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Little attention has been paid to why trends and levels of mortality and morbidity differ in Eastern Europe and few studies have addressed people's own perceptions of their new political system – perceptions which per se may be important for social development. The aim of the present study was to analyse the extent to which trust and economic circumstances affect self‐rated health in Poland, Estonia and Russia and how much health differences between the countries can be explained by these factors. A better economy and higher trust were related to better individual health, while economic factors seemed most important for inter‐country differences. It is probable that both institutional factors and individual perceptions contribute to people's well‐being, but in terms of social policy, an improved welfare system may be the most effective way forward.

This is the first general health survey of Samis compared with other Swedes to be based on randomised samples. In three regions, Samis were compared with respondents to the Public Health Investigation (n = 613 Samis and 6,309 respondents). Samis were also compared as to gender and membership in reindeer‐herding Sami villages (SVs). The survey shows that Samis of today have better education, work situation and health, and a healthier lifestyle than other Swedish citizens living in the same regions. There are, however, great differences among the Samis themselves. Members of SVs have weaker finances, and they report having less societal trust and worse health than non‐members do. Male members have lower education, are less involved in social activities and report worse overall health, but do not have a higher incidence of psychiatric problems, than other Samis. Samis, in general, have similar or better health and social situation than non‐Samis, but male SV‐members face greater problems and higher risks than other Samis.Key Practitioner Message: • Health and welfare authorities in cooperation with the Sami parliament and the Sami villages should develop special strategies to assist the herding communities in culturally sensitive ways.

Section I: $$p\bar p/pp\;$$ Collisions -- Hard Scattering at ISR Energies -- Comparison of $$p\bar p/pp\;$$ Interactions at the ISR -- First Results of the UA1 Experiment -- Status and First Results from the UA2 Experiment -- Proton-Antiproton Elastic Scattering and Total Cross Section at the CERN Collider -- Results from the UA5 Experiment -- Section II: e+e? Collisions -- A Review of Two-Photon Physics -- Gluonium and QCD Effects in the J/? Region -- The Upsilon Resonances--Recent Results -- Electroweak Effects in e+e? Annihilations -- Section III: Jets -- Jets at PETRA -- Recent Results from the MAC and MARK II Detectors at PEP -- The Dynamics of a Fragmentation Model or a Possible Life after the Parton Stage -- Section IV: Structures in Hadronic Interaction and Heavy Flavors -- Event Structure in Collider and Cosmic Ray Experiments -- QCD and theSpace-Time Evolution of High-Energy e+e?, $$p\bar p$$, and Heavy Ion Collisions -- Hadronic Production of Heavy Flavours -- The Decay of Heavy Flavor States in e+e? Annihilations -- Section V: Overview -- Is There a Desert Beyond the Mountains? -- Participants.