Sarah Curtis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5226312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Curtis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Curtis |
| SIGNATURE | CURTIS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2569-3304 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 64 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1323 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 63 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 16 |
Revisiting the Census Citizenship Question: A 2019 Amicus Brief and the Continuing Battle Over Who Counts
The past, present and future of health geography: An exchange with three long standing participants in the Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group
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 Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group (GHWRG) of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) (RGS‐IBG) throughout their careers, enabling them to shape health geog…
Improving longitudinal research in geospatial health: An agenda
The mouth and oral health in the field of dementia
An ageing population, an estimated 47 million people currently living with dementia, and predictions of a threefold increase in people living with a diagnosis by 2050 have led the WHO to declare dementia a public health priority. Emerging research also suggests that dementia is linked to poor oral health and that oral health declines alongside cognitive decline. Drawing on Bourdieu's concepts of field and capital, this paper presents an analysis …
Trajectories in mental health and socio-spatial conditions in a time of economic recovery and austerity: A longitudinal study in England 2011–17
Recession, local employment trends and change in self-reported health of individuals: A longitudinal study in England and Wales during the ‘great recession’
Changing labour market conditions during the 'great recession' and mental health in Scotland 2007-2011: An example using the Scottish Longitudinal Study and data for local areas in Scotland
Some thoughts on the broader context: Neighbourhoods and Peers
Health Inequalities
Health inequalities are differences in human health associated with sociogeographical position and environment, and are observed at various spatial scales. Health inequalities represent a significant challenge for societies globally, and could be reduced if the determinants of health were addressed for populations that are relatively disadvantaged. Particular concerns related to the determinants of health inequality include, but are not limited t…
Climate Change and Health
Expert bodies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2013) report increases in prevailing average temperatures as well as likely increases in the frequency of extreme weather‐related events such as heat waves and floods associated with climate change. These changes have implications for physical and mental health, the outcomes of which will depend on processes of mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. Important research in h…
Framing ‘fracking’: Exploring public perceptions of hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom
The prospect of fracking in the United Kingdom has been accompanied by significant public unease. We outline how the policy debate is being framed by UK institutional actors, finding evidence of a dominant discourse in which the policy approach is defined through a deficit model of public understanding of science and in which a technical approach to feasibility and safety is deemed as sufficient grounds for good policymaking. Deploying a delibera…
Neighbourhood risk factors for Common Mental Disorders among young people aged 10–20 years: A structured review of quantitative research
Place shaping to create health and wellbeing using health impact assessment: Health geography applied to develop evidence-based practice
Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards
Changing Adolescence: Social Trends and Mental Health
Forced residential mobility and social support: Impacts on psychiatric disorders among Somali migrants
BACKGROUND: Somali migrants fleeing the civil war in their country face punishing journeys, the loss of homes, possessions, and bereavement. On arrival in the host country they encounter poverty, hostility, and residential instability which may also undermine their mental health. METHODS: An in-depth and semi-structured interview was used to gather detailed accommodation histories for a five year period from 142 Somali migrants recruited in commu…
Health, wealth and ways of life: What can we learn from the Swedish, US and UK experience? Overview
Coalfield health effects: Variation in health across former coalfield areas in England
Residential mobility within England and urban-rural inequalities in mortality
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 residential mobility within England between 1981 and 2001 in explaining geographic inequalities in all-cause mortality between urban and rural Local Authority Districts at the end of the period (deaths occurring be…
Do area characteristics predict change in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from ages 11 to 15 years
Risk Communication and Public Health
Controversies about risks to public health regularly hit the news, whether about food safety, environmental issues, medical interventions, or ‘lifestyle’ risks such as drinking. To those trying to manage or regulate risks, public reactions sometimes seem bizarre. To the public, the behaviour of those supposedly ‘in charge’ can seem no less odd. Trust is currently at a premium. This new edition of Risk Communication and Public Health covers the th…
Health geographies II: Complexity and health care systems and policy
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 examples, we discuss how health care and policy have been influenced by ideas from complexity theory and consider the scope for more integrated health geography in future research. These studies illustrate …
Health geographies I: Complexity theory and human health
