{"title":"Prayer and health-seeking beliefs in Ghana: understanding the ‘religious space’ of the urban forest","authors":"M. Okyerefo, D. Fiaveh","doi":"10.1080/14461242.2016.1257360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2016.1257360","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Few studies have examined the relationship between religiosity and health-seeking belief outcomes in Ghana. Drawing on in-depth interviews and group discussions with informal prayer group members and leaders in Accra, Ghana, the study explores participants’ conceptions of illnesses and the significance of the forest as a place of gathering and healing. There are several reasons why prayer group members in this study make their way to the forest, including finding a serene sacred space in a crowded city to confront the vicissitudes of life. Disease, for the prayer group members, is seen to hold both spiritual and physical origins, inspiring them to seek both biomedical and spiritual forms of care. Interviewees believed hospitals could help with physical diseases, but saw spiritual diseases as requiring spiritual solutions. There was a salient differentiation expressed between treatment and healing, however: doctors can treat certain conditions, but only God heals. While there is a need for public health practitioners to better engage spiritual/religious leaders and their followers with mainstream biomedicine, and to challenge some of their misconceptions and mistrust, attending to and understanding the role of religious beliefs, and religious spaces, in everyday conceptions of health, would strengthen the promotion of both men’s and women’s health in this context.","PeriodicalId":46833,"journal":{"name":"Health Sociology Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"308 - 320"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2017-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14461242.2016.1257360","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49028662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Socio/Ethno-epidemiologies: proposals and possibilities from the Latin American production","authors":"A. Sy","doi":"10.1080/14461242.2017.1368402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2017.1368402","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article presents an approach to understanding health that acquires an original and autonomous development across different Latin American countries, despite being the result of reading and analysing national and international theoretical contributions from social sciences. The proposal seeks to integrate the epidemiologic perspective with those from the social sciences, sociology, and medical anthropology in particular, raising the need to place health problems in their socio-historic, cultural, political and economic context. From this framework, such aspects must be treated not only as epidemiological variables but, above all, as sociocultural and bio-ecological processes. It suggests to conceptually work from a perspective that investigates health-disease as a social process, an area of life in which most of the meanings, representations and practices that allow the reproduction of daily life are articulated. For that, we place the contributions in the field of Collective Health, present the main criticisms and limitations that have been raised to modern epidemiology and, from there, we develop theoretic-methodological proposals of ethno-epidemiology and sociocultural epidemiology directing the analysis towards the development of a superseding episteme.","PeriodicalId":46833,"journal":{"name":"Health Sociology Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"293 - 307"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2017-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14461242.2017.1368402","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43143121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sexual and reproductive health: perceptions of indigenous migrant women in northwestern Mexico","authors":"Lourdes Camarena Ojinaga, Christine Alysse von Glascoe, Evarista Arellano García, Concepción Martínez Valdés","doi":"10.1080/14461242.2017.1370386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2017.1370386","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article presents a preliminary view of perceptions of the sexual and reproductive health of indigenous migrant women in an agricultural valley in Northwestern Mexico. A qualitative design was implemented with individual interviews and participatory workshops. The objective was to learn about indigenous migrant women’s experiences with health services and their understanding of their sexual and reproductive rights. It was found that family was not a sufficient source of sexual information or education; that for women participating in this study, talking about sexual and reproductive health meant talking about reproduction; that the education system participates little in this aspect and that the health sector fails to respond in a timely and sufficient manner to this segment of the population. It is necessary to develop a more comprehensive view of the socio-cultural components of sexual and reproductive health in order to carry out a medical practice that considers the needs and perceptions of indigenous women. For women themselves, the challenge is to appropriate their body, to re-signify their sexual and reproductive rights and to exercise these rights.","PeriodicalId":46833,"journal":{"name":"Health Sociology Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"239 - 253"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2017-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14461242.2017.1370386","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41936282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Young people and the aesthetics of health promotion: beyond reason, rationality and risk","authors":"A. Farrugia","doi":"10.1080/14461242.2016.1271283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2016.1271283","url":null,"abstract":"Montero and Kelly have two general aims in this book: (1) to present the conceptual underpinnings and enactment of a youth road trauma prevention program entitled Fit to Drive and (2) to explore wh...","PeriodicalId":46833,"journal":{"name":"Health Sociology Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"339 - 340"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2017-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14461242.2016.1271283","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47090728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond health beliefs: the role of trust in the HPV vaccine decision-making process among American college