{"title":"Social Determinants of Health: State of the art, precarious employment and labor markets, racial and ethnic oppression, pharmaceutical industry, war and global health.","authors":"Carles Muntaner, Joan Benach","doi":"10.1177/27551938251346942","DOIUrl":"10.1177/27551938251346942","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73479,"journal":{"name":"International journal of social determinants of health and health services","volume":" ","pages":"235-237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144268041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebeka Balogh, Deborah De Moortel, Sylvie Gadeyne, Julie Vanderleyden, Chris Warhurst, Christophe Vanroelen
{"title":"Is it the Past or the Present? Employment Quality, Unemployment History, Psychological Distress and Mental Wellbeing in the United Kingdom.","authors":"Rebeka Balogh, Deborah De Moortel, Sylvie Gadeyne, Julie Vanderleyden, Chris Warhurst, Christophe Vanroelen","doi":"10.1177/27551938241288788","DOIUrl":"10.1177/27551938241288788","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Low employment quality and precarious employment have been associated with adverse mental health outcomes, yet the extent to which this association may be explained by the experience of unemployment \"scarring\" has not yet been explored. From a life course perspective, understanding this possible confounding is necessary. Drawing on the United Kingdom's Understanding Society dataset and using latent class analysis, we derived a typology of employment quality across six dimensions and assessed the links between individuals' employment quality, unemployment history, and mental well-being and psychological distress. Our results show that precarious types of employment as well as a higher quality \"protected part-time\" were linked to low mental well-being, though important gender differences were noted. Accounting for past unemployment did not fully explain these associations. No such adverse associations were observed for increased psychological distress. Our results help further the understanding of employment quality as a social determinant of health and highlight the need for both life course and gender-sensitive research in this area.</p>","PeriodicalId":73479,"journal":{"name":"International journal of social determinants of health and health services","volume":" ","pages":"289-302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171024/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142482375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Virginia Gunn, Nuria Matilla-Santander, Bertina Kreshpaj, Emilia F Vignola, David H Wegman, Christer Hogstedt, Theo Bodin, Emily Q Ahonen, Sherry Baron, Carles Muntaner, Patricia O'Campo, Wayne Lewchuk, Maria Albin, Kathryn Badarin, Carin Håkansta
{"title":"A Systematic Review of Evaluated Labor Market Initiatives Addressing Precarious Employment: Findings and Public Health Implications.","authors":"Virginia Gunn, Nuria Matilla-Santander, Bertina Kreshpaj, Emilia F Vignola, David H Wegman, Christer Hogstedt, Theo Bodin, Emily Q Ahonen, Sherry Baron, Carles Muntaner, Patricia O'Campo, Wayne Lewchuk, Maria Albin, Kathryn Badarin, Carin Håkansta","doi":"10.1177/27551938241310120","DOIUrl":"10.1177/27551938241310120","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Precarious employment (PE) is a major determinant of population health and contributor to health and social inequities. The purpose of this article is to synthesize and critically appraise available evidence on labor market initiatives addressing PE identified through a systematic review. Of the 21 initiatives reviewed, grouped into four categories-labor market policies, legislation, and reforms; union strategies; apprenticeships and other youth programs; social protection programs-10 showed consistently positive outcomes and 11 a combination of negative, mixed, or inconclusive outcomes. In addition to reviewing the key findings, we discuss public health implications and recommendations related to PE and the implementation and evaluation of initiatives. Given the wide diversity of initiatives, implementation approaches, evaluation methods, and socioeconomic and historical contexts characterizing the labor markets of the countries studied, we refrain from making recommendations regarding the most effective initiatives to address PE. Instead, we discuss several implications concerning the four types of initiatives to further support those searching for solutions to address PE. We strongly recommend tailoring adopted initiatives to local contexts to match a country's specific PE problems and unique labor market and socioeconomic context.