What are health inequalities?

Books
  • Bartley, M. 2017. Health inequality : an introduction to concepts, theories and methods. 2nd edition. Cambridge : Polity Press
  • Marmot, M. 2015. The health gap : the challenge of an unequal world. London : Bloomsbury
  • Smith, K.E., Hill, S. and Bambra, C. 2016. Health inequalities : critical perspectives. Oxford : Oxford University Press
  • Wistow, J. 2015. Studying health inequalities : an applied approach. Bristol : Policy Press
Articles
  • Coronini-Cronberg S, Maile EJ, Majeed A. Health inequalities: the hidden cost of COVID-19 in NHS hospital trusts? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2020;113(5):179-184. Doi:10.1177/0141076820925230
  • Howarth D, Marteau TM, Coutts AP, Huppert JL, Pinto PR. What do the British public think of inequality in health, wealth, and power? Soc Sci Med. 2019 Feb;222:198-206. Doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.01.006. Epub 2019 Jan 12. PMID: 30660044.
  • Marmot, M., Allen, J., Goldblatt, P., Herd, E. and Morrison, J., 2021. Build back fairer: the COVID-19 Marmot review the pandemic, socioeconomic and health inequalities in England.
  • McCartney G, Collins C, Mackenzie M. What (or who) causes health inequalities: theories, evidence and implications? Health Policy. 2013 Dec;113(3):221-7. Doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.05.021. Epub 2013 Jun 28. PMID: 23810172.
  • McCartney G, Popham F, McMaster R, Cumbers A. Defining health and health inequalities. Public Health. 2019 Jul;172:22-30. Doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.03.023. Epub 2019 May 31. PMID: 31154234; PMCID: PMC6558275.
  • Porroche-Escudero A, Popay J. The Health Inequalities Assessment Toolkit: supporting integration of equity into applied health research. Journal of public health (Oxford, England). 2021;43(3):567-572. Doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdaa047

Reducing health inequalities

Books
  • Mackenbach, J. P. 2019. Health inequalities: persistence and change in European welfare states. Oxford : Oxford University Press
  • Roberts, H. 2012. What works in reducing inequalities in child health. 2nd edition. Bristol : Policy Press
Articles
  • Craig N, Robinson M. Towards a preventative approach to improving health and reducing health inequalities: a view from Scotland. Public Health. 2019 Apr;169:195-200. Doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.02.013. Epub 2019 Mar 12. PMID: 30876724.
  • Sharpe, R. A., Curry, W., Brown, R., Shankar, R. 2019. A public health approach to reducing health inequalities among adults with autism, British Journal of General Practice. 69, 688, 534-535 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X706133

Give every child best start in life

Books
  • DeBell, D. 2016. Public health for children. Boca Raton, FL; London : CRC Press,
  • Keenan, T., Evans, S. and Crowley, K. 2016. An introduction to child development. London : Sage
  • Kehily, M. J. 2015. An Introduction to childhood studies. Maidenhead : Oxford University Press
  • Sharma, A. and Cockerill, H. 2014. Mary Sheridan’s from birth to five years : children’s developmental progress. London : Routledge
  • Smith, P. K., Cowie, H., Blades, M. 2015. Understanding children’s development. Chichester : John Wiley & Sons
Articles

Maximise capabilities

Articles

Create fair employment

Books
  • Lewis, D. and Sargeant, M. 2020. Employment law : the essentials. London : John Wiley and Sons.
  • Pitt, G. 2007. Employment law. London : Sweet and Maxwell.

