The Social Science Journal, Volume 50, Issue 4 (2013)

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Quixote's soldiers: A local history of the Chicano movement
John Francis Burke
Pages: 405-407
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Workplace characteristics, work-to-life conflict, and psychological distress among medical workers
Krista Lynn Minnotte, Marissa Gravelle & Michael C. Minnotte
Pages: 408-417
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Difficulty in seeking information about health care quality and costs: The field of dreams fallacy
Kirby Goidel, Ashley Kirzinger, Margaret DeFleur & Jason Turcotte
Pages: 418-425
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforDifficulty in seeking information about health care quality and costs: The field of dreams fallacy | Full Text | References | PDF (551.6 KB)
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Explaining individual level support for organ procurement policy
Stephen J. Ceccoli & Roland A. Glean
Pages: 426-437
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforExplaining individual level support for organ procurement policy | Full Text | References | PDF (670.4 KB)
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On intra-annual consumption-poverty in the U.S: Response to SNAP and the importance of within-year variation
Elton Mykerezi, Bradford F. Mills & Ilda Melo
Pages: 438-448
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforOn intra-annual consumption-poverty in the U.S: Response to SNAP and the importance of within-year variation | Full Text | References | PDF (628 KB)
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Ensuring equitable access to public health care: Two steps forward, one step back
Karen Kunz & Stavros Atsas
Pages: 449-460
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Regional cultures and health outcomes: Implications for performance measurement, public health and policy
Jackson Williams
Pages: 461-470
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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The influence of individual health outcomes on individual savings behavior
Comfort F. Ricketts, Jon P. Rezek & Randall C. Campbell
Pages: 471-481
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Unemployment, Medicaid provisions, the mental health industry, and suicide
Lawrence C. Pellegrini & Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio
Pages: 482-490
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Patient satisfaction with physician responses during interactions prompted by pharmaceutical advertisements
Benjamin Lewin
Pages: 491-500
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforPatient satisfaction with physician responses during interactions prompted by pharmaceutical advertisements | Full Text | References | PDF (329.1 KB)
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Taking your medicine? Attitudes toward direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA)
Stephen J. Ceccoli & Robert J. Klotz
Pages: 501-509
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforTaking your medicine? Attitudes toward direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) | Full Text | References | PDF (372.6 KB)
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Go out and play, but mean it: Using frame analysis to explore recent news media coverage of the rediscovery of unstructured play
Ronald Bishop
Pages: 510-520
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforGo out and play, but mean it: Using frame analysis to explore recent news media coverage of the rediscovery of unstructured play | Full Text | References | PDF (866.9 KB)
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Gender differences in college binge drinking: Examining the role of depression and school stress
Daphne E. Pedersen
Pages: 521-529
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforGender differences in college binge drinking: Examining the role of depression and school stress | Full Text | References | PDF (443.5 KB)
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Attitudinal correlates associated with recent alcohol use and episodic heavy drinking among African American youth
Rebecca A. Vidourek & Keith A. King
Pages: 530-539
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforAttitudinal correlates associated with recent alcohol use and episodic heavy drinking among African American youth | Full Text | References | PDF (614.6 KB)
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Getting inked: Tattoo and risky behavioral involvement among university students
Keith A. King & Rebecca A. Vidourek
Pages: 540-546
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforGetting inked: Tattoo and risky behavioral involvement among university students | Full Text | References | PDF (435.6 KB)
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The dilemmas of embodied symbolic representation: Regret in contemporary American tattoo narratives
Eric Madfis & Tammi Arford
Pages: 547-556
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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The differential gender effect of internalized racism on abdominal obesity in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Malcolm A. Cort, Ephraim T. Gwebu, Eugene S. Tull, Natasha A. Cox & Thabiso Modise
Pages: 557-564
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforThe differential gender effect of internalized racism on abdominal obesity in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (540.9 KB)
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Adult obesity prevalence and state policymaking in the United States: Is problem severity associated with more policies?
Sabrina Jones Niggel, Scott B. Robinson, Ian Hewer, Joshua Noone, Shweta Shah & Sarah B. Laditka
Pages: 565-574
