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Vaccine rhetoric on social media and COVID-19 vaccine uptake rates: A triangulation using self-reported vaccine acceptance Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Victoria Nelson, Bidhan Bashyal, Pang-Ning Tan, Young Anna Argyris
The primary goal of this study is to examine the association between vaccine rhetoric on Twitter and the public's uptake rates of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, compared to the extent of an association between self-reported vaccine acceptance and the CDC's uptake rates. We downloaded vaccine-related posts on Twitter in real-time daily for 13 months, from October 2021 to September 2022, collecting
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Stigma power in practice: Exploring the contribution of Bourdieu's theory to stigma, discrimination and health research Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Andy Guise
Stigma and discrimination are increasingly understood as shaping health, and in turn conceptualised as social processes shaped by power and structural inequities. A challenge to analysis and implementing interventions is developing theory that can integrate analysis of structure, agency and power. One theoretical framework already promoted by prominent scholars as supporting this need is Bourdieu's
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Wider institutional research cultures and their influence on patient and public involvement and engagement in health research – An institutional ethnography Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Anne Wettergren Karlsson, Anne Kragh-Sørensen, Kirsten Børgesen, Karsten Erik Behrens, Torben Andersen, Karen Margrethe Maglekær, Mette Juel Rothmann, Marjolijn Ketelaar, Esben Nedenskov Petersen, Astrid Janssens
Focus on patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) is increasing in health policy and research governance. PPIE is considered by some to be a democratic right, and by others to be a way to improve health care and research outcomes and implementation. Most recently, policy makers, funders and (clinical) research institutions are making PPIE a strategic requirement for health research urging
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Men's sociotechnical imaginaries of artificial intelligence for prostate cancer diagnostics – A focus group study Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Emilie Hybertsen Lysø, Maria Bårdsen Hesjedal, John-Arne Skolbekken, Marit Solbjør
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used for diagnostic purposes in cancer care. Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers affecting men worldwide, but current diagnostic approaches have limitations in terms of specificity and sensitivity. Using AI to interpret MR images in prostate cancer diagnostics shows promising results, but raises questions about implementation, user acceptance
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The double invisibility of long Covid in children Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Cervantée Wild, Alice MacLean, Sarah Nettleton, Kate Hunt, Sue Ziebland
The Covid-19 pandemic has been dominated by discussions of mild and short-lasting cases or acutely serious or lethal forms of the disease; less attention has been paid to long-term Covid-19 symptoms (‘Long Covid’), particularly in children. This analysis of the experiences of children and adolescents with Long Covid, and those of their parents/caregivers, argues that children with Long Covid encounter
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Using simulation modelling to transform hospital planning and management to address health inequalities Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Eren Demir, Usame Yakutcan, Stephen Page
Health inequalities are a perennial concern for policymakers and in service delivery to ensure fair and equitable access and outcomes. As health inequalities are socially influenced by employment, income, and education, this impacts healthcare services among socio-economically disadvantaged groups, making it a pertinent area for investigation in seeking to promote equitable access. Researchers widely
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Disease exposure in infancy affects women's reproductive outcomes and offspring health in southern Sweden 1905–2000 Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Ingrid K. van Dijk, Therese Nilsson, Luciana Quaranta
Ample evidence demonstrates that early-life adversity negatively affects morbidity and survival in late life. We show that disease exposure in infancy also has a continuous impact on reproduction and health across the female life course and even affects early-life health of the next generation. Using Swedish administrative data, obstetric records, and local infant mortality rates as a measure of disease
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Social class stigma and poorer health behaviors: Evidence from the eating in America study Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 David G. Figueroa, Jordan E. Parker, Jeffrey M. Hunger, Michael W. Kraus, Keely A. Muscatell, A. Janet Tomiyama
Although the association between objective markers of low socioeconomic status (SES) and poor health is well established, one underexamined possibility is that over and above objective SES, social class stigma—experiences and anticipation of discrimination based on social class—might undermine people's ability to engage in healthy behaviors. Participants ( = 2022) were recruited between December 2019
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Attitudes to multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blood tests for population-based screening: A qualitative study in Great Britain Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Ninian Schmeising-Barnes, Jo Waller, Laura A.V. Marlow
