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Social Determinants of Health Under Capitalism's Violent Answer to Climate and Geopolitical Crises. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Carles Muntaner,Joan Benach
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Social Determinants of Health, Tribal Payments, and Probability of Contracting COVID-19 in American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-08-18 Austin Henderson,Richard F MacLehose,Spero M Manson,Dedra Buchwald
Little is known about the relationships between demographic and economic social determinants of health and the probability of contracting COVID-19 in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) peoples. In addition, we do not know if and how tribal payments, unique to AI/AN peoples, are associated with the probability of contracting COVID-19. We surveyed 767 AI/AN patients of five geographically disparate
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Theorizing epidemiology, the stories bodies tell, and embodied truths: a status update on contending 21st c CE epidemiological theories of disease distribution. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-08-16 Nancy Krieger
This critical review considers the status of 21st-century epidemiological theories of disease distribution, updating to 2024 prior analyses published up through 2014, and discusses the implications of these theories for research, practice, and pedagogy. Three key trends stand out: (a) the continued dominance of individualistic biomedical and lifestyle theories; (b) growth and elaboration of social
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A Sociology of Plasma Proteins - A Technocrat's Perspective. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Albert Farrugia
This commentary addresses the article "Toward a Sociology of Plasma Products" by Holloway and Grundy in this issue of the International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services. The program of research proposed by the authors positioning the medico-industrial field of plasma products within a sociological context is supported, this being an endeavor which has not been attempted
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Toward a Sociology of Plasma Products. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Kelly Holloway,Quinn Grundy
Over the past 20 years, plasma has become a medical treatment characterized as "liquid gold" to signal its lifesaving potential. Through a manufacturing process termed fractionation, plasma, collected through blood donation, is turned into Plasma Derived Medical Products (PDMPs). The World Health Organization (WHO) has underlined the importance of PDMPs for global health care, including a number of
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Caring During COVID-19: A Study of Intersectionality and Inequities in the Care Economy in 16 Countries. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-08-11 Connie Musolino,Fran Baum,Joanne Flavel,Toby Freeman,Martin McKee,Chunhuei Chi,Camila Giugliani,Matheus Zuliane Falcão,Wim De Ceukelaire,Philippa Howden-Chapman,Nguyen Thanh Huong,Hani Serag,Sun Kim,Carlos Alvarez Dardet,Hailay Abrha Gesesew,Leslie London,Jennie Popay,Lauren Paremoer,Viroj Tangcharoensathien,T Sundararaman,Sulakshana Nandi,Eugenio Villar
Carers were disproportionately harmed in the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite facing an increased risk of contracting the virus, they continued in frontline roles in care services and acted as "shock absorbers" for their families and communities. In this article, we apply an intersectional lens to examine care work and the structural factors disadvantaging carers during COVID-19 through a comparative case
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Austerity Measures and the Resilience of Zimbabwe's Healthcare System: Challenges and Solutions. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-08-09 Option Takunda Chiwaridzo
Austerity measures have become a contentious topic, shaping the landscape of health care systems around the world. As governments grapple with economic challenges, the impact of austerity on health care has emerged as a critical concern. This study focuses on the consequences of austerity actions adopted by the Zimbabwean government under the Transitional Stabilization Program (TSP) from August 2018
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Advancing Equity in Health Care Among Dalits and Tribal People in India: The Progress, Current Realities, and the Way Forward. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Vijesh Sreedhar Kuttiatt,Arya Rahul,Anoop Choolayil,Ashwani Kumar
The caste system and resulting social exclusion are important social determinants of health inequity in India. This article critically analyzes the influence of the caste system on health inequity in India, starting with a historical perspective and moving to the current status. The article argues that the caste system has deprived Dalits and tribal people in India of achieving health equity. The programs
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Prospective Health Impacts of a Universal Basic Income: Evidence from Community Engagement in South Tyneside, United Kingdom. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Neil Howard,Grace Gregory,Elliott A Johnson,Cleo Goodman,Jonathan Coates,Kate E Pickett,Matthew T Johnson
Studies have suggested that universal basic income (UBI) has the capacity to have substantial health benefits across the population at national level. Multiple impact pathways have recently been theorized and there are calls for trials to explore these pathways empirically. However, very limited research has taken place at local levels to explore potential context-specific effects, or how these effects
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Accessibility to Health Care Services and Treatment for People with Noncommunicable Diseases in Northwest Syria. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Kassem Ballout,Nimetcan Mehmet Orhun
We assessed the accessibility to health care services and treatment for people with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Northwest Syria after more than eleven years of the worst humanitarian crisis in Syria. Included in this cross-sectional study were people with one or more of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, or chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases; people from both Aleppo and Idleb governorates;
