Health, health risks and inequalities
An Exploratory Study of Women's Perceptions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2250831 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Calnan (0000-0002-7239-6898, University of Kent), Barbara Johnson (0000-0002-7480-9633, University of Kent) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-75 |
| Publication date | 1985-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.ep10831360 |
| PMID | 10271232 |
| OpenAlex | W2029837385 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 13 |
Recent theoretical and empirical research has highlighted the importance of understanding the relationship between social structure and health beliefs. The empirical study described here explores the relationships between occupational social class and two dimensions of health beliefs which were concepts of health and perception of vulnerability to disease. Both the dimensions are claimed to be associated with decisions to carry out health behaviour and thus one of the aims was to shed some light on the social class gradient in patterns of preventive health behaviour and risk-taking behaviour. The findings showed a more marked social class differentiation in concepts of health when they were defined in the abstract compared with when they were defined in relation to personal health. The concept of personal vulnerability itself was shown to be problematic and theories about vulnerability were similar for both classes. Explanations for the findings are discussed
Developmental psychology · Empirical research · Environmental health · Epistemology · Exploratory research · Health equity · Health risk · Inequality · Perception · Political science · Public health · Social class · Social determinants of health · Social inequality · Social science · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Psychology · Public Health Policies and Education · Social Psychology
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Black families’ perceptions of barriers to the practice of a healthy lifestyle
Inner-City African-American Women’s Adolescence as Stressful Life Events
Good Health
From Beveridge Britain to Birds Eye Britain
My Heart Couldn't Take It
Some correlates of self-rated health for Australian women
Health Measurement in Population Surveys
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Modelos alternativos para el análisis epidemiológico de la obesidad como problema de salud pública
The health experience of Irish people in a North West London 'community saved
Lay perceptions of health and environmental inequalities and their associations to mental health
An economic and sociological interpretation of social differences in health-related behaviour
A Corporeal Geography of Consumption
Cancer risk in socially marginalised women
Health or healthy
The patterning of health by social position in contemporary Britain
Living in a housing co-operative for low income women
The subjective experience of health and illness in Ocuituco
Duration of general practice consultations
Control over health and patterns of health-related behaviour
Socio-economic Health Differentials
Functions of health fatalism
A question of balance
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Demystifying social statistics
The Logic of Nonstandard English
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Selected Psychosocial Models and Correlates of Individual Health-Related Behaviors
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Social Distance and Interviewer Effects
Concepts of illness causation and responsibility
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| Unique citing works | 31 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2022 (37) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |