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How healthcare provider talk with parents of children following severe traumatic brain injury is perceived in early acute care

Roscigno, Cecelia I.; Savage, Teresa A.; Grant, Gerald; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 90 (2013) C, pp. 32-39

Healthcare provider talk with parents in early acute care following children's severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects parents' orientations to these locales, but this connection has been minimally studied. This lack of attention to this topic in previous research may reflect providers' and...

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Mental health of Aboriginal children and adolescents in violent school environments: Protective mediators of violence and psychological/nervous disorders

Kaspar, Violet - In: Social Science & Medicine 81 (2013) C, pp. 70-78

The effect of school violence on mental health was examined among 12,366 Aboriginal children and adolescents, primarily First Nations, Métis, and Inuit residing off reservations in the Canadian provinces and territories. Analyses were based on the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples' Survey, a postcensal...

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Political, cultural and economic foundations of primary care in Europe

Kringos, Dionne S.; Boerma, Wienke G.W.; van der Zee, Jouke - In: Social Science & Medicine 99 (2013) C, pp. 9-17

This article explores various contributing factors to explain differences in the strength of the primary care (PC) structure and services delivery across Europe. Data on the strength of primary care in 31 European countries in 2009/10 were used. The results showed that the national political...

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Culture, threat, and mental illness stigma: Identifying culture-specific threat among Chinese-American groups

Yang, Lawrence H.; Purdie-Vaughns, Valerie; Kotabe, Hiroki - In: Social Science & Medicine 88 (2013) C, pp. 56-67

We incorporate anthropological insights into a stigma framework to elucidate the role of culture in threat perception …'s family lineage may comprise a culture-specific threat among Chinese groups. In Study 1, a national survey conducted from 2002 … European-Americans. Study 2 sought to empirically test this culture-specific threat of genetic contamination to lineage via a …

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A qualitative exploration of adolescent perceptions of healthy sleep in Tucson, Arizona, USA

Orzech, Kathryn M. - In: Social Science & Medicine 79 (2013) C, pp. 109-116

Adolescents in the United States are known to be sleep deprived; early school start times, a biological propensity to stay up late, and a variety of wake-inducing activities lead to teens who often do not sleep enough. This chronic lack of sleep has measurable negative effects on health and...

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Influence of Valentine’s Day and Halloween on Birth Timing

Levy, Becca R.; Chung, Pil H.; Slade, Martin D. - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 8, pp. 1246-1248

It is known that cultural representations, in the form of stereotypes, can influence functional health. We predicted that the influence of cultural representations, in the form of salient holidays, would extend to birth timing. On Valentine’s Day, which conveys positive symbolism, there was a...

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“What matters most:” A cultural mechanism moderating structural vulnerability and moral experience of mental illness stigma

Yang, Lawrence H.; Chen, Fang-pei; Sia, Kathleen Janel; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 103 (2014) C, pp. 84-93

To understand Chinese immigrants' experiences with mental illness stigma and mental health disparities, we integrate frameworks of ‘structural vulnerability’ and ‘moral experience’ to identify how interaction between structural discrimination and cultural engagements might shape stigma....

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Maternal familism predicts birthweight and asthma symptoms three years later

Abdou, Cleopatra M.; Dominguez, Tyan Parker; Myers, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 76 (2013) C, pp. 28-38

nonmaterial resources covary with material resources. Nevertheless, culture is distinguishable from lifespan FSEP and ethnicity …

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Cultural targeting and tailoring of shared decision making technology: A theoretical framework for improving the effectiveness of patient decision aids in culturally diverse groups

Alden, Dana L.; Friend, John; Schapira, Marilyn; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 105 (2014) C, pp. 1-8

through use of symbols and values that appeal to members of the given culture. Content dimensions within decision aids that …

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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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