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Health geographies II: complexity and health care systems and policy (2009)
Journal Article
Curtis, S., & Riva, M. (2009). Health geographies II: complexity and health care systems and policy. Progress in Human Geography, 34(4), 513-520. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132509336029

In this second of two progress reports on geographies of health, we continue a discussion framed from the perspective of complexity theory to consider research which is more particularly focused on health care and health policy. Using selected exampl... Read More about Health geographies II: complexity and health care systems and policy.

County variation in use of inpatient and ambulatory psychiatric care in New York State 1999-2001: Need and Supply influences in a structural model (2009)
Journal Article
Curtis, S., Congdon, P., Almog, M., & Ellermann, R. (2009). County variation in use of inpatient and ambulatory psychiatric care in New York State 1999-2001: Need and Supply influences in a structural model. Health & Place, 15(2), 568-577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.09.009

This study investigates the potential for ecological studies to contribute useful information on variations in service use, both across areas and across different types of psychiatric care. The analysis uses data for the 62 counties of New York State... Read More about County variation in use of inpatient and ambulatory psychiatric care in New York State 1999-2001: Need and Supply influences in a structural model.

New spaces of inpatient care for people with mental illness: a complex "rebirth" of the clinic? (2009)
Journal Article
Curtis, S., Gesler, W., Priebe, S., & Francis, S. (2009). New spaces of inpatient care for people with mental illness: a complex "rebirth" of the clinic?. Health & Place, 15(1), 340-348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.06.007

This paper examines the implications for design of inpatient settings of community-based models of care and treatment of mental illness. The study draws on ideas from relational geographies and expands interpretations based on Foucault's writing. We... Read More about New spaces of inpatient care for people with mental illness: a complex "rebirth" of the clinic?.

Unravelling the extent of inequalities in health across urban and rural areas: Evidence from a national sample in England (2009)
Journal Article
Riva, M., Curtis, S., Gauvin, L., & Fagg, J. (2009). Unravelling the extent of inequalities in health across urban and rural areas: Evidence from a national sample in England. Social Science & Medicine, 68(4), 654-663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.024

Studies of inequalities in health between rural and urban settings have produced mixed and sometimes conflicting results, depending on the national setting of the study, the level of geographic detail used to define rural areas and the health indicat... Read More about Unravelling the extent of inequalities in health across urban and rural areas: Evidence from a national sample in England.

How Can We Address Health Inequality Through Healthy Public Policy in Europe? (2008)
Journal Article
Curtis, S. (2008). How Can We Address Health Inequality Through Healthy Public Policy in Europe?. European Urban and Regional Studies, 15(4), 293-305. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776408095106

In many parts of the world, there is growing commitment to the idea that public policy and public interventions in all domains (not only the medical and public health sector) should be scrutinized in terms of their potential impact on public health f... Read More about How Can We Address Health Inequality Through Healthy Public Policy in Europe?.

Neighbourhood perceptions among inner-city adolescents : relationships with their individual characteristics and with independently assessed neighbourhood conditions (2008)
Journal Article
Fagg, J., Curtis, S., Clark, C., Congdon, P., & Stansfield, S. (2008). Neighbourhood perceptions among inner-city adolescents : relationships with their individual characteristics and with independently assessed neighbourhood conditions. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 28(2), 128-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2007.10.004

We investigated relationships between adolescents’ perceptions of their neighbourhood, their mental health and independently assessed indicators of conditions in their residential neighbourhood. The Research with East London Adolescents Community Hea... Read More about Neighbourhood perceptions among inner-city adolescents : relationships with their individual characteristics and with independently assessed neighbourhood conditions.

Pour des politiques publiques favorables a la sante dans le contexte de la preparation de grands evenements internationaux: l'exemple des jeux olympiques (2008)
Journal Article
Curtis, S., Pederson, A., Bruce, T., & Frankish, J. (2008). Pour des politiques publiques favorables a la sante dans le contexte de la preparation de grands evenements internationaux: l'exemple des jeux olympiques

Il est de plus en plus fréquent que s’établissent, à travers le monde, des stratégies en faveur de la santé publique (Frankish et autres, 1996; OMS, 1999). Au fur et à mesure que les décisions politiques se multiplient et que les structures organisat... Read More about Pour des politiques publiques favorables a la sante dans le contexte de la preparation de grands evenements internationaux: l'exemple des jeux olympiques.

Ecological studies. (2007)
Book Chapter
Curtis, S., & Cummins, S. (2007). Ecological studies. In S. Galeo (Ed.), Macro Social Determinants of Health (327-348). Springer Verlag

Area social fragmentation, social support for individuals and psychosocial health in young adults: Evidence from a national survey in England (2007)
Journal Article
Fagg, J., Curtis, S., Stansfield, S., Cattell, V., Tupuola, A., & Arephin, M. (2008). Area social fragmentation, social support for individuals and psychosocial health in young adults: Evidence from a national survey in England. Social Science & Medicine, 66(2), 242-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.07.032

Abstract This paper uses national survey data for young adults in England to explore empirically the relationships between social fragmentation in communities (measured for geographical areas), social support experienced by individuals from their imm... Read More about Area social fragmentation, social support for individuals and psychosocial health in young adults: Evidence from a national survey in England.

Therapeutic landscapes in hospital design: a qualitative assessment by staff and service users of the design of a new mental health inpatient unit. (2007)
Journal Article
Curtis, S., Gesler, W., Fabian, K., Francis, S., & Priebe, S. (2007). Therapeutic landscapes in hospital design: a qualitative assessment by staff and service users of the design of a new mental health inpatient unit. Environment and planning. C, Government and policy, 25(4), 591-610. https://doi.org/10.1068/c1312r

This pilot research project sought to provide a postoccupation assessment of a new mental health inpatient unit in East London, built under the Private Finance Initiative scheme. Qualitative discussion groups or unstructured interviews were used to e... Read More about Therapeutic landscapes in hospital design: a qualitative assessment by staff and service users of the design of a new mental health inpatient unit..