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Health and health care inequities, infectious diseases and social factors / edited by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Kronenfeld, Jennie J., editor.
Series:
Research in the sociology of health care ; v. 39.
Research in the Sociology of Health Care ; volume 39
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Social medicine.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (217 pages)
Place of Publication:
Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
Summary:
This next volume in Research in the Sociology of Health Carecovers a variety of important social factors and their relationship to health and health care inequities both in the United States and the rest of the world.
Contents:
Cover
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE INEQUITIES, INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SOCIAL FACTORS
RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH CARE
Copyright
CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
ABOUT THE EDITOR
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
Part 1. Covid-19-Related Papers
Intersections of Health Inequities, COVID-19, and Kidney Disease Care in 2020
Abstract
Introduction
Risk Escalation: COVID-19/Kidney Disease Intersections
COVID-19/AKI Emergent Pathophysiology: What Is the Science?
Adapting Chronic Care Protocols: Insights Gained?
Acknowledging Inequities
Conclusion
References
Social Values, Face Masks, and COVID-19: An Exploratory Case Study
Research Objective and Hypothesis
Philosophical and Political Theory
Sociological Theory
The Case Study
Sturgis, SD
Huron City, SD
Sioux Falls, SD
Mitchell, SD
Vermillion, SD
Discussion
Conclusions
Postscript on Mandates
"We're Such a Small Community": A Qualitative Study of COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences in Rural New Mexico
Methods
Sample Description
Research Approach and Design, Data Collection, Data Analysis
Findings
Physical Health and Healthcare Challenges
Mental Health Challenges
Changing Behaviors
COVID-19 Health Literacy
Political Responses to the Pandemic
Community Resilience
The Role of Adaptability and Resistance to Change in Mitigating the Effects of Pandemic
Adaptability
Resistance to Change
Methodology
Results
Limitations
Part 2. Lessons from Outside the United States.
"Living on the Fault Lines: Women's Gender, Sexuality, and Reproductive Health in Postdisaster NEPAL"
Why Nepal?
Findings and Analysis
Microlevel Experiences of Gender, Sexuality, and Reproductive Health
Macrolevel Implications for Women's Sexuality and Reproductive Health
Postscript: Implications for Current Applications
Post-Post Script: Nepal, COVID-19, and Summer of 2021
Migratory Stress, Health and Gender: An Intersectional Analysis of the Ecuadorean Case
Methods and Sampling
Migratory Stress and Gender
Gender and Migration-Related Health Processes and Coping Mechanisms
Cross-National Differences in the Interrelationship between Education, Use of Health Information from the Media, and Well-Being
Data, Variables, and Method
Data
Variables
Method
Part 3. Health-care System Issues in the United States
Novel Healthcare Model, Continuation of Inequality: Exploring the Role of Micro Hospitals in Texas Health-Care Access throu ...
Equality of Health-Care Access in Spatial and Nonspatial Dimensions
Defining Likely Patients for Each Type of Hospital
Spatial Methods to Define Hospital Catchment Areas
Nonspatial Dimension of Patient Access to Hospitals
Test of Means of Population Characteristics
Regression Models
Two Tales of "Equal Opportunity"
Final Considerations
Evidence-Based Medicine and the Limits of Standardization
The Case of Pelvic Pain Care
Background
The Medical Gaze and Biopower
Evidence-Based Medicine and Positivism
The Standard Human and Niche Standardization
The Limits of Dialectical Thinking
Methods.
Findings
Evidence-Based Medicine without the Evidence
Unnecessary Lag in Knowledge Dissemination
Definitional Dilemmas
Fixing the Unfixable
Pigeonholing Patients through Niche Standardization
Outdated Standards of Care
Unnecessary Surgeries
It's the OBGYNs Niche
The Limits of Niche Standardization
Shifting the Paradigm
Trends in Health Disparities of Rural Latinos Pre- and Post-Accountable Care Organization Implementation
Related Research
Design
Data Sources and Variables
Analysis
Absolute Disparity Results
Relative Disparity Results
Pre- and Post-ACO Years Comparison Results
Acknowledgments
INDEX.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Print version: Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs Health and Health Care Inequities, Infectious Diseases and Social Factors
ISBN:
9781801179409

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