PSY-8306 v3

Cook, E., & Wood, L. (2019). Health psychology: The basics. Taylor & Francis Group.
Read Chapter 1. This chapter reviews the history of the field as well as the role of health psychology professionals.

Fernández, M. E., Baumann, A. A., & Beg, S. S. (2025). Cultural adaptations of interventions. In APA handbook of health psychology, Volume 3: Health psychology and public health., Vol. 3. (pp. 127–153). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000396-008
This paper explores the cultural adaptation of interventions for different populations while taking care to reduce inequities.

Messina, R., Lenzi, J., Rosa, S., Fantini, M. P., & Bartolo, P. D. (2024). Clinical Health Psychology Perspectives in Diabetes Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study Examining the Role of Depression in Adherence to Visits and Examinations in Type 2 Diabetes Management. Healthcare, 12(19), 1942. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12191942
This article adopts a clinical health psychology perspective to understand how depression influences patients’ engagement in managing their diabetes.

Preis, H., Wang, W., Zhu, W., Mahaffey, B., & Lobel, M. (2023). Social determinants of health, prenatal maternal stress, and earlier birth during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Social & Personality Psychology Compass, 17(7), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12751
This article explores how prenatal stress and social determinants of health impacted pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Health Organization. (7 August, 2024). The Top 10 Causes of Death. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death
This resource lists the causes of death globally and explores differences between different income-level countries.

American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Division 38. https://societyforhealthpsychology.org/
This website contains information on the health psychology division 38 of APA.

Hepworth, J. (2006). The emergence of critical health psychology: Can it contribute to promoting public health? Journal of Health Psychology, 11(3), 331-341.
This article discusses the area of Critical Health Psychology.