Social Science & Medicine

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2024, volume 357, articles C

Improving the equity of U.S. health care financing: A commentary on Jacobs and Hill

Thomas Rice

Psychedelic public health: State of the field and implications for equity

Heather Kuiper, Chris Alley, Zoë Harris, Cordelia Kuiper Rauch, Marlena Robbins, Pablo Rodriguez, Paula Tomczak, Julian Urrutia and Veronica Magar

Persistency of catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditures: Measurement with evidence from three African countries - Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda

Rocio Garcia-Diaz, Vishnu Prasad Sapkota and Gabriela Flores

Social capital mediates knowledge gaps in informing sexual and reproductive health behaviours across Africa

Till Koebe, Theophilus Aidoo, Ridhi Kashyap, Douglas R. Leasure, Valentina Rotondi and Ingmar Weber

“We are a rehabilitation unit, at least on paper” – Competing representations of recovery-oriented rehabilitation in dual diagnosis treatment policy and practice

Natja Bech Kjeldsen, Tine Holm and Jeppe Oute

The last word: An analysis of power dynamics in clinical notes documenting against-medical-advice discharges

Matthew Kelly, Judith B. Vick, Amanda McArthur and Mary Catherine Beach

Impact of medical insurance integration on reducing urban-rural health disparity: Evidence from China

Yingqian Tang, Rong Fu and Haruko Noguchi

Collective pronouns, collective health actions: Predicting pandemic precautionary measures through online first-person plural pronoun usage across U.S. states

Mac Zewei Ma, Sylvia Xiaohua Chen and Xijing Wang

Decolonising the field of violence against women and girls: A scoping review and recommendations for research and programming

Michelle Lokot, Marjorie Pichon, Beatriz Kalichman, Samantha Nardella, Jane Falconer, Nambusi Kyegombe and Ana Maria Buller

Precarious employment and the onset of depressive symptoms and problematic alcohol use in middle-aged or older workers: A Korean longitudinal study (2006–2022)

Seong-Uk Baek, Yu-Min Lee, Jong-Uk Won and Jin-Ha Yoon

From stress communication to depressive symptoms among couples facing vision impairment: The mediating role of dyadic coping

Stephanie Alves, Katharina Weitkamp, Christina Breitenstein and Guy Bodenmann

Mother-infant attachment from the perspective of young mothers: Does the data support a maternal instinct?

Lela Rankin, Haley G. Krouskop and Maryanne L. Fisher

A novel approach for health state valuation: Multiple bounded dichotomous choice compared to the traditional standard gamble

Thomas G. Poder and Hosein Ameri

Specialty economies of scope in English hospitals: Cost Arguments for colocation

Robert Willans and Bruce Hollingsworth

“Hope is being stirred up”: Critical consciousness in gender-based violence interventions

Anh Van Vo, Araz Majnoonian, Fortunate Shabalala, Sakhile Masuku and Rebecca Fielding-Miller

An ‘all-world ageing’ perspective and its wider ethics of care: An empirical illustration

Gavin J. Andrews and Megan Read

Young people returning to alcohol and other drug services as incremental treatment

Sarah J. MacLean, Gabriel Caluzzi, Mark Ferry, Andrew Bruun, Jacqui Sundbery, Jennifer Skattebol, Joanne Neale and Joanne Bryant

“I can't see the forest for the ticks, uhm, trees …”: The role of online forums in parents' vaccination trajectories

Katharina T. Paul, Anna Pichelstorfer, Nora Hansl, Maximilian Martin, Paula-Marie Pucker and Dmitrii Zhikharevich

Therapist's positive evaluation of children with hearing impairment: A conversation analysis perspective

Shuning Zhao, Xiuxiu Shen and Wen Ma

The emotional ambiguities of healthcare professionals’ platform experiences

Veronica Moretti and Riccardo Pronzato

Maneuvering between cultures: The reception of hospice care in the Chinese medical community

Xiao Mei and Jiong Tu

“Lives versus livelihoods”: Conflict and coherence between policy objectives in the COVID-19 pandemic

Katelyn Esmonde, Jeff Jones, Michaela Johns, Brian Hutler, Ruth Faden and Anne Barnhill

Social networks and posttraumatic stress symptoms five to ten years after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster

Maiko Fukasawa, Maki Umeda Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Akiyama, Naoko Horikoshi, Seiji Yasumura, Hirooki Yabe, Yuriko Suzuki, Evelyn J. Bromet and Norito Kawakami

