The determinants of health: structure, context and agency

Article Abstract:

It is argued that the theory of social structure is primarily used as groundwork for the social version of health inequalities and their determinants. The contribution of medical sociologists towards arguments over health inequalities, with focus on contributions to the journal, Sociology of Health and Illness, is examined.

Demonstrations and protests, Social structure, Medical sociologists

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The use of quantitative medical sociology

Article Abstract:

Quantitative papers associated with various aspects of social structure published in the first 25 years of the journal, Sociology of Health and Illness, are identified. The journal's contribution to numerous sociological and social epidemiological debates is studied.

Epidemiology, Social medicine

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Socioeconomic measures in early old age as indicators of previous lifetime exposure to environmental health hazards

Article Abstract:

The relationship between disadvantage in early old age and that earlier in life is compared with the lifetime residential and occupational histories of 294 older subjects. More disadvantaged elderly had higher lifetime exposure scores to various health hazards.

Aged, Elderly, Evaluation, Finance, Medical records

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