Unit 30 Health Psychology (J/600/8985)

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. In order to achieve P1and P2, learners need to produce a piece of writing that describes theories of behaviour change. Learners who have already produced evidence for Unit 20: Promoting Health Education should be encouraged to choose models other than those previously presented. This piece of writing needs to be extended to include a description of factors that may contribute to predicting health behaviour. This gives learners the opportunity to present evidence about factors of particular...

cover P3, M1 and D1. Learners need to choose and explain two health psychology issues of interest to them and produce a report. For M1, common themes and differences between the two issues should be compared. For D1, learners need to evaluate the theories addressed in the first assignment as they relate to their health psychology issues

This unit aims to give learners an understanding of the application of the principles of psychology by gaining knowledge of health-related behaviours. It also aims to give them an understanding of the factors affecting those behaviours, models of stress and the role of psychology in dealing with chronic illness

Level three health and social care pass grade all referenced unit 30 task 1 P1, P2

models of health-related behaviour including Health and illness: definitions and concepts of health and illness, medical model, biopsychosocial model; use of holistic concept of health in underpinning complementary treatments, eg acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal medicine; the perception of illness; coping within illness Health-related behaviours: theories of behaviour change – health-belief model, reasoned action, planned behaviour; compliance and non-compliance; the ‘sick role’, placebo ef...

models of stress and related management strategies including Development of stress models: the fight or flight model, general adaptation syndrome; life events theory; psychosocial models of stress Coping strategies and responses: problem focused, emotion focused, defence mechanisms, denial Role of psychological factors: self-control, locus of control, personality type; the cash-rich time-poor lifestyle; status anxiety; effects of the media on expectations, results of not achieving expectations S...

Chronic illness: definitions, trends in prevalence, local, national and worldwide statistics; behavioural processes, cognitive states, anxiety; the availability of intervention/treatment Pain: theories of pain, the role of psychological factors in pain perception, organic pain, psychogenic pain; acute and chronic pain, referred pain; injury without pain, pain without injury; measuring pain; controlling pain, application of psychological approaches to alleviation of pain Psychological theories re...