| Area: | School of Psychology |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Individual Study: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | Health issues that affect the lives of individuals and communities and place these in the context of the biopsychosocial models of health and well being. Relationship between stress and illness, and models of community intervention in relation to health behaviours. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will - Have an awareness of the psychological and physiological factors which affect health and wellness. Understand the relevance of attribution, prejudice and social influence in bringing about behaviour change. Have an awareness of the relationship between stress and illness. Recognise models of community intervention in relation to health behaviours. |
| 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: | No prescribed references. |
| Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment 40%. Case Study 60%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | | | Y | |
