PY2104 - Health Psychology
[Offered in odd-numbered years in Cairns, Townsville. ]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Arts & Social Sciences |
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.
| Assumed Knowledge: | To undertake this subject, students must have successfully completed 12 credit points (four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level |
| Prerequisites: | PY1101 OR PY1102 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PY2084 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Anne Swinbourne |
| Lecturer: | Dr Connar McShane. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); presentations (20%); literature review (30%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 7 | |
| Census Date 11-Jul-2013 | |
| Face to face teaching 08-Jul-2013 to 18-Jul-2013 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Marie Caltabiano. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); presentations (20%); literature review (30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 18-Jul-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Marie Caltabiano |
| Lecturer: | Dr Pek Ru Loh. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); presentations (20%); literature review (30%). |
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