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Medical Sociology Section Roundtables
Sun, August 9, 8:00 to 9:30am, TBATable Presider
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Multivalent Medicalization: New Directions in the Dynamics of Medicalization - Ben Wills, University of California, San Diego
Idealized Bodies and Idealized Authority: U.S. birth centers, de-medicalization, and the reframing of pregnancy risk - Courtney Thornton, Washington University in St. Louis
From Essential Oils to Everyday Beliefs: Meso-Level Actors and the Diffusion of Health Ideologies - Nicole Cochran, Temple University
Feeling Meaning: Pain as Embodied Metaphor - Cesar Ramirez, University of Toronto
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Political Context, Governmental Healthcare Initiatives, and Social Vulnerability in COVID-19 Vaccination Disparities - Ting-Hui Lin, University at Buffalo
18-Year Trends in Government Speech on Health in the U.S. - Mark Wolfson, University of California-Riverside; Samane Zare
Conservative Health Activism and the Rise of “MAHA Moms - Haylie June, Northwestern University
Can We Leave the Children Out of It? Ideology, Party, and Mental Illness Stigmatization - Matthew Andersson, Baylor University; Max Elliott Coleman, University of Utah
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Reproductive Aging, Clinical Authority, and Family Expectations in Urban Pakistani Fertility Clinics - Momna Rani, University of North Texas
Mapping Abortion Clinics Post-Dobbs: Changing U.S. Clinic Caseloads - Amber Claire Smith, Harvard University
Managing abortion disclosure while seeking social support in a stigmatized context - Mahboobeh Davoodifar, University of Cincinnati; Danielle Bessett, University of Cincinnati
Masculinity as a Determinant of Men’s Vasectomy Utilization - Giuseppina Valle Holway, University of Tampa; J. E. Sumerau, University of Tampa; Nik M. Lampe, University of South Florida
Anticipatory Governance of Low Fertility: IVF Subsidies, Pronatalism, and the Remaking of Stratified Reproduction in Taiwan - Chia-Ling Wu, National Taiwan University
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Political Distrust and Confidence in Medical Institutions in the United States - Dukanwojo Beulah Suleman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Rowland Edet, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Donaldization of Health and Medicine: Charismatic Authority and the Wellness Movement - Jason Thomas Surratt, Hawkeye Community College
The Fragility of Optimization: Performance Metrics in Organ Donation - Will Schupmann, University of California-Los Angeles
Contraindicated: Disabled Doctors and the Construction of the Physician/Patient Binary - Grace Franklyn, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
EHR Adoption and Healthcare Quality in the US - Fatima Glovena Fairfax, Duke University
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The (College) Kids Are Not Alright: How Undergraduate Students Experience the Mental Healthcare Landscape - Charlotte Bliss Perez, University of Texas at Austin
Connecting Support: Social Network Diversity, Mental Health, and Help-Seeking Among Young Asian Americans - Hsiu-yu Yang, University of California-Los Angeles
Understanding Predictors of Passive Suicidal Ideation and Self-Injury Among South Korean Adolescents - Yongmin Kim, Indiana University-Bloomington
The Social Construction of Dangerousness: Perceived Violence and Social Distance toward People with Mental Illness - Marta Elliott, University of Nevada-Reno; James M Ragsdale, University of Nevada, Reno
Why practice talk therapy when "everybody wants a quick fix"? - Dena T. Smith, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
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Crime as urban health governance: Evidence from prenatal health access in Brazil - Murilo Enrique Dorion Nieto, Princeton University
When Surveillance Fails: Reproductive Boundary Expansion and Diagnostic Delay in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - Rebecca Lynn Shields, University of Arizona
The Persistence of the Toxic Imaginary: Contamination Politics and Epigenetic Logics in Reproductive Psychiatry - Charlotte M Abel, University of California-Los Angeles
The Unequal Effects of Maternal Smoking on Infant Health by Race/Ethnicity and Nativity. - John Whesu, Case Western Reserve University; Oluwatimileyin Aborisade, Case Western Reserve University
