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2015, volume 146, articles C

Mapping health behaviors: Constructing and validating a common-sense taxonomy of health behaviors pp. 1-10

Gabriel Nudelman and Shoshana Shiloh

Stress, diabetes, and infection: Syndemic suffering at an urban Kenyan hospital pp. 11-20

Emily Mendenhall, Gregory Barnabas Omondi, Edna Bosire, Gitonga Isaiah, Abednego Musau, David Ndetei and Victoria Mutiso

Polycystic ovary syndrome in globalizing India: An ecosocial perspective on an emerging lifestyle disease pp. 21-28

Gauri Pathak and Mark Nichter

Intergenerational transmission of the healthy immigrant effect (HIE) through birth weight: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 29-40

Chantel Ramraj, Ariel Pulver and Arjumand Siddiqi

Attributes and weights in health care priority setting: A systematic review of what counts and to what extent pp. 41-52

Yuanyuan Gu, Emily Lancsar, Peter Ghijben, James RG Butler and Cam Donaldson

“My dirty little habit”: Patient constructions of antidepressant use and the ‘crisis’ of legitimacy pp. 53-61

Damien Ridge, Renata Kokanovic, Alex Broom, Susan Kirkpatrick, Claire Anderson and Claire Tanner

Is the sexual behaviour of young people in sub-Saharan Africa influenced by their peers? A systematic review pp. 62-74

Elizabeth Fearon, Richard D. Wiggins, Audrey E. Pettifor and James R. Hargreaves

Does a college education reduce depressive symptoms in American young adults? pp. 75-84

Michael J. McFarland and Brandon G. Wagner

Community trust and household health: A spatially-based approach with evidence from rural Honduras pp. 85-94

Alan Zarychta

The path of least resistance? Jurisdictions, responsibility and professional asymmetries in pharmacists' accounts of antibiotic decisions in hospitals pp. 95-103

Alex Broom, Jennifer Broom, Emma Kirby and Graham Scambler

Serum aflatoxin B1-lysine adduct level in adult women from Eastern Province in Kenya depends on household socio-economic status: A cross sectional study pp. 104-110

Jef Leroy, Jia-Sheng Wang and Kelly Jones

The long-term mortality impact of combined job strain and family circumstances: A life course analysis of working American mothers pp. 111-119

Erika L. Sabbath, Iván Mejía-Guevara, Clemens Noelke and Lisa F. Berkman

Neighborhood crime and depressive symptoms among African American women: Genetic moderation and epigenetic mediation of effects pp. 120-128

Man-Kit Lei, Steven R.H. Beach, Ronald L. Simons and Robert A. Philibert

Social support attenuates the harmful effects of stress in healthy adult women pp. 129-136

Elizabeth R. Stein and Bruce W. Smith

HIV serostatus disclosure: development and validation of indicators considering target and modality. Results from a community-based research in 5 countries pp. 137-146

Marie Préau, Dominic Beaulieu-Prévost, Emilie Henry, Adeline Bernier, Ludivine Veillette-Bourbeau and Joanne Otis

“Just Advil”: Harm reduction and identity construction in the consumption of over-the-counter medication for chronic pain pp. 147-154

Emery R. Eaves

Communal bereavement and resilience in the aftermath of a terrorist event: Evidence from a natural experiment pp. 155-163

Alexander C. Tsai and Atheendar S. Venkataramani

From patient deference towards negotiated and precarious informality: An Eliasian analysis of English general practitioners' understandings of changing patient relations pp. 164-172

Patrick Brown, Mary Ann Elston and Jonathan Gabe

‘He always thinks he is nothing’: The psychosocial impact of discrimination on adolescent refugees in urban Uganda pp. 173-181

Lindsay Stark, Willyanne DeCormier Plosky, Rebecca Horn and Mark Canavera

Participatory health system priority setting: Evidence from a budget experiment pp. 182-190

Joan Costa -Font, Joan Rovira Forns and Azusa Sato

Cumulative effects of noise and odour annoyances on environmental and health related quality of life pp. 191-203

Tor H. Oiamo, Isaac N. Luginaah and Jamie Baxter

Multiple contexts of exposure: Activity spaces, residential neighborhoods, and self-rated health pp. 204-213

