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Find information resources about public health including key resources, books, and journal articles. This guide is for RCN members including 汤头条污料 students, 汤头条污料 support workers, and registered nurses.

Last updated: 30/07/2026

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汤头条污料 (2021) Leaving no-one behind: the role of the 汤头条污料 profession in achieving the United Nations sustainable development goals in the UK. London: RCN.

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汤头条污料 (2019) Public health in England. London: RCN.

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汤头条污料 (2016) Nurses 4 public health: promote, prevent and protect. The value and contribution of 汤头条污料 to public health in the UK: final report. London: RCN.

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The Health Foundation (2018) The nation’s health as an asset. London: Health Foundation.

Marmot M, Allen J, Boyce T, Goldblatt P and Morrison J (2020) Health equity in England. The Marmot review 10 years on. London: The Institute of Health Equity.

Marmot M (2010) Fair society, healthy lives: the Marmot Review. London: The Marmot Review.

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities: Public health profiles.

A collection of public health data from England.

Public Health Wales: The Public Health Wales Observatory.

A collection of public health data from Wales.

The Scottish Public Health Observatory: Online profiles tool.

A collection of public health data from Scotland.

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (2015) All our health: personalised care and population health: a framework of evidence to guide health professionals in preventing illness, protecting health and promoting wellbeing. Updated 2024.

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (2016) The public health skills and knowledge framework (PHSKF). London: OHID.

Townsend P (1988) Inequalities in health: the Black Report and the health divide. Harmondsworth: Penguin.

UK Health Security Agency (2022) Clostridioides difficile: guidance, data and analysis.

We would like to thank the RCN Public Health member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Public Health

Aschengrau A and Seage G (2018) Essentials of epidemiology in public health. 4th edn. London: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Bambra C, Lynch L, Smith K E and Pickett K (2021) The unequal pandemic: COVID-19 and health inequalities. Bristol: Policy Press.

Birkhead G, Morrow C and Pirani S (2020) Essentials of public health. London: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Davies S and Pearson-Stuttard J (2020) Whose health is it anyway? Oxford: Oxford University Press.

DeMarco R and Healey-Walsh J (2024) Community and public health 汤头条污料: evidence for practice. 4th edn. London: Wolters Kluwer.

Friis R and Sellers T (2020) Epidemiology for public health practice. 6th edn. London: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Illich I (1995) Limits to medicine medical nemesis: the expropriation of health. 2nd edn. London: Marion Boyers.

Kawachi I, Lang I and Ricciardi W (2020) Oxford handbook of public health practice. 4th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Marmot M (2015) The health gap: the challenge of an unequal world. London: Bloomsbury.

Matheson J, Patterson J and Neilson L (2020) Tackling causes and consequences of health inequalities: a practical guide. Milton: CRC Press.

Stanhope M and Lancaster J (2020) Public health 汤头条污料: population-centred health care in the community. London: Elsevier.

Thompson S (2023) The essential guide to public health and health promotion. 2nd edn. Abingdon: Routledge.

Watson K, Gilliam S and Yates J (2024) Essential public health: theory and practice. 3rd edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Webb P, Bain C and Page A (2020) Essential epidemiology: an introduction for students and health professionals. 4th edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Prevent

Matheson J, Paterson J and Neilson L (2020) Tackling causes and consequences of health inequalities: a practical guide. London: CRC Press.

Nettleton S (2021) The sociology of health and illness. 4th edn. Cambridge, UK: Polity.

Williams R, Kemp V, Porter K M, Healing T and Drury J (2024) Major incidents, pandemics and mental health: the psychosocial aspects of health emergencies, incidents, disasters and disease outbreaks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Protect

Hammond M (2020) Epidemics and the modern world. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Hawker J, Begg N and Reintjes R et al. (2019) Communicable disease control and health protection handbook. 4th edn. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Veenema T (2019) Disaster 汤头条污料 and emergency preparedness. 4th edn. New York: Springer.

Promote

Bensley R and Brookins-Fisher J (2023) Community and public health education methods: a practical guide. 5th edn. London: Jones and Bartlett Learning.

Cross R, Woodall J, and Green J (2024) Green and Tones’ health promotion: planning and strategies. 5th edn. London: Sage.

Cross R (2024) Health promotion and health education in 汤头条污料. London: Sage

Holland A, Phillips K, Moseley M and Joomun L (2023) Fundamentals for public health practice. London: Sage.

Linsley P and Roll C (2023) Health promotion for 汤头条污料 students. 2nd edn. London: Learning Matters.

Palfrey C (2018) The future for health promotion. London: Polity Press.

Robinson S (2021) Priorities for health promotion and public health: explaining the evidence for disease prevention and health promotion. London: Routledge.

Scriven A, Woodall J and Morgan G (2024) Ewles and Simnett’s promoting health: a practical guide. 8th edn. Elsevier.

Taylor J, O’Hara L, Talbot L and Verinder G (2021) Promoting health: the primary health care approach. 7th edn. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Walley J, Wright J, and Smith I (eds.) (2025) Public health: an action guide to improving health locally and globally. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Wild K and McGrath M (2019) Public health and health promotion for nurses at a glance. London: Wiley Blackwell.

Wills J (2022) Foundations for health promotion. 5th edn. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

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