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- Publications
- Influence
Moralising geographies: stigma, smoking islands and responsible subjects
- L. Thompson, J. Pearce, J. R. Barnett
- Medicine
- 1 December 2007
As the long-term negative health effects of continued smoking have become more obvious, smoking cessation has become a key focus of government attention across the developed world. Smoking cessation… Expand
Seen and not heard? Text messaging and digital sociality
- L. Thompson, J. Cupples
- Sociology
- 1 February 2008
Mobile phones have invited a number of dystopian understandings, particularly as far as young people are concerned. They have been variously argued to contribute to poor spelling and grammar, disturb… Expand
Responses to health promotion campaigns: resistance, denial and othering
- L. Thompson, A. Kumar
- Sociology
- 1 March 2011
A wide variety of health promotion strategies are employed which are designed to educate members of the public with the ultimate goal of gradual general cultural change and individual behaviour… Expand
Scared straight? Fear-appeal anti-smoking campaigns, risk, self-efficacy and addiction
- L. Thompson, J. R. Barnett, J. Pearce
- Psychology
- 1 April 2009
Smokers are becoming increasingly stigmatised in the contemporary West. Based on a qualitative study in Christchurch, New Zealand, this research aimed to investigate the ways that people respond to… Expand
The role of nursing in governmentality, biopower and population health: family health nursing.
- L. Thompson
- Medicine
- Health & place
- 1 March 2008
The shift in health care focus towards an emphasis on population health gains via health promotion is now well established. One of the strategies that has been promoted as a means of better… Expand
‘I can’t get my husband to go and have a colonoscopy’: Gender and screening for colorectal cancer
- L. Thompson, T. Reeder, G. Abel
- Medicine
- Health
- 1 May 2012
It is anticipated that a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programme will be introduced in New Zealand making it the first screening programme in this country to include both males and females.… Expand
Heterotextuality and Digital Foreplay
- J. Cupples, L. Thompson
- Psychology
- 10 February 2010
The now ubiquitous cell phone as digital media and communication technology invites a proliferation of uses and meanings. The ways in which young people have taken up cell phones in general and text… Expand
Leaving the stethoscope behind: public health doctors and identity work
- L. Thompson
- Medicine
- 1 January 2015
Public health medicine is distinct in two ways from most other forms of medical specialisation; firstly, it is predominantly non-clinical and secondly, its concern is with populations, rather than… Expand
Smoking Geographies: Space, Place and Tobacco
- R. Barnett, G. Moon, J. Pearce, L. Thompson, L. Twigg
- Geography
- 27 December 2016
Smoking Geographies provides a research-led assessment of the impact of geographical factors on smoking. The contributors uncover how geography can show us not only why people smoke but also broader… Expand
Nomadic identities and socio-spatial competence: making sense of post-smoking selves
- L. Thompson, J. Pearce, R. Barnett
- Psychology
- 15 June 2009
The reconstruction of smoking as an unhealthy practice has given rise to a discursive field in which some people shy away from smoking identities that are tainted with the attendant notions of dirt… Expand
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