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Spaces for smoking in a psychiatric hospital: social capital, resistance to control, and significance for 'therapeutic landscapes' (2013)
Journal Article
Wood, V., Curtis, S., Gesler, W., Spencer, I., Close, H., Mason, J., & Reilly, J. (2013). Spaces for smoking in a psychiatric hospital: social capital, resistance to control, and significance for 'therapeutic landscapes'. Social Science & Medicine, 97, 104-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.009

This paper reports on research framed by theories of therapeutic landscapes and the ways that the social, physical and symbolic dimensions of landscapes relate to wellbeing and healing. We focus especially on the question of how attributes of therape... Read More about Spaces for smoking in a psychiatric hospital: social capital, resistance to control, and significance for 'therapeutic landscapes'.

Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards (2013)
Journal Article
Curtis, S., Gesler, W., Wood, V., Spenser, I., Mason, J., Close, H., & Reilly, J. (2013). Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards. Social Science & Medicine, 97, 201-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.06.015

This paper contributes to the international literature examining design of inpatient settings for mental health care. Theoretically, it elaborates the connections between conceptual frameworks from different strands of literature relating to therapeu... Read More about Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards.

Neighbourhood deprivation and adolescent self-esteem: Exploration of the ‘socio-economic equalisation in youth’ hypothesis in Britain and Canada (2013)
Journal Article
Fagg, J., Curtis, S., Cummins, S., Stansfeld, S., & Quesnel-Quesnel-Vallée, A. (2013). Neighbourhood deprivation and adolescent self-esteem: Exploration of the ‘socio-economic equalisation in youth’ hypothesis in Britain and Canada. Social Science & Medicine, 91, 168-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.02.021

Material deprivation is an important determinant of health inequalities in adults but there remains debate about the extent of its importance for adolescent wellbeing. Research has found limited evidence for an association between adolescent health a... Read More about Neighbourhood deprivation and adolescent self-esteem: Exploration of the ‘socio-economic equalisation in youth’ hypothesis in Britain and Canada.

Creating 'therapeutic landscapes' for mental health carers in inpatient settings : a dynamic perspective on permeability and inclusivity (2013)
Journal Article
Wood, V., Curtis, S., Gesler, W., Spencer, I., Close, H., Mason, J., & Reilly, J. (2013). Creating 'therapeutic landscapes' for mental health carers in inpatient settings : a dynamic perspective on permeability and inclusivity. Social Science & Medicine, 91, 122-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.045

Although there has been a shift toward treatment in the home and the community, in the UK, inpatient facilities are still important in modern mental health care. ‘Informal carers’, including family members, often play an essential role, not only in p... Read More about Creating 'therapeutic landscapes' for mental health carers in inpatient settings : a dynamic perspective on permeability and inclusivity.

Defying Deprivation: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Area Level Health Resilience in England (2012)
Journal Article
Cairns, J., Curtis, S., & Bambra, C. (2012). Defying Deprivation: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Area Level Health Resilience in England. Health & Place, 18(4), 928-933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.02.011

Previous research has found evidence that some economically deprived areas in England exhibit ‘health resilience’ in terms of lower than expected mortality rates. Consistent with earlier research we analysed area ‘resilience’ for parliamentary consti... Read More about Defying Deprivation: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Area Level Health Resilience in England.

Climate change and health and social care: Defining future hazard, vulnerability and risk for infrastructure systems supporting older people’s health care in England (2012)
Journal Article
Oven, K., Curtis, S., Reaney, S., Riva, M., Stewart, M., Ohlemuller, R., …Holden, R. (2012). Climate change and health and social care: Defining future hazard, vulnerability and risk for infrastructure systems supporting older people’s health care in England. Applied Geography, 33, 16-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.05.012

Health and social care systems (including the care needs of the population and infrastructures providing health and social care) are likely to be influenced by climate change, in particular by the increasing frequency and severity of weather-related... Read More about Climate change and health and social care: Defining future hazard, vulnerability and risk for infrastructure systems supporting older people’s health care in England.

Policy Responses and the Physical Environment. (2011)
Book Chapter
Riva, M., & Curtis, S. (2011). Policy Responses and the Physical Environment. In J. Pearce, & K. Witten (Eds.), Geographies of Obesity: Environmental Understandings of the Obesity Epidemic. Farnham, Ashgate

Residential mobility within England and urban-rural inequalities in mortality (2011)
Journal Article
Riva, M., Curtis, S., & Norman, P. (2011). Residential mobility within England and urban-rural inequalities in mortality. Social Science & Medicine, 73(112), 1698-1706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.09.030

This study is situated within the international literature on geographic health inequalities between urban and rural areas. Using data from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study (ONS LS), this paper assesses the role of residentialmob... Read More about Residential mobility within England and urban-rural inequalities in mortality.

Geographies of Health and Climate Change. (2011)
Journal Article
Curtis, S., & Oven, K. (2012). Geographies of Health and Climate Change. Progress in Human Geography, 36(5), 654-666. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132511423350

Climate change presents significant challenges for human health and well-being and geography is contributing a growing field of knowledge relating to these processes. We outline here key dimensions of the debate, pointing to areas where human geograp... Read More about Geographies of Health and Climate Change..

Collective resources or local social inequalities? Examining the social determinants of mental health in rural areas (2011)
Journal Article
Riva, M., Bambra, C., Curtis, S., & Gauvin, L. (2011). Collective resources or local social inequalities? Examining the social determinants of mental health in rural areas. European Journal of Public Health, 21(2), 197-203. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckq064

Background: In England, although some studies report better health among rural populations, few have examined social inequalities in health within rural areas and how they compare to inequalities observed in urban settings. The objectives of this stu... Read More about Collective resources or local social inequalities? Examining the social determinants of mental health in rural areas.

Health Geography in Public Health. (2010)
Book Chapter
Curtis, S., Riva, M., & Rosenberg, M. (2010). Health Geography in Public Health. In T. Brown, S. McLafferty, & G. Moon (Eds.), Companion to Health and Medical Geography (325-345). Blackwell

Risk Communication and Public Health. (2009)
Book
Bennett, P., Calman, K., Curtis, S., & Fishbacher-Smith, D. (Eds.). (2009). Risk Communication and Public Health. Oxford University Press