A Causal Analysis of Young Adults’ Binge Drinking Reduction and Cessation by Tyrone C. Cheng, Celia C. Lo

“…Background: This study, using the multiple disadvantage model (MDM), sought to identify factors (disadvantaging social disorganization, social structural, social integration, health/mental health, co-occurring substance use, and substance treatment access factors) in young adults’ binge drinking reduction and cessation in the United States. …”
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Oil Spills- Where We Were, Where We Are, And Where We Will Be? A Bibliometric and Content Analysis Discourse by Chandel Ajay, Bhanot Neeraj, Gupta Sushant, Verma Rajesh

“…This investigation will involve performance analysis (performance of research constituents such as publication and citation evolution, leading authors, publications, affiliations, sources, and countries) and science mapping (relationship between research constituents by analyzing conceptual, intellectual, and social structures). VOSviewer and Biblioshiny The study will conclude future research trends by the content analysis of the fifteen most recent and cited documents.…”
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Design-Driven Conflicts: A Design-Oriented Methodology for Mindset and Paradigm Shifts in Human Social Systems by Moein Nedaei, Alexis Jacoby

“…To improve transformability, one should create the preconditions for strategic intervention on the underlying social structures. This paper proposes a design-driven conflict (DDC) methodology in response to the limitation of the systemic design approach by aggregating a network of allies essential for the paradigmatic shifts. …”
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Reducing the Use of Antimicrobials as a Solution to the Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Approaching an Ethical Dilemma through the Lens of Planetary Health by Samuel O. Abimbola, Melvine Anyango Otieno, Jennifer Cole

“…The challenge of AMR cannot be eliminated completely by reduced use of antimicrobials only; understanding how, where and when reduction is necessary, and social structures and patterns (as well as existing health and government systems) are required if any global/national intervention would be successful and equitable. …”
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Human development, satisfaction with human capital and security in the Siberian and Far Eastern border regions by S. G. Maximova, D. A. Omelchenko, O. E. Noyanzina

“…The results of sociological studies in five border regions (Altai Region, Amur Region, Khabarovsk Region, Omsk Region, and Altai Republic: N = 2802) show a subjective assessment of the efficiency of human capital and its relationship with social-structural factors, institutional environment and quality of social relations. …”
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Identification of Long-term Care Challenges in Europe by Beata Drzazga

“…Conclusions: The evolving social structures, the increasing introduction of artificial intelligence solutions and the situation after COVID-19 are changing the conditions of long-term care functioning, hence the reflection on the directions of these transformations is essential to properly formulate public policy practices. …”
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Local habitus and temporal overtourism in Yogyakarta by Purwandani, Intan, Pakan, Sarani Pitor

“…The study contributes to the overtourism debate by looking at the inter-relationship of local social structures and cultural context with local responses to temporal overtourism. …”
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Londo iha: Elopement and bride kidnapping amongst the Muslims of Monta, Bima, Indonesia by Hasan, Hamzah, Jubba, Hasse, Abdullah, Irwan, Pabbajah, Mustaqim, Rahman R., Abd

“…As it lacks religious validity, this practice has thus been detrimental to the social structures of Muslim-majority Monta. This article applies a simple socio-religious perspective, and covers a relatively brief period of time; as such, it is necessary to conduct further research using a multi-disciplinary perspective and covering a broader range of cases.…”
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Are you disabled? Social and cultural factors in understanding disability in Trinidad and Tobago by Rolston, Yansie

“…The research findings and analysis add to the existing disability scholarship by exploring the cultural impositions and social structures that impact on disability experiences in a country of the Global South, and pinpoint some of the limitations present in hegemonic Western discourse when applied in these settings. …”
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Second generation South Asian Muslims' conceptualisations of religious and ethnic identity by Hai, Nadeem

“…In addition to this, young Muslim South Asians are the fastest growing demographic group in Britain today and being located, for the most, at or near the bottom of the social structural hierarchy presents sociologists with a considerable challenge to study the phenomenon of young south Asian Muslims conceptualisation of their place within British society. …”
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Aleatory materialism: Louis Althusser and the necessity of contingency by Speer, R

“…</p> <p>The way out of this impasse, Althusser argued, was to treat all social forms as contingent, rather than necessary, outcomes. Social structures included strategies and institutions to secure their continued reproduction. …”

Paternal origins of obesity: emerging evidence for incorporating epigenetic pathways into the social determinants of health framework by Milliken-Smith, S, Potter, CM

