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‘Assessing my risk and that of my whānau is my right’: a longitudinal media analysis of risk and COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand news media Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Tessa Morgan, Dihini Pilimatalawwe, Kathryn Morgan, Robbie Duschinsky, Merryn Gott, Janine Wiles
Risk identification has been at the heart of media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.Less consideration has been paid to the way that the media itself has (re)produced these risk categories, and ho...
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Food, bodies, health (risks): the biopolitics of organic materiality testing in the context of diet-associated health risk management practices Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-14 Myriam Durocher
This article analyses the apparatus of practices dedicated to reducing long-term diet-associated health risks so as to question how risk is framed and worked upon in everyday risk governance contex...
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Experiences and management of uncertainty following treatment for prostate cancer Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Richard Green
This article explores men’s experiences and management of uncertainty following treatment for prostate cancer. Qualitative interviews with 29 men, recruited from two prostate cancer support groups ...
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Risk individualisation and moral injury in the treatment of infection as impediments to the tackling of antimicrobial resistance Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 M.D.M. Davis, A. Schermuly, A. Rajkhowa, L. Hardefeldt, K. Thursky, P. Flowers
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is subject to extensive risk reduction approaches. A central strategy is reducing the unnecessary use of antimicrobials across agriculture and human and animal health...
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Democratising participatory health promotion: power and knowledge involved in engaging European adolescents in childhood obesity prevention Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Evelyne Baillergeau, Gerlieke Veltkamp, Christian Bröer, Arnfinn Helleve, Ewa Kulis, Nanna Lien, Aleksandra Luszczynska, Sofia Mendes, Ana Rito, Gerben Moerman, Rein de Sauvage Nolting, Knut-Inge Klepp
Public policy aimed at preventing undesired phenomena has increasingly sought to engage representatives of the target population. Little is known, however, about how power dynamics function to shap...
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A trail leading home. Analysing the evolution of Mpox risk narratives and targets of blame in UK media Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Melissa Roy
This research is interested in the ways the media ‘holds together’ science, history, and culture in the coverage of a new and frightening disease outbreak. Building on previous studies, which have ...
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Recalibrating temporalities of risk: alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk for Australian women pre-midlife before and during COVID-19 Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Kristen Foley, Paul R. Ward, Megan Warin, Belinda Lunnay
Experiences of time and risk during the COVID-19 pandemic were volatile; exacerbated by lockdowns resulting in working from home, social distancing and home schooling. This article explores embodie...
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“You have to be street smart”: Street capital and the social organisation of risk among people who inject drugs in Norway Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Ola Røed Bilgrei, Kristin Hanoa, Kristin Buvik
This study explores the social organisation of risk among injecting drug users in Norway. Based on qualitative interviews with 80 people who regularly injected drugs, recruited from harm reduction ...
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Nina Hallowell, 4th november 1957 – 28th June 2023: a risk researcher who explored the ways in which genetics touches human lives Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Andy Alaszewski
Nina Hallowell was a medical sociologist, Professor of Social and Ethical Aspects of Genomics at the University of Oxford, and an active member of the editorial board of Health, Risk & Society. In ...
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Use of ‘risk’ language in breastfeeding promotional materials: US state and local health departments Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Lora Ebert Wallace, Joy Ofuokwu
As noted by Knaak, information provided to parents about infant feeding in recent decades has become ‘more a tool for persuasion than a tool for education.’ Some health professionals advocate that ...
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Ultrasound scans as risk rituals in obstetric prenatal care in South Africa Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Nicole Miriam Daniels
In this article I examine collective maternity risk understandings and practices from the dual-perspective of obstetricians and pregnant persons, focusing in particular on the role of ultrasound sc...
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‘I have really learned how to smile with my eyes’. Risk work and embodied care practices among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Frederik Jacques Paulsen, Patrick Stypinsky Rasmussen, Barbara Fersch
The COVID-19 pandemic placed health sectors across the world under great pressure in terms of acute care and infection control. Policies responding to the latter led to a change in working practice...
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Exploring the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) risk rituals: individualisation, uncertainty and social iatrogenesis Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Roberto Rubem da Silva-Brandao, Aurea Maria Zöllner Ianni
HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) consists of a daily antiretroviral regimen that prevents HIV acquisition. In this article, we discuss ways in which individuals on PrEP deal with risks and uncer...