Trials are underway to test the clinical utility of multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blood tests for screening asymptomatic individuals. We sought to understand the acceptability of MCED blood test screening and potential barriers and facilitators to participation among the general public. We conducted eleven semi-structured online focus groups with 50-77-year-olds (n = 53) in April–November 2022
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Health communication on social media at the early stage of the pandemic: Examining health professionals’ COVID-19 related tweets Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Yao-Tai Li, Man-Lin Chen, Hsuan-Wei Lee
Focusing on health professionals’ tweets regarding COVID-19, this study examines whether and how those tweets are unique based on their identity as health experts. The data revealed that the infusion of health communication with political opinions, whether pro- or against certain political parties or health policies, reflects values and may deviate from the original purpose of health communication
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Social disconnection and suicide mortality among Japanese older adults: A seven-year follow-up study Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Masashige Saito, Ryota Watanabe, Yudai Tamada, Kenji Takeuchi, Yukako Tani, Katsunori Kondo, Toshiyuki Ojima
Few prospective studies have examined the association between social disconnection and late-life suicide. Therefore, we conducted a large-scale prospective study of older adults in Japan to examine differences in suicide mortality according to specific aspects of social disconnectedness. We conducted a nationwide baseline survey of functionally independent older adults (age ≥65 years) from 12 municipalities
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Public nature and health for homeless populations: Professionals’ perceptions of contingent human benefits and harms Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Monika Derrien, Gregory N. Bratman, Lee K. Cerveny, Chaja Levy, Dale J. Blahna, Paulo Frank, Naomi Serio
This article investigates relationships between public nature and health for unsheltered homeless populations. It examines perceptions of health benefits and harms for people living in public natural areas including local, state, and national forests and parks in the Seattle metropolitan area (USA). Interviews with environmental, social service, and law enforcement professionals who regularly interact
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Does group-based parent support during the transition to parenthood affect Child socio-emotional problems and health care utilization? A randomized controlled trial Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Tea Trillingsgaard, Hanne Nørr Fentz, Marianne Simonsen
As government-funded universal programs for new parents continue to expand, it is critical to investigate their short- and longer-term effects. The level of knowledge, especially on the effect of group-based interventions, is sparse. This study is the second report from a large trial of a widely implemented universal group-based parenting program in Denmark and includes outcomes on child socio-emotional
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Charting public views on the meaning of illness severity Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Mille Sofie Stenmarck, David GT. Whitehurst, Rachel Baker, Mathias Barra
Illness severity is a central principle in multiple priority-setting frameworks, yet there is a paucity of research on public views regarding the meaning of illness severity. This study builds on the findings of a Q methodology study with members of the public that identified four general viewpoints on the meaning of illness severity. Here, we investigate the support for those viewpoints among the
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“Nobody has written the book about what non-binary people should put forward in relationships”: Exploring gender equity in relationships of queer, trans, and non-monogamous young women and non-binary youth in British Columbia, Canada Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Kalysha Closson, Gem Y. Lee, Zoë Osborne, Colby Hangle, Tadiwa Nemutambwe, Anita Raj, Ivan Leonce, Angela Kaida
Understanding the unique ways in which queer, trans, and non-monogamous young women and non-binary youth navigate and negotiate equitable intimate relationships is a first step toward strong research, programs/resources, and policies to support healthy relationship dynamics across the life course. Using a youth-engaged collaborative Reflexive Thematic Analysis, we aimed to explore how youth of diverse
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The contributions of avoidable causes of death to gender gap in life expectancy and life disparity in the US and Canada: 2001–2019 Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Sujita Pandey, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Ali Kiadaliri
This study measures public health policies' and healthcare system's influence, by assessing the contributions of avoidable deaths, on the gender gaps in life expectancy and disparity (GGLD and GGLD, respectively) in the United States (US) and Canada from 2001 to 2019. To estimate the GGLE and GGLD, we retrieved age- and sex-specific causes of death from the World Health Organization's mortality database
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Understanding policy amenable risk factors: Alcohol consumption and long-term care use among people over 65 years old Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Gintare Malisauskaite, Olena Nizalova, Katerina Gousia, Hansel Teo, Julien Forder
