KINS 399 Outline 2017/18 Winter Health Psychology Management

COURSE NUMBER:

PSYC 399

COURSE TITLE:

Special Topics in Psychology - 2017/18 Winter: Health Psychology

NAME OF INSTRUCTOR:

Danielle Brosseau

CREDIT WEIGHT AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION:

credits 3(hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 0)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

A course on a topic of figure of special interest to a member of the psychology faculty and offered on a non-recurring basis.

Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

2017/18 Winter

This course will provide you with an introduction to the field of health psychology. You will learn about the fascinating ways in which biological, psychological, social and spiritual factors interact together to influence health. You can expect to develop an appreciation for the diversity within this psychological specialty as we review and critique what psychological scholarship suggests about how to promote and maintain health, prevent and treat illness, and adapt when faced with a chronic illness. You will also begin to apply psychological principles to further
health promotion and maintenance at individual and community levels.

Same as KINS 399C

Course Prerequisites: PSYC 250 or 251

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Sarafina, E. P., Smith, T. W., King, D. B., & DeLongis, A. (2015). Health psychology: Biopsychosocial interactions (CDN Ed.). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Wiley.
Selected chapters/articles will be posted to Moodle and specified in your course outline.

MARK DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT:

Weekly quizzes	15%
Engagement questions and discussions (4)	25%
Proposal for community health promotion project	5%
Health behaviour change report	20%
Community health promotion project	35%

	100%

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the course you will be able to:

Describe how biological, psychological, social and spiritual factors (the biopsychosocialspiritual model) interact to influence health
Use the biopsychosocial-spiritual model to explain health-related behaviours
Explain the relationship between stress and health using psychological research and theory
Describe the reciprocal relationship that exists between psychosocial factors and adaptations to chronic and life-threatening illnesses
Discuss empirically-based theories that explain health behaviours
Identify relevant theory-based interventions for health promotion at the individual and the community level
Apply psychological principles to promote health behaviour change at the individual and the community level

COURSE OUTLINE:

Introduction to health psychology
Body systems
Psychological determinants of health
Health beliefs
Health behavious
Health promotion
Stress
Coping with and reducing stress
Being ill & the healthcare system
Pain
Copin with illness
Heart disease
HIV & Cancer
Illness and the family

Required texts, assignments, and grade distributions may vary from one offering of this course to the next. Please consult the course instructor for up to date details.