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Mission: To make health a top priority for everyone in Northern Ireland.

Useful reading

Below is a list of publications and resources relating to health promotion, settings and hospitals, which may be of interest to you.


WHO publications on Health Promoting Hospitals can be found at:
http://www.euro.who.int/healthpromohosp/Publications/20020227_1

Baric L. The settings approach – implications for policy and strategy. Journal of the Institute of Health Education 1993; 31 (1), 17-24.

Baric L. Health promotion and health education in practice: module 2 – the organisational model. Altrincham: Barns, 1994.

Dooris M, Dowding G, Thompson J and Wynne C. The settings-based approach to health promotion. In: Tsouros A, Dowding G, Thompson J and Dooris M (editors). Health promoting universities: concept, experience and framework for action. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1998. www.who.dk/document/E60163.pdf

Dooris M. Joining up settings for health: a valuable investment for strategic partnerships? In: Critical Public Health 2004; 14(1):37-49, 2004.

Grossman R and Scala K. Health promotion and organisational development: developing settings for health. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1993.

Kickbusc, I. An overview to the settings-based approach to health promotion. In: Theaker T and Thompson J (editors). The settings-based approach to health promotion: conference report. Welwyn Garden City: Hertfordshire Health Promotion, 1995.

Poland B, Green L and Rootman I. Settings for health promotion: linking theory and practice. Sage: London, 2000.

Whitelaw S, Baxendale A, Bryce C, Machardy L, Young I and Witney E. Settings-based health promotion: a review. In: Health Promotion International 2001; 16(4): 339-353.


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