This study aims to explore the effect of past alcohol consumption frequency on formal and informal long-term care (LTC) use in old age and explore the different channels through which it may affect LTC use. The existing literature has mainly focused on risk factors associated with a nursing home entry, but this evidence is outdated, not UK-focused, and does not look into other types of care, such as
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Employer-focused interventions targeting disability employment: A systematic review Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Daniel W. Derbyshire, Emma Jeanes, Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae, Susan Reh, Morwenna Rogers
There are a wide range of interventions that are designed to influence employer behaviour with respect to the employment of people with disabilities. This study presents the results of a systematic review looking at employer-focused interventions to improve disability employment, focusing on interventions or policies taking placing in high-income countries as per the OECD. This systematic review focuses
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“Don't fuss at our staff”: A moral economy of volunteerism in South Carolina safety net clinics Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Henry Bundy
In South Carolina, a state that has foregone Medicaid expansion, working poor residents often rely on safety net clinics for medical care. This care often occurs far from major hospitals, in different, inferior, spaces where limited services are provided in lesser circumstances. The temporary and conditional aid provided in these clinics is meant as a last resort, but often serves as the only source
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Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics as predictors for quality of life in transmasculine and transfeminine individuals receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Saloni U. Lad, Jacob Sinopoli, Brian Khong, Britt Conroy, Adam T. Perzynski, Juan P. del Rincon
Healthcare systems and providers have increasingly acknowledged the role and impact of social determinants in overall health. However, gender-diverse individuals face persistent health disparities due to their identities. There is limited research on the impact of clinical and sociodemographic characteristics on mood and quality of life (QoL) for transgender (TG) individuals. Our study aims to understand
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Seeking care across the US-Mexico border: The experiences of Latinx and Indigenous Mexican caregivers of children with asthma or respiratory distress Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Gabriela Ortiz, Sophia Rodriguez, María Pozar, Ashley Moran, Ann Cheney
Many Latinx and Indigenous Mexican populations in the United States Southwest live in unincorporated communities in the US-Mexico borderlands called colonias. These environmental justice communities often lack basic infrastructure, including healthcare services, prompting many to seek services across the border. However, due to geopolitical factors more vulnerable caregivers are limited to utilize
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Justice at the Forefront: Cultivating felt accountability towards Artificial Intelligence among healthcare professionals Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Weisha Wang, Yichuan Wang, Long Chen, Rui Ma, Minhao Zhang
The advent of AI has ushered in a new era of patient care, but with it emerges a contentious debate surrounding accountability for algorithmic medical decisions. Within this discourse, a spectrum of views prevails, ranging from placing accountability on AI solution providers to laying it squarely on the shoulders of healthcare professionals. In response to this debate, this study, grounded in the mutualistic
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“To do so in a patient-centred way is not particularly lucrative”: The effects of neoliberal health care on PrEP implementation and delivery Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Jad Sinno, Emerich Daroya, Alex Wells, Mark Hull, Nathan Lachowsky, Darrell H. Tan, Daniel Grace
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective biomedical intervention used by HIV-negative people to prevent HIV acquisition. Despite increased use of PrEP worldwide, several barriers to PrEP implementation have resulted in insufficient uptake, inadequate adherence, and frequent discontinuation. Our objective was to interrogate the social, political, and economic conditions shaping PrEP
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Does volunteering impact refugee women's life satisfaction, empowerment, and wellbeing? Experimental evidence, local knowledge, and causal reasoning Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Catherine Panter-Brick, Jannik J. Eggerman, Philip Jefferies, Lina Qtaishat, Rana Dajani, Praveen Kumar
There are gaps in the evidence base addressing whether volunteering programs enhance the wellbeing, empowerment, and life satisfaction of individual volunteers. Program impacts are seldom rigorously evaluated, whilst construct meanings remain largely unspecified, especially in the Middle East. This study tested the impacts of We Love Reading, a program training volunteers to read aloud in their local
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Invisible cancers: Seeing, knowing, enacting and proving cancers in Haiti Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 R, e, b, e, c, c, a, , H, e, n, d, e, r, s, o, n