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Gendered Earnings Trajectories and Health Disparities at Midlife: Evidence from the NLSY79 Cohort - Mingyue Ma, Purdue University; Hui Liu, Purdue University
Intersectional Smoking Trajectories Across the Life Course in the United Kingdom: A Longitudinal MAIHDA Study - Vladimir Jolidon, Harvard T.H . Chan School of Public Health; Ichiro Kawachi; Andrew Bell; Daniel Holman
Diverse Connectedness in Later Life: Community Involvement, Residential Contexts, and Life Satisfaction in South Korea - Sunmin Hong, Chung-Ang University
Structured Time Allocation of Social Participation and Mental Health Inequality in Later Life - Wenyi Gong, University of Arizona
Weathering Life Transitions: Dynamics of Personal Network Structure and Composition - Enzo Bessega, University of Chicago
Spousal Influence on Body Weight: A Life Course Network Analysis - Yujia Shen, The Pennsylvania State University; Bing Han, Penn State; Yubai Yuan, The Pennsylvania State University; Tianxi Li, University of Minnesota; Liying Luo, Pennsylvania State University
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Childhood Maltreatment to Adulthood Depressive Symptoms: Mediating Roles of Sedentary Behavior and Sleep Disturbance - Mudasir Mustafa, University of West Florida
Later-Life Physical and Mental Health: The Role of Asset-Debt Trajectories and Childhood Economic Hardship - Yu-An Chen, University at Buffalo
Experiencing the Death of a Biological Parent in Childhood or Adolescence and Cognitive Functioning in Adulthood - Ariayana Nicole Harrell, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Effects of Adult Offspring Emotional Distress on Maternal Health in Midlife: A Social Foreground Perspective - Laura Sills, University at Buffalo (SUNY); Rachel Zhang, University of Tampa; Ashley B Barr, University at Buffalo; Christopher Richard Dennison, University at Buffalo; Kristen Schultz Lee, University at Buffalo; Chandler Fairbanks, University at Buffalo; Sophia Olsinski, University at Buffalo; Elizabeth O'Boyle; Gavin Glaser; Arivana Russell
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Intersectional Experiences of Gender and Race in CKM Health Prevalence - Athena Owirodu, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Perceived Discrimination in Cancer Care: Implications for Care Quality and Health of Breast Cancer Patients - Susan Lee, Siena University
Explaining gaps in guideline-concordant endometrial cancer treatment among Black women: Insights from patient interviews - Tasleem Juana Padamsee, The Ohio State University; Courtni Montgomery; Eoghan Quinn Victory, The Ohio State University; Caitlin Meade, Wake Forest School of Medicine; Kemi M. Doll, University of Washington; Ashley S. Felix, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Hospital Desegregation and Hospital Holdouts - Courtney Allen, University of Washington
Racial Cuts: Explanations of Race Inequities in Cesarean Births in U.S. Government and Medical Discourses - Shannon K. Carter, University of Central Florida; Jonzelle Bell, University of Central Florida; Sara Tehrani, University of Central Florida
Examining Black-White Differences in the Mediating Role of Anger in the Stress-Health Relationship - Cerenity E. Collins, Clemson University; Deven Douglas, University of Georgia
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Sociodemographic inequalities in adoption, engagement, and effectiveness of the digital BitHabit wellbeing promoting app - Hanna Rekola, University of Eastern Finland; Tiina Annika Karoliina Ahonen, University of Eastern Finland; Anna-Kaisa Vartiainen, Department of Health and Social Management, University of Eastern Finland; Ismo Linnosmaa, Department of Health and Social Management, University of Eastern Finland; Tommi Tolmunen, University of Eastern Finland and Wellbeing Services County of North Savo, Finland; Timo Lakka, University of Eastern Finland; Juho Strömmer, Wellpro Impact Solutions Ltd; Ulla Sankilampi, University of Eastern Finland and Wellbeing Services County of North Savo, Finland; Tomi Mäki-Opas, Tomi Mäki-Opas, Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Finland and Social, Wellbeing, and Rescue Service Research Centre, Wellbeing Services County of North Savo, Finland
Machine Learning in Mental Health Promotion for Older Adults: a Scoping Review - Yunchen Ruan, Fuzhou University, China; Mantang Gan, Fuzhou University
Why TikTok Matters: New Directions in Sociological Methods for the Digital Age - Cristiana Miele, Case Western Reserve University; Kate Jennie Freeman, Case Western Reserve University