This paper is the first of two linked progress reports on the application of ideas from complexity theory to health geography. In this paper we focus especially on research which seeks to explain variations in human health from a geographical perspective. We mainly discuss selected studies of geographies of human health which illustrate how ideas from complexity theory are applied empirically. In order to interpret more effectively the dynamic an…
Selected research from the XII International Symposium in Medical Geography, Bonn, July 2007: Introduction to the Special Issue
Unravelling the extent of inequalities in health across urban and rural areas: Evidence from a national sample in England
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 indicators studied. By focusing on morbidity data from a national sample of individuals, this study aims to examine the extent of inequalities in health between urban and rural areas, as well as inequalities…
Understanding and representing 'place' in health research: A relational approach
Epidemiology, sociology, and geography have been successful in re-establishing interest in the role of place in shaping health and health inequalities. However, some of the relevant empirical research has relied on rather conventional conceptions of space and place and focused on isolating the "independent" contribution of place-level and individual-level factors. This approach may have resulted in an underestimate of the contribution of 'place' …
Mingling, observing, and lingering: Everyday public spaces and their implications for well-being and social relations
Is There a Place for Geography in the Analysis of Health Inequality
This paper considers how ideas and evidence concerning geographical health variation are used in discourses relating to health inequalities. We consider the different concepts of space and place which are employed in these debates. Much of the discussion in the literature focuses on the relative importance of compositional and contextual effects in determining health variation between different geographical areas. We discuss some of the theory wh…
Approaches to sampling and case selection in qualitative research: Examples in the Geography of Health
Area effects on health variation over the life-course: Analysis of the longitudinal study sample in England using new data on area of residence in childhood
Therapy by design: Evaluating the UK hospital building program
Psychological distress among adolescents, and its relationship to individual, family and area characteristics in East London
This paper identifies factors associated with variation in psychosocial distress among adolescents in a relatively deprived and ethnically diverse inner city setting in London, UK. The research draws on literature which discusses whether neighbourhood socio-economic conditions are associated with mental health, as well as attributes of individual adolescents and their families. We report an analysis of data from the Research with East London Adol…
Residential mobility within England and urban-rural inequalities in mortality
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 residential mobility within England between 1981 and 2001 in explaining geographic inequalities in all-cause mortality between urban and rural Local Authority Districts at the end of the period (deaths occurring be…
Post-migration geographical mobility, mental health and health service utilisation among Somali refugees in the UK: A qualitative study
Socio-geographic mobility and health status: A longitudinal analysis using the National Population Health Survey of Canada
The paper reviews arguments that associations between small area socio-economic conditions and individual health are likely to vary according to the type of health condition considered. We comment on the importance of longitudinal research to examine how far area conditions predict later health outcomes, and also how far area variations in health may result from selective migration processes predicted by health status. Using data for 1996 and 200…
Health geographies I: Complexity theory and human health
This paper is the first of two linked progress reports on the application of ideas from complexity theory to health geography. In this paper we focus especially on research which seeks to explain variations in human health from a geographical perspective. We mainly discuss selected studies of geographies of human health which illustrate how ideas from complexity theory are applied empirically. In order to interpret more effectively the dynamic an…
Area social fragmentation, social support for individuals and psychosocial health in young adults: Evidence from a national survey in England
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 immediate social circle, and psychosocial health of young adults. After reviewing previous research about these associations, we adopted an empirical approach to these questions, which was innovative in using dat…
Unravelling the extent of inequalities in health across urban and rural areas: Evidence from a national sample in England
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 indicators studied. By focusing on morbidity data from a national sample of individuals, this study aims to examine the extent of inequalities in health between urban and rural areas, as well as inequalities…
Gender, ethnicity and self-reported health: The case of African-Caribbean populations in London
New spaces of inpatient care for people with mental illness: A complex ‘rebirth’ of the clinic
Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards
Health geographies II: Complexity and health care systems and policy
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 examples, we discuss how health care and policy have been influenced by ideas from complexity theory and consider the scope for more integrated health geography in future research. These studies illustrate …
Do area characteristics predict change in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from ages 11 to 15 years
Social inequalities in self-reported morbidity: Interpretation and comparison of data from Britain and France