Gregory Sharp, Justin T. Denney and Rachel T. Kimbro

What matters for working fathers? Job characteristics, work-family conflict and enrichment, and fathers' postpartum mental health in an Australian cohort pp. 214-222

Amanda R. Cooklin, Rebecca Giallo, Lyndall Strazdins, Angela Martin, Liana S. Leach and Jan M. Nicholson

The second wave of violence scholarship: South African synergies with a global research agenda pp. 243-248

Brett Bowman, Garth Stevens, Gillian Eagle, Malose Langa, Sherianne Kramer, Peace Kiguwa and Mzikazi Nduna

Men's violence against women and men are inter-related: Recommendations for simultaneous intervention pp. 249-256

Paul J. Fleming, Sofia Gruskin, Florencia Rojo and Shari L. Dworkin

Predictors of violence against children in Tamil families in northern Sri Lanka pp. 257-265

Vathsalan Sriskandarajah, Frank Neuner and Claudia Catani

Sexual and physical violence victimization among senior high school students in Ghana: Risk and protective factors pp. 266-275

Sally-Ann Ohene, Kiana Johnson, Sarah Atunah-Jay, Andrew Owusu and Iris Wagman Borowsky

Family and community driven response to intimate partner violence in post-conflict settings pp. 276-284

Anjalee Kohli, Nancy Perrin, Remy Mitima Mpanano, Luhazi Banywesize, Alfred Bacikenge Mirindi, Jean Heri Banywesize, Clovis Murhula Mitima, Arsène Kajabika Binkurhorhwa, Nadine Mwinja Bufole and Nancy Glass

Transnational issue-specific expert networking: A pathway to local policy change pp. 285-291

Cheryl O'Brien

Children's exposure to community and war violence and mental health in four African countries pp. 292-299

Holly Foster and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

The impact of neighborhood disorganization on neighborhood exposure to violence, trauma symptoms, and social relationships among at-risk youth pp. 300-306

Fredrick Butcher, Joseph D. Galanek, Jeff M. Kretschmar and Daniel J. Flannery

Exploring the association between women's access to economic resources and intimate partner violence in Dar es Salaam and Mbeya, Tanzania pp. 307-315

Seema Vyas, Henrica AFM. Jansen, Lori Heise and Jessie Mbwambo

Stock-outs, uncertainty and improvisation in access to healthcare in war-torn Northern Uganda pp. 316-323

Herbert Muyinda and James Mugisha

Negotiating health and life: Syrian refugees and the politics of access in Lebanon pp. 324-331

Sarah E. Parkinson and Orkideh Behrouzan

Healthcare under siege: Geopolitics of medical service provision in the Gaza Strip pp. 332-340

Ron J. Smith

Preventing gender-based violence engendered by conflict: The case of Côte d'Ivoire pp. 341-347

Morkeh Blay-Tofey and Bandy X. Lee

2015, volume 145, articles C

Commitment questions targeting patients promotes uptake of under-used health services: Findings from a national quality improvement program in Australia pp. 1-6

Nicole L. Pratt, Lisa M. Kalisch Ellett, Janet K. Sluggett, Emmae N. Ramsay, Mhairi Kerr, Vanessa T. LeBlanc, John D. Barratt and Elizabeth E. Roughead

Controlled but not cured: Structural processes and explanatory models of Chagas disease in tropical Bolivia pp. 7-16

Colin Forsyth

Longitudinal associations of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics and alcohol availability on drinking: Results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) pp. 17-25

Allison B. Brenner, Luisa N. Borrell, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutierrez and Ana V. Diez Roux

The downside of tobacco control? Smoking and self-stigma: A systematic review pp. 26-34

Rebecca J. Evans-Polce, Joao M. Castaldelli-Maia, Georg Schomerus and Sara E. Evans-Lacko

Addressing domestic violence through antenatal care in Sri Lanka's plantation estates: Contributions of public health midwives pp. 35-43

Jennifer J. Infanti, Ragnhild Lund, Munas M. Muzrif, Berit Schei and Kumudu Wijewardena

Who responds to financial incentives for weight loss? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial pp. 44-52

