PY2104 - Health Psychology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
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This subject attempts to give an introduction to a number of issues in the field which has grown very rapidly in recent years under the rubric "health psychology". Health is analysed using the biopsychosocial model. The interaction between biological, psychological and social factors in the production of health and illness thus forms the main focus. The treatment of the subject will be to examine a number of topics and problems in depth, rather than give a more superficial treatment of a broad number of issues. Areas covered include psychosocial stress and its affect on health; stress management, health promotion and disease prevention, nutrition, AIDS research and psychoimmunology; dispositional factors in cardiovascular disease; influence of supportive networks on health, doctor-patient interactions and compliance with medical regimens.
Learning Outcomes
- to apply principles of health psychology in health care practice and public health;
- to develop a critical appreciation of research into biopsychosocial interactions and health;
- to develop a good understanding of theory, research and methods in health psychology;
- to integrate ideas from health psychology in the promotion of mental and physical health.
| Prerequisites: | PY1001 or PY1002 or PY1003 or PY1101 or PY1102 or PY1104 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PY2084 |
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| Census Date 08-Sep-2006 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Marie Caltabiano. |
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| Census Date 05-May-2006 | |
| Face to face teaching 27-Mar-2006 to 12-May-2006 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Marie Caltabiano |
| Lecturer: | Assoc. Professor Kerry McBain. |
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| Census Date 24-Mar-2006 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Frances Quirk. |
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| Census Date 08-Sep-2006 | |
| Face to face teaching 18-Sep-2006 to 10-Nov-2006 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Marie Caltabiano |
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| Assessment: | (40%); (20%); (40%). |
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