SSSP 2025 Annual Meeting

Date: Saturday, August 9

Time: 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 041: Insurgent Sociology in Health Care
Room: Buckingham Room

Sponsors: Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare

Organizer: William Cabin, New York University Silver School of Social Work

Presider: Loretta E. Bass, The University of Oklahoma

Description: 

The session focuses on new views on health care policy and social policy that appear insurgent in their direction.

Papers:

“‘The Proof is in the Pudding’: A Qualitative Examination of the Weight-inclusive Healthcare Delivery from the Perspective of Weight-inclusive Healthcare Practitioners,” Gabby Gomez, Oklahoma State University, Winner of the Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Division’s Student Paper Competition

“Architecture of Care: The Value of Studying Hospitals as Walk-Through Machines,” Joseph Renow, Illinois Institute of Technology

“Comparing the Impact of the Trump Presidential Eras on the Medicare for All Movement,” Lindy Hern, University of Hawaii at Hilo

“DIY HRT Usage among Transgender and Non-Binary Young Adults in a Restrictive Climate,” Estefany Londono, Dahlia Wrubluski, Shannon K. Carter, Lindsay Taliaferro, J. Scott Carter, Eric W. Schrimshaw and Elena Cyrus, University of Central Florida

“Recovery Capitalism: How Does Alberta’s Recovery Model Put Together the Social Problem of Drug Use and its Solutions?” Graham George Macdonald, University of Toronto, Humber River Health and Leigha Comer, Western University

“Revolutionizing Heart Health: Applying Insurgent Sociological Approaches to Understand Black Men Perceptions on Cardiovascular Health Risk Reduction,” Carlos N. Chapman II, Junior R. Hopwood and Stephanie L. Compton, Grambling State University