What is the relationship between changes in the size of economies and mortality derived population health measures in high income countries: A causal systematic review

Anna Brook, Georgia Rendall, Wendy Hearty, Petra Meier, Hilary Thomson, Alexandra Macnamara, Rachel Westborne, Mhairi Campbell and Gerry McCartney

Reduce negative life events to Increase satisfaction: A daily diary study on the relationship between negative life events and life satisfaction

Youling Bai, Can Ben, Wenshuang Xu, Yu Wu and Yanling Liu

The impact of acculturative stress on internalizing problems among racially and ethnically minoritized adolescents and young adults in the U.S.: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Petty Tineo, Michael T. Bixter, Lillian Polanco-Roman, Sally L. Grapin, Lizbeth Taveras and Jazmin Reyes-Portillo

Examining barriers to dental, medical, mental, and vision healthcare access, attitudes towards seeking healthcare, and internalized racism among Black Americans

Drexler James and Lisette Horne

Prevalence and risk factors associated with mental disorders among migrants in the MENA region: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Meryem Zabarra, Majdouline Obtel, Abdellah Sabri, Samia El Hilali, Zhor Zeghari and Rachid Razine

Polio, public health memories and temporal dissonance of re-emerging infectious diseases in the global north

Ben Kasstan-Dabush, Stephen A. Flores, Delia Easton, Achal Bhatt, Vanessa Saliba and Tracey Chantler

Are employment and social integration more strongly associated with deaths of despair than psychological or economic distress?

Dana A. Glei, Chioun Lee, Casey L. Brown and Maxine Weinstein

Long-term effects of unintended pregnancy on children: Findings from the Dutch prospective birth-cohort Amsterdam born children and their development study

Wieke Y. Beumer, Marjette H. Koot, Tanja Vrijkotte, Tessa J. Roseboom and Jenneke van Ditzhuijzen

Dynamic prediction of lung cancer suicide risk based on meteorological factors and clinical characteristics：A landmarking analysis approach

Yuying Zhou, Jiahui Lao, Yiting Cao, Qianqian Wang, Qin Wang and Fang Tang

Rebuilding trust in psychotherapy for biologically explained depression: A two-part experimental study examining the durability of an online psychoeducational intervention

Annalise M. Perricone and Woo-kyoung Ahn

Equity in national healthcare economic evaluation guidelines: Essential or extraneous?

Tuba Saygın Avşar, Xiaozhe Yang and Paula Lorgelly

The role of administrative categories in the globalisation of a psychiatric concept: Case studies of autism in Japan

Sawako Shinomiya

Examining liminality in professional practice, relational identities, and career prospects in resource-constrained health systems: Findings from an empirical study of medical and nurse interns in Kenya

Yingxi Zhao, Stephanie Nzekwu, Mwanamvua Boga, Daniel Mbuthia, Jacinta Nzinga, Mike English, Sassy Molyneux and Gerry McGivern

A longitudinal analysis of the effects of COVID-19 on tourists’ health risk perceptions

Rita R. Carballo, Carmelo J. León and María M. Carballo

Parental perceptions of neighborhood safety and preschool children's outdoor play: An exploration of sex and safety type differences

Hyewon Son and Jinho Kim

2024, volume 356, articles C

The role of economic factors in shaping and constituting the household burden of neglected tropical diseases of the skin: Qualitative findings from Ghana and Ethiopia

Yohannes Hailemichael, Jacob Novignon, Lucy Owusu, Daniel Okyere, Tara Mtuy, Abebaw Yeshambel Alemu, Edmond Kwaku Ocloo, Eric Koka, Jennifer Palmer, Stephen L. Walker, Endalamaw Gadisa, Mirgissa Kaba and Catherine Pitt

Diversity of flexible working time arrangements and workers' health: An analysis of a workers’ panel and linked employer-employee data for France

Christine Erhel, Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière and Malo Mofakhami

Male twinning after the 2008 Obama election: A test of symbolic empowerment

Allison Stolte, Alison Gemmill, Hedwig Lee, Brenda Bustos, Joan A. Casey, Tim A. Bruckner and Ralph A. Catalano

Social scripts of violence among adolescent girls and young women in Zambia: Exploring how gender norms and social expectations are activated in the aftermath of violence

Christina Laurenzi, Chanda Mwamba, Chuma Busakhwe, Chipo Mutambo, Eugene Mupakile and Elona Toska

Mitigating the influence of message features on health misinformation sharing intention in social media: Experimental evidence for accuracy-nudge intervention