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The Right to Healthcare Must Include the Right to Ease of Physical Access: Exploring Geography-Health Nexus in GIDA Communities in the Philippines. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Zaldy C Collado
Using the United Nations' 'leave no one behind' framework for the achievement of sustainable development goals, this article underscores the key role of geography as one of the core factors why certain people are left behind, deprived, and continue to experience inequality in terms of access to (quality) health care facilities and services. This article specifically examines the consequences of physical
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Demand and Supply Drivers of Medicare and Non-Medicare Health Spending: An Analysis of U.S. States, 1991-2019. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Adam Gaffney,Danny McCormick,Gracie Himmelstein,Steffie Woolhandler,David U Himmelstein
For the last four decades, policymakers have attempted to control the United States's high health care costs by reducing patients' demand for care (e.g., by imposing managed-care restrictions or high costs on patients at the time of use). Yet studies based mostly on data from the public Medicare program, which covers mostly elderly Americans, suggest that supply (e.g., number of physicians or hospital
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Working Conditions, Worker Rights, and Managerial Domination During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing Their Toll on Precariously Employed Workers and Family Well-Being. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-05-30 Patricia O'Campo,Virginia Gunn,Melissa Perri,Pearl Buhariwala,Elham Rasoulain,Maryam Daneshvardfard,Rachel W Ma,Wayne Lewchuck,Sherry Baron,Theo Bodin,Carles Muntaner
Precarious Employment (PE) is characterized by job, income, and benefit insecurities. Studies surrounding PE and well-being have been predominantly quantitative, leaving a gap in rich descriptions of employment experiences. We recruited a sample of 40 adults aged 25-55 who were involved in PE during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic or lost employment due to the pandemic. Semi-structured interviews
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Social Mechanisms, Labour Markets and the Politics of Health. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Joan Benach,Carles Muntaner
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The Social Determinants of Health Industry: Two Years On. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Zachary N Goldberg,Yash B Shah,Erika D Harness,David B Nash
Social determinants of health (SDOH) have been insufficiently addressed by payers and providers despite increased prioritization at the national level. This led to the development of a separate, for-profit "SDOH industry" found to have a valuation of $18.5 billion (all dollar amounts in U.S. dollars) with $2.4 billion in funding as of July 2021. The purpose of this article is to determine the growth
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Is Austerity Responsible for the Stalled Mortality Trends Across Many High-Income Countries? A Systematic Review. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Philip Broadbent,David Walsh,Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi,Christine Gallagher,Ruth Dundas,Gerry McCartney
This article systematically reviews evidence evaluating whether macroeconomic austerity policies impact mortality, reviewing high-income country data compiled through systematic searches of nine databases and gray literature using pre-specified methods (PROSPERO registration: CRD42020226609). Eligible studies were quantitatively assessed to determine austerity's impact on mortality. Two reviewers independently
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Does Participating in New Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance Change Catastrophic Health Expenditure? Evidence from the China Household Income Project. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-04-28 Yalu Zhang
A primary goal of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance (NRCMI) is to provide financial protection against health care costs and alleviate the financial burdens of rural residents in China. This article examines whether NRCMI participation impacted the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) among middle-aged and older adults (45 years old and above). The analysis utilized data from
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Capitalizing on Hope: Questionable Marketing Approval and Pricing of a New ALS Drug. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Matthew B Flynn,James F Flynn,Ana M Palacios
Regulatory agencies must balance patient demands to access new treatments for fatal diseases with limited treatment options while ensuring drug safety and efficacy. However, questionable U.S. regulatory actions resulted in the early approval of AMX0035 to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by reconvening advisory commissions to obtain positive decisions and designating the drug as a new molecular
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Gender Violence During the Three Ages of Life and the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Review. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Gaetano Di Donna,Pierpaolo Di Lorenzo,Carmen Imma Aquino,Mariagrazia Marisei,Claudia Casella,Daniela Surico,Massimo Niola,Maurizio Guida
Children, women, and older people suffer different types of violence, which appears to have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic and the relative lockdown. The aim of this study is to analyze the literature about gender violence and abuse in the different ages of life and during the COVID-19 lockdown. Data were obtained from an electronic literature search using various online sources such
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The Legacy of President Lázaro Cárdenas for Health Care Reform in Today's Mexico. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Carole H Browner,Gustavo Leal Fernández,Héctor Javier Sánchez-Pérez