“…Paternal contributions influenced by social structures including poor diet and stress influence the subsequent metabolic functioning of the child. …”

Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly and Transcriptome Comparison Analysis of <i>Cephalopholis sonnerati</i> and Its Related Grouper Species by Zhenzhen Xie, Dengdong Wang, Shoujia Jiang, Cheng Peng, Qing Wang, Chunren Huang, Shuisheng Li, Haoran Lin, Yong Zhang

“…<i>C. sonnerati</i> also features complex social structures and behaviour mechanisms. Here, we present a high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly for <i>C. sonnerati</i> that was derived using PacBio sequencing and Hi-C technologies. …”
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Situational vulnerability within mental healthcare – a qualitative analysis of ethical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic by Mirjam Faissner, Anna Werning, Michael Winkelkötter, Holger Foullois, Michael Löhr, Jakov Gather

“…While a traditional understanding locates vulnerability in the characteristics of social groups, a situational and dynamic approach considers how social structures produce vulnerable social positions. …”
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Restoring the missing person to personalized medicine and precision psychiatry by Ana Gómez-Carrillo, Ana Gómez-Carrillo, Vincent Paquin, Guillaume Dumas, Guillaume Dumas, Guillaume Dumas, Laurence J. Kirmayer, Laurence J. Kirmayer

“…Psychiatric disorders involve multi-level dynamics that require measures of phenomenological, psychological, behavioral, social structural, and cultural dimensions. This points to the need to develop more fine-grained analyses of experience, self-construal, illness narratives, interpersonal interactional dynamics, and social contexts and determinants of health. …”
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Basotho accordion music’s influence on Seema’s life: Capturing Africana woman’s strength by Ntsoaki T. Mokala, Lihotetso G. Matee, Mabohlokoa M.T. Khanyetsi

“…The songs further help to preserve Basotho culture and empower Basotho women to navigate through patriarchal culture and social structures. Contribution: This article confirms that Basotho accordion musicians contribute positively to the Basotho’s lives. …”
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The lived experience of people with upper limb absence living in Uganda: A qualitative study by Dafne Z. Morgado Ramirez, Brenda Nakandi, Robert Ssekitoleko, Louise Ackers, Erisa Mwaka, Laurence Kenney, Cathy Holloway, Maggie Donovan-Hall

“…This study presents three main findings: (1) PWULA need psychological and occupational support services which are not available in Uganda, (2) PWULA want to work, but face multiple barriers to employment and has limited support, combined with the complex parenting and caring responsibilities, (3) the local Ugandan culture and social structures affect the everyday life of PWULA, both in positive and negative ways. …”
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The state of food security and its determinants in Ghana: an ordered probit analysis of the household hunger scale and household food insecurity access scale by Jude Dokbila Kolog, Freda Elikplim Asem, Akwasi Mensah-Bonsu

“…The study recommends improved education, social structures such as good roads and markets as well as support services such as credit and extension to combat food insecurity. …”
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Challenges of Developing Religious Competencies in Medical Education in Iran: A Qualitative Study by Morteza Heidari, Abbas Abbaspour, Hamid Rahimian, Akram Heidari

“…Results: The results revealed the challenges of developing religious competencies in five main categories including conceptual challenges (lack of clarified concept of religious competencies,  and the predominance of secular approach), motivational challenges (lack of intrinsic/ extrinsic motivation), methodological challenges (lack of appropriate teaching/ learning methodology and inadequacy of assessment mechanisms), institutional challenges (the absence of supportive and facilitating organizational culture, lack of necessary infrastructures, discordant content and resources, and improper policies), and finally contextual challenges (sociocultural conflicts and macro social structures). Conclusion: Religious competencies development in Iranian medical education is in need of close attention to multiple factors affecting it, some of which are outlined in this article. …”
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Facilitators for retaining men who have sex with men in pre-exposure prophylaxis care in real world clinic settings within the United States by Brooke G. Rogers, C. Sosnowy, A. Zanowick-Marr, P. A. Chan, L. A. Mena, R. R. Patel, W. C. Goedel, T. Arnold, C. Chu, D. Galipeau, M. C. Montgomery, K. Curoe, A. Underwood, J. Villalobos, C. Gomillia, A. S. Nunn

“…Interviews explored social, structural, clinic-level and behavioral factors that influencing PrEP persistence. …”
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