Compernolle, Ellen L. Finch, Laura E. Hawkley, Louise C. Cagney, Kate A.
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Social Science & Medicine (1982)
Studies show that older adults were lonelier during versus before the COVID-19 pandemic. This may be due in part to guidelines particularly recommending that older adults stay at home, given their elevated risk of COVID-19 complications. However, little is known about the extent to which this population experienced greater intensity in momentary lo...
Graetz, Nick Gershenson, Carl Porter, Sonya R. Sandler, Danielle H. Lemmerman, Emily Desmond, Matthew
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Social Science & Medicine (1982)
• We describe a novel linked dataset including eviction and mortality records. • Increases in rental costs are associated with increases in mortality risk. • Eviction filings and judgments are both associated with increased mortality. • Impacts of eviction on mortality are largest for those at lower eviction risk.
Rao, Krishna D. Mehta, Akriti Noonan, Caitlin Peters, Michael A. Perry, Henry
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Social Science & Medicine (1982)
• Most patients bypassed local primary health centers for informal providers. • The likelihood of a patient visiting any health facility declined with distance. • Illness severity or wealth had no effect on choice of private clinics over PHCs. • Illness severity or wealth increased preference for private hospitals over PHCs. • Making health centers...
Mühlichen, Michael Lerch, Mathias Sauerberg, Markus Grigoriev, Pavel
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Social Science & Medicine (1982)
• Strong north-south and east-west gradients across the studied area. • Swiss regions and South Tyrol show the lowest outcomes of avoidable mortality. • Even best-performing regions of Germany and Austria are above Swiss level. • Spatial pattern related to varying effectiveness of health care and health policies. • Avoidable deaths explain approx. ...
Silva, Laura Bezzo, Franco Bonomi van Ham, Maarten
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Social Science & Medicine (1982)
Piehlmaier, Dominik M Stagno, Emanuela Nagy, Agnes
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Social science & medicine (1982)
Health education campaigns often aim to create awareness by increasing objective knowledge about pathogens, such as COVID-19. However, the present paper proposes that confidence in one's knowledge more than knowledge is a significant factor that leads to a laxer attitude toward COVID-19 and hence lower support for protective measures and reduced in...
Zhang, Kunyu Burr, Jeffrey A Mutchler, Jan E Lu, Jiehua
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Social science & medicine (1982)
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the public health concerns of social isolation and loneliness for older people who are vulnerable due to their health conditions and more restrictive social measures. However studies revealed that many older adults demonstrated high resilience and remained emotionally stable during the pandemic, particularly those ...
Lee, Edmund W J Bao, Huanyu Wang, Yixi Lim, Yi Torng
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Social science & medicine (1982)
This study examines the proliferation of COVID-19 misinformation through Plandemic-a pseudo-documentary of COVID-19 conspiracy theories-on social media and examines how factors such as (a) themes of misinformation, (b) types of misinformation, (c) sources of misinformation, (d) emotions of misinformation, and (e) fact-checking labels amplify or att...
Li, Xiaoguang Guo, Xiaoxian Shi, Zhilei
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Social science & medicine (1982)
Social networks have both positive and negative effects as a double-edged sword. However, previous studies have mostly focused on the positive effects of social networks, whereas the negative effects have received less scrutiny and need to be tapped empirically. In this quantitative study, we investigate the multiple effects of social networks, inc...
Tan, Si Ying Foo, Chuan De Verma, Monica Hanvoravongchai, Piya Cheh, Paul Li Jen Pholpark, Aungsumalee Marthias, Tiara Hafidz, Firdaus Prawidya Putri, Likke Mahendradhata, Yodi
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Social Science & Medicine (1982)
• Visible vulnerable populations were included in most countries' COVID-19 responses. • Less visible and hidden populations were neglected in formal policy responses. • A whole-of-government approach based on equity is needed during crisis situations.