In Haiti, pathological confirmation of a cancer diagnosis is often delayed or impossible, imaging is expensive and imperfect, and many tests are unavailable. Physicians frequently struggle to establish cancers at a level of certainty required by “evidence based” standards, delaying definitive diagnosis and rendering some cancers permanently “suspected.” I use 22 months of participant observation at
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Caring for older parents in Norway – How does it affect labor market participation and absence from work? Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Heidi Gautun, Christopher Bratt
As the population ages, younger generations will increasingly be called upon to provide informal care to their aging parents. To prepare for this development, it is essential to understand how employees combine the dual responsibilities of work and caring for aging parents. By analyzing data collected in Norway in 2022 from a nationally representative sample of 6049 respondents, aged 35 to 67, we investigated
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Structural racism in primary schools and changes in epigenetic age acceleration among Black and White youth Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Connor D. Martz, Aprile D. Benner, Bridget J. Goosby, Colter Mitchell, Lauren Gaydosh
Structural racism generates racial inequities in U.S. primary education, including segregated schools, inequitable funding and resources, racial disparities in discipline and achievement, and hostile racial climates, which are risk factors for adverse youth health and development. Black youth are disproportionately exposed to adverse school contexts that may become biologically embedded via stress-mediated
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No time to lie: Examining the identity of pro-vaccination and anti-vaccination supporters through their user-generated content Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Selma Kadić-Maglajlić, Cristiana R. Lages, Eleonora Pantano
The study delves into the social identity of pro-vaccination and anti-vaccination supporters, emphasizing an understanding of the values that shape these distinct identities. Furthermore, the research highlights that user-generated content pertaining to vaccines offers valuable insights into the underlying personal values of both pro-vaccination and anti-vaccination groups. We constructed a textual
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Parental depression and their children's marriage timing: The long-term consequences of parental mental disorders Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 William G. Axinn, Emma Banchoff, Dirgha J. Ghimire, Kate M. Scott
Although decades of research documents powerful associations between parents' characteristics and their children's marital behaviors, the role of parental mental health has largely been ignored, despite the high prevalence of mental disorders and their strong potential to shape multiple dimensions of family life. Many studies examine other consequences of mothers' mental disorders, particularly for
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Understanding the role of the Tanzania national health insurance fund in improving service coverage and quality of care Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Doris Osei Afriyie, Pei Shan Loo, August Kuwawenaruwa, Tani Kassimu, Günther Fink, Fabrizio Tediosi, Sally Mtenga
Health insurance is one of the main financing mechanisms currently being used in low and middle-income countries to improve access to quality services. Tanzania has been running its National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) since 2001 and has recently undergone significant reforms. However, there is limited attention to the causal mechanisms through which NHIF improves service coverage and quality of care
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Men's physical health and life history transitions in the Philippines: Evidence for ‘marital selection’ but not protective effects of partnering and fatherhood Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Lee T. Gettler, Stacy Rosenbaum, Sonny Agustin Bechayda, Thomas W. McDade, Christopher W. Kuzawa
In Euro-American societies, married people typically have lower overall risks for total mortality and for certain chronic conditions compared to non-married people. However, people becoming partnered and parents also tend to gain weight in Euro-American settings. Few studies have tested whether links between physical health and life history status translate to other cultural contexts where the socio-ecological
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Exploring the measurement of health related quality of life and broader instruments: A dimensionality analysis Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Jan M. Heijdra Suasnabar, Aureliano Paolo Finch, Brendan Mulhern, M. Elske van den Akker-van Marle
Comprehensively measuring the outcomes of interventions and policy programmes impacting both health and broader areas of quality of life (QoL) is important for decision-making within and across sectors. Increasingly, broad QoL measures are being developed to capture outcomes beyond health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Jointly exploring the dimensionality of diverse instruments can improve our understanding
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A situational test of the health belief model: How perceived susceptibility mediates the effects of the environment on behavioral intentions Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Shannon Taflinger, Sebastian Sattler
