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Poverty and transitions in health in later life

Adena, Maja; Myck, Michal - In: Social Science & Medicine 116 (2014) C, pp. 202-210

. We find that poverty defined with respect to relative income has no effect on changes in health. However, broader … measures of poor material conditions, such as subjective poverty or low wealth, significantly increase the probability of …. In addition to this, the subjective measure of poverty has a significant effect on mortality, increasing it by 65% among …

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Woodland as working space: Where is the restorative green idyll?

Bingley, Amanda - In: Social Science & Medicine 91 (2013) C, pp. 135-140

Much has been written on the beneficial, restorative qualities of ‘natural’ (non-built) rural or urban ‘green’ space, including woodland, in promoting mental and physical health when accessed for leisure, sport and education. In contrast, with the exception of rural health studies, there...

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Conceptualising and measuring the well-being of people with psychosis: Systematic review and narrative synthesis

Schrank, Beate; Bird, Victoria; Tylee, Andre; Coggins, Tony - In: Social Science & Medicine 92 (2013) C, pp. 9-21

Well-being has become a prominent term in the political arena in recent years. However, in research the concept and use of well-being has been unclear, especially in the context of severe mental illness such as psychosis. This systematic review aims to characterise the evidence base relating to...

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Physical and emotional well-being and the balance of needed and received emotional support: Age differences in a daily diary study

Wolff, Julia K.; Schmiedek, Florian; Brose, Annette; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 91 (2013) C, pp. 67-75

Whether received social support matches the actual needs of the recipient is a largely overlooked aspect in research on associations of support and well-being. In particular, studies that investigate the match of needed and received support from a within-person perspective are rare. Therefore,...

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“I'm always entirely happy when I'm here!” Urban blue enhancing human health and well-being in Cologne and Düsseldorf, Germany

Völker, Sebastian; Kistemann, Thomas - In: Social Science & Medicine 78 (2013) C, pp. 113-124

Water is one of the most important landscape elements. In settled areas, planners rediscovered urban blue in the form of rivers as a soft location factor in post-industrial times. Although the recognition of the need for recreational or ‘healthy’ places like urban green or urban blue in...

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Sleeping, dreaming, and health in rural Indonesia and the urban U.S.: A cultural and experiential approach

Hollan, Douglas - In: Social Science & Medicine 79 (2013) C, pp. 23-30

Sleeping, dreaming, and health or well-being are all closely related phenomena from an experiential and cultural point of view, and yet all three are often studied in isolation from one another. In this paper, I use an ethnographic and clinical lens to compare and contrast patterns of sleeping...

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Health and well-being of movers in rural and urban areas – A grid-based analysis of northern Finland birth cohort 1966

Lankila, Tiina; Näyhä, Simo; Rautio, Arja; Koiranen, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 76 (2013) C, pp. 169-178

We examined the association of health and well-being with moving using a detailed geographical scale. 7845 men and women born in northern Finland in 1966 were surveyed by postal questionnaire in 1997 and linked to 1 km2 geographical grids based on each subject's home address in 1997–2000....

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Tracking human activity and well-being in natural environments using wearable sensors and experience sampling

Doherty, Sean T.; Lemieux, Christopher J.; Canally, Culum - In: Social Science & Medicine 106 (2014) C, pp. 83-92

A growing range of studies have begun to document the health and well-being benefits associated with contact with nature. Most studies rely on generalized self-reports following engagement in the natural environment. The actual in-situ experience during contact with nature, and the environmental...

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Measuring quality of life in mental health: Are we asking the right questions?

Connell, Janice; O'Cathain, Alicia; Brazier, John - In: Social Science & Medicine 120 (2014) C, pp. 12-20

Measuring quality-adjusted-life years using generic preference-based quality of life measures is common practice when evaluating health interventions. However, there are concerns that measures in common use, such as the EQ-5D and SF-6D, focus overly on physical health and therefore may not be...

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Exploring socio-cultural factors that mediate, facilitate, & constrain the health and empowerment of refugee youth

Edge, Sara; Newbold, K. Bruce; McKeary, Marie - In: Social Science & Medicine 117 (2014) C, pp. 34-41

Studies on youth health and well-being are predominantly quantitative and expert-driven with less attention given to how youth understand what it means to be healthy themselves and the role of socio-cultural factors in shaping this. Knowledge on the perceptions and experiences of refugee youth...

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