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GENDER, WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE CONCERNS AND OTHER SOCIAL FACTORS IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

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RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH CARE

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RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH CARE VOLUME 36

GENDER, WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE CONCERNS AND OTHER SOCIAL FACTORS IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

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JENNIE JACOBS KRONENFELD

Arizona State University, USA

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About the Authors

Oluwasola Banke-Thomas, MD, MPH, works in Public Health, Family Medicine, and Primary Care Medicine. Her research is focused on reproductive and maternal health for underserved and vulnerable populations. She worked with the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic and ASU’s Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center leading data analysis on women survivors of war.

Andrea Bertotti is Associate Professor at Gonzaga University, where she also chairs the Sociology and Criminal Justice, and Solidarity and Social Justice Departments. Her research examines how medical sources construct definitions of reproductive risks and the implications of those constructions, including race, class, and gender disparities in contraceptive use.

Piet Bracke is Professor in the Sociology Department of Ghent University, Belgium. His research interests include gender issues and the sociology of the family, epidemiological sociology from a comparative perspective, mental health, and mental health services. He and his collaborators are eager to contribute to the further development of institutional theories of population (mental) health.

Celeste Campos-Castillo received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Iowa. She studies trust and technology, particularly in the context of health care interactions. Her current research examines how health information technology may either narrow or widen disparities in patient–provider communication.

L. F. Carver (MA Psychology; PhD Sociology) is Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Research Associate, and Post-doctoral Fellow at Queen’s University, Ontario. Primary research involves the experience of aging, examining impacts of gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic level, inequalities and social justice as well as wearable and assistive living technology using functional and privacy lenses.

Neetu Chawla, PhD, is Investigator at the Veterans Affairs of Greater Los Angeles. She is a cancer-focused health services researcher with expertise in cancer survivorship, quality of cancer care delivery, patient provider communication, care coordination and patient-reported outcomes.

Karen S. Cook is the Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at Stanford. She is interested in networks and trust in social relations. In 2004, she received the ASA Cooley Mead Award for Career Contributions to Social Psychology.

Amy Davidoff, PhD, MS, is Health Economist and Health Services Researcher at the Yale School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, where she is Senior Research Scientist. She is also affiliated with the Yale Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy, and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center.

Patricia Drew, PhD is Associate Professor of Human Development and Women’s Studies at California State University, East Bay. Her research examines the intersection of health, embodiment, and identity. Dr. Drew’s projects include long-term weight loss surgery patients’ identity transformations and, also, mothers who undergo post-partum breast reduction surgery.

Donatus U. Ekwueme, PhD, is Senior Health Economist with the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr Ekwueme provides leadership on health economics/outcomes research in cancer prevention and control.

DaJuan Ferrell is a Doctoral Student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he currently teaches Social Psychology. He conducts research in areas such as medical sociology, social psychology, and the sociology of organizations.

Gery P. Guy, Jr., PhD, MPH, is Senior Health Economist in the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Guy holds a Doctorate in Health Services Research and Health Policy and a Master of Public Health in Health Policy from Emory University.

Katherine M. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tulane University. Her research addresses reproduction, gender, and family, especially reproductive technologies, reproductive justice, and intersections between the law, medicine, work, and family. She is currently conducting the Working & Nursing Study, addressing workplace support for US breastfeeding employees.

Crista Johnson-Agbakwu, MD, MSc, FACOG, is Obstetrician/Gynecologist at Maricopa Integrated Health System and Founding Director of the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic. She is also Clinical Research Affiliate of the Southwest Interdisciplinary Center at Arizona State University. She investigates strategies to improve reproductive health outcomes for refugee women.

Erin E. Kent, PhD, MS, is Scientific Advisor for the Outcomes Research Branch at the National Cancer Institute. Dr Kent’s main research expertise is epidemiology and health services. She received her PhD from the School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine.

Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld is Professor Emerita in the Sociology Program, Sanford School of Social/Family Dynamics, Arizona State University. Her research areas are medical sociology and aging with special focus on health policy, health care utilization, and health behavior. She is Coeditor of Health and Associate Editor-In-Chief of American Journal of Health Promotion. She is Past Chair of Medical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association and Past President of Sociologists for Women in Society.