Existing evidence regarding the role of perceived susceptibility in shaping preventative health behavior is mixed for the Health Belief Model (HBM). To clarify whether and under which conditions perceived susceptibility affects preventative behavior, this study aims to better understand how situational environmental factors affect perceived susceptibility, thereby shaping health decisions, and whether
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Follow the citations: Tracing pathways of “race as biology” assumptions in medical algorithms in eGFR and spirometry Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Agustín Fuentes, Ulises J. Espinoza, Virginia Cobbs
Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the concept of 'race' as a biological unit continues to persist in various scientific disciplines, notably in the field of medicine. This paper explores the persistence of 'race as biology' in medical research via examining select citational practices that have perpetuated this problematic concept. Citations serve as a cornerstone in scientific literature
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Health and well-being of young mothers displaced by conflict: Experiences from South Sudan and the Kurdistan region of Iraq Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Kimberly Howe, Elizabeth Stites, Lucy Bassett, Maya Ewart
Giving birth during adolescence is linked to a variety of negative outcomes, including poor health and well-being. Girls who have been displaced by conflict are at increased risk for becoming young mothers. While prevalence rates and health outcomes have been documented, rarely have the complex personal narratives of early motherhood been examined particularly in the Global South. This study relies
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Perceived social position, active engagement with life, and depressive symptoms among older adults Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 HyunJee Park, Jinho Kim
Despite the existing literature on the relationship between perceived social position (PSP) and depressive symptoms, there remain gaps in our understanding, particularly regarding the potential for asymmetric effects of increases and decreases in PSP and the underlying mechanisms involved. This study aims to examine whether increases and decreases in PSP are differentially associated with depressive
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Suspicious business: COVID-19 vaccination in Palabek refugee settlement, northern Uganda Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 S, o, p, h, i, e, , M, y, l, a, n
Dichotomised debates in public health discourse regarding COVID-19 vaccine supply and vaccine hesitancy do not capture the realities of vaccine uptake in Palabek refugee settlement, northern Uganda. Issues of supply, which analyse manufacture and distribution, foreground global inequalities and political influences. In contrast, vaccine hesitancy, emphasing rectifying deficiencies in knowledge and
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Police-mental health co-response versus police-as-usual response to behavioral health emergencies: A pragmatic randomized effectiveness trial Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Evan Marie Lowder, Eric Grommon, Katie Bailey, Bradley Ray
People with mental illness are overrepresented in United States (US) criminal legal systems. In response, alternatives to traditional police response to behavioral health emergencies have become more common, despite limited evidence for their effectiveness. We conducted the first randomized controlled trial of a police-mental health co-response team to determine program effectiveness relative to a
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Mental health literacy among Arab men living in high-income Western countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Julian Madsen, Laura Jobson, Shameran Slewa-Younan, Haoxiang Li, Kylie King
While interest in mental health literacy (MHL) is growing rapidly, cross-cultural research focusing on MHL is developing more slowly. This inaugural systematic review explored the recognition and beliefs about the causes of mental health disorders amongst Arab men living in high income Western countries (HIWC), their help-seeking beliefs, behaviors, and sources of help, as well as barriers and facilitators
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Educational attainment, family background and the emergence of pain gradients in adulthood Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Michael Topping, Jason Fletcher
Current studies have indicated that the number of individuals living with pain has risen in recent years, with nearly half of all adults in some countries living with some form of pain. Such trends have prompted researchers to explore differences in pain across different sociodemographic groups, with a dominant focus on educational attainment. However, much of the studies fail to consider the confounding
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Queering food security research: A critical analysis of 2SLGBTQ+ People's experiences of food insecurity in Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 James K. Gibb, Sarah Williams, Kaspars Mikelsteins, Jada Charles, Leela McKinnon, Laura Beach, Luseadra McKerracher, Jessica Fields
Household food insecurity (HFI), stress, isolation, and discrimination are major determinants of health that disproportionately affect 2SLGBTQ + people. The COVID-19 pandemic potentially exacerbated these inequities. This study investigates HFI rates among 2SLGBTQ + adults living in diverse household conditions during the pandemic and explores the idea that heteronormative conceptions of the “household”
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Health emergencies, science contrarianism and populism: A scoping review Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Marina Schenkel
