CHRISTINE HORROCKS is Professor of Applied Social Psychology and Head of the Department of Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. SALLY JOHNSON is Lecturer at the University of Bradford, UK, and a Health Psychologist. She leads the Applied Health and Social Psychology Group based in the Division of Psychology.

'This is a strong contribution to the developing field of critical health psychology, and will advance the way that health psychology is understood and practiced. Going well beyond critiques of the field, it highlights how health psychology can (and should) move from theory and research into critical practice and action that offers real possibilities for sustaining and improving health. This text offers valuable reading for health psychologists and other researchers and practitioners in the field of health seeking to understand how critical perspectives can make a tangible difference for health.' - Kerry Chamberlain, Professor of Health Psychology, Massey University, New Zealand

• Introduction How can we Advance Health Psychology?; C.Horrocks & S.JohnsonWorking with the Tensions between Critique and Action in Critical Health Psychology; S.JohnsonCritical Health Psychology and the Scholar-activist Tradition; M.MurrayChanging Behaviour: Can Critical Psychology Influence Policy and Practice?; W.Stainton RogersSocial Class, Socioeconomic Status and 'health-risk' Behaviours: A critical Analysis; K.DayMen's Health: Thinking about Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Sensitive Services; C.HorrocksWorking without Sacrifice: Discourse, Femininity and Occupational Risk; B.RickettThe Emancipatory Potential of Critical Approaches to Promoting Sexual Health: Exploring the Possibilities for Action; K.MilnesTaking the Lead: Authority and Power in the National Health Service; P.Nicholson, E.Rowland, P.Lokman & R.FoxRe-visiting Pandora's Box: Primary Healthcare 'directive' and Participatory Practices with Women Experiencing Domestic Violence; V.Lavis & C.HorrocksFeminist Health Psychology and Abortion: Towards a Politics of Transversal Relations of Commonality; C.MacleodBeing Creative around Health: Participative Methodologies in Critical Community Psychology; R.Lawthom, C.Kagan, M.Richards, J.Sixsmith & R.WoolrychDiscursive Psychology and its Potential to make a Difference; B.de Kok'I forget my problems – the problems are in the soil': Encountering nature in Allotment Gardening; N.King.

CHRISTINE HORROCKS is Professor of Applied Social Psychology and Head of the Department of Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. SALLY JOHNSON is Lecturer at the University of Bradford, UK, and a Health Psychologist. She leads the Applied Health and Social Psychology Group based in the Division of Psychology.

'This is a strong contribution to the developing field of critical health psychology, and will advance the way that health psychology is understood and practiced. Going well beyond critiques of the field, it highlights how health psychology can (and should) move from theory and research into critical practice and action that offers real possibilities for sustaining and improving health. This text offers valuable reading for health psychologists and other researchers and practitioners in the field of health seeking to understand how critical perspectives can make a tangible difference for health.' - Kerry Chamberlain, Professor of Health Psychology, Massey University, New Zealand

• Introduction How can we Advance Health Psychology?; C.Horrocks & S.JohnsonWorking with the Tensions between Critique and Action in Critical Health Psychology; S.JohnsonCritical Health Psychology and the Scholar-activist Tradition; M.MurrayChanging Behaviour: Can Critical Psychology Influence Policy and Practice?; W.Stainton RogersSocial Class, Socioeconomic Status and 'health-risk' Behaviours: A critical Analysis; K.DayMen's Health: Thinking about Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Sensitive Services; C.HorrocksWorking without Sacrifice: Discourse, Femininity and Occupational Risk; B.RickettThe Emancipatory Potential of Critical Approaches to Promoting Sexual Health: Exploring the Possibilities for Action; K.MilnesTaking the Lead: Authority and Power in the National Health Service; P.Nicholson, E.Rowland, P.Lokman & R.FoxRe-visiting Pandora's Box: Primary Healthcare 'directive' and Participatory Practices with Women Experiencing Domestic Violence; V.Lavis & C.HorrocksFeminist Health Psychology and Abortion: Towards a Politics of Transversal Relations of Commonality; C.MacleodBeing Creative around Health: Participative Methodologies in Critical Community Psychology; R.Lawthom, C.Kagan, M.Richards, J.Sixsmith & R.WoolrychDiscursive Psychology and its Potential to make a Difference; B.de Kok'I forget my problems – the problems are in the soil': Encountering nature in Allotment Gardening; N.King.