Social Science & Medicine is a peer-reviewed health and social sciences journal. According to its website, it "provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination of research findings, reviews and theory in all areas of common interest to social scientists, health practitioners and policy makers. The journal publishes material relevant to any aspect of health from a wide range of social science disciplines (e.g., anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, social epidemiology, social policy, and sociology), and material relevant to the social sciences from any of the professions concerned with physical and mental health, and with health care practice, policy and organization." Social Science & Medicine is rated by Thomson ISI as the world’s most cited social science journal 1997-2007. Social science & medicine ISSN 0037-7856 was published quarterly from 1967-1977 by Pergamon Press out of Elmsford, New York, and was then split, according to the National Library of Medicine as confirmed by the Library of Congress, into: In 1982, Parts A-F were merged back into one journal, at the current (2008) ISSN 0277-9536. It was published by Pergamon Press, which
Rising levels of income inequality in the United States may be one reason that the health of Americans has been declining in recent decades, new research suggests.
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What policy is the best approach for developing health systems in low- and middle-income countries?
May 03, 2022
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New research from the University of Georgia suggests that highlighting coronavirus racial disparities could reduce white Americans' fear of the disease and empathy toward Black and other minority groups. More awareness of ...
Apr 05, 2022
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Young people in the Rakai region of southcentral Uganda are turning to healers because of their holistic approach to providing sexual and reproductive health, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School ...
Mar 08, 2022
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People with illnesses such as diabetes are less likely to need hospital treatment if they have access to "talking therapies" on the NHS.
Feb 07, 2022
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More than 200,000 individuals leave the U.S. military service every year and understanding their transition to civilian life is an important public health issue. This study is the first to examine how the health and broader ...
Jan 24, 2022
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A new study by the Harvard GenderSci Lab in Social Science and Medicine has found large variations in the magnitude and direction of sex differences in COVID-19 outcomes across localities and over time during the pandemic ...
Jan 18, 2022
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A Penn State researcher testing a new way to assess tobacco use with a neighborhood mapping platform and in-person interviews has found that community engagement is key to addressing risky health behaviors.
Jan 03, 2022
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Canada's stringent eligibility screenings for medical transition—to prevent "regret" or detransition—ignore trans people's gender related perspectives and experiences, says York Professor Kinnon R. MacKinnon, lead author ...
Dec 01, 2021
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A pair of researchers at the University of California, Riverside, has proposed a new model of "cultural trauma" that describes how traumas such as colonization, hate crimes, and recent anti-immigrant media and policies may ...
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