Alfredo Paloyo, Arndt Reichert, Monika Reuss-Borst and Harald Tauchmann

Comparing disability amongst immigrants and native-born in Canada pp. 53-62

Bruce Newbold and Dylan Simone

The impact of fiscal austerity on suicide mortality: Evidence across the ‘Eurozone periphery’ pp. 63-78

Nikolaos Antonakakis and Alan Collins

Educational expansion and the education gradient in health: A hierarchical age-period-cohort analysis pp. 79-88

Katrijn Delaruelle, Veerle Buffel and Piet Bracke

Diffusion of innovations theory applied to global tobacco control treaty ratification pp. 89-97

Thomas W. Valente, Stephanie R. Dyal, Kar-Hai Chu, Heather Wipfli and Kayo Fujimoto

The political economy of a public health case management program's transition into medical homes pp. 98-106

Rebecca Wells, Dorothy Cilenti and L. Michele Issel

Using the structure of social networks to map inter-agency relationships in public health services pp. 107-114

Robert M. West, Allan O. House, Justin Keen and Vicky L. Ward

Happiness and longevity in the United States pp. 115-119

Elizabeth M. Lawrence, Richard G. Rogers and Tim Wadsworth

A comparison of the effectiveness of an adult nutrition education program for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians pp. 120-124

Simone Pettigrew, Michelle I. Jongenelis, Sarah Moore and Iain S. Pratt

New technology and illness self-management: Potential relevance for resource-poor populations in Asia pp. 145-153

Henry Lucas

Closing the health and nutrition gap in Odisha, India: A case study of how transforming the health system is achieving greater equity pp. 154-162

Deborah Thomas, Biraj Laxmi Sarangi, Anu Garg, Arti Ahuja, Pramod Meherda, Sujata R. Karthikeyan, Pinaki Joddar, Rajendra Kar, Jeetendra Pattnaik, Ramesh Druvasula and Alison Dembo Rath

District-level variations in childhood immunizations in India: The role of socio-economic factors and health infrastructure pp. 163-172

Anu Rammohan and Niyi Awofeso

Toward universal coverage in Afghanistan: A multi-stakeholder assessment of capacity investments in the community health worker system pp. 173-183

Anbrasi Edward, Casey Branchini, Iain Aitken, Melissa Roach, Kojo Osei-Bonsu and Said Habib Arwal

What can volunteer co-providers contribute to health systems? The role of people living with HIV in the Thai paediatric HIV programme pp. 184-192

Olivia Tulloch, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Jintanat Ananworanich, Sanchai Chasombat, Pope Kosalaraksa and Sally Theobald

Effectively engaging the private sector through vouchers and contracting – A case for analysing health governance and context pp. 193-200

Matthias Nachtnebel, Ashleigh O'Mahony, Nandini Pillai and Kris Hort

Organizational barriers associated with the implementation of national essential medicines policy: A cross-sectional study of township hospitals in China pp. 201-208

Lianping Yang, Chaojie Liu, J. Adamm Ferrier and Xinping Zhang

School context, friendship ties and adolescent mental health: A multilevel analysis of the Korean Youth Panel Survey (KYPS) pp. 209-216

Harris Hyun-Soo Kim

The impact of health insurance for children under age 6 in Vietnam: A regression discontinuity approach pp. 217-226

Michael Palmer, Sophie Mitra, Daniel Mont and Nora Groce

The development of universal health insurance coverage in Thailand: Challenges of population aging and informal economy pp. 227-236

Minchung Hsu, Xianguo Huang and Somrasri Yupho

Prioritizing action on health inequities in cities: An evaluation of Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) in 15 cities from Asia and Africa pp. 237-242

Amit Prasad, Megumi Kano, Kendra Ann-Masako Dagg, Hanako Mori, Hawa Hamisi Senkoro, Mohammad Assai Ardakani, Samar Elfeky, Suvajee Good, Katrin Engelhardt, Alex Ross and Francisco Armada

Emerging challenges in implementing universal health coverage in Asia pp. 243-248

Caryn Bredenkamp, Timothy Evans, Leizel Lagrada, John Langenbrunner, Stefan Nachuk and Toomas Palu