Healthy standard of living for all

Articles
  • Brown, H., Mills, S., & Albani, V. (2022). Socioeconomic risks of food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK: findings from the Understanding Society Covid Survey. BMC public health, 22(1), 590. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12964-w
  • Curran, F., Blake, C., Cunningham, C., Perrotta, C., van der Ploeg, H., Matthews, J., & O’Donoghue, G. (2021). Efficacy, characteristics, behavioural models and behaviour change strategies, of non-workplace interventions specifically targeting sedentary behaviour; a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials in healthy ambulatory adults. PloS one, 16(9), e0256828. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256828
  • Foster, H., Ho, F. K., Mair, F. S., Jani, B. D., Sattar, N., Katikireddi, S. V., Pell, J. P., Niedzwiedz, C. L., Hastie, C. E., Anderson, J. J., Nicholl, B. I., Gill, J., Celis-Morales, C., & O’Donnell, C. A. (2022). The association between a lifestyle score, socioeconomic status, and COVID-19 outcomes within the UK Biobank cohort. BMC infectious diseases, 22(1), 273. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07132-9
  • Hassen, H. Y., Bowyer, M., Gibson, L., Abrams, S., & Bastiaens, H. (2022). Level of cardiovascular disease knowledge, risk perception and intention towards healthy lifestyle and socioeconomic disparities among adults in vulnerable communities of Belgium and England. BMC public health, 22(1), 197. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12608-z
  • Libuy, N., Bann, D., & Fitzsimons, E. (2021). Inequalities in body mass index, diet and physical activity in the UK: Longitudinal evidence across childhood and adolescence. SSM – population health, 16, 100978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100978
  • Moonan, M., Maudsley, G., Hanratty, B., & Whitehead, M. (2022). An exploration of the statutory Healthy Start vitamin supplementation scheme in North West England. BMC public health, 22(1), 392. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12704-0
  • Parnham, J., Millett, C., Chang, K., Laverty, A. A., von Hinke, S., Pearson-Stuttard, J., & Vamos, E. P. (2021). Is the healthy start scheme associated with increased food expenditure in low-income families with young children in the United Kingdom?. BMC public health, 21(1), 2220. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12222-5
  • Paul, E., & Fancourt, D. (2022). Predictors of uncertainty and unwillingness to receive the COVID-19 booster vaccine: An observational study of 22,139 fully vaccinated adults in the UK. The Lancet regional health. Europe, 14, 100317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100317
  • Picchioni, F., Goulao, L. F., & Roberfroid, D. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on diet quality, food security and nutrition in low and middle income countries: A systematic review of the evidence. Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland), S0261-5614(21)00395-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2021.08.015
  • Relton, C., Crowder, M., Blake, M., & Strong, M. (2022). Fresh street: the development and feasibility of a place-based, subsidy for fresh fruit and vegetables. Journal of public health (Oxford, England), 44(1), 184–191. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa190

Creating and developing sustainable communities

e-books
  • Byrd, R and DeMates, L. 2019. Sustainability made simple : small changes for big impact. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield
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  • Mulligan, Martin. 2018. An introduction to sustainability : environmental, social and personal perspectives. London : Routledge
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  • Robertson, M. 2021. Sustainability principles and practice. London : Routledge
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Articles
  • Hampshire, K., Islam, N., Kissel, B., Chase, H., & Gundling, K. (2022). The Planetary Health Report Card: a student-led initiative to inspire planetary health in medical schools. The Lancet. Planetary health, S2542-5196(22)00045-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00045-6
  • Nelson, E., Waiswa, P., Coelho, V. S., & Sarriot, E. (2022). Social accountability and health systems’ change, beyond the shock of Covid-19: drawing on histories of technical and activist approaches to rethink a shared code of practice. International journal for equity in health, 21(Suppl 1), 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-022-01645-0

Ill health prevention

Articles

Health literacy and power

Books
  • Nutbeam, D. Levin-Zamir and Rowlands, G. 2019. Health literacy in context – settings, media and populations. Basel, Switzerland : MDPI Publishing
Articles
  • Brainard, J., Wilsher, S. H., Salter, C., & Loke, Y. K. (2016). Methodological review: quality of randomized controlled trials in health literacy. BMC health services research, 16, 246. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1479-2
  • Dib, F., Mayaud, P., Chauvin, P., & Launay, O. (2022). Online mis/disinformation and vaccine hesitancy in the era of COVID-19: Why we need an eHealth literacy revolution. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 18(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.1874218
  • Graso, M., Henwood, A., Aquino, K., Dolan, P., & Chen, F. X. (2022). The dark side of belief in Covid-19 scientists and scientific evidence. Personality and individual differences, 193, 111594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111594
  • Neves, A. L., Freise, L., Laranjo, L., Carter, A. W., Darzi, A., & Mayer, E. (2020). Impact of providing patients access to electronic health records on quality and safety of care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ quality & safety, 29(12), 1019–1032. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010581
  • Tavananezhad, N., Bolbanabad, A. M., Ghelichkhani, F., Effati-Daryani, F., & Mirghafourvand, M. (2022). The relationship between health literacy and empowerment in pregnant women: a cross-sectional study. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 22(1), 351. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04686-z

Population health

Books
  • Naidoo, J. and Wills, J. 2016. Foundations for health promotion. s.l. : Elsevier Masson
e-books
  • Elmore, J.G. 2020. Jekel’s epidemiology, biostatistics, preventive medicine, and public health
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  • Wild, K. 2019. Public health and health promotion for nurses at a glance. Chichester : Wiley

Vulnerable groups

Books
  • Barnett, D. 2019. The straightforward guide to safeguarding adults : from getting the basics right to applying The Care Act and criminal investigations. London : Jessica Kingsley
  • Larkin, M. 2009. Vulnerable groups in health and social care. London : SAGE Publishing
  • Wonnacott, J. 2014. Developing and supporting effective staff supervision : a reader to support the delivery of staff supervision training for those working with vulnerable children, adults and their families. Hove, Sussex : Pavilion

Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)

Books
  • Thompson, N., 2016. Anti-discriminatory practice : equality, diversity and social justice. Palgrave Macmillan
  • Thompson, N., 2018. Promoting equality : working with diversity and difference. London : Palgrave Macmillan
  • Westwood, S., 2019. Ageing, diversity and equality : social justice perspectives. London : Routledge

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