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The Role of Community Health Agents in Promoting Social Change in Peru
BackgroundCommunity health agents (CHAs) provide basic health services and increase health care access thereby improving health outcomes for...
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Diagnosing norms and norm change in rural Bangladesh: an exploration of gendered social norms and women’s empowerment
BackgroundGender-transformative public health programs often aim to address power inequities between men and women and promote women’s empowerment....
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The associations between social support change and physical activity trajectory from late adolescence to young adulthood
BackgroundPrevious research examined the associations between social support and physical activity. However, little is known about the associations...
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Patient-Reported Reasons for Antihypertensive Medication Change: A Quantitative Study Using Social Media
IntroductionHypertension is the leading cause of heart disease in the world, and discontinuation or nonadherence of antihypertensive medication...
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Experiences of social support by participants with morbid obesity who participate in a rehabilitation program for health-behavior change: a qualitative study
BackgroundObesity is a global public health concern with significant implications for individuals’ physical health and overall well-being....
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‘Good farmers’ and ‘real vets’: social identities, behaviour change and the future of bovine tuberculosis eradication
This paper considers the role of social research and human behaviour in attempts to eradicate bTB. Future attempts to eradicate bTB are likely to...
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Social and behavior change communication competency among front-line healthcare system actors in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
IntroductionSocial and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) plays a critical role in improving behavior and health outcomes across the continuum of...
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Leading a Healthcare Organization During a Period of Social Change: A Qualitative Study of Chief Executive Officers
BackgroundIn recent years, organizational leaders have faced growing pressure to respond to social and political issues. Although previous research...
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Social anxiety in Finnish adolescents from 2013 to 2021: change from pre-COVID-19 to COVID-19 era, and mid-pandemic correlates
PurposeSocial anxiety disorder (SAD) is prevalent in adolescents. Increase in levels of general anxiety since 2010’s has been observed in young...
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Queer(ing) medical spaces: queer theory as a framework for transformative social change in anesthesiology and critical care medicine
Queer theory is a disruptive lens that can be adopted by researchers, educators, clinicians, and administrators to effect transformative social...
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Effect of social and behavioral change interventions on minimum dietary diversity among pregnant women and associated socio-economic inequality in Rajasthan, India
BackgroundMaternal dietary diversity is a key to improving the birth and child health outcomes. Besides socio-economic factors, the nutrition...
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Life under stay-at-home orders: a panel study of change in social interaction and emotional wellbeing among older Americans during COVID-19 pandemic
BackgroundRecent research has shown the mental health consequence of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, but longitudinal data are...
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The social and health protection of migrants in Chile: qualitative analysis of civil society proposals for constitutional change
BackgroundA sustained period of social, economic, and political unrest took place during October of 2019 in Chile. As an institutional solution, the...
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Prevalence and change in social inequalities in physical activity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
BackgroundPhysical activity is crucial for our wellbeing. Since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, physical activity behaviour has changed globally, and...
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Empowerment for behaviour change through social connections: a qualitative exploration of women’s preferences in preconception health promotion in the state of Victoria, Australia
BackgroundHealth behaviours in the preconception period have the potential to impact on fertility and pregnancy outcomes, and the health of all women...
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„Social egg freezing“
The cryopreservation of unfertilized eggs without any medical indication is called social egg freezing. This preserves the egg quality at the moment...
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Continuity and Change in Substance Use Patterns During the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Examining Changes in Social Roles
This study offers a model for using multidimensional growth mixture models to identify polysubstance use trajectories by examining transitions among...
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Social participation and change in walking time among older adults: a 3-year longitudinal study from the JAGES
BackgroundAmong all physical activities, walking is one of the easiest and most economical activities for older adults’ mental and physical health....
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A social network analysis approach to assess COVID19-related disruption to substance use treatment and informal social interactions among people who use drugs in Scotland
AimsTo assess the extent of Coronavirus-related disruption to health and social care treatment and social interactions among people with lived or...
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Madness and Social Change Autobiography of the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform
In this book, the history of the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform is told by one of its main protagonists. In the early 1980s, there were about 80...
