Outputs (101)

Health and wellbeing in the face of crises associated with climate or conflict: how can knowledge from the humanities and social sciences help us respond to disasters? (2024)
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Curtis, S., Leach, M., Ardern, K., Beckerman, C., Hunter, P. R., Ruszczyk, H., & Pelling, M. (2024). Health and wellbeing in the face of crises associated with climate or conflict: how can knowledge from the humanities and social sciences help us respond to disasters?. Journal of the British Academy, 12(1&2), Article a13. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/012.a13

This commentary considers how SHAPE (Social-Sciences Humanities & the Arts for People and the Economy) disciplines contribute to interdisciplinarity, inclusiveness and international cooperation in work to address the challenges to health and wellbein... Read More about Health and wellbeing in the face of crises associated with climate or conflict: how can knowledge from the humanities and social sciences help us respond to disasters?.

The past, present and future of health geography: An exchange with three long standing participants in the Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group (2024)
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Asker, C., Gorman, R., Lowe, T. A., Curtis, S., Moon, G., & Jones, J. (2024). The past, present and future of health geography: An exchange with three long standing participants in the Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group. Area, Article e12940. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12940

This article traces the past, present and future of health geography through the career journeys of three notable academics, Sarah Curtis (SC), Julia Jones (JJ) and Graham Moon (GM). All three of these scholars have had entanglements with the Geograp... Read More about The past, present and future of health geography: An exchange with three long standing participants in the Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group.

Wellbeing, space and society (2023)
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Curtis, S., & Riva, M. (2023). Wellbeing, space and society. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 5, Article 100140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2023.100140

This special issue presents research exploring various aspects of wellbeing in relation to diverse dimensions and experiences of ‘home spaces’. These papers draw attention to the significance for wellbeing of ‘home spaces’ conceptualised as both mate... Read More about Wellbeing, space and society.

A data linkage study of the effects of the Great Recession and austerity on antidepressant prescription usage (2021)
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Cherrie, M., Curtis, S., Baranyi, G., Cunningham, N., Dibben, C., Bambra, C., & Pearce, J. (2021). A data linkage study of the effects of the Great Recession and austerity on antidepressant prescription usage. European Journal of Public Health, 31(2), 297-303. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa253

Background International literature shows unemployment and income loss during the Great Recession worsened population mental health. This individual-level longitudinal study examines how regional economic trends and austerity related to depression us... Read More about A data linkage study of the effects of the Great Recession and austerity on antidepressant prescription usage.

Trajectories in mental health and socio-spatial conditions in a time of economic recovery and austerity: a longitudinal study in England, 2011-2017 (2020)
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Curtis, S., Cunningham, N., Pearce, J., Congdon, P., Cherrie, M., & Atkinson, S. (2021). Trajectories in mental health and socio-spatial conditions in a time of economic recovery and austerity: a longitudinal study in England, 2011-2017. Social Science & Medicine, 270, Article 113654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113654

This paper examines trends in mental health among adults in England during the period of economic recovery and austerity following the 2008 ‘great recession’. We report analysis of data on 17,212 individuals living in England, from the longitudinal U... Read More about Trajectories in mental health and socio-spatial conditions in a time of economic recovery and austerity: a longitudinal study in England, 2011-2017.

Adverse conditions for wellbeing at the neighbourhood scale in England: potential and challenges for operationalising indicators relevant to wellbeing in and of places (2020)
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Curtis, S., Congdon, P., Atkinson, S., Corcoran, R., Peasgood, T., & MaGuire, R. (2020). Adverse conditions for wellbeing at the neighbourhood scale in England: potential and challenges for operationalising indicators relevant to wellbeing in and of places. Wellbeing, Space and Society, Article 100009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2020.100009

Changing levels of local crime and mental health: a natural experiment using self-reported and service use data in Scotland (2020)
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Baranyi, G., Cherrie, M., Curtis, S. E., Dibben, C., & Pearce, J. (2020). Changing levels of local crime and mental health: a natural experiment using self-reported and service use data in Scotland. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 74(10), 806-814. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-213837

Background: This study contributes robust evidence on the association between mental health and local crime rates by showing how changing exposure to small area-level crime relates to self-reported and administrative data on mental health. Methods: T... Read More about Changing levels of local crime and mental health: a natural experiment using self-reported and service use data in Scotland.

Neighborhood Crime and Psychotropic Medications: A Longitudinal Data Linkage Study of 130,000 Scottish Adults (2020)
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Baranyi, G., Cherrie, M., Curtis, S., Dibben, C., & Pearce, J. R. (2020). Neighborhood Crime and Psychotropic Medications: A Longitudinal Data Linkage Study of 130,000 Scottish Adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 58(5), 638-647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2019.12.022

Introduction: Although neighborhood crime has been associated with mental health problems, longitudinal research utilizing objective measures of small-area crime and mental health service use is lacking. This study examines how local crime is associa... Read More about Neighborhood Crime and Psychotropic Medications: A Longitudinal Data Linkage Study of 130,000 Scottish Adults.

Being well together: individual subjective and community wellbeing (2019)
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Atkinson, S., Bagnall, A., Corcoran, R., South, J., & Curtis, S. (2020). Being well together: individual subjective and community wellbeing. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21(5), 1903-1921. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-019-00146-2

This paper explores the ways in which community wellbeing is, and could be, related to individual subjective wellbeing by mapping current practice, teasing out the assumptions underlying a dominant approach and flagging neglected issues. The notion o... Read More about Being well together: individual subjective and community wellbeing.

Feasibility Randomised Trial Comparing Two Forms of Mental Health Supported Accommodation (Supported Housing and Floating Outreach); a Component of the QuEST (Quality and Effectiveness of Supported Tenancies) Study (2019)
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Killaspy, H., Priebe, S., McPherson, P., Zenasni, Z., McCrone, P., Dowling, S., …King, M. (2019). Feasibility Randomised Trial Comparing Two Forms of Mental Health Supported Accommodation (Supported Housing and Floating Outreach); a Component of the QuEST (Quality and Effectiveness of Supported Tenancies) Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, Article 258. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00258

Background: Mental health supported accommodation services are implemented across England, usually organised into a ‘step-down’ care pathway that requires the individual to repeatedly move as they gain skills and confidence for more independent livin... Read More about Feasibility Randomised Trial Comparing Two Forms of Mental Health Supported Accommodation (Supported Housing and Floating Outreach); a Component of the QuEST (Quality and Effectiveness of Supported Tenancies) Study.