Is patient involvement possible when decisions involve scarce resources? A qualitative study of decision-making in primary care
Greater patient involvement has become a key goal of health care provision. This study explored the way in which general practitioners (GPs) in the UK manage the dual responsibilities of treating individual patients and making the most equitable use of National Health Service (NHS) resources in the context of the policy of greater patient involvement in decision-making. We undertook a qualitative study incorporating a series of interviews and foc…
Socio-demographic variation in perceived illness and the use of primary care: The value of community survey data for primary care service planning
Coronary heart disease: Trends in spatial inequalities and implications for health care planning in England
Health care reforms in Russia: The example of St Petersburg
Improving longitudinal research in geospatial health: An agenda
The Geography of Public Welfare Provision
1. Welfare Objectives and Socio-Spatial Inequality 2. Administrative Structures 3. The Administrative Geography of the Major Welfare Services 4. Young Children and their Families 5. Welfare Provision to the Elderly 6. Welfare Provision for Ethnic Minorities 7. The Geography of Resource Allocation for Welfare 8. The Geography of Welfare Needs and Provision
The round Robin Child: Anglia Television Homefinding
Residential Care: Baaf's Evidence
Socio-demographic variation in perceived illness and the use of primary care: The value of community survey data for primary care service planning
Hospital Services for the Elderly in London and Paris
This paper considers the provision of hospital inpatient services for the elderly in London and Paris, using a geographical and comparative perspective. Similar policy objectives are being pursued in the two countries using different strategies which reflect the different administrative structures of health care in Britain and France. In both Paris and London, hospital provision for the elderly operates as a metropolitan system rather than as sel…
Mortalité des Jeunes dans les Pays de la Communauté Européenne
Explaining Geographical Disparities in Educational Achievement: A case Study of East London
Les quartiers est de Londres : contribution à l'étude des disparités géographiques dans les performances éducatives. Ce papier présente un résumé des études qui ont mis en exergue des différences régionales de scolarité en Grande-Bretagne. On observe des écarts importants entre les élèves des zones rurales ou péri-urbaines et ceux qui habitent le centre des grandes villes. Ces écarts sont liés aux caractéristiques socio-économiques de ces populat…
The Geography of Public Welfare Provision
1. Welfare Objectives and Socio-Spatial Inequality 2. Administrative Structures 3. The Administrative Geography of the Major Welfare Services 4. Young Children and their Families 5. Welfare Provision to the Elderly 6. Welfare Provision for Ethnic Minorities 7. The Geography of Resource Allocation for Welfare 8. The Geography of Welfare Needs and Provision
Social inequalities in self-reported morbidity: Interpretation and comparison of data from Britain and France
La Santé: Approche Sociologique de Ses Représentations et Ses Fonctions dans la Société (Book)
The Slow Plague: A Geography of the Aids Pandemic
Coronary heart disease: Trends in spatial inequalities and implications for health care planning in England
Lay Habits: Religious Teachers and the Secularization Crisis of 1901–1904
The geography of health: A british point of view
This paper reviews some of the recent research in geography of health and health care from a British perspective. The literature reviewed illustrates a shift of emphasis from medical geography, towards geography of health and health care. Much recent work stresses «new» public health strategies. Government policies for improvement to population health and reforms to the National Health Service have also been investigated. The paper also discusses…
London after Tomlinson: Reorganising big city medicine
Health care reforms in Russia: The example of St Petersburg
Is There a Place for Geography in the Analysis of Health Inequality
This paper considers how ideas and evidence concerning geographical health variation are used in discourses relating to health inequalities. We consider the different concepts of space and place which are employed in these debates. Much of the discussion in the literature focuses on the relative importance of compositional and contextual effects in determining health variation between different geographical areas. We discuss some of the theory wh…
Approaches to sampling and case selection in qualitative research: Examples in the Geography of Health
Gender, ethnicity and self-reported health: The case of African-Caribbean populations in London
Therapeutic landscapes the dynamic between place and wellness
Themes in British health geography at the end of the century: A review of published research 1998–2000
Therapy by design: Evaluating the UK hospital building program
Geographies of health: An introduction
Policy and place: General practice in the UK
Area effects on health variation over the life-course: Analysis of the longitudinal study sample in England using new data on area of residence in childhood
Geographical variation in acute psychiatric admissions within New York City 1990–2000: Growing Inequalities in Service Use
The paper analyses geographical variations in use of acute psychiatric inpatient services within New York City and how these have changed from 1990 to 2000. We review literature suggesting reasons for the variations observed. Data from the New York State Department of Health Statewide Planning Research and Cooperative System were combined with population census data to produce age standardized ratio indicators of admissions and of bed days, as me…
Sociology (45 works) · Medicine (43 works) · Geography (30 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (30 works) · Political science (28 works) · Psychology (28 works) · Population (20 works) · Public health (20 works) · Economics (16 works) · Demography (15 works)