Showing papers in "Health Sociology Review in 2019"
TL;DR: Video-Reflexive Ethnography is gaining traction internationally within healthcare improvement practice and research and is a participatory approach that foregrounds the everyday practices of people in the field.
Abstract: Video-Reflexive Ethnography (VRE) is gaining traction internationally within healthcare improvement practice and research. It is a participatory approach that foregrounds the everyday practices of ...
21 citations
TL;DR: Data from the Onco-barometer survey is used to test a set of hypotheses derived from FCT, Diffusion Of Innovations theory and the intersection between these theories to examine how socioeconomic inequality emerges and evolves across the cycle of diffusion of six relevant preventive practices in Spain.
Abstract: Fundamental Cause Theory suggests the replacement of mechanisms that produce the persistent relationship between socioeconomic status and health over time. Understanding how this process operates i...
17 citations
TL;DR: This paper used data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to explore three hypotheses: (1) that income and wealth both predict economic security perception, men...
Abstract: The study used data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to explore three hypotheses: (1) that income and wealth both predict economic security perception, men...
14 citations
TL;DR: Racial discrimination is primarily conceptualised and dealt with at the individual level in health research and practice as mentioned in this paper, and most conceptualisations, and the measures which follow, are grounde...
Abstract: Racial discrimination is primarily conceptualised and dealt with at the individual level in health research and practice. Most conceptualisations, and the measures which follow, are grounde...
12 citations
TL;DR: In England there has been substantial policy development and an academic drive to promote the goal of "living well" for people with dementia and their family members as mentioned in this paper, and this article critically evalua...
Abstract: In England there has been substantial policy development and an academic drive to promote the goal of ‘living well’ for people with dementia and their family members. This article critically evalua...
11 citations
TL;DR: It is found that migrants’ knowledge about their healthcare rights depends mainly on their education and language skills, which enable migrants to grasp health-related information and to become informed about their Healthcare rights.
Abstract: Although an increasing number of studies emphasise migrants’ knowledge about their healthcare rights as crucial for their healthcare usage, almost none examine the conditions under which migrants a...
11 citations
TL;DR: This study compared the mental and self-rated health of monoracial and multiracial young adults using data from Wave 3 of the National Longitudinal Adolescent to Adult study to find that White-Nonwhites have poorer mental andSelf- rated health relative to monoracials generally and Whites specifically.
Abstract: This study compared the mental and self-rated health of monoracial and multiracial young adults using data from Wave 3 of the National Longitudinal Adolescent to Adult study. Our analytic sample consisted of 10,535 men and women ages 18-25 that self-identified as monoracial (Asian, Black, Native American, and White) or multiracial (White-Nonwhite and Nonwhite-Nonwhite). We find that when comparing aggregated racial groups, multiracials have poorer mental health than monoracials. However, differences emerge when multiracials are disaggregated into their two primary pairings of White-Nonwhite and Nonwhite-Nonwhite and compared to monoracials collectively and individually. We find that White-Nonwhites have poorer mental and self-rated health relative to monoracials generally and Whites specifically. In contrast, Nonwhite-Nonwhites have greater self-esteem and self-rated health than Whites as well as the aggregated monoracial group. Our findings highlight the complexities of examining multiracial health without researchers using consistent multiracial categories and reference groups. The results are discussed using three new perspectives that are introduced to explain health disparities between monoracial and multiracial persons.
9 citations
TL;DR: Weight stigma is pervasive in the US, with body size being pathologised and weight loss urged for those of higher weights as discussed by the authors, however, there is a growing movement for fat acceptance and body positivit...
Abstract: Weight stigma is pervasive in the US, with body size being pathologised and weight loss urged for those of higher weights. However, there is a growing movement for fat acceptance and body positivit...
8 citations
TL;DR: The nutritional health and wellbeing of children and by extension their weight, is a heated topic in contemporary discussions of food and health, particularly for low-income populations as mentioned in this paper, despite the fact that the nutritional health of children is often overlooked.
Abstract: The nutritional health and wellbeing of children, and by extension their weight, is a heated topic in contemporary discussions of food and health, particularly for low-income populations. Despite c...
8 citations
TL;DR: Anabolic androgenic steroids are synthetic derivatives of testosterone as mentioned in this paper and they are commonly used performance and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs) in Australia. However, the motiva...
Abstract: Anabolic-androgenic steroids are synthetic derivatives of testosterone. They are thought to be the most commonly used performance and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs) in Australia. However, the motiva...
7 citations
TL;DR: A neo-Weberian lens is used to explore the interprofessional role dynamics of a ‘postprofessional’ group of practitioners, who adopt a common role and title to create a professional identity at post-qualifying level.
