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Unhealthy prisons: Exploring structural determinants of prison health (2007)
Journal Article
De Viggiani, N. (2007). Unhealthy prisons: Exploring structural determinants of prison health. Sociology of Health and Illness, 29(1), 115-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.00474.x

Prisoner health is influenced as much by structural determinants (institutional, environmental, political, economic and social) as it is by physical and mental constitutions of prisoners themselves. Prison health may therefore be better understood wi... Read More about Unhealthy prisons: Exploring structural determinants of prison health.

A new approach to prison public health? Challenging and advancing the agenda for prison health (2006)
Journal Article
and advancing the agenda for prison health. Critical Public Health, 16(4), 307-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590601045212

This paper explores recent developments in prison public health, recommending that future prison health policies and practices become more ‘upstream’ in their outlook and approach. It is argued that this will require much firmer acknowledgement of th... Read More about A new approach to prison public health? Challenging and advancing the agenda for prison health.

A new approach to prison public health? Challenging and advancing the agenda for prison health (2006)
Journal Article
De Viggiani, N. (2006). A new approach to prison public health? Challenging and advancing the agenda for prison health. Critical Public Health, 16(4), 307-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590601045212

This paper explores recent developments in prison public health, recommending that future prison health policies and practices become more 'upstream' in their outlook and approach. It is argued that this will require much firmer acknowledgement of th... Read More about A new approach to prison public health? Challenging and advancing the agenda for prison health.

Surviving Prison: Exploring prison social life as a determinant of health (2006)
Journal Article
de Viggiani, N. (2006). Surviving Prison: Exploring prison social life as a determinant of health. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 2(2), 71-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449200600935653

Prison social environments play an important role in the health of prisoners. How they respond to imprisonment is partially dependent upon how effectively they integrate into an institution’s social structure, learn to fit in with others and adapt to... Read More about Surviving Prison: Exploring prison social life as a determinant of health.

A new prison public health (2005)
Journal Article
Salmon, D., Powell, J., Orme, J., & De Viggiani, N. (2005). A new prison public health