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Papers by Sam Willner

C`i_`m \i_ Ijmo\gdot rdoc N`b\m_ oj I\mdo\g Oo\opn di .6oc ?`iopmt Or`_`i DNY HVXXZRÂ q`m ndi^` o... more C`i_`m \i_ Ijmo\gdot rdoc N`b\m_ oj I\mdo\g Oo\opn di .6oc ?`iopmt Or`_`i DNY HVXXZRÂ q`m ndi^` oc` ]`bdiidib ja oc` ^jgg`^odji ja i\odji\g qdo\g no\odnod^n di h d_*`dbco``ioc ^`iopmt Or`_`i `s^`nn h\g` hjmo\gdot c\n ]``i oc` mpg` di km\^od^\ggt \gg \b`n+ U`o oc`m` c\q` ]``i ^jind_`m\]g` q\md\odjin di hjmo\gdot jq`m odh` \i_ nk\^` rdoc m`b\m_ oj oc` h\bid* op_` ja oc` n`s m\odj \n r`gg \n oj _daa`m`io h \mdo\g no\opn \i_ \b` bmjpkn+ Pc` aj^pn c`m` rdgg ]` ji oc` mjg` ja h\mdo\g no\opn ajm b`i_`m _daa`m`iod\gn di hjmo\gdot+ Bmjh oc` r`no`mi rjmg_ ja oj_\t r` fijr oc\o h\mmd`_ k`jkg`) k\mod^pg\mgt h`i) pnp\ggt c\q` gjr`m _`\oc m\o`n oc\i pih \mmd`_ k`m* njin ja oc` ^jmm`nkji_dib n`s+ Prj h\ejm oc`jmd`n c\q` ]``i pn`_ di jm_`m oj `skg\di oc` pia\qjpm\]g` _`\oc m\o`n ajm pih \mmd`_ k`jkg`+ Pc` admno aj^pn`n ji oc` gifk\Zk`m\ \]]\Zkj f] dXii`X^\) I\mmd\b` dn ^g\dh`_ oj bdq` nj^d\g npkkjmo \i_ oj km`q`io pic`\goct ]`c\qdjpm+ Pc` joc`m oc`jmt `hkc\ndn`n oc` j\c\Zk`m\ d\Z_Xe`jdj ji oc` h\mmd\b` h\mf`o+ B\^ojmn gdf` `^jijhd^ r`\fi`nn) gjr c`\goc no\opn \i_ pic`\goct ]`c\qdjpm %`s^`nndq` _mdifdib ajm `s\hkg`& \m` npkkjn`_ oj ]` \ _dn\_q\io\b` ji oc` h\mmd\b` h\mf`o \i_ oj di^m`\n` hjmo\gdot mdnfn+ N`npgon amjh hj_`mi nop_d`n di_d^\o` oc\o ]joc fdi_ ja h`^c\idnhn diagp`i^` oc` h\mdo\g no\opn _daa`m`iod\gn ja hjmo\gdot+. Ei Or`_`i n`s* \i_ \b`*nk`^dad^ hjmo\gdot ]t h\mdo\g no\opn c\n ]``i ^\g^pg\o`_ ndi^` oc` .54-n+ Hdf` oc` ndop\odji ja oj_\t pih\mmd`_ k`mnjin) `nk`^d\ggt h`i) b`i`m\ggt c\_ cdbc`m h jmo\gdot m\o`n oc\i ocjn` rcj r`m` h\mmd`_ %Bdbpm` .&+ Pc` bm`\o dh kjmo\i^` ja h \mdo\g no\opn ajm h \g` h jmo\gdot dn pi_`mgdi`_ ]t oc` a\^o oc\o _`\oc m\o`n ja h\mmd`_ h\g`n di hjno \b`n r`m` m`g\odq`gt ^gjn` oj ocjn` ja a`h\g`n dmm`nk`^odq` ja oc`dm h\mdo\g no\opn) rcdg` ]\^c`gjmn c\_ ^jind_`m\]gt cdbc`m _`\oc m\o`n oc\i joc`m

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PubMed, 1996

The secular decline of general mortality in Sweden began about 1810. For men and women in working... more The secular decline of general mortality in Sweden began about 1810. For men and women in working ages the death rate trend diverged however, leading to increased excess male mortality during the first half of the century. One important issue concerning this process is to analyse how changes in the sex-specific incidence of different causes of death contributed to this divergence in mortality. Unfortunately relevant demographic data (number of deaths from certain causes according to sex and age and related to population at risk) for such an analysis have not (to any larger extent) been compiled on the national level, but is available for practically all Swedish parishes from the middle of the eighteenth century, at least to 1830 (and in many cases even thereafter). This case study investigates the sex-differential mortality generally and for different causes of death and the change in the disease panorama for men and women (15-59 years of age) in the town of Linköping during the "pre-transitional" period 1750-1814 and the following period 1815-1849. The primary sources are the nominal registers of deaths and funerals for the town. The results are compared with data from two rural parishes in the area surrounding Linköping as well as with national data. Problems concerning the interpretation of historical statistics on causes of death are also discussed. According to the information given by the parish registers, marked male excess mortality was the case for the majority of the cause of death categories used for this study. Changes in cause-specific mortality which to a large extent contributed to the widening gap in death rates between adult men and women in Linköping during the first decades of the nineteenth century were increased male excess mortality in lung consumption (lungsot), hygiene related diseases or symptoms (nerv- och rötfeber, rödsot etc.), accidents, stroke (slag) and the vague and ambiguous category wasting disease (tärande sjukdom) and also a considerable reductin in maternal mortality. At least the changes of the sex-specific mortalilty patterns for accidents and maternal mortality seem to have been more general phenomena. It is not possible to make universal generalizations from local studies like this, but it can help in framing questions and generating hypotheses for further studies. Some questions at issue raised by this investigation are, for example, the impact of alcoholic consumption for the increased incidence of accidents among men and for other causes of death such as lung consumption and stroke as well as the role of midwifery for the decrease in maternal mortality.