Populism has emerged as a central explanation employed by both media outlets and scholars for the mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis. Nonetheless, the relationship between public health and populism extends before and beyond the pandemic. This paper offers a comprehensive overview of existing evidence and theoretical conceptualisations on the intersection of populism, health emergencies, and contrarian
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The socioeconomic consequences of loneliness: Evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal study of young adults Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Bridget T. Bryan, Katherine N. Thompson, Sidra Goldman-Mellor, Terrie E. Moffitt, Candice L. Odgers, Sincere Long Shin So, Momtahena Uddin Rahman, Jasmin Wertz, Timothy Matthews, Louise Arseneault
The negative health consequences of loneliness have led to increasing concern about the economic cost of loneliness in recent years. Loneliness may also incur an economic burden more directly, by impacting socioeconomic position. Much of the research to date has focused on employment status which may not fully capture socioeconomic position and has relied on cross-sectional data, leaving questions
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Authors’ reply to comments: “Financing and provision of healthcare for two billion people in low-income nations: Is the cooperative healthcare model a solution?” Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 William C. Hsiao, Winnie CM. Yip
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The reproduction of knowledge hierarchies in transgender medicine: Professional, lay, and global expertise in clinical practice guidelines Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 A, l, y, s, s, a, , L, y, n, n, e, -, J, o, s, e, p, h
The process for developing clinical practice guidelines in medicine has changed dramatically over time. Previously, small groups of clinicians crafted clinical practice guidelines based on their professional expertise, but guideline developers must increasingly consider patients’ lay expertise, global expertise, and principles of evidence-based medicine. This article analyzes how the World Professional
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Change in avoidable hospitalizations for low-income elders following quasi-market reform in primary care – Evidence from a natural experiment in Sweden Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Sofia Sveréus, Max Petzold, Clas Rehnberg
Quasi-market reforms have been increasingly implemented in tax-funded health care, but their effects in terms of equity, quality and socioeconomic differentials in quality remain sparsely studied.
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Exploring the discourses around microdosing psychedelics within the r/microdosing online community Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Ioana Andreea Pop, Erwin Gielens, Hannah Kottmann, Peter Achterberg
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“Think of the situation in a positive light”: A look at cognitive reappraisal, affective reactivity and health☆ Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Jessica Maras, Kate A. Leger
How individuals regulate their emotions is critical for maintaining health and well-being. For example, reframing a stressful situation in a positive light, a form of cognitive reappraisal, is beneficial for both physical and mental health as well as subjective well-being. However, it is currently unclear why this relationship exists. One potential mechanism could be how one emotionally reacts to stressors
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Technology for transgender healthcare: Access, precarity & community care Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Avery R. Everhart, Kristi E. Gamarel, Oliver L. Haimson
While much of the transgender health literature has focused on poor health outcomes, less research has examined how trans people find reliable information on, and actually go about accessing, gender-affirming healthcare. Through qualitative interviews with creators of trans technologies, that is, technologies designed to address problems that trans people face, we found that digital technologies have
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Does social empathy moderate fear-induced minority blaming during the COVID-19 pandemic? Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Nari Yoo, Sou Hyun Jang
This study investigated the minority-blaming phenomenon in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic amplified fear, discrimination, and structural inequalities among minoritized groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study identified who was blamed for the spread of COVID-19 and the sociodemographic characteristics associated with this blame. Additionally, it examines the roles of
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Extra/ordinary medicine: Toward an anthropology of primary care Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Alissa Bernstein Sideman, Na'amah Razon
Primary care is at the forefront of healthcare delivery. It is the site of disease prevention and health management and serves as the bridge between communities and the health care system As ethnographers of primary care, in this article we discuss what is gained by situating anthropological inquiry within primary care. We articulate how anthropologists can contribute to a better understanding of the
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Social ecological determinants of the mental distress among Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Turkey: A transnational perspective Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Simon A. Ruhnke, Laura Hertner, Judith Köhler, Ulrike Kluge