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's historic election victory in 2018 marked a sharp break from past decades of neoliberal socioeconomic policies. López Obrador campaigned on the promise of deep reform, with health care high on his agenda. The public health care sector had been decimated by decades of budget cuts, eroding workers' morale and patients' confidence, and crippling all aspects
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Parkinson's Disease Psychosis and the Marketing of Pimavanserin. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Daisy Daeschler,Adriane Fugh-Berman
In 2016, Nuplazid (pimavanserin) became the first FDA-approved treatment for Parkinson's Disease Psychosis (PDP). We explored the possibility that PDP was a term created to market Nuplazid. We examined trends in perceptions of psychosis in Parkinson's disease from the 1990s to 2020 through MEDLINE search term frequency, neurology textbooks, guidance from professional societies, Acadia annual reports
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Cambodia's Imminent Graduation from Least Developed Country Status: What Will be the Impact of the TRIPS Agreement on Access to HIV and Hepatitis C Medicines in Cambodia? Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Brigitte Tenni,Joel Lexchin,Sovath Phin,Deborah Gleeson
Cambodia has experienced exponential economic growth in recent years and is expected to graduate from least developed country (LDC) status within the next decade. Membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will require Cambodia to grant product and process patents for pharmaceuticals upon LDC graduation. This study aims to measure the impact of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
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The U-Shaped Curve of Health Inequalities Over the 20th and 21st Centuries. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Clare Bambra
This article examines historical trends in health inequalities over the 20th and 21st centuries. Drawing on studies from the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, and Western Europe, it concludes that there is evidence of a u-shaped curve in (relative) health inequalities. These trends in health inequalities broadly parallel those identified by economists with regards to the u-shaped curve of income
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Labor Pains: Work-Related Barriers to Access to Health Care for People Living with HIV in Hyderabad, India. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-03-31 Sameena Azhar,Casey Dean,Riya Lerner,Sabitha Gandham,Ganesh Oruganti,Vijay Yeldandi
To explore themes regarding work-related barriers to access to health care, we conducted 32 interviews, 16 with third gender people and 16 with cisgender women, all of whom were all living with HIV in Hyderabad, India. Most respondents were members of Dalit castes and had been living with HIV for several years at the time of the interview. Using thematic content analysis, interviews were coded by two
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Socioeconomic Position, Pre-Obesity and Obesity in Latin American Cities: A Systematic Review. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Mariana Carvalho de Menezes,Ana C Duran,Brent Langellier,Carolina Pérez-Ferrer,Joaquin Barnoya,Ana-Lucia Mayén
Currently the socioeconomic gradient of obesity it is not well understood in the urban population in Latin American. This study reviewed the literature assessing associations between pre-obesity, obesity, and socioeconomic position (SEP) in adults living in urban areas in Latin American countries. PubMed and SciELO databases were used. Data extraction was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items
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An Examination of Inter-State Variation in Utilization of Healthcare Services, Associated Financial Burden and Inequality: Evidence from Nationally Representative Survey in India. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Aashima,Rajesh Sharma
This study examines the health care utilization pattern, associated financial catastrophes, and inequality across Indian states to understand the subnational variations and aid the policy makers in this regard. Data from recent National Sample Survey (2017-2018), titled, "Household Social Consumption: Health," covering 113,823 households, was employed in the study. Descriptive statistics, Erreygers
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Disability, Unemployment, and Inequality: A Cross-Country Comparison of the Situation of Persons With Spinal Cord Injury. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Ana Oña,Urban Schwegler,Annelie Leiulfsrud,Ken Kouda,Andrea Boekel,Diana Pacheco
Unemployment and inequality are growing concerns that disproportionately affect people with disabilities. We compared unemployment rates and barriers to labor market participation for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) as an exemplary case of disability with different socioeconomic positions and from a cross-national perspective across 20 countries worldwide. We showed that persons with SCI have
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The Struggle to Regulate Precarious Work Arrangements to Minimize Their Adverse Effects on Health and Safety in Australia. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Elsa Underhill,Michael Quinlan
As in other countries, the growth of precarious work arrangements in Australia from the late 1970s has had significant adverse effects on occupational health and safety (OHS). While there is now a large body of global research on this issue and its connection to the rise of neoliberalism, there has been less investigation of efforts to address these problems. This article reviews regulatory interventions
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"What Works" to Support LGBTQ+ Young People's Mental Health: An Intersectional Youth Rights Approach. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Elizabeth McDermott,Rachael Eastham,Elizabeth Hughes,Katherine Johnson,Stephanie Davis,Steven Pryjmachuk,Ceu Mateus,Felix McNulty,Olu Jenzen
Despite overwhelming international evidence of elevated rates of poor mental health in LGBTQ+ youth compared to their cis-heterosexual peers, we know relatively little about effective mental health services for this population group. This study aims to produce the first early intervention model of "what works" to support LGBTQ+ youth with emerging mental health problems. Utilizing a mixed method case
