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PU5022: HEALTH BEHAVIOUR AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of how behaviours (e.g. smoking, diet, medication adherence, etc) can protect, promote, risk or damage health; the key drivers of (un)healthy behaviours; and techniques to change health behaviours. Week by week, the course will take students through the steps involved in designing and implementing a high quality, theory- and evidence-based health behaviour change intervention. Students will work through multiple case studies, identifying questions and problems, drawing on relevant literature and developing (as a group) appropriate strategies for intervention in a range of contexts. 

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Marijn de Bruin

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

- History of health psychology - Epidemiology and health consequences of health behaviours - Measurement of behaviour - Theoretical determinants of health behaviour - Behavioural intervention design - Intervention implementation and evaluation - Individual and environmental level behaviour change interventions - Behaviour change techniques

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

1 two hour written exam (50%) and continuous assessment (50%) [written report 40%, oral presentation 10%]

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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