La Sociologia della salute e della medicina in Scandinavia

2012 ◽  
pp. 42-59
Author(s):  
Elianne Riska
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Epidemiology ◽  
Medical Sociology ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Feminist Critique ◽  
Early Adoption ◽  
Health Studies ◽  
Gender And Health ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Sociology Of Health

This review examines three stages in the development of the sociology of health and medicine in Scandinavia. First, it describes the early adoption of the Parsonian approach as part of mainstream Scandinavian medical sociology. Second, it shows that the international feminist critique of medicine became only partially integrated at the time into the views on gender and health in Scandinavian health studies. Third, from the mid-1980s onwards Scandinavian medical sociologists have mainly conducted public health/social epidemiology research as part of an effort to map and explain the continuing health inequalities in the Scandinavian welfare states. The conclusion ponders whether the current development has weakened the distinctive feature of medical sociology - its ties to social theory.

The Sociology of Health and Medicine in Scandinavia

2012 ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Elianne Riska
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Epidemiology ◽  
Medical Sociology ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Feminist Critique ◽  
Early Adoption ◽  
Health Studies ◽  
Gender And Health ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Sociology Of Health

This review examines three stages in the development of the sociology of health and medicine in Scandinavia. First, it describes the early adoption of the Parsonian approach as part of mainstream Scandinavian medical sociology. Second, it shows that the international feminist critique of medicine became only partially integrated at the time into the views on gender and health in Scandinavian health studies. Third, from the mid-1980s onwards Scandinavian medical sociologists have mainly conducted public health/social epidemiology research as part of an effort to map and explain the continuing health inequalities in the Scandinavian welfare states. The conclusion ponders whether the current development has weakened the distinctive feature of medical sociology - its ties to social theory.

Lo sviluppo della Sociologia della salute: rassegna dei contesti e delle fasi, dei temi e del suo futuro in India

2012 ◽  
pp. 95-122
Author(s):  
Mohammad Akram
Keyword(s):  
System Theory ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Medical Sociology ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Sociology Of Medicine ◽  
Interactionist Perspective ◽  
Sociology Of Health ◽  
Independent Branch

Health is multi-dimensional and its determinants are not just bio-medical, but also socio-cultural and politico-administrative. Sociology of health developed in twentieth century as a specialized branch of sociology to address the widening health needs of human population. Sociology of health in India passed through several phases and complemented as well incorporated disciplines often identified as medical sociology and sociology of medicine. Parsonian system theory, interactionist perspective, conflict approach, phenomenological approach and empiricism have lasting impact on various researches conducted in India in last six decades. This paper is analytical in nature and focuses on four aspects: (i) development of sociology of health as an independent branch of sociology; (ii) three phases of its development in India; (iii) contexts and popular themes; and (iv) its future.

Development of Sociology of Health: a review of the contexts and phases, themes and future in India

2012 ◽  
pp. 89-115
Author(s):  
Mohammad Akram
Keyword(s):  
System Theory ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Medical Sociology ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Sociology Of Medicine ◽  
Interactionist Perspective ◽  
Sociology Of Health ◽  
Independent Branch

Health is multi-dimensional and its determinants are not just bio-medical, but also socio-cultural and politico-administrative. Sociology of health developed in twentieth century as a specialized branch of sociology to address the widening health needs of human population. Sociology of health in India passed through several phases and complemented as well incorporated disciplines often identified as medical sociology and sociology of medicine. Parsonian system theory, interactionist perspective, conflict approach, phenomenological approach and empiricism have lasting impact on various researches conducted in India in last six decades. This paper is analytical in nature and focuses on four aspects: (i) development of sociology of health as an independent branch of sociology; (ii) three phases of its development in India; (iii) contexts and popular themes; and (iv) its future.

