PTY-40072 - Module Specification School of Allied Health Professions Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 28 April 2024
PTY-40072 - Health, Wellbeing and Behaviour Change
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Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
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Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25
Available as a Free Standing Elective
Co-requisites
None
Prerequisites
None
Barred Combinations
None
Description for 2024/25
The module brings together the concepts of health promotion, primary and secondary prevention and health behaviour change, and provides a context for the study of rehabilitation. Students explore the factors which affect health and wellbeing and also the theories, models and principles which underlie health behaviour change. Health promotion strategies are evaluated.
To deepen the student understanding of health promotion, primary and secondary prevention, and health behaviour change.To provide a context for the study of rehabilitation.To equip the student with the knowledge and skills to analyse health promotion strategies in the context of behaviour change theories, models and principles.
Intended Learning Outcomes
explain the concept of health promotion, differentiating between primary and secondary prevention in the context of physiotherapy practice: 1analyse the concepts and constructs of selected health behaviour change theories and models: 1evaluate the extent to which health behaviour change theories and models incorporate psychological, socioeconomic and environmental factors: 1analyse health promotion strategies in the context of relevant theories, models, and principles of behaviour change: 1
Study hours
27 tutor led hours including lectures, workshops, seminars, tutorials ~three hours of assessment preparation classes.120 hours of independent study ~20 hours of guided independent study~100 hours of independent study
School Rules
None
Description of Module Assessment