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Risk factors for mental health and wellness: children’s perspectives from five Majority World Countries Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Panos Vostanis, Sadiyya Haffejee, Elijah Getanda, Seyda Eruyar, Sajida Hassan, Michelle O’Reilly
Several risk factors for children’s mental health and wellness have been established. These are compounded by inequalities, especially in Majority World Countries (MWC). As evidence is largely base...
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The role of trust in government and risk perception in adherence to COVID-19 prevention measures: survey findings among young people in Luxembourg Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Hamid Bulut, Robin Samuel
Citizens’ trust in government is crucial in managing crises that require coordination as it is linked to cooperative behaviour and sociability. Willingness to adopt appropriate health measures play...
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The clocks run at slightly different speeds. Clashing timeframes in COVID-19 health risk governance Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Sabrina Huizenga, Hester van de Bovenkamp, Lieke Oldenhof, Roland Bal
Decision-making processes in times of crisis are rarely scrutinised. In this study we open up the ‘black box’ of regional COVID-19 decision-making. From March 2020 to June 2021, we had the unique o...
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Antimicrobial resistance in the risk society – a Danish study on how veterinarians and human medical doctors construct risk through blaming Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-27 Carsten Strøby Jensen
This article deals with risk and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR is considered to be one of the major global public health threats in the twenty-first century. This article applies the ideas of...
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Governing pregnancy in the Global South: the case of post-apartheid South Africa Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Ulandi du Plessis, Catriona Ida Macleod
Critical feminist research on risk, pregnancy, and birth, mostly conducted in the Global North, has generally focussed on how risk responsibilises pregnant women. In this article, we provide a crit...
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Managing uncertainty in multidisciplinary renal team meetings: decision-making processes and complex challenges in kidney transplant listing Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-16 Melania Calestani, Paul Roderick, Sarah Tonkin-Crine, Rishi Pruthi, Rommel Ravanan, Geraldine M. Leydon
Multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings are common to many fields of medicine and widely established internationally. They are intended to ensure higher-quality decision-making and improved patient o...
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‘The air is a little too dangerous’: how children navigate between rules and risks in times of COVID-19 Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Carolin Albers
The COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding government measures to prevent the spread of infection have affected children living in socially disadvantaged urban areas in distinctive ways. While the...
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Reassessing social trust: gossip, self-policing, and Covid-19 risk communication in Norway Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Matan Shapiro, Sanjana Arora, Frederic Bouder
Abstract This article analyses patterns of compliance with COVID-19 regulations in Southwest Norway. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and a series of interviews, we contrast grassroots discourses with the Norwegian government’s own emphasis on ‘trust’ in its risk communication strategies. As opposed to the official claim that Norwegians complied with COVID-19 emergency regulations because they trusted
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Organisational learning, or organised irresponsibility? Risk, opacity and lesson learning about mental health related deaths Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 David Baker, Dana Norris, Lucy Newman, Veroniki Cherneva
Abstract This article examines how deaths related to mental health in England and Wales are investigated and the extent to which lessons are learned in their aftermath. It uses two concepts from academic literature to discuss organisational responses to these deaths: organisational learning, and organised irresponsibility. Organisational learning stresses the importance of learning lessons from data;
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The “risk object” of cannabis edibles: perspectives from young adults in Canada Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-02 Charlene Elliott, Matt Ventresca, Emily Truman
Abstract Young adults are the most prominent users of cannabis in Canada, which was legalised for recreational use in 2018. Edibles are a highly popular form of cannabis delivery for this age group, yet little qualitative research explores young adult perspectives on edibles, including how edibles function socially for them, or are viewed in terms of risk. This study fills this research gap, conducting
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Risk at the boundaries of social work: an editorial Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Rory Crath, Jeremy Dixon, Jo Warner
Abstract In this editorial we introduce a special thematic collection of articles which focus on how risk operates, or is conceptualised, at the boundaries of social work practice. The collection includes theoretical, empirical, and practice-oriented articles, each of which critically engages with contemporary debates about risk and social work and its complex intersections with boundary making in
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Factors in intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine change over time: Evidence from a two-wave U.S. study Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-12 Branden B. Johnson
