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Health and Health Care Inequities, Infectious Diseases and Social Factors

ISBN: 978-1-80117-941-6, eISBN: 978-1-80117-940-9

ISSN: 0275-4959

Publication date: 28 March 2022

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(2022), "Prelims", Kronenfeld, J.J. (Ed.) Health and Health Care Inequities, Infectious Diseases and Social Factors (Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Vol. 39), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-xv. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0275-495920220000039015

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Health and Health Care Inequities, Infectious Diseases and Social Factors

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Research in the Sociology of Health Care

Series Editor: Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld

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Research in the Sociology of Health Care Volume 39

Health and Health Care Inequities, Infectious Diseases and Social Factors

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Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld

Arizona State University, USA

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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List of Figures and Tables

Figure 1. Distribution of Participants According to Education.
Figure 2. Distribution of Participants According to Profession.
Figure 1. General Hospital Service Areas Defined by Travel Time of 30 Minutes.
Figure 2. Micro Hospital Service Areas Defined by Drive Time of 30 Minutes.
Figure 3. Probability for a Patient to Seek Care Given Travel Time to Facility.
Figure 4. Index Variables Values with 30-Minute Micro Hospital Catchment Windows.
Figure 5. Relationship between Median Income and Micro Hospital Catchment Windows.
Figure 6. Relationship between Percentage of Population with Limited English-Speaking Ability and Micro Hospital Catchment Windows.
Figure 7. Relationship between Percentage of Female-Headed Households and Micro Hospital Catchment Windows.
Figure 8. Locations of Micro and Regular Hospitals with Average Physician to Population Ratio (per 1,000 Residents within a 20-Minute Drive).
Figure 9. Micro-Hospitals and Micro-Hospital 10-Minute Service Areas in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Overlaid on the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) by Census Tract.
Figure 1. Dialectical Materialism of Biomedical Paradigms.
Figure 1. Trend in Mean Absolute Disparities, Nationwide Panel: 2008–2015 (n = 2,683)
Figure 2. Trend in Absolute Disparities, “ACO RHCs,” CA, FL, TX: 2008–2015 (n = 116)
Figure 3. Trend in Relative Disparities, “ACO RHCs,” CA, FL, TX: 2008–2015 (n = 116).
Table 1. US Center Hemodialysis Population Characteristics.
Table 2. Galvanizing a Kidney Community Response to Health Disparities/Inequities: Opinion Leader Recommendations 2020–2021.
Table 1. Participant Characteristics.
Table 1. Correlation of Resistance to Change and Physical Health.
Table 2. Correlation of Age with Adaptability and Resistance to Change.
Table 3. Correlation of Profession with Adaptability and Resistance.
The Questionnaire Used to Get the Data from Participants.
Table 1. Active Migrants' Migratory Stress Symptoms and Health Changes by Gender (Percentage).
Table 2. Passive Migrants' Migratory Stress Symptoms and Health Changes by Gender (Percentage).
Table 3. Gender and Migration-Related Health Processes and Coping Mechanisms.
Table 1. Descriptive Statistics of the Dataset.
Table 2. Descriptive Statistics of the Main Study Variables in Fifteen European Countries.
Table 3. The Estimates of the Association between the Use of Health Information from the Media and Happiness in Greece, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Table 4. The Estimates of the Association between the Use of Health Information from the Media and Happiness in Two Educational Groups in Greece, Finland and Portugal.
Table 5. The Estimates of the Association between the Use of Health Information from the Media and Happiness in Two Educational Groups in Sweden, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Table 1. List of Variables Used as Nonspatial Measures for Health-Care Access.
Table 2. Means of Population Characteristics by Hospital Type and Catchment Window.
Table 3. Rotated Factor Structure.
Table 4. Logistic Regression Results Estimates Associating the Presence of Micro Hospital Versus That of Regular Hospital in the Service Area, Texas 2014–2018.
Table 5. Percentage Changes in Odds for Logistic Regression Model 3 Estimates Associating the Presence of Micro Hospital versus That of Regular in the Service Area, Texas 2014–2018.
Table 1. Descriptive Statistics for Absolute Disparities, Nationwide Panel: 2008–2015 (n = 2,683).
Table 2. Descriptive Statistics for Absolute Disparities, “ACO RHCs,” CA, FL, TX: 2008–2015 (n = 116).
Table 3. Descriptive Statistics for Relative Disparities, “ACO RHCs,” CA, FL, TX: 2008–2015 (n = 116).
Table 4. Test for Difference in Absolute Disparities, Pre- and Post-ACO Years, Nationwide Panel: 2008–2015 (n = 2,683).

About the Editor

Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, PhD is a Professor Emerita in Sociology at Arizona State University. She is currently the secretary/treasurer of the Retirement Network at the American Sociological Association (ASA). She is past chair of the Medical Sociology Section, ASA, and has served the section as Nominations Committee Chair and Health Policy Chair. She has been active in the section on Aging and the Life Course. She is a past President of Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS), both at the national level and SWS-South. She was vice president of the Southern Sociological Society and secretary of the Medical Care Section in the American Public Health Association. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior.