Gendered Dimensions of Elderly Care in the Digital Era - Sucharita Halder, University of Kalyani, Department of Sociology
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Sexual Minority Stress, Psychosocial Resources, and Health Across Birth Cohorts in Racial/Ethnic Communities - Philip J. Pettis, Michigan State University
Shortcomings of Sexual Initiation as a Sexual Health Indicator: A Case Study of Asian Americans - Alicia Jen, Columbia University
The Longitudinal Effects of Masculine Gender Presentation on Sexual Minority People's Mental Health - Sarah Groh, Clemson University; Madeline Raine Williams, University of Georgia
Mental Health Experiences within Sexual and Gender Diverse Long-Term Marriages - Mieke Beth Thomeer, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Hannah M Lindl, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Rin Reczek, The Ohio State University; Katie Mueller, The Ohio State University; Asya Saydam, University of Texas-Austin
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Barriers to Care for Individuals without Authorized Immigration Status with Cancer - Larry Au, City College of New York; Joshua A. Budhu, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Between Trust and Traceability: How Immigrant-Serving Organizations Become Sites of Both Care and Surveillance - Nilufer Akalin, Michigan State University
Blurred Boundaries: Latinx Cesarean Disparities in U.S.-Mexico Border Counties, 2010–2020 - Louise Marie Roth, University of Arizona; Jennifer Hyunkyung Lee, University of Arizona; Theresa Morris, Texas A&M University-College Station; Isabel Campos Palomar, University of Arizona
State Immigrant Policy Contexts and Racialized Patterns of Disability Among Midlife Working-Age Latinos in the U.S. - Elise M Parrish, University of Pennsylvania; Courtney E. Boen, Brown University; Marc Anthony Garcia, Syracuse University
Acculturation Disparities in Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing among Hispanic Men in the U.S. - Tyler Fox Beltran, University of Maryland-College Park
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Racially motivated hate crime exposure and birth outcomes: Analysis of US vital statistics data 1995-2020 - Yingyue Jiang, Brown University; Emily Rauscher, Brown University
Rest Capability: A Missing Dimension of Health Inequality - Juyeon Kim, University of Seoul; Daye Lee, University of Seoul; Hyunwook Kang, Purdue University
Structural Racism and Health Among Hispanic/Latino Adults in the United States - Arianna Salas, Pennsylvania State University; Molly A. Martin, Pennsylvania State University
The Physiological Cost of the Climb: Status Inconsistency, Neighborhood Effects, and Hypertension in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Winfred Aweyire Avogo, Illinois State University
Who Needs Perceived Control? Joint Associations of Near-Home Tree Cover and Mastery with Health - Elsinore Kuo, Northwestern University
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Cumulative Neighbourhood Deprivation and Chronic Health Disparities: The Buffering Role of Social Cohesion - Qiuyue Lin, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford
Does Social Capital Matter for Subjective Health among U.S. Adults? Evidence from the World Values Survey - MD Akter Hossen, University of North Texas
How Do U.S. State Institutions Shape Socioeconomic Differences in Discrimination and Shame? - Matthew Andersson, Baylor University; Bruce G Link, University of California-Riverside
Pet Presence as Social Integration or Social Cost? Marital Status, Sex, and Health in Later Life - Lijun Song, Vanderbilt University; Leping Wang, Vanderbilt University; Zhe Zhang, Vanderbilt University
“That's what keeps me going”: Social support, recovery, and helping similar others - Tagart Cain Sobotka, University of California, Santa Barbara
The Last Inequality: Policy, Institutions, and the Stratification of End-of-Life Quality - Lucie Kalousova, Vanderbilt University; Zheng (Noah) Lian, Vanderbilt University; Deborah Carr, Boston University; Kafayat Mahmoud, Boston University
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Malnutritional Status of Children Under Five from Flood Impacted Areas of Bangladesh - Muhammad Saifuddin, Louisiana State University; Kevin T. Smiley, Louisiana State University
Wealth and Wisdom Wield Wellness? Socioeconomic Position, National Context, and Self-Rated Health in Global Perspective - Jun Xu, University of Macau; Fang Gong, Ball State University; Wei Zhao, University of California-Riverside
