{"title":"Populism, moral foundations, and vaccine hesitancy during COVID-19","authors":"Jeremiah Morelock, Andressa Oliveira, Hoang Minh Uyen Ly, Crystal Lee Ward","doi":"10.1057/s41285-023-00201-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-023-00201-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46551,"journal":{"name":"Social Theory & Health","volume":"12 38","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139437672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1057/s41285-023-00198-8
Anu Katainen, Antti Gronow
Abstract Unhealthy behaviours are more prevalent in lower than in higher socioeconomic groups. Sociological attempts to explain the socioeconomic patterning of health-related behaviour typically draw on practice theories, as well as on the concept of lifestyles. When accounting for “sticky” habits and social structures, studies often ignore individuals’ capacity for reflection. The opposite is also true: research on individual-level factors has difficulty with the social determinants of behaviour. We argue that the pragmatist concept of habit is not only a precursor to practice theories but also offers a dynamic and action-oriented understanding of the mechanisms that “recruit” individuals to health-related practices. In pragmatism, habits are not merely repetitive behaviours, but creative solutions to problems confronted in everyday life and reflect individuals’ relationships to the material and social world around them. Ideally, the pragmatist conception of habits lays the theoretical ground for efficient prevention of and effective support for behaviour change.
{"title":"Habits and the socioeconomic patterning of health-related behaviour: a pragmatist perspective","authors":"Anu Katainen, Antti Gronow","doi":"10.1057/s41285-023-00198-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-023-00198-8","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Unhealthy behaviours are more prevalent in lower than in higher socioeconomic groups. Sociological attempts to explain the socioeconomic patterning of health-related behaviour typically draw on practice theories, as well as on the concept of lifestyles. When accounting for “sticky” habits and social structures, studies often ignore individuals’ capacity for reflection. The opposite is also true: research on individual-level factors has difficulty with the social determinants of behaviour. We argue that the pragmatist concept of habit is not only a precursor to practice theories but also offers a dynamic and action-oriented understanding of the mechanisms that “recruit” individuals to health-related practices. In pragmatism, habits are not merely repetitive behaviours, but creative solutions to problems confronted in everyday life and reflect individuals’ relationships to the material and social world around them. Ideally, the pragmatist conception of habits lays the theoretical ground for efficient prevention of and effective support for behaviour change.","PeriodicalId":46551,"journal":{"name":"Social Theory & Health","volume":"32 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135973114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-28DOI: 10.1057/s41285-023-00196-w
Iben Charlotte Aamann, Betina Dybbroe
Abstract The purpose of this article is to explore social inequity in palliative care in Denmark, a country that is seen as a stronghold of universal health care. Using data stemming from 2 years of research, we have selected two cases for analysis. They consist of palliative conversations with two quite different patients. Drawing on sociocultural class theory, we find that the conversations involve social exclusion processes due to discourses of active ageing. We find that one privileged patient performs in line with an entrepreneurial self and is supported by the nurse. The other, disadvantaged patient performs in a passive way, and the conversation mainly alleviates the disrespect he has experienced in healthcare encounters. We conclude that palliative care reinforces classifying practices and distinctions between “good” and “bad” patients, when active ageing becomes a dominant factor. We suggest improving the quality and sensitivity of medical training and call for increased reflexivity among professionals on the unequal situation of patients in order to reduce inequity in access to health care when close to death.
{"title":"Inequity in palliative care: class and active ageing when dying","authors":"Iben Charlotte Aamann, Betina Dybbroe","doi":"10.1057/s41285-023-00196-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-023-00196-w","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The purpose of this article is to explore social inequity in palliative care in Denmark, a country that is seen as a stronghold of universal health care. Using data stemming from 2 years of research, we have selected two cases for analysis. They consist of palliative conversations with two quite different patients. Drawing on sociocultural class theory, we find that the conversations involve social exclusion processes due to discourses of active ageing. We find that one privileged patient performs in line with an entrepreneurial self and is supported by the nurse. The other, disadvantaged patient performs in a passive way, and the conversation mainly alleviates the disrespect he has experienced in healthcare encounters. We conclude that palliative care reinforces classifying practices and distinctions between “good” and “bad” patients, when active ageing becomes a dominant factor. We suggest improving the quality and sensitivity of medical training and call for increased reflexivity among professionals on the unequal situation of patients in order to reduce inequity in access to health care when close to death.","PeriodicalId":46551,"journal":{"name":"Social Theory & Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135420595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-12DOI: 10.1057/s41285-023-00197-9
Jarrett Rose, S. Harris Ali, Kathryn Wells, Mosoka Fallah
{"title":"Correction to: Postcolonial riskscapes: risk, trust, and the community-based response to Ebola virus disease in Liberia","authors":"Jarrett Rose, S. Harris Ali, Kathryn Wells, Mosoka Fallah","doi":"10.1057/s41285-023-00197-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-023-00197-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46551,"journal":{"name":"Social Theory & Health","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135878776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-30DOI: 10.1057/s41285-023-00193-z
Virve Repo, Päivi Kymäläinen
{"title":"Negotiating body and power in forensic mental health care","authors":"Virve Repo, Päivi Kymäläinen","doi":"10.1057/s41285-023-00193-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-023-00193-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46551,"journal":{"name":"Social Theory & Health","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45724117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-09DOI: 10.1057/s41285-022-00189-1
J. Wade
{"title":"Contextualizing race and sex-related health disparities: doing difference and sexual risk behaviors","authors":"J. Wade","doi":"10.1057/s41285-022-00189-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-022-00189-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46551,"journal":{"name":"Social Theory & Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"209 - 227"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49556009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-09DOI: 10.1057/s41285-022-00191-7
M. Islam
{"title":"Professionalization of Chinese medicine practice in Canada: from medical pluralism to neo-orientalism","authors":"M. Islam","doi":"10.1057/s41285-022-00191-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-022-00191-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46551,"journal":{"name":"Social Theory & Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"228 - 246"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44376035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-04DOI: 10.1057/s41285-022-00190-8
Daniel Dramani Kipo-Sunyehzi
{"title":"Street-level bureaucrat's coping strategies in health policy implementation: a comparative case study from Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of Ghana","authors":"Daniel Dramani Kipo-Sunyehzi","doi":"10.1057/s41285-022-00190-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-022-00190-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46551,"journal":{"name":"Social Theory & Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"267 - 285"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42657862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-29DOI: 10.1057/s41285-022-00185-5
Jane. Thomas, Sean Tunney
{"title":"UK public opinion on reasons to oppose healthcare privatisation: a failure of neoliberal persuasion and discursive politicisation","authors":"Jane. Thomas, Sean Tunney","doi":"10.1057/s41285-022-00185-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-022-00185-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46551,"journal":{"name":"Social Theory & Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"286-304"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48047886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-13DOI: 10.1057/s41285-022-00182-8
Emil Øversveen, J. Stachowski
{"title":"“Not a lifestyle disease”: the importance of boundary work for the construction of a collective illness identity among people with type 1 diabetes","authors":"Emil Øversveen, J. Stachowski","doi":"10.1057/s41285-022-00182-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-022-00182-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46551,"journal":{"name":"Social Theory & Health","volume":"21 1","pages":"194-208"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41392808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}