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Salutogenesis in Prison (2022)
Book Chapter
Woodall, J., De Viggiani, N., & South, J. (2022). Salutogenesis in Prison. In The Handbook of Salutogenesis (553-561). (2nd). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79515-3_51

This chapter concludes Part VII, with a focus on salutogenesis in prisons. In this chapter, the authors present and debate how prison health rhetoric, policy and practice are influenced by a pathogenic view of prisoner “health.” The authors comment t... Read More about Salutogenesis in Prison.

Exploring young people's interpretations of female genital mutilation in the UK using a community-based participatory research approach (2020)
Journal Article
Ali, S., de Viggiani, N., Abzhaparova, A., Salmon, D., & Gray, S. (2020). Exploring young people's interpretations of female genital mutilation in the UK using a community-based participatory research approach. BMC Public Health, 20, Article 1132. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09183-6

BACKGROUND: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a deeply-rooted cultural practice mainly undertaken in Africa, the Middle East and Asian countries. Evidence to date suggests that although first-generation migrants to the West are abandoning FGM, the c... Read More about Exploring young people's interpretations of female genital mutilation in the UK using a community-based participatory research approach.

Using laws to further public health causes: The Healthy Prisons Agenda (2019)
Journal Article
Ismail, N., Woodall, J., & de Viggiani, N. (2020). Using laws to further public health causes: The Healthy Prisons Agenda. Global Health Promotion, 27(2), 121-124. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975918811098

© The Author(s) 2019. In this commentary, we propose using laws in implementing the Healthy Prisons Agenda. We evaluate the efficacy of laws in tackling health inequalities in prisons, provide recommendations on how states can uphold their internatio... Read More about Using laws to further public health causes: The Healthy Prisons Agenda.

“Don’t mess with me!” Enacting masculinities under a compulsory prison regime (2018)
Book Chapter
De Viggiani, N. (2018). “Don’t mess with me!” Enacting masculinities under a compulsory prison regime. In M. Maycock, & K. Hunt (Eds.), New Perspectives on Prison Masculinities (91-121). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65654-0_5

Male prisons typify any social situation where individuals interact with others, learn to cope and survive, and contend with normative conventions and expectations. Being compulsory, prison can be an intense social experience that challenges emotiona... Read More about “Don’t mess with me!” Enacting masculinities under a compulsory prison regime.

How do policymakers interpret and implement the principle of equivalence with regard to prison health? A qualitative study among key policymakers in England (2018)
Journal Article
Ismail, N., & De Viggiani, N. (2018). How do policymakers interpret and implement the principle of equivalence with regard to prison health? A qualitative study among key policymakers in England. Journal of Medical Ethics, 44(11), 746-750. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2017-104692

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Background The principle of equivalence in prison health has been established for nearly four decades. It seeks to ensure that prisoners have... Read More about How do policymakers interpret and implement the principle of equivalence with regard to prison health? A qualitative study among key policymakers in England.

Challenges for prison governors and staff in implementing the Healthy Prisons Agenda in English prisons (2018)
Journal Article
Ismail, N., & de Viggiani, N. (2018). Challenges for prison governors and staff in implementing the Healthy Prisons Agenda in English prisons. Public Health, 162, 91-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2018.06.002

© 2018 The Royal Society for Public Health Objectives: In the two decades that have passed since the World Health Organisation established the Healthy Prisons Agenda, there has been no research conducted to investigate barriers and challenges prison... Read More about Challenges for prison governors and staff in implementing the Healthy Prisons Agenda in English prisons.

What are the barriers prison governors and staff face in implementing the Healthy Prisons Agenda? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Ismail, N., & de Viggiani, N. (2018, March). What are the barriers prison governors and staff face in implementing the Healthy Prisons Agenda?. Presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Bristol, UK

Aim: This research investigated the barriers faced by prison governors and staff in implementing the Healthy Prisons Agenda in England. It focused on prisons as a workplace, since prison governors and staff spend more time in prisons than the prisone... Read More about What are the barriers prison governors and staff face in implementing the Healthy Prisons Agenda?.

The new prison framework will be inflexible, costly and do nothing to ease chronic overcrowding and violence (2017)
Journal Article
Ismail, N., & de Viggiani, N. (2017). The new prison framework will be inflexible, costly and do nothing to ease chronic overcrowding and violence

The Conservative manifesto planned to create a series of legally enforceable standards that prisons, and those who work with inmates, will have to meet. Nasrul Ismail and Nick de Viggiani (University of the West of England) have interviewed 30 prison... Read More about The new prison framework will be inflexible, costly and do nothing to ease chronic overcrowding and violence.

Should we use a direct regulation to implement the Healthy Prisons Agenda in England? A qualitative study among prison key policy makers (2017)
Journal Article
Ismail, N., & de Viggiani, N. (2018). Should we use a direct regulation to implement the Healthy Prisons Agenda in England? A qualitative study among prison key policy makers. Journal of Public Health, 40(3), 598-605. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx116

© The Author 2017. Background The Healthy Prisons Agenda seeks to reduce prisoners' health risks, balance prisoners' rights with a security regime, ensure equivalent prison health service provisions to community health services, and facilitate the wh... Read More about Should we use a direct regulation to implement the Healthy Prisons Agenda in England? A qualitative study among prison key policy makers.