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A European Salk Institute Could Ensure Accessible and Affordable Medicines. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Wim De Ceukelaire,Tim Joye
Many researchers, consumer groups, activists and civil society organizations agree that the pharmaceutical sector has been left too much to the private sector, which is solely driven by a profit motive. Therefore, it is imperative to take a bold initiative to turn the idea of medicine, pharmaceutical products, and health technology as a common good into a reality. We propose to establish a European
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Understanding Health Inequalities Research Capacities: Insights and Recommendations From Comparing Two High Income Settings. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Lucinda Cash-Gibson,Joan Benach
Generating evidence on health inequalities (HI) is necessary to raise awareness of these issues, describe and monitor their evolution, analyze their causes, and inform interventions aiming to improve health equity. Yet not all cities and countries have the capacity to produce this type of research. Recent research provides new contextual and causal insights into this research production process, and
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Impact of Political Violence on Health: The Case of Academics for Peace in Turkey. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Aslı Davas,Feride Aksu Tanık
This study examines the profound impact of political violence and repression on the mental and physical health of Academics for Peace (AfP) in Turkey. The research combines quantitative and qualitative data to explore the interplay between violence, stigmatization, and health outcomes among the affected academics. This study particularly focuses on the aftermath of the State of Emergency in Turkey
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Socioeconomic Patterns in the Frequency of Doctor Visits in Germany and Spain in Subjects With and Without Chronic Diseases. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Almudena Moreno,Lourdes Lostao,Stefanie Sperlich,Johannes Beller,Elena Ronda,Siegfried Geyer,Enrique Regidor
The objective of universal health care systems is to achieve equality in the use of health services at the same level of care need. This study evaluates the relationship of socioeconomic position with the frequency of doctor visits in subjects with and without chronic diseases in Germany and Spain. The dependent variables included number of consultations and if a medical consultation occurred. The
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The Benefits of Cooperative Inquiry in Health Services Research: Lessons from an Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Study. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Toby Freeman,Tamara Mackean,Juanita Sherwood,Anna Ziersch,Kim O'Donnell,Judith Dwyer,Deborah Askew,Madison Shakespeare,Shane D'Angelo,Matthew Fisher,Annette Browne,Sonya Egert,Vahab Baghbanian,Fran Baum
Health services research is underpinned by partnerships between researchers and health services. Partnership-based research is increasingly needed to deal with the uncertainty of global pandemics, climate change induced severe weather events, and other disruptions. To date there is very little data on what has happened to health services research during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper describes the
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United States' Nursing Home Finances: Spending, Profitability, and Capital Structure. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Charlene Harrington,Richard Mollot,Robert Tyler Braun,Dunc Williams
Little is known about nursing home (NH) financial status in the United States even though most NH care is publicly funded. To address this gap, this descriptive study used 2019 Medicare cost reports to examine NH revenues, expenditures, net income, related-party expenses, expense categories, and capital structure. After a cleaning process for all free-standing NHs, a study population of 11,752 NHs
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Depression and Global Mental Health in the Global South: A Critical Analysis of Policy and Discourse. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-12-17 Gojjam Limenih,Arlene MacDougall,Marnie Wedlake,Elysee Nouvet
Over the past two decades, depression has become a prominent global public health concern, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Movement for Global Mental Health have developed international guidelines to improve mental health services globally, prioritizing LMICs. These efforts hold promise for advancing care and treatment for depression
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Food Insecurity and Social Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Welfare State Regimes in 19 Countries. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Seth A Berkowitz,Connor Drake,Elena Byhoff
We sought to determine whether a country's social policy configuration-its welfare state regime-is associated with food insecurity risk. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 2017 U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization individual-level food insecurity survey data from 19 countries (the most recent data available prior to COVID-19). Countries were categorized into three welfare state regimes: liberal
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Scoping Review to Identify Social Determinants of Maternal Health in Morocco. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Chaimae Moujahid,Jack E Turman,Hiba Houradi,Loubna Amahdar
To understand the mechanism of health inequities and their influence on maternal health, the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) provides a framework to identify structural and intermediate causes of health inequity. This review maps and describes the current socioeconomic determinants of maternal health in Morocco according to the CSDH framework. A scoping study was carried out from
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Barriers to Elderly Health Care in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Carol El Jabari,Inad Nawajah,Adel T Takruri,Sahar Hassan
