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Does corruption undermine trust in health care? Results from public opinion polls in Croatia
Radin, Dagmar - In: Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013) C, pp. 46-53
Health and health care provision are one of the most important topics in public policy, and often a highly debated topic in the political arena. The importance of considering trust in the health care sector is highlighted by studies showing that trust is associated, among others, with poor...
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Victory for volunteerism? Scottish health board elections and participation in the welfare state
Greer, Scott L.; Stewart, Ellen A.; Wilson, Iain; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 106 (2014) C, pp. 221-228
This paper presents findings from a multimethod study of pilot elections held to choose members of health boards in the …-structured interviews with candidates, elected Board members and other stakeholders, we demonstrate that the introduction of elections did … ‘quick fix’ for policymakers seeking to ensure accountability of health care organizations, elections may produce remarkably …
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U.S. immigration policy and family separation: The consequences for children's well-being
Dreby, Joanna - In: Social Science & Medicine 132 (2015) C, pp. 245-251
At the start of the twenty-first century, two arms of U.S. immigration policy shape the lives of families and children. The first, enforcement practices, lead to the involuntary separation of parents and children—or the fears of this outcome—when the United States government detains and...
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Parental migration and the mental health of those who stay behind to care for children in South-East Asia
Graham, Elspeth; Jordan, Lucy P.; Yeoh, Brenda S.A. - In: Social Science & Medicine 132 (2015) C, pp. 225-235
The international migration of parents from the global south raises questions about the health impacts of family separation on those who stay behind. This paper uses data collected in 2008 and 2009 for a project on Child Health and Migrant Parents in South-East Asia (CHAMPSEA) to address a...
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Sickness and sickness absence of remaining employees in a time of economic crisis: A study among employees of municipalities in Iceland
Sigursteinsdóttir, Hjördís; Rafnsdóttir, Gudbjörg Linda - In: Social Science & Medicine 132 (2015) C, pp. 95-102
absence were more common among younger than older employees, but no gender differences were observed. …
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Changes in access to structural social capital and its influence on self-rated health over time for middle-aged men and women: A longitudinal study from northern Sweden
Eriksson, Malin; Ng, Nawi - In: Social Science & Medicine 130 (2015) C, pp. 250-258
Until recently, most studies on social capital and health have been cross-sectional making it difficult to draw causal conclusions. This longitudinal study used data from 33,621 individuals (15,822 men and 17,799 women) from the Västerbotten Intervention Program, to analyse how changes in...
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Trends in education gradients of ‘preventable’ mortality: A test of fundamental cause theory
Masters, Ryan K.; Link, Bruce G.; Phelan, Jo C. - In: Social Science & Medicine 127 (2015) C, pp. 19-28
“preventable” causes of death, and less preventable causes of death. We further explore race/ethnic and gender variation in these … by race/ethnicity and gender. …
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Constrained choices? Linking employees' and spouses' work time to health behaviors
Fan, Wen; Lam, Jack; Moen, Phyllis; Kelly, Erin; King, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 126 (2015) C, pp. 99-109
, we theorized health behaviors as a product of one's own time and spouses' work time as well as gender expectations. We …
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Gaps in knowledge: Tracking and explaining gender differences in health information seeking
Manierre, Matthew J. - In: Social Science & Medicine 128 (2015) C, pp. 151-158
Self-directed health information seeking has become increasingly common in recent years, yet there is a substantial body of evidence suggesting that females are more likely to engage in information seeking than males. Previous research has largely ignored the significance of this difference as...
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Transnational surrogacy: Canada's contradictions
Lozanski, Kristin - In: Social Science & Medicine 124 (2015) C, pp. 383-390
, which is presumed to exploit women and children and to impede gender equality, are violated in Canada's bureaucratic …
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