Abstract: Diabetes presents a challenge to healthcare services worldwide Diabetes educators work with individuals and communities to reduce the impact of diabetes In Australia, diabetes educators derive fr
TL;DR: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) degrees in Australian and British universities have come under attack from sceptics who argue that such courses teach only "pseudoscience" as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) degrees in Australian and British universities have come under attack from sceptics who argue that such courses teach only ‘pseudoscience’. More...
TL;DR: This study employed elite interviewing to analyse how the relations between these two fields were reflected and negotiated in the discourses of Belgian health-policy stakeholders to illustrate the value of using the concept of boundary-work as an analytical instrument to study the relationships between fields.
Abstract: Previous research has illustrated that journalists play an active role in the production of health news. The current study explores the relationship between the fields of healthcare and journalism from a healthcare perspective. Drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of fields and Gieryn’s concept of boundary-work, this study employed elite interviewing to analyse how the relations between these two fields were reflected and negotiated in the discourses of Belgian health-policy stakeholders.Our analysis illustrated that health-policy stakeholders perceived medicine and the news media as two different cultures and, therefore, discursively positioned news media actors as outsiders. Additionally, we showed that the nature of the relationship between health-policy stakeholders and the news media was linked to health-policy stakeholders’ position within the healthcare field. Through this analysis, we illustrate the value of using the concept of boundary-work as an analytical instrument to study the relationships ...
TL;DR: It is found that smoking, cessation and harm minimisation by pregnant women are complex social practices and lay responses to medical advice on smoking in pregnancy are often informed by their own personal observations and experiences.
Abstract: This article presents an analysis of interviews with Australian women who had smoked or were currently smoking during pregnancy. It explores how they spoke about their experiences of smoking, cessation and harm minimisation during pregnancy. Eighteen women underwent a single in-depth interview, these were analysed using an iterative thematic method. We found that smoking, cessation and harm minimisation by pregnant women are complex social practices. Participants viewed smoking as a potential risk to fetal health and as an actual risk to their own health and described feeling embarrassed and ashamed of smoking when pregnant. Their opinions about the relative seriousness of health risks posed by smoking when pregnant were often informed by their own personal observations and experiences. Participants used this knowledge to engage in lay epidemiological processes as they rationalised and made sense of the relative risks of smoking, quitting or cutting down. They also sought legitimacy for their claims about the safety of quitting or cutting down in two potentially contradictory ways. These were personal experience/observations and medical advice. Our findings contribute to sociological understanding about lay responses to medical advice on smoking in pregnancy and will be of value to healthcare professionals who work with pregnant women.
TL;DR: This paper draws from an online qualitative survey of forum users with self-reported MCS to investigate how patient groups internally debate scientificity – in this case over a controversial new ‘neural retraining’ treatment.
Abstract: People with contested illnesses such as Gulf War Syndrome and multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS) have struggled to have their claims to chemical injury recognised as scientifically valid. Patien...
TL;DR: This paper analyzed the narratives of people on long-term sick leave due to low back pain and drew upon the theory of justification, as developed by the French sociologists Luc Boltanski and Laure...
Abstract: This study analyses the narratives of people on long-term sick leave due to low back pain. We draw upon the theory of justification – as developed by the French sociologists Luc Boltanski and Laure...
TL;DR: The evidence in support of the healthy immigrant effect (HIE) has been mixed and explanations for it divergent as discussed by the authors, and seven explanatory hypotheses have been presented in the literature.
Abstract: Evidence in support of the healthy immigrant effect (HIE) has been mixed and explanations for it divergent. Research on the HIE is reviewed and seven explanatory hypotheses are presented. Support f...
TL;DR: An analysis of conversation analysis of 18 audio-recorded consultations between cancer patients and a range of cancer care specialists suggests simple ways in which patient involvement in the consultation can be facilitated.
Abstract: Patient-centred care requires patients to be active participants in decision-making in consultations. Decision-making participation requires patients to understand their condition and to be...
TL;DR: The perception of roles and role boundaries between practising naturopaths and dietitians using a specific example: food intolerances expressing as functional bowel disorders (FBDs) was explored.
Abstract: Dietary counselling and management form core parts of both dietetic and naturopathic practice. However, each profession is unique with its own philosophies and requirements for membership. ...
TL;DR: There is a need for regulations to ensure all healthcare workers are safe as they are mobile to and from fixed sites, and do not have to shoulder the health or economic costs of mobility.
Abstract: Many healthcare workers are ‘on the move’ as part of their employment, travelling often great distances to such places as patients’/clients’ homes and community clinics. Healthcare workers’...
TL;DR: The authors deploys a legitimacy framework to explore how Anglo-Australian and Indian-Australian community members living in Melbourne, Australia, interpret the diagnosis and treatment of depression and anxiety disorders, and explore how they cope with discrimination.
Abstract: This article deploys a legitimacy framework to explore how Anglo-Australian and Indian-Australian community members living in Melbourne, Australia, interpret the diagnosis and treatment of depressi...