This study examined different barriers to the access and utilization of primary health care services by the elderly in the occupied Palestinians territories. We collected quantitative data from a larger convenience sample of a national survey of 1299 persons in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) that examined the effects of Israel's colonization and its effects on health care delivery between
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Unveiling Precarious Employment: From the Reserve Army to Techno-Feudalism. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-11-26 Carles Muntaner,Joan Benach
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Achieving and Maintaining Equitable Health Outcomes for all, Including for Future Generations. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Susan Goldstein,Ruth M Mabry,Eric A Friedman,André Luis Leite de Figueirêdo Sales,Arachu Castro
Sustainable health equity means achieving and maintaining equitable health outcomes for all people, including for future generations. It encompasses realizing the right to health, setting the conditions for leading a healthy life, and fulfilling the full range of human rights. Achieving sustainable health equity requires that public services be designed and provided, and public policies be developed
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Tribute to Barbara Ehrenreich: Fighting for Labor Through Critical Research Journalism. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Carles Muntaner,Joan Benach
This is a short commentary to accompany the article "Hospital Workers: Class Conflicts in the Making" by Barbara Ehrenreich and John H. Ehrenreich. The article was originally published in the International Journal of Health Services in 1975. We are revisiting it in the current issue of the International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services due to its continued relevance and
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Informal Employment Under the Skin: Informality and Health Inequalities Among Chilean Workers. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Marisol E Ruiz,Mireia Bolibar,Núria Sánchez-Mira
Informal employment has been identified as an important social determinant of health. This article addresses the processes through which informal employment affects workers' health in Chile. The study's methodological approach was based on qualitative interviews with 34 formal and informal workers. The findings show how workers perceive informal employment as negatively affecting their mental and physical
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Social Determinants of Health at the End of 2023: Decolonization, Global South, Mechanisms, Big Pharma, COVID 19 and Health Services. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-10-01 Joan Benach,Carles Muntaner
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An R Shiny Application (SDOH) for Predictive Modeling Using Regional Social Determinants of Health Survey Responses. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Isuru Ratnayake,Sam Pepper,Aliyah Anderson,Alexander Alsup,Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam
Social determinants of health (SDoH) surveys are data sets that provide useful health-related information about individuals and communities. This study aims to develop a user-friendly web application that allows clinicians to get a predictive insight into the social needs of their patients before their in-patient visits using SDoH survey data to provide an improved and personalized service. The study
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Rethinking and Decolonizing Theories, Policies, and Practice of Health from the Global South. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Oscar Feo Istúriz,Gonzalo Basile,Neil Maizlish
This article states the need to decolonize the theories, policies, and practices that dominate health, and reflects on the necessity for a new epistemology built from the Global South. This allows rethinking health with a new categorical framework, which incorporates socially determined health and life, with the optic of reaching the highest conceivable degree of living well/well-living. We put forth
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Private Health Sector: Profiting without Socially Contributing. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Elias Kondilis,Alexis Benos
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the mobilization of all available health care resources, including private, for-profit ones. The aim of this multiple methods study (combination of document and secondary data analysis) was to assess government regulations facilitating the private health sector's participation in the COVID-19 response in Greece. During the pandemic, the government made three successive
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The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Against Women. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Ijeoma C Uzoho,Kesha Baptiste-Roberts,Adeola Animasahun,Yvonne Bronner
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global public health crisis associated with adverse physical, psychological, economic, and social consequences. Studies on the impact of COVID-19 on IPV against women are scarce. This study aimed to understand the impact of COVID-19 on IPV against women. Google Scholar, PubMed, and the Cochrane Library were searched using the MeSH terms intimate partner violence
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Canada and the pharmaceutical industry in the time of COVID-19. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Joel Lexchin
The COVID-19 pandemic showed the close relationship between the Canadian government and the pharmaceutical industry when it came to both domestic and international issues. Domestically, the government chose to prioritize advice about vaccine acquisition from a panel of heavily conflicted people; it signed contracts worth billions of dollars with companies for vaccines but the contents of contracts
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Medicines for the People, not the Financial Markets. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Beat Ringger
