Health, Risk & Society, Volume 17, Issue 5-6 (2015)

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Health, Risk & Society, Volume 17, Issue 5-6 (2015)

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Risk, pregnancy, childbirth and infants

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‘I think it’s self-preservation’: risk perception and secrecy in early pregnancy
Emily Jane Ross
Pages: 329-348
Published online: 25 Sep 2015
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Pluralist risk cultures: the sociology of childbirth in Vanuatu
Karen Lane
Pages: 349-367
Published online: 14 Oct 2015
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The influence of risk perception on South Korean mothers’ use of infant formula
Minjung Sung & Hyehyun Hong
Pages: 368-387
Published online: 24 Nov 2015
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Risk taking

Article
The safety dance: Men without [hard] hats
Martin T. Kosla
Pages: 388-403
Published online: 26 Nov 2015
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Between bushfire risk and love of environment: preparedness, precariousness and survival in the narratives of urban fringe dwellers in Australia
Davina Lohm & Mark Davis
Pages: 404-419
Published online: 19 Nov 2015
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Risk and identity formation

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How health risks prevention shapes collective identities: a micro-sociological approach
Don Weenink, Christian Bröer & Jolanda Boersma
Pages: 420-438
Published online: 07 Dec 2015
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‘I’m managing myself’: how and why people use St John’s wort as a strategy to manage their mental health risk
Sophie Lewis, Karen Willis, Renata Kokanovic & Marie Pirotta
Pages: 439-457
Published online: 14 Oct 2015
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Risk communication

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Fearing or fearsome Ebola communication? Keeping the public in the dark about possible post-21-day symptoms and infectiousness could backfire
Branden B. Johnson & Paul Slovic
Pages: 458-471
Published online: 24 Nov 2015
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