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Published in March 2008
PSYCHOSOCIALLY SUPPORTIVE DESIGN
Visionen om Hälsofrämjande Anstaltsmiljöer
by Alan Dilani, Ph.D.
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME) Research Center Design and Health, NOVUM Science Park, Stockholm
This is the first part of research program on Healthy Prison Design, the final report will be published by March 2010. In this literature review, we have searched for scientific articles in various databases through the Karolinska Institute’s library and studied approximately 300 articles and other literature, with relevant connection to the physical environment, health and behavior. We selected articles that had relevance to our purpose of identifying factors in the physical environment that can promote health and well-being. In this article we have chosen to shed light on psychosocially supportive design in prison environments. In prisons, the physical environment has often been an important concern, due to security reasons and most prisons are designed from a security and functional standpoint. It is of course important to focus on security aspects, but in this article, we prefer to highlight factors in the prison environment that do not often get much attention. It is time to build prison environments that are psychosocially supportive and health promoting for both prison employees and inmates.
Paperback: 150 pages; in colour
illustrations
Language: Swedish
with English summary
300 Sek - 30 € + airmail postage
Published in June 2007
UK Healthcare Design Review Editor: David Stark Published by Keppie Design, 2007 Glasgow - UK Since 1995, the world’s largest healthcare provider, the UK National Health Service, has been carrying out its most extensive renewal of facilities at various levels of healthcare provision. This book summarises the various initiatives and issues involved in this era of UK healthcare design. The contributors are leading experts in their fields and bring their latest knowledge and experience to various aspects in different themes of healthcare design in the United Kingdom. The book contains over one hundred illustrations and pictures, mostly in color, and has a total of 104 pages. This Books can be ordered from Keppie Design at a cost of £20 plus postage by contacting Emma Sykes E-mail: esykes@keppiedesign.co.uk
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS PREVENTION IN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DESIGN
BOOK DETAILS Editor: Romano Del Nord Format: 25,5 x 28,5 cm Pages: 360 Images: about 400 color; about 250 b/n Hardcover Language: Italian with integral English translation ISBN : 88-6116-013-1 978-6116-013-2 Price: € 85,00
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 Design & Health IV- Future Trends in Healthcare Design by Alan Dilani, Ph.D.
ISBN 91-7140-840-1
Order your copy of this book containing a unique selection
of papers based on presentations during the 4th World
Congress on Design & Health (WCDH2005), organized by the
International Academy for Design and Health. All papers
published in the book are of scientific importance and
demonstrate the results of evidence based design. Many of
the papers presented in this book are case studies which
strongly support the link between design and health. Good
design is an essential component of healthcare; it forms the
context and environments by which healthcare activities
affect healing processes. Furthermore, the design and
quality of health care has great impact on staff health and
wellbeing.
400 Sek or 40 Euro + airmail postage
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 John Zeisel, Ph.D. Inquiry by Design--2nd edition Inquiry by Design: Environment/Behavior/Neuroscience in Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, and Planning
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the web directly.
Inquiry by Design systematically describes practical research methods applicable to programming & evaluating physical environments. Design and research case studies illustrate successful collaboration between designers & researchers demonstrating how this leads to greater design creativity. This edition updates methods, includes a dozen new design case studies, and describes exciting linkages between neuroscience and design. |
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Hälsofrämjande Boende- och Arbetsmiljö by Alan Dilani, Ph.D. and Agneta Morelli, B.Sc. Research Center Design and Health, NOVUM Science Park, Stockholm The objective of this study was to investigate the requirements of health promotion by design in elderly care. To create conditions through supportive design that promotes healthy living and working environments. The goal was to develop an understanding of the environmental impact on resident’s and staff health, and to optimize the preconditions of physically and psychosocially supportive design. Results point to a much needed development of new values in elderly care currently dominated by traditional medical treatment methods. Health requirements for the elderly will be improved by using non-pharmacological approaches as a compliment to traditional treatment methods. Knowledge of design solutions for healthy living and working environments may successfully be applied in planning, building and evaluation of future elderly care facilities. Book details:
Paperback: 150 pages; in colour
illustrations
Language:English
and Swedish
300 Sek - 30 € + airmail postage |
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Designing workplace performance by Jacqueline C. Vischer, Ph.D. Employers everywhere are reducing occupied square footage by decreasing office size. Employees who see their workspace as "home", as a retreat, as their territory, and symbol of their position in the company, feel threatened by this change. This book examines the dilemmas created by these countervailing forces, affecting not only managers and workers, but also architects, designers, and facilities managers. The book offers a new way of looking at how people inhabit their workspace. It shows managers, designers, and workers in office buildings how to increase comfort efficiency.
Expert in the
psychology of workspace, well-known lecturer, and author of
several precious books, Jacqueline C. Vischer in an
Environmental Psychologist with significant practical and
research experience in the corporate world. Her method of
measuring the human impact of environmental conditions in
offices is widely cited and unsed world-wide. Book details:
Paperback:168
pages;
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DESIGN & HEALTH III - Health Promotion Through Environmental Design by Alan Dilani, Ph.D.
Research Center Design and Health, NOVUM Science Park, Stockholm, This book is the result of the 3rd World Congress on Design and Health, organized by the International Academy for Design and Health in Montreal, in June 2003. It presents the latest research findings and knowledge in the field of healthcare design. The book includes 29 articles from research scientists, designers and health professionals from all over the world. The book was published by the Academy in August 2004, containing 325 pages with all illustrations in color.
Content Book details:
Paperback: 325 pages; in colour
illustrations 400 Sek - 40 Euro + airmail postage |
 DESIGN & HEALTH II - The Therapeutic Benefits of Design by Alan Dilani, Ph.D. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Order from the Reseach Center Design and Health by e-mail; info@designandhealth.com 400 Sek - 40 Euro + airmail postage This book is the result of the 2nd International Congress on Design and Health , organized by Karolinska Institute in Stockholm , in June 2000. It presents the latest research findings and knowledge about new approaches in healthcare design. The book includes 35 articles (330 pages) from research scientists, designers and health professional from all over the world. It is a standard reference in many universities worldwide teaching Design and Health programs.
Content Book details:
Paperback: 327 pages 400 Sek - 40 Euro + airmail postage
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Edited by Wolfgang F E Preiser, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Jacqueline C Vischer, University of Montreal, Canada Book details:
Paperback: 256
pages; 100 illustrations £34.99 for more information about the book
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Developed by a team of
researchers of the TESIS interuniversity research centre (Faculty of
Architecture of Florence) the aim of this book is to give
operational support for designing facilities for Alzheimer patients. Book details:
Paperback: 227
pages; in colour illustrations
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 DESIGN and CARE in Hospital Planning
Alan Dilani Ph.D.
ISBN 91-7170-371-3,
“Dr. Alan Dilani presents a most informative and useful analysis of hospital planning in Scandinavia, mainly Sweden, and sheds important light on the dynamic character of healthcare systems and their influences on architectural design. The book is unique in examining these influences in Scandinavian context, and helps to fill a gap in the literature available in English on hospital planning and design. The planning and design of healthcare buildings in Scandinavia warrants considerable international interest. Since the end of World War II, Scandinavia has deservedly gained a reputation for producing high quality healthcare buildings and, more generally, for establishing some of the world’s most advanced healthcare systems. The final part presents an in-depth case study of the planning process and architectural approach for a large and highly innovative hospital project, RIT 2000, the University hospital in Trondheim, Norway. This book is a valuable source of information, new research, and ideas for healthcare planners, architects, and administrators. I believe that it will prove useful and interesting for many of those working in healthcare in other countries.”
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