</p>","PeriodicalId":73479,"journal":{"name":"International journal of social determinants of health and health services","volume":" ","pages":"268-288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171052/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143017513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Missed Nuances in Tuberculosis Research: Reflections from a Tibetan Scholar.","authors":"Nawang Yanga","doi":"10.1177/27551938251314654","DOIUrl":"10.1177/27551938251314654","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acknowledging and valuing the lived experiences of scholars from the Global South is crucial for more nuanced, refined, and equitable approaches to and interpretations of research. The sheer lack of Tibetan scholars authoring and leading studies within the Tibetan diaspora is especially concerning. The paucity of Tibetan scholars in tuberculosis (TB) discourse is a marker and product of the colonization of academic global health and of global inequities in opportunity and credibility. The lack of Tibetan voices, advocates and scholars alike, in the TB discourse creates ambiguities and misinterpretations, and a general unwillingness to dig deeper into the social, cultural, economic, and historical contexts under which TB thrives in this community. It also symbolizes the lack of opportunity faced by many scholars based in the Global South. Efforts to decolonize global health must also parallel efforts to address other related injustices.</p>","PeriodicalId":73479,"journal":{"name":"International journal of social determinants of health and health services","volume":" ","pages":"330-337"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171065/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143366893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Global Polycrisis and Health Inequalities.","authors":"Courtney McNamara, Clare Bambra","doi":"10.1177/27551938251317472","DOIUrl":"10.1177/27551938251317472","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the current era of multiple, overlapping global crises, it is essential to consider the political economy of health within the broader framework of global interconnectedness. In this article, we employ the polycrisis concept to understand the impacts of the multifaceted, concurrent, and synergistic contemporary global crises on global health and health inequalities. A polycrisis occurs when crises in multiple diverse global systems become causally entangled, compounding their effects. Despite its potential relevance and analytical insights, the polycrisis concept has rarely been applied in public health research. This article fills that gap, and through reviewing the impacts of past economic, environmental, health, and political crises, we argue that the polycrisis is creating a complex web of challenges that are likely to amplify existing and future health inequalities. We conclude by discussing strategies to mitigate these impacts and suggest pathways for research to ensure that the future is not inevitably unequal.</p>","PeriodicalId":73479,"journal":{"name":"International journal of social determinants of health and health services","volume":" ","pages":"238-248"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171050/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143434450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mental Health of Black Canadians: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Adedoyin Olanlesi-Aliu, Aisha Giwa, Bukola Salami","doi":"10.1177/27551938241311875","DOIUrl":"10.1177/27551938241311875","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Black Canadians frequently experience significant challenges when attempting to access mental health care, resulting in discrepancies in mental health outcomes. This article describes a scoping review that aimed to understand the range and nature of research conducted on the mental health of black Canadians and to identify the gaps in this literature. An established methodological framework guided the scoping review process. We searched research databases (CINAHL, Embase, Global Health, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Scopus, Sociological Abstracts, and Web of Science) and grey literature sources for peer-reviewed articles and grey reports on the health of black Canadians. Of the 14 121 articles screened, 43 were included in the review. Our review found spiritual support, resilience, collective culture, and culturally congruent support as facilitators of positive mental health of black people in Canada, while stigmatization, misconceptions, low uptake of mental services, and difficulties accessing mental health services were the most significant barriers. Strategies for improving the mental health of black people in Canada center on social, emotional, and community support. Our findings indicate the need for black stakeholder involvement in awareness creation and knowledge improvement, which will help to dispel the myths and misconceptions about mental health in black populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":73479,"journal":{"name":"International journal of social determinants of health and health services","volume":" ","pages":"303-317"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lenore S Azaroff, Taylor Weckstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Elizabeth Schrier, David U Himmelstein
