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)

Bandura, Albert. (1998), Health promotion from the perspective of social cognitive theory. Psychology and health 13:4, 623-649. DOI: https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1080/08870449808407422 (26 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)

Edberg, Marc (2013) Essentials of Health, Culture and Diversity. Understanding people, reducing disparities. Jones & Bartlett Learning. Burlington. (79 pages)

Frazier, Emily., (2022) Understanding ‘faith’ in faith-based organizations: refugee resettlement work as religious practice, Social and Cultural Geography. 23:9, 1313-1332. (https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2021.1910992 (19 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

Johnsen, Sarah. (2014) Where’s the ‘Faith’ in ‘Faith-based’ Organizations? The Evolution and Practice of Faith-Based Homelessness Services in the UK, Journal of Social Policy, 43:2, 413-430. (17 pages)

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)

McIntyre Alice (2008): Participatory Action Research. Los Angeles: Sage Publications. 78 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)

Olivier, Jill., Tsimpo Clarence., Gemignani, Regina., Shojo, Mari., Coulombe Harold. et al. (2015): “Understanding the roles of faith-based health-care providers in Africa: review of the evidence with a focus on magnitude, reach, cost, and satisfaction” in Lancet 386. pp. 1765-75. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60251-3/fulltext (10 pages)

Pederson Aderonke Bamgbose., Konadu Fokuo, J., Thornicroft, Graham., Bamgbose, Olamojiba., Ogunnubi, Olusen Peter, Ogunsola, Kafayah., Oshodi, Yewande.O. (2022) Perspectives of university health care students on mental health stigma in Nigeria: Qualitative analysis. Transcult Psychiatry. 2023 Apr;60(2):272-285. Doi: 10.1177/13634615211055007. (22 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)

Påfs, Jessica., Stephen, Rulisa., Aimable ,Musafili., Essen, Birgitta., Binder-Finnema, Pauline. (2016) ‘You try to play a role in her pregnancy’: a qualitative study on recent fathers’ perspectives about childbearing and encounter with the maternal health system in Kigali, Rwanda. Global Health Action 9(1) https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.31482 (9 pages)

Påfs, Jessica, Musafili, Aimable, Binder-Finnema, Pauline, Klingberg-Allvin, Marie, Rulisa, Stephen & Essen, Birgitta (2015) ‘They would never receive you without a husband’: paradoxical barriers to antenatal care scale-up in Rwanda. Midwifery 31(12), 1149-1156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2015.09.010 (8 pages)

Rosenstock, Irwin. M., Strecher,Victor. J., Becker, Marshall.H. (1988). Social learning theory and the health belief model. Health education Quarterly. Vol 15 (2): 175-183 Summer. https://www.jstor.org/stable/45049256 (8 pages)

Schwingle, Andiara., Gálvez, Patricia. (2016): “Divine Interventions: Faith-Based Approaches to Health Promotion Programs for Latinos”, Journal of Religion & Health 55 (6). 1891-1906. (15 pages). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26541338

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)

World Bank. The Logframe Handbook. A logical framework approach to project cycle management. Washington. (113 pages). Free download at: https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documentsreports/documentdetail/783001468134383368

Wills, Jane. (2022) Foundations for Health Promotion. Amsterdam: Elsevier Health Sciences (352 pages). Also available as E-book on Elsevier VitalSource Bookshelf