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PTY-40072 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

PTY-40072 - Health, Wellbeing and Behaviour Change
Coordinator: Hady Balabel Room: MAC1.17
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office:

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

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. You will 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.

Aims
This modules aims 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 and 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

Critically analyse the concept of health promotion, differentiating between primary and secondary prevention in the context of physiotherapy practice: 1
Critically analyse the concepts and constructs of selected health behaviour change theories and models: 1
Critically evaluate the extent to which health behaviour change theories and models incorporate psychological, socioeconomic and environmental factors: 1
Analyse health promotion strategies in the context of relevant theories, models, and principles of behaviour change: 1

Study hours

Active learning includes:
~15.5 hours for lectures,
2 hours for workshops, and
0.5 hour for tutorials

~132 hours of independent study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Essay weighted 100%
A 2500-word essay
Students are required to select one evidence-based health initiative and critically analyse the health conditions it addresses by applying relevant health promotion and behavioural change models. The analysis should consider the holistic context, including psychological, socioeconomic, and environmental factors that may influence health outcomes.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 December 2025