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Everyday suffering outside prison walls: A legacy of community justice in post-genocide Rwanda

Rutayisire, Théoneste; Richters, Annemiek - In: Social Science & Medicine 120 (2014) C, pp. 413-420

Twenty years after the 1994 genocide, Rwanda shows all indications of moving quickly towards socio-economic prosperity … and neighbors. Study findings suggest that large scale imprisonment of genocide suspects coupled with Gacaca court … families and communities require humanitarian action. However, in Rwanda's post-genocide reality, the suffering of these two …

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From bioethics to a sociology of bio-knowledge

Petersen, Alan - In: Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013) C, pp. 264-270

Growing recognition of bioethics' shortcomings, associated in large part with its heavy reliance on abstract principles, or so-called principlism, has led many scholars to propose that the field should be reformed or reconceptualised. Principlism is seen to de-contextualise the process of...

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Globalisation and health inequalities: Can a human rights paradigm create space for civil society action?

London, Leslie; Schneider, Helen - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 1, pp. 6-13

While neoliberal globalisation is associated with increasing inequalities, global integration has simultaneously strengthened the dissemination of human rights discourse across the world. This paper explores the seeming contradiction that globalisation is conceived as disempowering nations...

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Medical humanitarianism, human rights and political advocacy: The case of the Israeli Open Clinic

Gottlieb, Nora; Filc, Dani; Davidovitch, Nadav - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 6, pp. 839-845

In the context of neo-liberal retrenchments humanitarian NGOs have become alternative healthcare providers that partially fill the vacuum left by the welfare state’s withdrawal from the provision of services to migrants and other marginalized populations. In many cases they thus help to build...

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Human rights violations and smoking status among South African adults enrolled in the South Africa Stress and Health (SASH) study

Dutra, Lauren M.; Williams, David R.; Gupta, Jhumka; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 105 (2014) C, pp. 103-111

Despite South Africa's history of violent political conflict, and the link between stressful experiences and smoking in the literature, no public health study has examined South Africans' experiences of human rights violations and smoking. Using data from participants in the nationally...

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Mind the gap: Access to ARV medication, rights and the politics of scale in South Africa

Jones, Peris Sean - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 1, pp. 28-35

Global access to anti-retroviral medication (ARVs) has increased exponentially in recent years. As a relatively recent phenomenon for the global South, much knowledge is being added, but analysis of ‘access’ to ARVs remains partial. The main research objective of this article is to gain a...

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Moving beyond the historical quagmire of measuring infant mortality for the First Nations population in Canada

Elias, Brenda - In: Social Science & Medicine 123 (2014) C, pp. 125-132

Infant mortality is a metric influenced by societal, political and medical advances. The way vital events are collected and reported are not always uniform. A lack of uniformity has disadvantaged some groups in society. In Canada, a multi-jurisdictional vital statistics system has truncated our...

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A systematic review of studies examining the relationship between reported racism and health and wellbeing for children and young people

Priest, Naomi; Paradies, Yin; Trenerry, Brigid; Truong, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 95 (2013) C, pp. 115-127

literature that considers the effects of racial discrimination on child and youth health. The aim of this paper is to provide a … systematic review of studies that examine relationships between reported racial discrimination and child and youth health. We … and youth health. Ensuring study quality in this field will allow future research to reveal the complex role that racial …

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Graphic warning labels on plain cigarette packs: Will they make a difference to adolescents?

McCool, Judith; Webb, Lisa; Cameron, Linda D.; Hoek, Janet - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 8, pp. 1269-1273

Graphic warning labels and plain cigarette packaging are two initiatives developed to increase quit behaviour among smokers. Although a little is known about how adolescents interpret graphic warning labels, very few studies have examined how plain cigarette packaging would affect adolescents’...

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Social integration in friendship networks: The synergy of network structure and peer influence in relation to cigarette smoking among high risk adolescents

Lakon, Cynthia M.; Valente, Thomas W. - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 9, pp. 1407-1417

peer influences favoring drug use relates to more smoking among these high risk youth. …

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