The Sociology of Health and Medicine in Poland

2012 ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
Zofia Slonska ◽  
Wlodzimierz Piatkowski
Keyword(s):  
Medical Sociology ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Political Context ◽  
European Countries ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
International Context ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sociology Of Health

There is no doubt that the specificity of the country political context of the early 1950s contributed to the delay of the Polish medical sociology development. In 1951 as a result of the political decision, practicing sociology as an official scientific discipline, was prohibited. Its resurgence came after 1956. The growing domestic and international position of the Polish sociology enabled to initiate not only the activity of the general sociology but also the activity of its subdisciplines, including the medical sociology. The process of institutionalization of medical sociology in Poland has started since the beginning of 1960s. Its founder was a prominent medical sociologist Magdalena Sokolowska. Taking into account the existence of the strong connections of the Polish medical sociology both with medicine and the general sociology we can speak about its double identity. That feature of it decided about its specificity in European countries. Magdalena Sokolowska named it "intellectual hybrid". The subject of the article is the process of institutionalization and transformation of the Polish medical sociology since the beginning in the early 1960s until nowadays, in the international context.

Addressing Social Inequities to Create a More Just, Fair and Equitable World

HPHR Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Krieger ◽  
◽  
Circe Le Compte
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Social Epidemiology ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
Social Inequities ◽  
Gender And Health ◽  
Extensive Body ◽  
Health Review

The Harvard Public Health Review (HPHR) recently sat down with Dr. Nancy Krieger, Professor of Social Epidemiology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Director of the Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women, Gender and Health, at HPSH. Drawing on her extensive body of research, she outlined how populations ultimately embody their social and ecologic experiences, which, under inequitable conditions—like those related to poverty to global climate change—can result in unfair and unjust distributions of disease and suffering. Far from deeming these distributions a given, Krieger argues that academics, public health professionals, policymakers, and informed constituencies have a right and an obligation to mobilize evidence in their efforts to address heath inequities head on and create a better world for all.

scholarly journals Modified BG Prasad Socio-economic Classification, Updated – 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhrubajyoti Debnath ◽  
Rakesh Kakkar
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Medical Sociology ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Health Studies

SES of a family is often an important parameter of measurement in various health studies. Socioeconomic status is an important tool which influences the accessibility, affordability, acceptability, availability and utilization of various resources. The concept of socio-economic status is widely used in medical sociology.

scholarly journals Health inequalities and the welfare state: perspectives from social epidemiology

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
George A. Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Social Epidemiology ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Inequality Of Opportunity ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The Welfare State

It might be assumed that welfare states that have done so much to reduce inequality of opportunity have also reduced inequality of health outcomes. While great advances have been seen in reducing the rates of many diseases in welfare states, disparities in health have not been eliminated. Is it the case that lowering risks overall will leave disparities that cannot be remediated, and that such efforts are at the point of diminishing returns? The evidence suggests that this is not true. Instead the lens of social epidemiology can be used to identify groups that are at unequal risk and to suggest strategies for reducing health inequalities through upstream, midstream, and downstream interventions. The evidence suggests that these interventions be targeted at low socioeconomic position, place-based limitations in opportunities and resources, stages of the life course and the accumulation of disadvantage across the life course, and the underlying health-related factors that are associated with the marginalization and exclusion of certain groups. In their commitment to the values of equity and social justice, welfare states have unique opportunities to demonstrate the extent to which health inequalities can be eliminated.

Un paradosso francese secondo gli epidemiologi. Sullo sviluppo della Sociologia della salute in Francia

2012 ◽  
pp. 68-78
Author(s):  
Marcel Calvez
Keyword(s):  
Medical Sociology ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Qualitative Sociology ◽  
Health It ◽  
Strategic Choices ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
French Sociology ◽  
Sociology Of Health ◽  
The 1960S

The article discusses a paradox pointed out by epidemiologists and consisting in the quasi-absence of French sociologists in research on social determinants of health whereas references to Durkheim and Bourdieu are central in that field. It considers the handbooks of medical sociology and sociology of health published since the 1970s and gives an overview of the theoretical frameworks in use in French sociology of health. It examines the formation of this orientation in three periods to which correspond three layers of research topics and approaches: the foundation in the 1960s in which American medical sociology compensates partly the limitations of French sociology, the institutionalization in the 1970s marked by a firm orientation towards qualitative sociology, and the consolidation during the Aids years. These orientations are replaced in their institutional context and related to strategic choices made by researchers.

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