{"title":"Leading U.S. and U.K. Medical Journals' Coverage of Wars in Ukraine and Gaza.","authors":"Lenore S Azaroff, Taylor Weckstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Elizabeth Schrier, David U Himmelstein","doi":"10.1177/27551938251329896","DOIUrl":"10.1177/27551938251329896","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent wars in Ukraine and Gaza, prosecuted with U.S. backing, have caused massive losses of life and, in Gaza, destruction of medical facilities. We performed searches using PubMed and journal websites to assess how many items addressing these wars have appeared in the leading U.S. and U.K. medical journals. We find that the U.S.-based journals (especially the <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i>) have carried few or no items on these wars; the U.K.-based journals have published many more.</p>","PeriodicalId":73479,"journal":{"name":"International journal of social determinants of health and health services","volume":" ","pages":"338-340"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144065243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information About Canadian Patient Groups' Conflicts of Interest and Industry Funding-Incomplete, Inconsistent, and Unreliable: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Joel Lexchin","doi":"10.1177/27551938251325801","DOIUrl":"10.1177/27551938251325801","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patient groups play an important role in health care. At the same time, the majority of Canadian groups receive payments from pharmaceutical companies, which calls into question whether they speak for the best interests of their membership or the companies that fund them. Canada lacks any mandatory reporting by either patient groups or pharmaceutical companies regarding payments between groups and companies. There are three potential sources of information on the topic of payments: (<i>a</i>) declarations made by groups when they file submissions to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, an organization created and funded by Canada's federal, provincial and territorial governments, about whether the agency should recommend public funding for the new drug; (<i>b</i>) patient groups' websites; and (<i>c</i>) voluntary disclosures by pharmaceutical companies on their websites. This study investigates the data available in all three sources and finds that they are incomplete and inconsistent, making any conclusions about patient groups' conflicts of interest and funding unreliable. Although increased transparency is no guarantee of independence, it is an important and necessary first step. However, relying on voluntary disclosure is not sufficient. Legislation, such as the bill passed in the province of Ontario but never implemented, mandating disclosure by companies of payments that they have made is necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":73479,"journal":{"name":"International journal of social determinants of health and health services","volume":" ","pages":"352-367"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171057/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143652461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Albert Espelt, Carme Borrell, Jaume Sanahuja, Eva Codinach, Carme Espelt, Ferran Daban, Mireia Campoy-Vila, Jordi Trapé-Úbeda, Carles Muntaner
{"title":"Being Called Social Does Not Necessarily Make You Community-Focused.","authors":"Albert Espelt, Carme Borrell, Jaume Sanahuja, Eva Codinach, Carme Espelt, Ferran Daban, Mireia Campoy-Vila, Jordi Trapé-Úbeda, Carles Muntaner","doi":"10.1177/27551938251324155","DOIUrl":"10.1177/27551938251324155","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73479,"journal":{"name":"International journal of social determinants of health and health services","volume":" ","pages":"262-267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144030596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are We All Post Traumatic Yet? A Critical Narrative Review of Trauma Among Arab Refugees.","authors":"Osama Tanous, Nadine Hosny, Suad Joseph","doi":"10.1177/27551938251330735","DOIUrl":"10.1177/27551938251330735","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the most studied, diagnosed, and treated mental health disorders in settings of war and displacement. A large body of literature has questioned the utility of the PTSD framework and its application to traumatic stress among populations experiencing wars, political violence, and displacement that is chronic and on a population level. No review has yet summarized the conceptual alternatives proposed by scholars for refugees in or from the Arab region. Our article reviews conceptual articles from the last three decades that propose alternative frameworks to understand trauma and traumatic stress among Arab refugees in the Arab region. We have identified nine articles that critiqued the applicability of PTSD framework for Arab refugees and/or provided alternative key concepts. Themes such as the individualistic nature of PTSD, the nature and longitude of traumatic stress, the \"normalization of traumatic stress,\" and the medicalization of trauma have emerged. The articles also discuss social justice as recovery, diagnostic recommendations, and the flow of knowledge production from the Global North to the Global South. Our article expands a growing body of literature critiquing the applicability of Western psychiatric models in settings in the Global South, specifically the Arab region.</p>","PeriodicalId":73479,"journal":{"name":"International journal of social determinants of health and health services","volume":" ","pages":"341-351"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171028/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144058809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}