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| Title |
What have the social sciences ever done for equity in health policy and health systems?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal for Equity in Health, September 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12939-018-0842-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Trisha Greenhalgh |
| Abstract |
The social sciences can be defined as the scientific study of human society and social relationships. A number of underpinning disciplines within the social sciences, notably sociology, social psychology and anthropology, as well as interdisciplinary fields like science and technology studies and migration studies, offer both theoretical insights and methodological approaches which can productively enhance the study of equity in health systems and policy research. In particular, qualitative research in general and the use of narrative methods in particular can help illuminate individual experience and the interaction of multiple structural influences on that experience. This article sets the theoretical scene for a special issue of the journal on social sciences and equity. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 203 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 60 | 30% |
| United States | 12 | 6% |
| Australia | 11 | 5% |
| Ireland | 8 | 4% |
| Canada | 6 | 3% |
| South Africa | 4 | 2% |
| Brazil | 4 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 19 | 9% |
| Unknown | 75 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 96 | 47% |
| Scientists | 69 | 34% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 33 | 16% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 5 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 93 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 93 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 17% |
| Researcher | 13 | 14% |
| Librarian | 3 | 3% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 16 | 17% |
| Unknown | 23 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 22 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 9% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 3 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 15 | 16% |
| Unknown | 27 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 115. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 September 2019.
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