Health and Health Care Inequities, Infectious Diseases and Social Factors

Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Ph.D., is a Professor Emerita in Sociology at Arizona State University. Jennie is currently the secretary/treasurer of the Retirement Network at the American Sociological Association (ASA), and is past chair of the Medical Sociology Section, ASA and has served the section as Nominations Committee Chair and Health Policy Chair.

• Part 1. Covid 19 Related PapersChapter 1. Intersections of Health Inequities, COVID-19, and Kidney Disease Care in 2020; Nancy G.Kutner Chapter 2. Social Values, Face Masks, and COVID-19: An Exploratory Case Study; Harry Perlstadt Chapter 3. “We're Such a Small Community”: A Qualitative Study of COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences in Rural New Mexico; Kate Cartwright, Madison Gonya, Lila Baca, and Audrey Eakman Chapter 4. The Role of Adaptability and Resistance To Change In Mitigating The Effects Of Pandemic; Padmashree.G.S, Dr. Mamatha.H.K, Dr. Anil. S. Bilimale, Dr. Kishor. M, and Arun Gopi Part 2. Lessons From Outside the United States Chapter 5. “Living on the Fault Lines: Women’s Gender, Sexuality, and Reproductive Health in Post-Disaster Nepal”; Jennifer Rothchild Chapter 6. Migratory Stress, Health and Gender: An Intersectional Analysis of the Ecuadorean Case; Roberta Villalón and Sarah Kraft Chapter 7. Cross-National Differences in the Interrelationship Between Education, Use of Health Information from the Media, and Wellbeing; Rania F. Valeeva Part 3. Health Care System Issues in the United States Chapter 8. Novel Healthcare Model, Continuation of Inequality: Exploring the Role of Micro Hospitals in Texas Healthcare Access Through Demographic Spatial Modeling; Jingqiu Ren, Ryan Earl, and Ernesto F. L. Amaral Chapter 9. Evidence-based Medicine and the Limits of Standardization; Stephanie N. Wilson Chapter 10. Trends in Health Disparities of Rural Latinos Pre- and Post-Accountable Care Organization Implementation; Judith Ortiz, Boondaniwon D. Phrathep, Richard Hofler, and Chad W. Thomas