healthier diet? Dietary patterns among Mexican-origin children in the United States pp. 20-29

Molly A. Martin, Jennifer L. Van Hook and Susana Quiros

Therapeutic landscapes of home: Exploring Indigenous peoples' experiences of a Housing First intervention in Winnipeg pp. 30-37

Dominic A. Alaazi, Jeffrey R. Masuda, Joshua Evans and Jino Distasio

Relationship dynamics around depression in gay and lesbian couples pp. 38-46

Mieke Beth Thomeer, Corinne Reczek and Debra Umberson

School-level contextual predictors of bullying and harassment experiences among adolescents pp. 47-53

Amy L. Gower, Barbara J. McMorris and Marla E. Eisenberg

Hymen reconstruction as pragmatic empowerment? Results of a qualitative study from Tunisia pp. 54-61

Verina Wild, Hinda Poulin, Christopher W. McDougall, Andrea Stöckl and Nikola Biller-Andorno

Illness related wage and productivity losses: Valuing ‘presenteeism’ pp. 62-71

Wei Zhang, Huiying Sun, Simon Woodcock and Aslam Anis

Effectiveness of group discussions and commitment in improving cleaning behaviour of shared sanitation users in Kampala, Uganda slums pp. 72-79

Innocent K. Tumwebaze and Hans-Joachim Mosler

Nationwide expansion of a financial incentive program on fruit and vegetable purchases among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants: A cost-effectiveness analysis pp. 80-88

Ruopeng An

Migration as a social determinant of health for irregular migrants: Israel as case study pp. 89-97

Yonina Fleischman, Sarah S. Willen, Nadav Davidovitch and Zohar Mor

Complex and dynamic times of being chronically ill: Beyond disease trajectories of patients with ulcerative colitis pp. 105-112

Sergei Shubin, Frances Rapport and Anne Seagrove

Avoiding cancer risk information pp. 113-120

Amber S. Emanuel, Marc T. Kiviniemi, Jennifer L. Howell, Jennifer L. Hay, Erika A. Waters, Heather Orom and James A. Shepperd

Beyond inequality: Acknowledging the complexity of social determinants of health pp. 121-125

Richard Eckersley

Reaching out to Ebola victims: Coercion, persuasion or an appeal for self-sacrifice? pp. 126-133

Philippe Calain and Marc Poncin

Social network typologies and mortality risk among older people in China, India, and Latin America: A 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based cohort study pp. 134-143

Ziggi Ivan Santini, Ai Koyanagi, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Josep M. Haro, Katherine L. Fiori, Richard Uwakwa, Jotheeswaran A. Thiyagarajan, Martin Webber, Martin Prince and A. Matthew Prina

Subjective relative deprivation is associated with poorer physical and mental health pp. 144-149

Sandeep Mishra and R. Nicholas Carleton

The Poly Implant Prothèse breast prostheses scandal: Embodied risk and social suffering pp. 150-157

Cinzia Greco

Supply of alcohol to underage drinkers: Misperceptions of community norms pp. 158-162

Sandra C. Jones and Kate L. Francis

Bearing the right to healthcare, autonomy and hope pp. 163-169

Nkululeko Nkomo

“Thinking too much”: A systematic review of a common idiom of distress pp. 170-183

Bonnie N. Kaiser, Emily E. Haroz, Brandon A. Kohrt, Paul A. Bolton, Judith K. Bass and Devon E. Hinton

An internet forum analysis of stigma power perceptions among women seeking fertility treatment in the United States pp. 184-189

Natalie Anne Jansen and Jarron M. Saint Onge

Socioeconomic conditions across life related to multiple measures of the endocrine system in older adults: Longitudinal findings from a British birth cohort study pp. 190-199

David Bann, Rebecca Hardy, Rachel Cooper, Hany Lashen, Brian Keevil, Frederick C.W. Wu, Jeff M.P. Holly, Ken K. Ong, Yoav Ben-Shlomo and Diana Kuh

Internalized gay ageism, mattering, and depressive symptoms among midlife and older gay-identified men pp. 200-208

Richard G. Wight, Allen J. LeBlanc, Ilan H. Meyer and Frederick A. Harig

Mortality among immigrants in England and Wales by major causes of death, 1971–2012: A longitudinal analysis of register-based data pp. 209-221

Matthew Wallace and Hill Kulu

Transgender stigma and health: A critical review of stigma determinants, mechanisms, and interventions pp. 222-231

Jaclyn M. White Hughto, Sari L. Reisner and John E. Pachankis

Could strength of exposure to the residential neighbourhood modify associations between walkability and physical activity? pp. 232-241

Vivienne C. Ivory, Tony Blakely, Jamie Pearce, Karen Witten, Nasser Bagheri, Hannah Badland and Grant Schofield

The development and implementation of a theory-informed, integrated mother-child intervention in rural Uganda pp. 242-251

Daisy R. Singla and Elias Kumbakumba

Associations between parental hearing impairment and children's mental health: Results from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study pp. 252-260

Ingrid Borren, Kristian Tambs, Kristin Gustavson, Helga Ask, Bo Engdahl and Jon Martin Sundet

How shall we examine and learn about public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health sector? Realist evaluation of PPPs in Hong Kong pp. 261-269

Eliza L.Y. Wong, Eng-kiong Yeoh, Patsy Y.K. Chau, Carrie H.K. Yam, Annie W.L. Cheung and Hong Fung

Modeling the community-level effects of male incarceration on the sexual partnerships of men and women pp. 270-279

Andrea K. Knittel, Rachel C. Snow, Rick L. Riolo, Derek M. Griffith and Jeffrey Morenoff

Dynamic impact of social stratification and social influence on smoking prevalence by gender: An agent-based model pp. 280-287

Dingding Chao, Hideki Hashimoto and Naoki Kondo

How clinical rationing works in practice: A case study of morbid obesity surgery pp. 288-295

Amanda Owen-Smith, Jenny Donovan and Joanna Coast

Long-term impact of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on functional disability among older people: A 3-year longitudinal comparison of disability prevalence among Japanese municipalities pp. 296-299

Yasutake Tomata, Yoshinori Suzuki, Miyuki Kawado, Hiroya Yamada, Yoshitaka Murakami, Makiko Naka Mieno, Yosuke Shibata, Toshiyuki Ojima, Shuji Hashimoto and Ichiro Tsuji

An individual-based rurality measure and its health application: A case study of Latino immigrants in North Florida, USA pp. 300-308

Liang Mao, Jeanne-Marie R. Stacciarini, Rebekah Smith and Brenda Wiens

Injury careers after blast exposure among combat veterans deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan pp. 309-316

Rachel P. Chase, Shannon A. McMahon and Peter J. Winch

Governing obesity policies from England, France, Germany and Scotland pp. 317-323

Signild Vallgårda

Trends in mental health inequalities in England during a period of recession, austerity and welfare reform 2004 to 2013 pp. 324-331

Ben Barr, Peter Kinderman and Margaret Whitehead

“Wan Kanyakla” (We are together): Community transformations in Kenya following a social network intervention for HIV care pp. 332-340

Charles R. Salmen, Matthew D. Hickey, Kathryn J. Fiorella, Dan Omollo, Gor Ouma, Daniel Zoughbie, Marcus R. Salmen, Richard Magerenge, Robert Tessler, Harold Campbell, Elvin Geng, Monica Gandhi, Elizabeth A. Bukusi and Craig R. Cohen