students","authors":"K. MacArthur","doi":"10.1080/14461242.2017.1381035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2017.1381035","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT To address low HPV vaccination rates, the purpose of this study is to examine the role of trust in the HPV vaccine decision-making process among American college students. In particular, this study employs social-cognitive constructs from the widely used Health Belief Model (HBM), but also incorporates the role of interpersonal trust in one’s doctor and two types of institutional trust. A survey was administered to a convienance sample of 755 college students at a large Midwestern university between November 2012 and January 2013. Structural Equation Modelling was used to identify the direct and indirect pathways from three types of trust and three health beliefs to HPV vaccine intentions. Findings suggest that there are multiple pathways through which health beliefs and trust affect HPV vaccine intentions, with trust in one’s doctor having a direct, positive relationship with intentions, as well as indirect relationships through health beliefs. This study addressees some of the limitations of the HBM and suggests that studies examining predictors of HPV vaccination should move beyond a focus on rational calculations and examine the social context that shapes those beliefs, such as trust in one’s doctor, the health care system, and the pharmaceutical industry.","PeriodicalId":46833,"journal":{"name":"Health Sociology Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"321 - 338"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2017-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14461242.2017.1381035","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42523608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reproductive health and Bolivian migration in restrictive contexts of access to the health system in Córdoba, Argentina","authors":"L. Aizenberg, Brígida Baeza","doi":"10.1080/14461242.2017.1370971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2017.1370971","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Although issues of health have been thoroughly analysed in the field of migration studies, there are still very few studies that seek to understand the reproductive health of women in migratory processes. This article analyses the reproductive health of Bolivian migrant women living in the city of Córdoba, Argentina, through an analysis focused on the community assets that migrants deploy in the health-disease-care process within restrictive contexts of access to the health system. The research consisted of an exploratory study using in-depth interviews with Bolivian migrant women and health professionals through the implementation of semi-structured guidelines. The work shows that, in an environment characterised by a health system that acts to exclude, migrant women develop a series of rational strategies where they draw on community assets embodied in forms of self-care of the body and in community networks. Based on a process of reframing memories related to health practices in the Andean world, these women incorporate these assets and more easily confront the obstacles that they must overcome as migrants in different stages of their reproductive health.","PeriodicalId":46833,"journal":{"name":"Health Sociology Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"254 - 265"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2017-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14461242.2017.1370971","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59797340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social disparities producing health inequities and shaping sickle cell disorder in Brazil","authors":"C. Mota, K. Atkin, L. Trad, Ana Luisa A. Dias","doi":"10.1080/14461242.2017.1361855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2017.1361855","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Sickle cell disorder (SCD) is a severe recessive genetic condition manifesting in several complex forms. It is a cause of high mortality rates across the world, affecting predominantly non-white populations. This article aims to discuss how persistent social disparities and health inequalities in the Brazilian context can produce negative effects in lifelong conditions such as Sickle Cell Disorder. Appearing usually in the patient’s first year of life, when not treated, SCD may lead to several life threatening complications and impact on a person’s quality of life. In order to understand the link between health and social circumstances, it is important to consider the socio-economic transformation of Brazilian society over time, as well as cultural and historical aspects of the country. The concept of inequity will ground this analysis, facilitating an understanding of the process of producing an extra burden for people with SCD as a result of social disparities, including the existence of racism.","PeriodicalId":46833,"journal":{"name":"Health Sociology Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"280 - 292"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2017-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14461242.2017.1361855","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43449373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cigarettes, snus and status: differences in lifestyle of different tobacco user groups in Norway","authors":"Gunnar Sæbø","doi":"10.1080/14461242.2016.1197043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2016.1197043","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT During the last decades smoking has been marginalised. Current tobacco policy is characterised by a continuous denormalisation of all forms of tobacco consumption. Yet, many people still use tobacco. This article highlights a possible cultural explanation for this: different tobacco products and uses are included in lifestyles of different social status and prestige, and vary in legitimacy. Using nationally representative data of the Norwegian adult population and drawing conceptually and methodologically on Bourdieu’s cultural sociology, I show that differences in socio-cultural practices (including tobacco use) are manifested in a structured ‘space of lifestyles’, homologous to the structure of the objective ‘space of social positions’. The contents of the various lifestyles (as identified by multiple correspondence analysis) inform the cultural distinctions associated with tobacco use.","PeriodicalId":46833,"journal":{"name":"Health Sociology Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"175 - 189"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2017-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14461242.2016.1197043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43163604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}