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforAdult obesity prevalence and state policymaking in the United States: Is problem severity associated with more policies? | Full Text | References | PDF (614.4 KB)
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Eating habits and physical activity in dieter and non-dieter youth: A gender analysis of English and Spanish adolescents
P. Ramos, F. Brooks, I. García-Moya, F. Rivera & C. Moreno
Pages: 575-582
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforEating habits and physical activity in dieter and non-dieter youth: A gender analysis of English and Spanish adolescents | Full Text | References | PDF (516.1 KB)
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Understanding the relative influence of attitudes and societal norms on dietary intentions among African-Caribbean women
Eugene S. Tull, Malcolm A. Cort, Jerome Taylor & Tissa Wickramasuriya
Pages: 583-590
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforUnderstanding the relative influence of attitudes and societal norms on dietary intentions among African-Caribbean women | Full Text | References | PDF (470.4 KB)
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The role of gender stereotypes in the social acceptability of the expression of intimacy
A. Celeste Gaia
Pages: 591-602
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforThe role of gender stereotypes in the social acceptability of the expression of intimacy | Full Text | References | PDF (525.1 KB)
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Politicizing biology: Social movements, parties, and the case of homosexuality
Donald P. Haider-Markel & Mark R. Joslyn
Pages: 603-615
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforPoliticizing biology: Social movements, parties, and the case of homosexuality | Full Text | References | PDF (870.3 KB)
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Inside the blogosphere: A taxonomy and framing analysis of abortion weblogs
Sung-Yeon Park, Gi Woong Yun, Kyle Holody, Ki Sung Yoon, Shuang Xie & Sooyoung Lee
Pages: 616-624
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforInside the blogosphere: A taxonomy and framing analysis of abortion weblogs | Full Text | References | PDF (375.7 KB)
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Young maternal age and low birth weight risk: An exploration of racial/ethnic disparities in the birth outcomes of mothers in the United States
Jeff A. Dennis & Stefanie Mollborn
Pages: 625-634
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforYoung maternal age and low birth weight risk: An exploration of racial/ethnic disparities in the birth outcomes of mothers in the United States | Full Text | References | PDF (708.9 KB)
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The effects of spatial patterns of neighborhood risk factors on adverse birth outcomes
Elizabeth Miklya Legerski & Jonathan B. Thayn
Pages: 635-645
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforThe effects of spatial patterns of neighborhood risk factors on adverse birth outcomes | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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Does residential segregation help or hurt? Exploring differences in the relationship between segregation and health among U.S. Hispanics by nativity and ethnic subgroup
Kyle Anne Nelson
Pages: 646-657
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforDoes residential segregation help or hurt? Exploring differences in the relationship between segregation and health among U.S. Hispanics by nativity and ethnic subgroup | Full Text | References | PDF (633.9 KB)
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Health insurance coverage of Hispanic adults: An assessment of subgroup difference and the impact of immigration
T. Elizabeth Durden & Lucy G. Dean
Pages: 658-664
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforHealth insurance coverage of Hispanic adults: An assessment of subgroup difference and the impact of immigration | Full Text | References | PDF (547.9 KB)
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The efficiency of government spending on health: Evidence from Europe and Central Asia
Yi-Chung Hsu
Pages: 665-673
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforThe efficiency of government spending on health: Evidence from Europe and Central Asia | Full Text | References | PDF (508.5 KB)
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Educational attainment and self-rated health in contemporary China: A survey-based study in 2010
Anning Hu & Jacob Hibel
Pages: 674-680
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
AbstractforEducational attainment and self-rated health in contemporary China: A survey-based study in 2010 | Full Text | References | PDF (537.8 KB)
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Book Review

Book Review
Murder State: California's Native American Genocide
Barbara Bonnekessen
Pages: 681-683
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Masters of the Universe: Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics
Matías Vernengo
Pages: 684-685
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
CitationforMasters of the Universe: Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics | Full Text | References | PDF (134.4 KB)
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Editorial

Editorial
Social science and health
Scott Alan Carson & Jeff Dennis
Pages: 686-687
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Book Review

Book Review
Inequality and instability: A study of the world economy just before the great crisis
Alexander Kangas
Pages: 688-689
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
CitationforInequality and instability: A study of the world economy just before the great crisis | Full Text | PDF (131.4 KB)
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