Xiang Xue, Haiyun Ma, Zhao, Yuxiang (Chris), Qinghua Zhu and Shijie Song

Understanding cooperative contact tracing: Factors explored through privacy management theories

Zeynep Altinay

Arts and cultural engagement and subsequent social deficits among older adults: A three-year longitudinal study using the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study

Taiji Noguchi, Jessica K. Bone, Tami Saito, Katsunori Kondo and Hei Wan Mak

Educational mismatch and mental health: Evidence from China

Qingqing Xu and Yun Chen

Job burnout and anxiety among medical staff: A latent profile and moderated mediation analysis

Shuwei Hao and Xueting Zhang

A validation study for measuring Asian- and Hispanic-serving sociocultural institutions in neighborhoods using business listing data and potential implications for health

Brittany N. Morey, Samantha Garcia, Katherine Lin, Alison J. Canchola, Stacey E. Alexeeff, Elaine M. Kurtovich, Stephen Uong, Rhonda-Lee F. Aoki, Alice Guan, Jacqueline M. Torres, Salma Shariff-Marco, Song Yao, Lawrence H. Kushi, Scarlett Lin Gomez and Candyce H. Kroenke

Couples, alcohol use and experience of intimate partner violence among young women in urban informal settlements in Durban, South Africa: A mixed methods study

Andrew Gibbs, Smanga Mkhwanazi, Leane Ramsoomar, Samantha Willan and Rachel Jewkes

Unequal geographies of gender-affirming care: A comparative typology of trans-specific healthcare systems across Europe

Ed Kiely, Nessa Millet, Asher Baron, Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels and David Matthew Doyle

Impact of the targeted poverty alleviation policy on older adults’ healthcare utilization: A quasi-experimental analysis from China

Xinfeng Wang and Xin Ye

‘Barely keeping the wheels on the trolley’: A qualitative study of the New Zealand COVID Tracer App

Phoebe Elers, Sarah Derrett, Tepora Emery and Tim Chambers

Does health aid matter to financial risk protection? A regression analysis across 159 household surveys, 2000–2016

Jacopo Gabani, Marc Suhrcke, Sven Neelsen, Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou and Marc-Francois Smitz

When reality knocks on the door. The effect of conspiracy beliefs on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and the moderating role of experience with the virus

Ádám Stefkovics, Péter Krekó and Júlia Koltai

“Cultural and conceptual knowledge”: Reformulation and conceptual analysis of a key component of the health literacy model

Lydia P. Buki, Jessie M. Quintero Johnson, Kali Knight and Akeitha Walton

Medication and procedural abortion uptake during a period of increasing abortion hostility

Karim Sariahmed, Paul J. Christine, Jiayi Wang, Christine Prifti, Mallika Sabharwal and Marc LaRochelle

The social class of orthopedic rehabilitation patients: Are there differences in subjective health, return to work motivation, and participation in aftercare interventions?

Robin Rinn, Amanda Whittal, Eleni Kremeti and Sonia Lippke

Reducing health-related stigma in adults living with chronic non-communicable diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Samuel Akyirem, Emmanuel Ekpor, Janene Batten and Veronica Brady

Decomposition analysis to assess intervention strategies for reducing health-related exposure disparities in Michigan public drinking water systems

Liangfei Ye, Qianqian Dong and Stephen Gasteyer

Assessing the accuracy of self-reported health expenditure data: Evidence from two public surveys in China

Zhuang Hao, Xudong Zhang and Yuze Wang

‘Like going to get a facial’: Heterotopic spaces and gendered aesthetics of commercial Australian reproductive clinics

Angie Sassano and Christopher Mayes

The role of metaphor in the corporate political strategies of health harming industries: Comparing the concept of balance in the gambling and opioid industry discourses

May CI. van Schalkwyk, Benjamin Hawkins, Daniel Eisenkraft Klein and Adam D. Koon

How long-term changes in neighborhood and school racial composition shape children's behavior problems

Jennifer Candipan, Nicole L. Hair and Katrina M. Walsemann

An elephant in the room? Explaining agenda-setting in antimicrobial resistance policies in 30 European countries

Colette S. Vogeler and Anne-Marie Parth

Revisiting organizational culture in healthcare: Heterogeneity as a resource

Maike Tietschert, Hassina Bahadurzada and Michaela Kerrissey

A sense of injustice in care networks: An intersectional exploration of the collaboration between professionals and carers with a migration background

Aldiene Henrieke Hengelaar, Petra Verdonk, Margo van Hartingsveldt and Tineke Abma