Research in the Sociology of Health Care

ISSN: 0275-4959

Editor: Professor Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
Subject: Health Care Management / Healthcare (view other series in this subject area)
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This series on Research in the Sociology of Health Care generally deals with issues related to health, health care services, and sociological concerns.

Specific topics vary from year to year. Each year’s book deals with an issue of importance in both the US health care system and health care systems across the world.

Topics that have been covered in recent years include research on social inequalities, social disparities, chronic diseases, population health and research on access, quality and utilization of health care services. Most of these topics have a very long tradition in sociological research, and have long been one of the more important topics covered by medical sociologists.

Volumes typically include theoretical, qualitative and quantitative papers, and deals with complex understandings of macro system issues, the impact of the patient and individual factors on health and health care and the impact of the provider and interaction between providers and patients.

Often there is a mix between macro system issues, more theoretical approaches to the topic and quantitative approaches. Some volumes include many articles with a greater focus on patient characteristics, while others may have fewer from that perspective. Articles vary greatly in their coverage, with some focusing on the US as a whole, and others on specific sections of the US or subgroups within the population such as African American women or the elderly. Other articles focus on issues from an international or comparative perspective. Some volumes will include articles that focus on providers and issues of social inequality and health care delivery. Research on providers of care is another long, important research tradition within medical sociology. Other volumes include papers that examine issues of gender, race and poverty as examples of sources of inequality in modern societies.

Each volume tries to include information that is essential reading for medical sociologists and people working in other social science disciplines studying health-related issues. The volume also provides vital information for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers.

Upcoming Volumes

Volume 31 - Social Determinants, Health Disparities and Linkages to Health and Health Care

This volume looks at the key links between social determinants, health disparities and health and health care. There is a particular focus on macro-level systems and micro-level issues, including the examination of issues for patients, carers and providers of care.

Coverage includes papers on geographical and place factors and disparities, SES and race/ethnicity factors, chronic care and serious health problems such as HIV/AIDs and kidney transplantation, comparative aspects and perceptions of health disparities.

Starting with an introduction that reviews the crucial sociological literature on social determinants and health disparities, papers in this volume go on to cover key themes including ageing, barriers to care, ethnicity, social inequalities, the views of parents on their children’s care, and doctor/patient relationships.

Sample chapters:
Hewitt, Ann - Addressing Health Disparities: Understanding Place in the Role of Social Determinant Interventions

Olafsdottir, Sigrun; Beckfield, Jason, and Bakhtiari, Elyas - Contextualizing Disparities: The Case for Comparative Research on Social Inequalities in Healthcare

Smith, Galen H. and Scheid, Teresa L - An Application of the Andersen Model of Health Utilization to the Understanding of the Role of Race Concordant Doctor/Patient Relationships in Reducing Health Disparities

The Editor

Professor Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld is a faculty member of the Cente of Popular Dynamics at Arizona State University. She conducts research in medical sociology, especially in health care utilization, health care behavior and aging, as well as more broadly health across the life course and health policy issues. With some of the CePod faculty and other ASU faculty, she is currently working on a variety of issues related to adolescent obesity. She is also working on projects on utilization of health care services using national databases such as the Health Interview Survey and MEPS, including issues relating to specialty care use and CAM (complementary and alternative medicine). Professor Kronenfeld has conducted research in a variety of topics related to child health, including recruitment into SCHIP (state child health insurance program), obesity and immunization. Professor Kronenfeld is a past chair of the medical sociology section, American Sociological Association, and past secretary of the Medical Care section, American Public Health Association and a Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior.

Research in the Sociology of Health Care is included in:

BFI
International Bibliography of Social Sciences
Scopus
Thomson Reuters Book Citation Index

Contact the Editorial Team

Series Editor
Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
Arizona State University, USA
Jennie.Kronenfeld@asu.edu

Publisher

Jo Sharrocks

jsharrocks@emeraldinsight.com

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