Social stress, socialt kapital och halsa : Valfard och samhallsforandring i historia och nutid

Journal of Social History, 2009

Hygiea Internationalis : An Interdisciplinary Journal for the History of Public Health, 2004

n every society, there are different kinds of resources for good health. For instance, social cap... more n every society, there are different kinds of resources for good health. For instance, social capital matters-formed in networks by members of the local community and supported by concerned public and private institutions. Finding ways to understand these processes, which are the most vulnerable groups and why it happens is a major theme for the following narrative. An analysis of the relationship between health and social transitions during the late eighteenth and nineteenth century in Sweden must, due to the availability of sources, rely mostly on mortality figures and history has to be divided into three, partly artificial periods, making the social change visible: The classical agrarian society, until c. 1800 The transition of the agrarian society before industrialisation, c. 1800-1860/70 Industrialisation and the classical industrial society, c. 1860/70-Each of these periods was characterised by specific mortality patterns, in certain ways linked to socioeconomic factors. In addition, however, due consideration must be given to public health interventions by local and national government. In this story, the emphasis is put on the second period. It will be argued that the rapid transitions during the first half of the nineteenth century, for some groups and especially for adult men, created what is today described as social stress. It was reflected in a male mortality hump strikingly similar to the one that has been observed to a varying degree in the former Soviet empire after 1989. Such comparisons, however delicate because of all the differences, might help to identify and understand some of the more common connections between health and social transitions, but also underline the influence of specific contexts. I

Lund Papers in Economic History; (2021:219) (2021), 2021

This study deals with mortality among adults in 19th century Sweden. Ever since the mid-eighteent... more This study deals with mortality among adults in 19th century Sweden. Ever since the mid-eighteenth century there has been a pattern of excessive male mortality in practically all ages. The gap between the mortality curves of men and women have, however, varied greatly in time and space.The goal is to study the shifting patterns and trends of sex specific mortality, taking into consideration variables such as age, social group and marital status in different spatial and temporal contexts. The aim is to draw a more complete picture than the one found in earlier research and to find reasonable explanations for the differences in mortality between the sexes over time.Mortality data is based upon official statistics on the national level as well as church registration records on the local level (Linkoping and Sundsvall regions). Statistical data and narrative sources, like reports of county governors and provincial doctors, are used in the causal analyses.There are strong effects of peri...

Halsa och valfard i ett historiskt perspektiv / Digitaliseringsprojekt och traditionell databehan... more Halsa och valfard i ett historiskt perspektiv / Digitaliseringsprojekt och traditionell databehandling

Det regionala dodlighetsmonstret i Sverige fran jordbrukssamhalle till det post-industriella samh... more Det regionala dodlighetsmonstret i Sverige fran jordbrukssamhalle till det post-industriella samhallet.

Medical History, 2009

Marjaana Niemi examines the impact of political, social and economic interests on local public he... more Marjaana Niemi examines the impact of political, social and economic interests on local public health policies in the early twentieth century by analysing and comparing infant welfare and tuberculosis prevention campaigns in the cities of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Birmingham, Britain. According to the author, these campaigns “served to depoliticize and ‘naturalize’ local economic arrangements, social structures and moral norms” (p. 22). Both cities were part of an international public health community and justified their public health policies by scientific knowledge, claiming to be value-free and politically neutral. Yet there were striking differences in their public health policies, partly due to national and local social, economic and cultural differences. In chapter four Niemi presents the infant welfare campaigns in each city and looks at how they served to regulate working-class family life and gender roles, and also how they were used to promote the aspirations of medical prof...

Mortality in history : Gender and Mortality with Regard to Marital Status in 19th Century Sweden

Sverige har i ett internationellt perspektiv en lang tradition av att bedriva det som nu kallas f... more Sverige har i ett internationellt perspektiv en lang tradition av att bedriva det som nu kallas folkhalsopolitik. Den mangfald av insatser som genomforts har paverkat bade halsan och medellivslangd ...

Local Government Studies, 2016

Since the 1990s, Sweden has embarked on a series of market reforms in public services, aiming for... more Since the 1990s, Sweden has embarked on a series of market reforms in public services, aiming for greater efficiency and better service quality. Nevertheless, the political debates do not seem to fade away and local politicians still have to decide on privatisation issues. We argue that attitude studies of local politicians are of importance and present a 2014-survey in this regard, using Swedish elderly care as one example. Our findings show that attitudinal difference between left-and right-wing politicians on private for-profit providers remains. Moreover, political orientations of individuals, political majority in the municipality, as well as privatisation level already achieved locally are identified as important factors in explaining local politicians' willingness to privatise further. This case study serves as a good example to examine the market development of public welfare in advanced welfare states and also contributes to the contentious discussion of political roles in welfare reform.