Recovering pleasure: Frontline health workers, sexuality, and global health - Vrinda Marwah, University of South Florida
Optimizing Childhood? Genetic Talent Testing and the Moral Politics of Intensive Parenting in China - Lei Jin, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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The Carceral-Medical Nexus: HIV Care, Social Disenfranchisement, and the Matrix of Violence - Kim-Phuong Truong-Vu, University of Miami
Coercion and Mental Health Care During the Reentry Period - Natalie Keller, University of California San Francisco
Why Do Standards of “Good Science” Not Travel? Efficacy Capital and Medical Hierarchy in Mao’s China - Jinyang Lyu, University of California-San Diego
Medicaid Will Pay Your Rent: Using Section 1115 Waivers to Cure Homelessness - Sofia Hiltner, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Set and Setting at Scale: Institutional Containers and the Governance of Psychedelic Therapy - Sarah Badr, McGill University; Phoebe Friesen, McGill University
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Going to Market: Neoliberalism as a Driver of Pediatrician Burnout - Tania M. Jenkins, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
How the Quadruple Aim May be at Odds with the Triple Aim - Tania M. Jenkins, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
The multi-directional emotional and connective labor of hospital-based social workers - Bonnie J Siry-Bove, University at Albany, SUNY
Pediatric Palliative Care as Medical Brokerage in Decision-Making - Ya-Ching Huang, Boston University
Engaged Doctoring: Adapting Medicine to Extreme Poverty - Irene Del Mastro Naccarato, University of California-Los Angeles
Ambiguity as Resource: Interventional Pain Medicine and the Management of Suffering and Uncertainty in India - Jaya Mathur, Jawaharlal Nehru University
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Perinatal Worker Perspectives on Workforce Development for Birth Equity in New Jersey - Elizabeth B. Erbaugh, Stockton University; Christina R. Jackson, Rutgers University
Power Holders: The Process of Status Acquisition for a new Institutional Role in an Emergency Department - Daphne Tsapalas, University of California, Irvine
Radiographers’ Articulation Work in Medical Imaging - MIN YUAN HUNG, National Taiwan University
Weaponizing uncertainty: how responders utilize discretion when responding to potential overdose incidents - Andrew Chelius, Temple University
(Un)making the regulatory (dis)connections in healthcare practices: Insights from telemedicine policy implementation in Italy. - Barbara Sena, University of Bergamo; Ivan Galligani, University of Bergamo
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Extended Abstract: Who Can Be an “Engaged Patient”? Stratified Role Performances in Physician–Patient Communication - Anna K. Kosmuetzky; Stephanie Beyer, Leibniz University Hanover
When Care Becomes Unusable: Institutional Time and Relational Recognition in the Activation of Cultural Health Capital - Nilufer Akalin, Michigan State University
Does Seeing the Same Doctor Matter? Primary Care Structure and Digital Literacy, Medical Skepticism, and Trust - Maria T. Paino, Oakland University
Advance Care Planning, Communication Challenges, and Competing Timelines at the End of Life - Sarah E Koch, Vanderbilt University; Emily S Schuler, Vanderbilt University; Nashell Wilson, Vanderbilt University; Lucie Kalousova, Vanderbilt University; Deborah Carr, Boston University
Everyday Disability Visibility in Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights from Photographic Elicitation Interviews - Mary Byrnes, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Heather E. Dillaway, Illinois State University; Ann Luciano; Nicholas H. Osborne, University of Michigan Medicine; Lauren Szczygiel, University of Michigan Medicine; Max Shpilband, University of Michigan Medicine; Craig S Brown, University of Michigan Medicine
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Detransitioning: The Politics of Categorization Amid an Emerging Cis/Trans Binary - Rae Willis-Conger, University of California-Berkeley
Swindling the Diagnosis: Patient Strategies in Navigating Gender-Affirming Care - Alexander Everett Coulter Hill, Michigan State University
“The Trans Tax”: Addressing Barriers to Gender Affirming Care Through Crowdfunding - Hayden James Fulton, Moffitt Cancer Center
