"I try and make my cell a positive place": Tactics for mitigating risks to health and wellbeing in a young offender institution
Mehay, A. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-7329-9056, Meek, R. & Ogden, J. (2019).
"I try and make my cell a positive place": Tactics for mitigating risks to health and wellbeing in a young offender institution.
Health & Place, 57,
pp. 54-60.
doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.03.012
Abstract
Prisons provide an important public health opportunity to improve the health of a hard-to-reach population. However, the prison as a place for health promotion requires greater attention. Using De Certeau's concept of tactics, semi-structured interviews with 35 young men who had screened as low on an anxiety and depression scale, illustrate how they stitch together discrete tactics to navigate the prison system and mitigate the risks to their health and wellbeing. These involve a process of being vigilant to the cracks in the system whilst appropriating objects and seeking out spaces of comfort. Understanding imprisonment in this nuanced approach provides greater insights into the interplay of health and place with the potential to inform context-relevant practice and policy.
| Publication Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © 2019. This is the author accepted manuscript of an article published by Elsevier. |
| Publisher Keywords: | Prison health, Young adulthood, Healthy prison, Tactics de Certeau, Health promotion |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Departments: | School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Healthcare Services Research & Management |
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