Abstract Public responses to the risks of both a novel emerging pandemic and of getting vaccinated against that disease affect both population health and wider societal relations, as illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to identify factors – including demographics, beliefs and attitudes about COVID-19 and its vaccines, trust of authorities – associated with vaccination intentions
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Personal narratives, public risk: using Foucault’s ‘confessional’ to examine adult retrospective disclosures of childhood abuse Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Joseph Mooney
Abstract Disclosure of childhood sexual abuse is a process that is often laden with boundary testing, decision-making and, at times, risk. Disclosures tend to be delayed, often into adulthood and later life, with disclosures to authorities remaining relatively low. In the Republic of Ireland adults who disclose experiences of childhood sexual abuse are directed towards child protection services due
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‘How shall we handle this situation?’ Social workers’ discussions about risks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Swedish elder care Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-08 Johannes Österholm, Anna Olaison, Annika Taghizadeh Larsson
Abstract Within a context where New Public Management [NPM] has become increasingly influential in shaping everyday working practices, social workers often handle risks in their everyday work using formalised bureaucratic procedures, among other strategies. As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, rapid changes occurred in Swedish elder care that social workers were required to address in their everyday
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Interrogating the deployment of ‘risk’ and ‘vulnerability’ in the context of early intervention initiatives to prevent child sexual exploitation Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-02 Prof. Gabe Mythen, Dr Samantha Weston
Abstract This article draws on data collected from a qualitative study designed to assess the effectiveness of an early intervention programme aimed to raise awareness of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) among young people. The programme was implemented by a large police force area, referred to as Shireland. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with practitioners implementing safeguarding policies
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Stronger than partisanship and motivated reasoning: news exposure and news frames predicting US state-level preventive behaviours against COVID-19 Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Zhan Xu
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has become a partisan issue rather than an independent public health issue in the US. This study examined the behavioural consequences of motivated reasoning and framing by investigating the impacts of COVID-19 news exposure and news frames, as apparent through a Latent Dirichlet topic modelling analysis of local news coverage, on state-level preventive behaviours as
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Making Sense of Risk: Social Work at the Boundary between Care and Control Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Ravit Alfandari, Brian J Taylor, Mary Baginsky, Jim Campbell, Duncan Helm, Campbell Killick, Paul Mccafferty, Judith Mullineux, Jane Shears, Alessandro Sicora, Andrew Whittaker
Abstract ‘Risk’ has become a central concept for social work practice in countries with more developed social welfare systems. As argued by Hazel Kemshall and colleagues, ‘risk’ has often replaced ‘need’ as the main driver for social work interventions as societies seek to avoid harm to citizens. This shift of focus raises a tension between care (support for the individual or family in their own right)
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Managing risk: social workers’ intervention strategies in cases of domestic abuse against people with learning disabilities Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-09 Megan Robb, Michelle Mccarthy
Abstract Social workers in England are key professionals involved in addressing safeguarding concerns affecting adults with learning disabilities, including the risk of harm from domestic abuse. This article reports the findings from an empirical study conducted with 15 social workers who participated in a 2-stage interview process. The findings and discussion examine social workers’ approaches to
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Perceptions of alcohol health harm among midlife men in England: a qualitative interview study Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-04 John Larsen, Simon Christmas, Amanda Souter
Abstract In recent years attention has been directed at harmful levels of alcohol consumption among middle-aged and older people. In England, midlife men are over-represented in the social patterning of risk of alcohol harm. Insights into midlife men’s understandings of alcohol harm are limited, and research suggests poor effectiveness of existing alcohol education messaging and guidance. A better
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Italian doctors’ understandings of work-related health and safety risks among women migrant home care workers Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Francesca Alice Vianello, Carol Wolkowitz
Abstract This article presents an exploratory study of how the social construction of risk, including stereotypes of migrant home care workers, as well as the character of official workplace health and safety regulation, may influence the ways in which occupational health risks are identified and managed by doctors. We focus our analysis upon migrant home care workers (HCWs) in Italy, who are exposed
