Background The importance of integrating the social sciences in epidemic preparedness
and response has become a common feature of infectious disease policy and practice …

As COVID‐19 drags on and new vaccines promise widespread immunity, the world's
attention has turned to predicting how the present pandemic will end. How do societies …

How do individuals and institutions make sense of epidemics in time, before, during and
after outbreaks? This concise review follows a linear chronology of outbreak 'events' to …

What is the impact of COVID-19 on Portugal's Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS), the
country's national health service? The story, still unfolding, has all the elements of a recipe …

The SAGE SWIFTS series showcases the best of social science research that has the
potential to influence public policy and practice, resulting in positive social change. We …

The historical trajectories of three crises have converged in the 2020s: the COVID-19
pandemic, rising inequality and the climate crisis. The political, social and institutional …

Aims Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for disease burden among youth. This study
estimated sex differences in the prevalence of alcohol use and consequences among …

En las grandes divisiones de las ciencias, las enfermedades infecciosas son objeto de la
biomedicina. Este artículo analiza la pandemia de COVID-19 (2020) como hecho social total …

Background: Problematic internet use (PIU) is prevalent among Chinese adolescents. There
is a need to better understand how the quality of parent-adolescent relationship is …

The essay outlines the ways in which narrative approaches to COVID-19 can draw on
imaginative literature and critical oral history to resist the 'closure'often offered by cultural …