Healthy ageing:

Bernard, M.  (2000) Promoting health in old age. Open University Press: Buckingham.

Chiva, A. and Stears, D. (Eds) (2001) Promoting the health of older people. Open University Press: Buckingham.

Squire, A. (2002) Health and well-being for older people. Bailliere Tindall: Edinburgh.

Health promotion:

Ewles, L. and Simnett, I. (2003) Promoting health: A practical guide. 5th Edition. Bailliere Tindall: Edinburgh.

Naidoo, J. and Wills, J. (2000) Health promotion: Foundations for practice. 2nd Edition. Bailliere Tindall: Edinburgh.

Evaluation of health promotion and health education:

Scott, D. and Weston, R. (1998) Evaluation of health promotion . Nelson Thornes: Cheltenham.

Whitehead, D. and Russell, G. (2004) How effective are health education programmes - resistance, reactance, rationality and risk?

Recommendations for effective practice. International Journal of Nursing Studies. Vol. 41. pp 163-172  N.B. This article contains an extensive reference list.

Developing practice:

Hart, E. and Fletcher, J. (1999) Learning how to change: a selective analysis of literature and experience of how teams learn and organisations change. Journal of Interprofessional Care. Vol. 13. No. 1. pp 53-63.

Harvey, G., Loftus-Hill, A., Rycroft-Malone, J., Titchen, A., Harvey, G., Kitson, A., McCormack, B. and Seer, K. (2002). Getting evidence into practice: the role and function of facilitation. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Vol.37. No.6. pp 577-588.

Manley, K. and McCormack, B. (2003) Practice development: purpose, methodology, facilitation and evaluation. Nursing in Critical Care . Vol.8. No. 1. pp22-29.

McCormack, B., Manley, K., Kitson, A., Tichen, A. and Harvey, G. (1999) Towards practice development - a vision in reality or a reality without a vision? Journal of Nursing Management. Vol. 7. No. 2. pp 255-264.

McCormack, B., Kitson, A., Harvey, G., Rycroft-Malone, J., Titchen, A. and Seers, K. (2002) Getting evidence into practice: the meaning of context. Journal of Advanced Nursing.  Vol.38. No.1. pp 94-104.

McCormack, B., Manley, K. and Garbett, R. (Eds) (2004) Practice Development in Nursing.   Blackwell Publishing: Oxford.

Murphy, C., Killick, J.  and Allan, K.M. The User's Voice: Involving People with Dementia in Improving Services . (DSDC).

Rycroft-Malone, J., Harvey, G., Kitson, A., McCormack, B., Seer, K. and Titchen, A. (2002) Getting evidence into practice: ingredients for change. Nursing Standard. Vol.16. No.3. pp 38-43.

Rycroft-Malone, J., Seer, K., Titchen, A., Harvey, G., Kitson, A. and McCormack, B. (2004) What counts as evidence in evidence based practice? Journal of Advanced Nursing. Vol.47. No.1. pp 81-90.

Rycroft-Malone, J., Harvey, G., Seer, K., Kitson, A., McCormack, B and Titchen, A. (2004) An exploration of the factors that influence the implementation of evidence into practice. Journal of Clinical Nursing. Vol.13. pp 913-924.