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Hospital transfers from care homes: conceptualising staff decision-making as a form of risk work Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-26 Fawn Harrad-Hyde, Chris Williams, Natalie Armstrong
When making decisions about whether to transfer residents to hospital, care home staff consider the possible benefits and risks of different courses of action. However, to date, an in-depth and theoretically informed engagement with these decision-making processes and their associated behaviours has been lacking. We conducted an ethnographic study of care home staff’s decision-making about resident
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‘It’s not disrespect – it’s putting you at risk’: when right meets risk in the field of cycling research & policy Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Robert Egan, Mark Philbin
Abstract In the field of cycling studies, explicit and implicit theories of risk are frequently used for the purposes of research design, data collection, data analysis, and policy. In this article, we argue that this field may benefit from theories and concepts that speak to – but go beyond – theories of risk, and more directly focus on matters of right and recognition. Drawing on grounded theory
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Emotional risk work during the pandemic: Healthcare professionals’ perceptions from a COVID-19 ward Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Trine Schifter Larsen, Nina Halberg, Pia Søe Jensen, Karen Christensen
In March 2020, COVID-19 wards were established in hospitals in Denmark. Healthcare professionals from a variety of specialities and wards were transferred to these new wards to care for patients admitted with severe COVID-19 infections. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a COVID-19 ward at a hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark, including focus group interviews with nursing staff, we intended to explore
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Visuals’ function in health risk reporting: juxtaposing the academic conceptualisations with journalistic perceptions Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-15 Viorela Dan, Daniela Dimitrova
Abstract Given the scholarly neglect of visuals in health risk reporting, it remains unclear what types of visuals predominate in news coverage and why journalists choose to use them. Generating knowledge on this neglected part of journalistic work should facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of health risk reporting and its impact on society. In 2020 we conducted two studies with this goal
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Rethinking the knowledge-attitudes model and introducing belief in human evolution: examining antecedents of public acceptability of human gene editing Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-19 Afonso Anfan Chen, Xing Zhang
In the science communication literature, we can easily notice the persistence of the knowledge-attitudes model (or the deficit model) that attributes the lack of public support to a lack of scientific knowledge. However, there has also been a continuing debate over the roles of scientific knowledge in explaining public attitudes towards specific controversial science and technologies. Using the data
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In the name of health: affect theory and the role of public health risks in the creation of carceral spaces Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-18 Sophie Lachapelle, Katarina Bogosavljevic, Jennifer M. Kilty
The discipline of public health is generally considered to advance a universal good and is often discussed as a moral and ethical mission that aims to empower individuals to take responsibility for their own health. However, the ardent promotion of public health discourses can also result in the hyper-policing and surveillance of marginalised communities, where the capital required to adhere to risk
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‘It touches my heart more when I see this…’: visual communication in the realisation of risk - the case of type 2 diabetes in Stockholm Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Sinéad Plant, Karima Lundin, Helle Mölsted Alvesson
Risk communication is increasingly recognised as an integral component of preventative medicine. However, only a limited number of studies have focused on the experience and understanding that an individual has on receiving personalised risk information in relation to Type 2 Diabetes. In this article we aim to fill one critical gap in our knowledge – how is this risk information being perceived by
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Risk and the importance of absent symptoms in constructions of the ‘cancer candidate’ Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-07-31 Christina Dobson, Andrew Russell, Sally Brown, Greg Rubin
Cancer is a disease that is imbued with notions of risk, with individuals expected to avoid ‘risky’ behaviours and act swiftly when symptoms indicating a risk of cancer emerge. Cancer symptoms, however, are often ambiguous and indicative of a number of other conditions, making it difficult for people to assess when symptoms may, or may not, be the result of cancer. Here, we discuss interview data from
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‘If you know the person, there are no risks’: ‘in-between’ strategies for reducing HIV sexual risk among young sub-Saharan migrants living in Switzerland Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-07-28 Laura Mellini, Francesca Poglia Mileti
In the past decade, theoretical essays have criticised the dichotomy of rational and irrational strategies for managing risk as neglecting an entire range of strategies that individuals mobilise in everyday life. Neither completely rational nor irrational, ‘in-between’ strategies rely on the use of knowledge and previous experiences, as well as trust, intuition, and emotion. Drawing on data from a
