Dorset County Hospital Librarian Morag Evans has collated a thematic further reading list for those who would like to expand their knowledge on topics such as health literacy, creating fair employment, give every child the best start in life, and more.

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

These resources are available from Dorset County Hospital Library Please email library.office@dchft.nhs.uk