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An Intersectional Census of Deans at 137 Medical Schools by Race, Ethnicity and Gender in 2023 - Michael Ofosu Mensah, Yale University; Rourke O'Brien, Yale University; Phillip Solomon, Yale University
Racial Gaslighting in Medical Education - Kelly Underman, Drexel University; Lauren D. Olsen, Temple University
Standardized Credentials, Unstandardized Skills: The Variation of OB/GYN Clerkships in Practice - Theresa Morris, Texas A&M University-College Station; Joan H. Robinson, CUNY-City College; Claire Anderson, Texas A&M University; Emily Flowers, Texas A&M University
Invisible Costs: How Economic Inequality Shapes Premedical Students' Approaches to Paid Employment - Philip Barrison; Alexandra Vinson, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
People Like Me or Patients Like Me?: How Underrepresented Minorities Choose Medical Residency Programs - Nicole Perez, University of Illinois at Chicago; Laura Ellen Hirshfield, University of Illinois at Chicago
Pre-Med Perspectives: Pre-Medical Students’ Attitudes Towards Race/Racism, Social Inequality, & Medicine - Savannah Salato, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
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Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among Older Immigrants: Evidence from the NHIS 2020–2023 - Momna Rani, University of North Texas
Parent-Child Insurance Coverage Dyad and Usual Source of Care in the United States - Seun Mauton Ajoseh, University of Florida; Reyah V Patel, Health Sciences, University of Florida
For Better or For Coverage: Marriage, Divorce, and Women’s Health Insurance After the Affordable Care Act - Elizabeth M. Anderson, University of Kansas
The Impact of State-Level Political Ideology on Children’s Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, 2008–2024 - Samuel Jr Ocasio, University at Albany, SUNY; Ngozichukwuka Jacob Agwu, University at Albany, SUNY
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Household Food Insecurity and Chronic Health Outcomes Among U.S. Adults: Evidence from NHIS Data, 2019-2023 - Golam Morshed Suhel, University at Albany, SUNY
‘Marry a doctor, live healthier ’- A quantitative study of intra-dyadic health influence in Europe - Michaela Bunakova, McGill University
(Mis) Characterizing the Relationship between Education, Work, and Health - Li Hsu, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Eric Grodsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Rob Warren, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Diminished Returns of Education on Self-Rated Health by Race, Rurality, and Southern Region - Kayli Morrison, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Gabe H. Miller, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Verna M. Keith, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Educational Differences in Hypertension Diagnosis After Elevated Blood Pressure - Won-tak Joo, University of Florida
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Understanding Cancer Immunotherapy Education Effectiveness Across Patient Subpopulations - Stephanie Marie Teixeira-Poit, North Carolina A&T State University; Katelin Sawicki, Cone Health Cancer Center at Wesley Long; Wendy O’Kelley, Cone Health Cancer Center at Wesley Long; Myrtle Hardin, Cone Health Cancer Center at Wesley Long; Marjorie Jenkins, Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital; Vinay Gudena, Cone Health Cancer Center at Wesley Long
Multiple Pathways, Persistent Disparities: How Fundamental Social Causes Shape Sleep Health in Rural Appalachia - Mairead Eastin Moloney, University of Miami; Emily Slade, University of Kentucky; Joon Chung, University of Miami; Maliha Mehnaz Mitu, University of Kentucky; Michael Grandner, University of Arizona; Daniela Moga, University of Kentucky
Who Dies in the Hospital? Changes in Place of Death Based on Race and Socioeconomic Factors - Clifford Ross, Vanderbilt University; Lucie Kalousova, Vanderbilt University; Deborah Carr, Boston University; Zheng (Noah) Lian, Vanderbilt University
Old Habitus Die Hard?: Cancer Mitigation In The Field Of Firefighting - Justin Huft, University of California-Riverside; Benjamin Fields, University of Nevada-Reno; Wei Zhao, University of California-Riverside; Tyler Caleb Wilson Cohen, University of California-Riverside
Community Baby Showers and the Social Production of Prenatal Preparedness - Shameika Niasia Williams, SUNY Old Westbury; Bejewel Muckle, SUNY College at Old Westbury; Leticia Rios, NYU Winthrop Hospital; Christian Vanegas, SUNY Old Westbury; Geanelle Sam, SUNY Downstate; Sarah Smith, SUNY Old Westbury