Refugees are frequently shown to have worse mental health outcomes than non-displaced populations. This fact is commonly attributed to traumatic pre-displacement experiences. While important, the focus on trauma risks overlooking the role socioeconomic living-conditions in different arrival and transit contexts can play in determining refugees’ mental distress. Building on the ecological model of refugee
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The urban political ecology of antimicrobial resistance: A critical lens on integrative governance Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Raphael Aguiar, Roger Keil, Mary Wiktorowicz
The objective of this paper is to integrate Urban Political Ecology (UPE) as a theory for identifying under-exposed urban dimensions of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). A UPE lens allows us to conceptualize urbanization as a ubiquitous socio-ecological process and an interpretive frame that could inform AMR governance strategies across related contexts by: a) situating AMR risks in relation to urbanization
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The association between incarceration and housing insecurity and advanced immune age during late life Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Lauren MacConnachie, Yuan S. Zhang, Mateo Farina, Carmen Gutierrez, Andrew Hoover, Yuelin He, Allison E. Aiello, Grace A. Noppert
Emerging evidence suggests that psychosocial stress ages the immune system. Accordingly, immune aging may be an important potential mechanism linking psychosocial stress to aging-related decline and disease. Incarceration and housing insecurity represent severe and complex experiences of a multitude of psychosocial stressors, including discrimination, violence, and poverty. In this study, we investigated
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Financial responsibility, financial context, and ambulatory blood pressure in early middle-aged African-American women Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Tené T. Lewis, Rachel Parker, Christy L. Erving, Shivika Udaipuria, Raphiel J. Murden, Nicole D. Fields, Bianca Booker, Reneé H. Moore, Viola Vaccarino
African-American women have excess rates of elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension compared to women of all other racial/ethnic backgrounds. Several researchers have speculated that race and gender-related socioeconomic status (SES) stressors might play a role. To examine the association between a novel SES-related stressor highly salient among African-American women, financial responsibility
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The link between intimate partner violence and spousal resource inequality in lower- and middle-income countries Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Chia Liu, Emmanuel Olamijuwon
There is an increasing need to understand how differential levels of resource inequality between spouses are associated with women's experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) in lower- and middle-income countries across four regions. This study aims to focus on four areas of relative power and resources between couples in a partnership: employment, job skills, earnings, and household making-decision
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Why prescribe antibiotics? A systematic review of knowledge, tension, and motivation among clinicians in low-, middle- and high-income countries Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Olivia S.K. Chan, Wendy Lam, Shilin Zhao, Hein Tun, Ping Liu, Peng Wu
Medical professionals such as physicians and veterinarians are responsible for appropriate antimicrobial prescription (AMP) and use. Although seemingly straightforward, the factors influencing antibiotic prescription, a category of antimicrobials, are complex. Many studies have been conducted in the past two decades on this subject. As a result, there is a plethora of empirical evidence regarding the
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Uncovering the linkage between sustainable development goals for access to electricity and access to safely managed drinking water and sanitation services Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Stéphane Mbiankeu Nguea
Efforts to improve access to electricity and access to water and sanitation often go hand in hand, as they are essential components of sustainable development. By ensuring access to electricity, communities can have improved access to safe and reliable water supply and sanitation services, leading to better health outcomes, enhanced livelihoods, and overall development. This study investigates the
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Development of the what matters 2 adults (WM2A) wellbeing measure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 K. Howard, G. Garvey, K. Anderson, M. Dickson, R. Viney, J. Ratcliffe, M. Howell, A. Gall, J. Cunningham, L.J. Whop, A. Cass, A. Jaure, B. Mulhern
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Explaining depression in the language of burnout: Normative reasons for depression in place of deterministic causes Social Science & Medicine (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Hiroto Shimizu
In recent years, there has been renewed interest in diversifying the understanding and discussion about the causes of depression to move beyond biomedical determinism—a view that biomedical factors are the ultimate cause of an individual's depression. There is increasing emphasis on diversity in how people seek to articulate the causes of depression to incorporate non-biomedical dimensions. Furthermore