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The effects of institutional change on geographic variation and health services use in the USA

Nigam, Amit - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 3, pp. 323-331

This paper examines the impact of institutional change on patient care. Using panel data on obstetric deliveries from the state of California in the United States between 1983 and 2001, it develops and tests hypotheses predicting impacts of three features of institutional change—managed care...

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Associations between perceived neighborhood environmental attributes and adults’ sedentary behavior: Findings from the USA, Australia and Belgium

Van Dyck, Delfien; Cerin, Ester; Conway, Terry L.; De … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 9, pp. 1375-1384

associations differed by country and gender. Data from USA (Seattle and Baltimore regions), Australia (Adelaide) and Belgium (Ghent …

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Associations of physical symptoms with perceived need for and use of mental health services among Latino and Asian Americans

Bauer, Amy M.; Chen, Chih-Nan; Alegría, Margarita - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 6, pp. 1128-1133

Although many believe that low rates of perceived mental health need and service use among racial/ethnic minorities are due, in part, to somatization, data supporting this notion are lacking. This study examined two hypotheses: (1) increased physical symptoms are associated with lower perceived...

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Living in the “land of no”? Consumer perceptions of healthy lifestyle portrayals in direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs

Frosch, Dominick L.; May, Suepattra G.; Tietbohl, Caroline - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 7, pp. 995-1002

Angeles, USA between April 2007 and July 2008, to explore perceptions of 5 advertisements for drugs that prevent or treat …

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Picturing obesity: Analyzing the social epidemiology of obesity conveyed through US news media images

Gollust, Sarah E.; Eboh, Ijeoma; Barry, Colleen L. - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 10, pp. 1544-1551

News media coverage can affect how Americans view health policy issues. While previous research has investigated the text content of news media coverage of obesity, these studies have tended to ignore the photographs and other images that accompany obesity-related news coverage. Images can...

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Parsing the peanut panic: The social life of a contested food allergy epidemic

Waggoner, Miranda R. - In: Social Science & Medicine 90 (2013) C, pp. 49-55

rising “epidemic,” and myriad and broad-based social responses have emerged to address peanut allergy risk in public spaces … public health problem. I argue that the peanut allergy epidemic was co-constructed through interactions between experts …, publics, biomedical categories, and institutions, while social reactions to the putative epidemic expanded the sphere of …

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Medicalizing to demedicalize: Lactation consultants and the (de)medicalization of breastfeeding

Torres, Jennifer M.C. - In: Social Science & Medicine 100 (2014) C, pp. 159-166

This paper uses the domain of breastfeeding in the U.S. and the work of International Board Certified Lactation Consultants to refine the concept of medicalization–demedicalization. Given lactation consultants' origins and current role in maternity care, they provide a unique lens on these...

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Parenthood and trajectories of change in body weight over the life course

Umberson, Debra; Liu, Hui; Mirowsky, John; Reczek, Corinne - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 9, pp. 1323-1331

Scholars call for greater attention to social contexts that promote and deter risk factors for health. Parenthood transforms social contexts in a myriad of ways that may influence long-term patterns of weight gain. Life course features of parenthood such as age at first birth, parity, and living...

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“Not all my fault”: Genetics, stigma, and personal responsibility for women with eating disorders

Easter, Michele M. - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 8, pp. 1408-1416

recovered, half in treatment; interviewed 2008–9 in the USA). Interviews introduced the topic of genetics, but not stigma per se …

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Turbulent times: Effects of turbulence and violence exposure in adolescence on high school completion, health risk behavior, and mental health in young adulthood

Boynton-Jarrett, Renée; Hair, Elizabeth; Zuckerman, Barry - In: Social Science & Medicine 95 (2013) C, pp. 77-86

Turbulent social environments are associated with health and developmental risk, yet mechanisms have been understudied. Guided by a life course framework and stress theory, this study examined the association between turbulent life transitions (including frequent residential mobility, school...

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