About the Contributors

Dr Ernesto Amaral is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at Texas A&M University. His research projects tackle social problems through the analysis of large data sets and integration of demographic, statistical, and spatial methods. His research areas relate to social demography, population health, migration, and public policy analysis.

Lila Baca is an undergraduate student of the Combined BA/MD program at the University of New Mexico. Her research experience includes cancer health disparities among Hispanic and LGBTQ+ communities. She aspires to advance health equity by engaging with underserved communities as a physician and contributing to research informing health policy.

Dr Anil S. Bilimale is a MPH Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, Karnataka, India.

Kate Cartwright, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Administration and a faculty member of the Combined BA/MD program at the University of New Mexico. Her research focuses on health administration and health equity. She has worked on capacity building in rural medicine for six years.

Audrey Eakman is a senior at the University of New Mexico studying Biochemistry and Health, Medicine, and Human Values. A member of the UNM Combined BA/MD program, she is interested in studying public health and infectious diseases, and advocates for health equity as a member of the Deaf community.

Ryan Earl has a Bachelor of Science in Geospatial Information Science and Technology from Texas A&M University with a focus in computation, design, and analysis. He now works as a Geospatial Data Analyst for emergency management, environmental quality, and risk assessment through process automation and data analytics.

Madison Gonya is a Master of Healthcare Administration graduate student at the University of New Mexico. She graduated in 2017 with a BA double major in political science and criminology from the University of New Mexico. She researches health policy, the politicization of health topics, and community health outcomes.

Arun Gopi is an Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Statistics at the Department of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, Karnataka, India.

Richard Hofler, PhD is a health economist with strong econometrics capabilities. He is a Professor of Economics and Lead Researcher in the Rural Health Research Group at the University of Central Florida. He has published articles about various issues in health care using many different statistical methods.

Dr Kishor M. is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College & Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, Karnataka, India.

Sarah Kraft, a former Graduate Assistant at St. John's University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, worked under the supervision of Dr. Roberta Villalón. Being raised on the Texas-Mexico border inspired her interests in migration and health-care equality. She is currently an Immigration Paralegal and hopes to attend law school.

Nancy G. Kutner, PhD is a Medical Sociologist in the School of Medicine at Emory University, Atlanta GA, USA, with a long-standing research interest in functioning and quality of life among persons with chronic kidney disease, especially the evolving influence on these outcomes of public policies and structuring of care.

Dr Mamatha H. K. is an Associate Professor, Department of Health System Management Studies, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, Karnataka, India. She has a bachelor’s degree in Dentistry and chose to complete her MBA and PhD. Now she is the head of the department of DHSMS at JSSAHER, Mysore.

Padmashree G. S. is a Research Scholar, Department of Health System Management Studies, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, Karnataka, India. Her aim in life is to spread emotional awareness in people such that the Emotional Intelligence of the next generations can be higher and students are able to use their emotions to achieve results than be used by them.

Harry Perlstadt, PhD, MPH is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Michigan State University, where he also served as director of the Program in Bioethics, Humanities and Society. He chaired the ASA's Sociological Practice and Public Sociology Section. He is currently working on a book on social science research ethics.

Judy Ortiz, PhD is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, Florida. She directs the Rural Health Research Group at UCF, which is a multicollege team of faculty and students that focuses on research of rural health, health equity, and primary care.

Boondaniwon Phrathep, B S is a Graduate Research Assistant with the Rural Health Research Group. He is pursuing a master's degree in Statistics and Data Science at the University of Central Florida. Boon earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Florida State University and has experience working in an Emergency Department.

Jingqiu Ren is a PhD candidate in Sociology at Texas A&M University. She has a Master of Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and substantial professional work experience. She is interested in quantitative and spatial applications in social demography, population health, and workforce studies.

Jennifer Rothchild is Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Minnesota, Morris. Her research focuses on gender and development, childhood, health, and inequalities. She is the author of the book Gender Trouble Makers: Education and Empowerment in Nepal (Routledge, 2006).

Chad Thomas, B S is a Research Assistant with the Rural Health Research Group. Thomas is pursuing a Master of Science in Statistical Computing at the University of Central Florida. Thomas has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Florida State University.

Rania F. Valeeva has an MD, MA, and MSc in Epidemiology and Sociology. Her research investigates transnational differences in well-being and related questions, using a multisectoral approach.

Roberta Villalón, originally from Mar del Plata, Argentina, is a Professor of Sociology committed to actively working for justice within and across geographical and social borders. Her activist feminist scholarship has focused on Latin America and Latin American migrants' experiences and collective mobilizations against intersecting social, political, and economic violence transnationally.

Stephanie N. Wilson, PhD, is an Applied Sociologist and Co-founder of Applied Worldwide, a digital media production company focused on applied sociology. She conducts research on health inequalities in the United States, writing about issues such as provider–patient interactions, pain assessment biases, social stigma, and intersectionality in health care.

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