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Public acceptability of population-level interventions to reduce alcohol consumption: A discrete choice experiment

Pechey, Rachel; Burge, Peter; Mentzakis, Emmanouil; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 113 (2014) C, pp. 104-109

discrete choice experiment provides a novel investigation of the acceptability of different interventions to reduce alcohol … consumption and the effect of information on expected effectiveness, using a UK general population sample of 1202 adults. Policy … options included high, medium and low intensity versions of: Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol; reducing numbers of …

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Sales impact of displaying alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in end-of-aisle locations: An observational study

Nakamura, Ryota; Pechey, Rachel; Suhrcke, Marc; Jebb, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 108 (2014) C, pp. 68-73

alcohol. Data on store layout and product-level sales during 2010–11 were obtained for one UK grocery store, comprising … detailed information on shelf space, price, price promotion and weekly sales volume in three alcohol categories (beer, wine …, spirits) and three non-alcohol categories (carbonated drinks, coffee, tea). Multiple regression techniques were used to …

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Let’s dance: Organization studies, medical sociology and health policy

Currie, Graeme; Dingwall, Robert; Kitchener, Martin; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 3, pp. 273-280

This Special Issue of Social Science & Medicine investigates the potential for positive inter-disciplinary interaction, a ‘generative dance’, between organization studies (OS), and two of the journal’s traditional disciplinary foundations: health policy and medical sociology. This is both...

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Professional projects and institutional change in healthcare: The case of American dentistry

Kitchener, Martin; Mertz, Elizabeth - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 3, pp. 372-380

This paper combines resources from the organization studies and sociology literatures to advance understanding of institutional change processes in healthcare that emerge from the professionalization projects of occupations. Conceptually, we introduce a model that combines the ‘archetype’...

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The provision of accessible, acceptable health care in rural remote areas and the right to health: Bedouin in the North East region of Jordan

Lewando Hundt, Gillian; Alzaroo, Salah; Hasna, Fadia; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 1, pp. 36-43

Provision of accessible acceptable health care in remote rural areas poses a challenge to health care providers. This case study of formal and informal health care provision for Bedouin in North East Jordan is based on interviews conducted in 2007–2008 involving clinic providers, policymakers...

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