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What is more dangerous – the disease, the vaccine or the government? Using governmentality theory to understand vaccine hesitancy among Israeli citizens in times of corona Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-07-22 Yael Keshet, Ariela Popper-Giveon
The Covid-19 pandemic and the introduction of the Covid-19 vaccine presented a rare opportunity to study risk perceptions that underline vaccine hesitancy and refusal (VHR). Drawing on Foucault’s governmentality theory, we aimed at studying the risk perceptions that underlie VHR in Israel by ascertaining why people decided not to be vaccinated against Covid-19. At the beginning of 2021, we conducted
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Risk and responsibility: lay perceptions of COVID-19 risk and the ‘ignorant imagined other’ in Indonesia Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-07-04 Sudeepa Abeysinghe, Vilda Amir, Nurul Huda, Fairuziana Humam, Alfiano Fawwaz Lokopessy, Putri Viona Sari, Astri Utami, Agus Suwandono
Abstract Lay constructions of risk impact upon public health activities and underpin social reactions to experiences and understandings of infectious diseases. In this article, we explore the social construction of COVID-19 risk and responsibility by citizens of Jakarta and the Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia. We draw upon digital diaries produced each week by 37 participants across a 5-week period
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Situating HIV risk in barbershops: accounts of knowledge and practices from barbers in Nigeria Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-06-24 Ediomo-Ubong E. Nelson, Okokon O. Umoh
This study explores the contextual factors mediating HIV transmission risk in barbershops using qualitative data from in-depth interviews with barbers (n = 16) in Nigeria. Barbers were aware of individual-level risk factors for HIV transmission. Accounts highlighted individualisation of risk responsibility, wherein the decisions and actions of individual barbers were seen as primary determinants of
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Difficult dialogues about death: applying risk orders theory to analyse chaplains’ provision of end-of-life care Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Katie Margavio Striley, Kelly E. Tenzek, Kimberly Field-Springer
Understandings of risk permeate end-of-life (EOL) care contexts. In addition to the risk of bodily death, patients, family and healthcare providers face spiritual and communication risks during EOL care. The Western biomedical healthcare model is an objectivist, curative framework focusing on fixing the body; this cultural notion limits communication regarding physical illness. Existing work argues
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Problematising older motherhood in Canada: ageism, ableism, and the risky maternal subject Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-28 Francesca Scala, Michael Orsini
This article examines how older motherhood and older mothers are problematised and represented in key Canadian policy texts on ‘delayed childbearing’ and ‘advanced maternal age’. Drawing on critical disability studies and feminist scholarship on motherhood, we identify three kinds of representations of older mothers in these texts: as risk-producing subjects, as unnatural mothers, and as irresponsible
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‘The ones who die are lost and the survivors are what we have’: neoliberal governmentality and the governance of Covid-19 risk in social media posts in Turkey Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Selin Atalay
Abstract This study focuses on understanding and explaining the technologies that affect the governance of the risk of Covid-19 in Turkey. To assess how this risk is governed by individuals, the study focuses on discussions around this disease within a Turkish Facebook group. The aim is to understand how individuals conduct themselves and establish norms of conduct against the risk of illness that
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Conceptualising the experience of health risk: the case of everyday management of elevated cholesterol Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-02-09 Mikko Jauho
Public health and individual health care are increasingly oriented towards managing risks. This ‘surveillance medicine’ does not target present illnesses but aims to prevent possible future conditions, greatly expanding the number of people implicated in medical interventions. In this paper, I interrogate the everyday experience of being at risk of illness. First, I suggest that we lack a comprehensive
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‘Polony panic’: News values and risk messages in news coverage of the South African listeriosis outbreak of 2017–2018 Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-02-07 Corné Lamprecht, Lars Guenther, Marina Joubert
During food-borne disease outbreaks, people get most of their information about food safety and risk from the news media. Best practice in risk messaging requires the rapid sharing of information to minimise harm, while expressing empathy, accountability, and commitment. The journalistic processes through which news is shaped can prioritise information differently, potentially limiting informed decision-making
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‘It’s like getting your car checked’: the social construction of diabetes risk among participants in a population study Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-01-31 Guri Annesdotter Norddal, Åge Wifstad, Olaug S. Lian
In western industrialised societies, asymptomatic individuals are increasingly labelled as at-risk of future illness and targeted for public health interventions. These at-risk people are identified through health checks, population studies and national screening programs. The main purpose of communicating such risk to individuals is to motivate them to make lifestyle changes. Many of these risk-labels