Drug company marketing scandals have often made headlines. However, in recent years, a raft of new pharmaceutical industry transgressions has created crises for health care systems of high-income countries as well as poorer nations. Prices of life-saving drugs are soaring; supply shortfalls of essential medications have become common; development of new antibiotics against resistant organisms is lagging;
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Looking Beyond the Lamp Post: Health Inequality in the Times of COVID-19. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Vijay Kumar Yadavendu
In times of a pandemic, the world lives in the throes of colossal economic and public health crises. The world seems unprepared and ill-equipped to cater to the catastrophic pandemic of COVID-19. The apocalyptic infectious diseases keep revisiting to expose the global widening economic and health inequalities. This review in its different sections argues that with the "financialization of everything
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Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Among Transgender People: A Meta-Synthesis. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Mina Saadat,Afsaneh Keramat,Shayesteh Jahanfar,Ali Mohammad Nazari,Hadi Ranjbar,Zahra Motaghi
The availability and accessibility of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services for transgender individuals are crucial. This population is deprived of health care due to rejection, stigma, gender-based discrimination, confidentiality, and violence. This review attempts to provide readers with an account of the fundamental problems that the transgender population faces regarding experiences of
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On Examining Residential Segregation in Rural Gadag, Karnataka, India: The Case of the Banjara Tandas. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Bevin Vijayan
Residential segregation of settlements on caste lines is common across Indian villages. Banjara settlements or tandas are an extreme form of residential segregation, rooted in colonial history and India's complex caste system, and an outcome of structural discrimination. This analysis examines the structural discrimination of tandas in the distribution of various infrastructure and compares it with
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Understanding the Relationship Between Decreases in Social Security Benefits and Intergenerational Inequalities in Mental Health. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Julija Simpson,Clare Bambra,Heather Brown
It is well-established that mental health follows similar patterns across generations. However, little is known how structural factors, such as those related to social security reforms, may impact this relationship. Our aim was to quantify the strength of association in mental health between parents and their adolescent children, and to explore how much of this correlation is explained by decreases
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Republican Rules of Reproduction and "Flipping the Script" on U.S. Health Care Reform. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Rodney Loeppky
Given the relatively conservative and marketized nature of U.S. health care reform, it remains unclear both why Republican resistance has been so intractable through much of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) tenure and why it has so suddenly receded into the background. This article seeks an explanatory mechanism to make sense of the ACA's changing historical fortunes, from enactment to the present
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Have COVID-19 Stimulus Packages Mitigated the Negative Health Impacts of Pandemic-Related Job Losses? A Systematic Review of Global Evidence from the First Year of the Pandemic. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Courtney L McNamara,Virginia Kotzias,Clare Bambra,Ronald Labonté,David Stuckler
Social protection can buffer the negative impacts of unemployment on health. Have stimulus packages introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic mitigated potential harms to health from unemployment? We performed a systematic review of the health effects of job loss during the first year of the pandemic. We searched three electronic databases and identified 49 studies for inclusion. Three United States-based
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Examining the Effectiveness of Financial Protection Schemes in Reducing Health Inequality. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-06-04 Shakeel Ahmed,Sandhya R Mahapatro
Health protection schemes such as health insurance and financial assistance provide immense help and support to access health care services, especially to the poor and marginalized section of society. India is witness to low health-related expenditure, and the society's socioeconomic and demographic structure further drops health care access to the new bottom. Consequently, inequality in health care
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Optimizing Physician Payment for a Single-Payer Healthcare System. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Stephen B Kemble,James G Kahn
Current forms of payment of independent physicians in U.S. health care may incentivize more care (fee-for-service) or less care (capitation), be inequitable across specialties (resource-based relative value scale [RBRVS]), and distract from clinical care (value-based payments [VBP]). Alternative systems should be considered as part of health care financing reform. We propose a "Fee-for-Time" approach
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In-Depth Ethical Analysis of the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout for Migrant Workers in the Gulf Countries. Int. J. Soc. Determ. Health Health Serv. Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Barrak Alahmad,Dawoud AlMekhled,Katie Busalacchi,Wei-Chen Wang
During the initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout, supplies were scarce, necessitating rationing. Gulf countries, hosting millions of migrant workers, prioritized nationals over migrants for vaccination. As it turned out, many migrant workers found themselves waiting behind nationals to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Here, we discuss the public health ethical concerns surrounding this approach and call for