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June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study examines the negative correlation between weight related to food insecurity for mothers and non-mothers. Food insecure mothers are more likely to be overweight and obese than their childfree female counterparts. Single mothers are more likely to experience food insecurity compared to married or cohabitating mothers.
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In the past, research on sex/gender and health has not incorporated a conceptualization including contemporary feminist, relational approaches to gender, nor has it prioritized research on intersectional and biosocial approaches. This special issue ...
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This paper examines the impact of genetic testing and the potential benefits and harms it can provide to people with epilepsy and their family members.
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study looked at the effect of immigrant generation on levels of physical activity among Filipinos, Chinese and Mexican adults.
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
News media coverage of diabetes shapes public perception of the disease. This study found that articles published between 2005 and 2006, in major U.S. newspapers, framed type 2 diabetes as the result of behavioral, rather than social, factors.
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examined the relationship between socioeconomic status and rates of chronic infection in children. Infection or inflammation in children may predispose them to chronic disease and play a role in later-life health disparities.
August 1, 2008 | Journal Article
The introduction to a special issue of the journal Social Science & Medicine describes articles within the special issue that focus on the links between stigma, prejudice, discrimination and health.
August 1, 2008 | Journal Article
An examination of stigma and prejudice models reveals general overlap despite distinctions between the models in the level of emphasis placed on individual- or group-level characteristics. Functions of stigma and prejudice include exploitation/domination, social norm enforcement or disease avoidance.
August 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A study of smoker-related stigma focuses on perceptions of current and former smokers. Factors highlighted as related to smoker-related stigma include individual attributions and fears about smoking, structural discrimination toward smokers and social norms.
August 1, 2008 | Journal Article
An exploration of stigma, coercion and treatment for mental illness offered supportive evidence for the coercion to beneficial treatment and the coercion to detrimental stigma perspectives. Future treatment approaches should attempt to reduce perceptions of coercion for those receiving treatment.