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Blaxter, M. (2010) Health. 2nd edn. Cambridge, Polity. This second edition of a classic book is one of the most useful, readable texts around on lay perspectives and health. Readers should note that it focuses mainly on understandings of health within a ‘global North’ (or ‘Western’) context. However, it explores the meaning of health in some depth, drawing on a range of literature and research, so it is a very good introduction to the key issues.

Green, J., Cross, R., Woodall, J. and Tones, K. (2019) Health Promotion: Planning and Strategies. 4th edn. London, Sage. Chapter 1: Health and Health Promotion. This book chapter provides a more in-depth, critical overview of the nature of health, drawing on a number of different perspectives and highlighting the importance of understanding health in order to inform health-promotion programmes.

Duncan, P. (2007) Critical Perspectives on Health. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. This book addresses the question ‘what is health?’ and critically examines a range of diverse perspectives. It is a useful follow-up to this chapter and explores a number of issues in greater analytical depth than can be achieved here. See part III, Critical Perspectives on Health, for a more in-depth critical discussion about the nature of health.