Jessica Liddell is Doctoral Candidate in the City, Culture and Community PhD program at Tulane University. She studies sexual and reproductive health, reproductive justice, community-driven health service models, and harm reduction services. She is working on her dissertation investigating reproductive justice issues among Native American women.

Chun Chieh Lin, PhD, MBA, is Senior Analyst at the University of Michigan Health Services Research Program in the Neurology Department. Previously, she was Director of Health Services Research at the American Cancer Society. Her research interests include comparative treatment effectiveness, compliance and quality, access to care, and health disparities.

Laura McKendy is a Post-doctoral Fellow at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Canada. Her research focuses on experiences of imprisonment and the sociology of prison life inside Canadian penal institutions.

Janet S. de Moor, Ph.D., is a Behavioral Scientist and Program Director in the Healthcare Assessment Research Branch of the Healthcare Delivery Research Program at the National Cancer Institute. Her research and programmatic interests include the economic burden of cancer, cancer survivorship and the impact of cancer on employment.

Yvette Nijimbere has a BA in Professional Writing and a BS in Marketing. Her research projects include data analysis of women survivors of war at ASU’s Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center and ASU School of Social Work. She currently works as Domestic Violence Advocate at Maricopa hospital in Phoenix, AZ.

Eric Niragira, a Burundian citizen and Australian resident, founded CEDAC in 2005 to build a sustainable developed world. CEDAC has received support from international organizations to assist victims of conflicts and accompany them to become leaders. He also serves as Global Adviser to the International University Center in Haiti.

Jeanne Nizigiyimana, MSW, MA, is Program Manager and Cofounder of the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic at Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix, AZ. Her work involves community partner research activities that are co-designed and co-implemented by an interdisciplinary, multicultural staff, volunteers, and community members.

Karen Powroznik is Affiliated Researcher at the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRISS) at Stanford University. She received her PhD in Sociology from Stanford University in 2015 and her research investigates the sociological consequences of cultural norms and assumptions surrounding health and illness.

Nekehia T. Quashie is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the College of Population Studies at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. She received her PhD in Sociology at the University of Utah. Nekehia’s research focuses on families and health in later life primarily within Latin America, the Caribbean, and South East Asia.

Ethan Roubenoff is Master’s Candidate at the University of California at Berkeley Department of Demography, completing his undergraduate studies in the Northwestern University Department of Sociology. His research interests are human geography, population studies, healthcare, and transportation policy and research.

Karrie Ann Snyder is Associate Professor of Instruction in Sociology at Northwestern University. She completed her PhD in Sociology at New York University. Her research interests include gender, education, health, and family. Her most recent research examines how younger women with breast cancer make family and fertility decisions.

Irena Stepanikova earned her PhD from Stanford University. She taught at University of South Carolina and is currently Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Alabama Birmingham. Her interests include social determinants of health and illness, inequalities in health care, and applications of social psychology to understand population health.

Alexandra Tate received her PhD in Sociology from UCLA. She is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Health and Social Science at the University of Chicago. Her research explores the US health care system and engages theories of ethnography and conversation analysis to inform her findings. Her interests lie in the complexities of doctor–patient interaction and implications for patient care with a focus on physicians and patients in oncology, primary care, and end-of-life care.

Rania F. Valeeva, MD, MSc, MA, is a Doctoral Student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Ghent, Belgium. She conducts research on cross-national differences in well-being. Her research focuses on well-being, capabilities (from the perspective of the capability approach), agency, gender, education, social policies and health services.

Katherine S. Virgo, PhD, MBA, FASCO, is a Health Services Researcher and Adjunct Professor at Emory University, Department of Health Policy and Management and Executive Vice President of the International Atlantic Economic Society. She conducts research on surgical outcomes, clinical guideline development, secondary prevention, treatment costs, and health services utilization.

Jenelle R. Walker, PhD, MS, has a background in health disparities science, exercise testing and prescription, physical activity measurement, body composition assessment, and the relationships between stress and health. Her research involves healthy lifestyle promotion with culturally competent programs focusing on spiritual, mental, and physical health solutions for domestic and global populations.

K. Robin Yabroff, PhD, is Epidemiologist and Strategic Director, Economic Burden of Cancer at the American Cancer Society, where she conducts research on financial hardship; patterns of care, including high cost prescription drugs; and patient, provider, and system factors associated with quality and value of cancer care.