Health promotion and disease prevention in at risk groups; strategies and methods

The reading list has been approved by the Deputy Head of Department 24-06-2026 and applies from the autumn semester 2026.

*Please note! The course literature listed below may have been published in later editions/years. At the start of the course, the most recent edition applies.

Andersson, Lena. M. C., Twum-Antwi, Akwasi., Staland-Nyman,Carin, van Rooyen Dalena. (2017). Prevalence and socioeconomic characteristics of alcohol disorders among men and women in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Health and Social Care in the Community. 2017; 17-11. DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12487 (6 pages)

Andersson, Lena. M. C., Punzi, Elisabeth. (2024) Caring for Undocumented Migrants: Significance of Recognition and Respect during Healthcare Encounters. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 02 April. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2024.2319640 (6 pages)

Barry, Margaret., Kuosmanen, Tuuli., Keppler, Tosca., Dowling Katherine., Harte Patricia. (2024) Priority actions for promoting population mental health and wellbeing, Mental Health & Prevention, vol 33, 200312. (9 pages)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2023.200312

Chatterjee, Pranab., Fauble, Mandy. (2008) Toward a Mission-Based Model for Social Work: A Foundation for Practice, Social Work with Groups, 31:1, 5-23.
DOI: 10.1300/J009v31n01_02. (18 pages)

Corley Alexandra. M. S., Gomes Stacey. M., Crosby Lori et.al. (2022). Partnering With Faith-Based Organizations to Offer Flu Vaccination and Other Preventive Services in Pediatrics 150:3 (september). (4 pages)

Duminda Guruge, G. N., Dahlström, Charlotta., Perera, Manuja., Andersson, Lena. M.C. (2021). Views and Perceptions toward Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study from a Rural, Agricultural Community in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences, 8 April (2): 45-51. DOI:10.21276/apjhs.2021.8.2.9 (6 pages)

Hardina Donna. (2003) Linking Citizen Participation to Empowerment Practice, Journal of Community Practice, 11:4, 11-38, DOI: 10.1300/J125v11n04_02 (29 pages)

Igras Susan, Diakité Mariam, Kohli Anjalee, Fogliani C. (2025). How norms-shifting interventions foster community-level social and behavior change: new insights from a synthesis of realist evaluations of community-level interventions. Global Health Promotion, 32(4):94-107. (13 pages) 
doi:10.1177/17579759241277493

Kiwanuka, Anthony., Walakira, Eddie., Andersson, L.M.C., Kaawa Mafigiri, David. (2022). Barriers of HIV treatment-seeking behavior among youths living with HIV in Uganda: a qualitative study. HIV AIDS Rev 2022; 21, 1: 43-49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/hivar.2022.112711 (7 pages)

Maes, Sarah., Schrooten, Mieke., Raeymaeckers, Peter. & Broeckaret, Bert. (2023). Faith Based Organizations: Types and Typologies. A Scoping Review (2010-2021) in Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 42:2, 211-237. (26 pages)

Nicol, Jeannine. U.,Chinwe Iwu-Jaja, J. Lynn Hendricks, , Peter Nyasulu,., & Taryn Young, T. (2022). The impact of faith-based organizations on maternal and child health care outcomes in Africa: taking stock of research evidence. Pan African Medical Journal, 43:1. (19 pages)

Pascoe, Katheryn. M., Hawthorne-Steele, Isobel., O’Brien, Fergal., Moreland, Rosemary. (2025) From Rhetoric to Reality: Social Work Leading Change Through Learning and Implementing Community Development Approaches, Practice, 37:4, 333-350, DOI: 10.1080/09503153.2025.2505436, (18 pages)

Skopp, Nancy., Smolenski, Derkek. J., Bush, N.Nigel E., Beech, Erin H., Workman, D.Don E., Edwards-Stewart, Amanda., & Belsher, BBradley. E. (2023). Caring contacts for suicide prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Services, 20(1), 74–83. (9 pages) https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000645

Tzouvara Vasiliki, Papadopoulos Chris, Randhawa Gurch. A narrative review of the theoretical foundations of loneliness. British Journal of Community Nursing. 2015 Jul 1;20(7): 329-334.
doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2015.20.7.329 (7 pages)