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Is my risk lower than yours? The role of compared risk, illness perceptions, and self-efficacy as determinants of perceived risk for COVID-19 Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-01-30 Maria João Figueiras, David Dias Neto, João Maroco, Elisa Kern de Castro
Risk perception is a psychological construct influenced by the available information about specific illnesses or conditions and several psychosocial variables. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to understand people´s perceptions about the illness and their subsequent behaviour. In the present study we aimed to assess risk and illness perceptions about COVID-19 at the beginning
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Anxiety and trust in times of health crisis: How parents navigated health risks during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-01-23 Barbara Fersch, Anna Schneider-Kamp, Karen N. Breidahl
In this article, we investigate how parents of children in primary school navigated risks in the context of COVID-19 mitigation policies during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Denmark, this group found itself at the front line of the reopening after an early lockdown, as primary schools were among the first institutions to reopen. This situation was discussed by the parents amid much
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Covid-19, pandemic risk and inequality: emerging social science insights at 24 months Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-12-23 Patrick Brown, Jens Zinn
In this editorial, we introduce a special thematic collection of articles published in this current issue, and earlier in 2021, which develop a range of social science approaches to studying and theorising pandemic risk, largely focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. We structure this editorial essay in two parts. First, we consider the challenges of theorising pandemics with an attentiveness to inequality
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Risk and intersectional power relations: an exploration of the implications of early COVID-19 pandemic responses for pregnant women Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-11-12 Terra A. Manca
The World Health Organization and many national health authorities identifie pregnant women as requiring extra protections during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Nevertheless, many initial responses to the COVID-19 pandemic were implemented in ways that have disrupted the care and support women receive and provide during pregnancy. In this article, I apply an intersectional approach to explore the unintended
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Reconfiguration of the boundaries of occupational risk prevention observed during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of personal protective equipment and collective protection in France Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-12-18 Thomas Bonnet, Eric Drais, Mireille Lapoire-Chasset, Julie Primerano, Karen Rossignol
During the COVID-19 pandemic, national risk management scenarios took an unexpected course at different individual and collective scales. In France, in the field of occupational risk, long-established practices, rules, and categories have been disturbed and placed ‘under stress’. The field of prevention of occupational risk, which has constituted a distinct field in health policies, with its own bodies
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The role of culture in the (re)production of inequalities of acceptable risk exposure: a case study in Singapore Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Anna Anderson
The relationship between risk and inequality has become a key area of research and theoretical debate in sociology and risk studies more broadly. My aim in this paper is to explore the role culture plays in the (re)production of inequalities of risk exposure. More specifically, I examine the ways cultural systems shape and animate judgements about acceptable standards of risk exposure for different
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Beyond ‘the choice to drink’ in a UK guideline on FASD: the precautionary principle, pregnancy surveillance, and the managed woman Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-11-10 Ellie Lee, Jennie Bristow, Rachel Arkell, Clare Murphy
In many countries, official guidance promotes alcohol abstinence to women during, and also before, pregnancy, on the basis of concern about Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Guidance has moved away from reference to a ‘choice to drink’, claiming absence of evidence about safety of even ‘low level’ drinking as a justification. Scholarship drawing on sociologies of risk and uncertainty has drawn
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A qualitative study of key stakeholders’ perceived risks and benefits of psychiatric electroceutical interventions Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-10-24 Laura Y. Cabrera, Gerald R. Nowak, Aaron M. McCright, Eric Achtyes, Robyn Bluhm
Amid a renewed interest in alternatives to psychotherapy and medication to treat depression, there is limited data as to how different stakeholders perceive of the risks and benefits of psychiatric electroceutical interventions (PEIs), including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and deep brain stimulation (DBS). To address this gap, we conducted 48 semi-structured interviews, including 16 psychiatrists
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Managing risk, managing affects: The emerging biopolitics of HIV neutrality Health, Risk & Society (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-08-27 J. Cristian Rangel, Rory Crath
Discourses of HIV status neutrality have emerged in the wake of advances in biomedical technologies for HIV prevention and treatment of HIV. The combined effects of Treatment as Prevention (TasP) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) give rise to the possibility of dramatically curbing new HIV infections and nurture fantasies about an HIV-free/risk-free futurity. In this article, we consider the possibilities