13173 (v.2) Principles of Health Behaviour 685

Area:	School of Public Health
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
Lecture:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Behaviour modification techniques. Review of important health promotion theories and models. Application of behaviour modification to specific health problems - smoking, obesity and stress. Evaluation of health maintenance programs - smoking cessation, weight control, stress management, exercise, assertion and moderate or controlled drinking.

Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Discuss the significance of the role of behavioural factors in health and disease. Develop a conceptual framework to analyse the determinants of health related behaviour. Examine and evaluate health enhancing behaviours and preventative lifestyle factors. Analyse the role of responsibility for health and the barriers to effective health behaviour change. Synthesise the processes and conditions of behaviour change. evaluate and synthesise different models and theoretical perspectives of health behaviour. Design an appropriate health behaviour assessment. Evaluate current methods and levels of interaction. Plan and implement appropriate health behaviour assessment. Evaluate different health care paradigms. Describe approaches to effective maintenance of health behaviour change.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Alder B., (1999), Psychology of Health - Applications of Psychology for Health Professionals, 2nd ed., Amsterdam, Harwood Academic. Allen F., (1998), Health Psychology - Theory and Practice, St Leonards, Allen and Unwin. Baum A., Gatchel R.J. and Krantz D.S., (1997), An Introduction to Health Psychology, 3rd ed., Boston, McGraw Hill. Baum F., (1998), the New Public Health - An Australian Perspective, Melbourne, Oxford University Press. Glanz K. and Lewis F.M., (1997), Health Behaviour and Health Education, 2nd ed., San Francisco, Jossey Bass. Kaplan R., Sallis J. and Patterson T., (1993), Health and Human Behaviour, Singapore, McGraw Hill. Marmot M. and Wilkinson R.G., (Eds.), (1999), Social Determinants of Health, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Unit Texts:	No prescribed texts.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Assignment One (Interview Report) 25%, Assignment Two (Health Assessment Paper) 25%, Assignment Three (Application Paper) 50%. This is by grade/mark assessment. Assignment Four (Readings Questions) is by pass/fail assessment.