An evaluation of social and psychological influences on lifestyle choices and health outcome.
Focus of the Independent Study
Health risk behaviour
â¢Â   Define health behaviour
â¢Â   Define health promotion
â¢Â   Unhealthy diet
â¢Â   Smoking
â¢Â   Unprotected sexual behaviour
Health enhancing behaviour
â¢Â   Healthy diet
â¢Â   Exercise
â¢Â   Health-screening behaviour
â¢Â   Immunisation behaviour
Predicting health behaviour
â¢Â   Models of health behaviour
â¢Â   Social cognitive models of behaviour change
â¢Â   Health belief model the yale model of communication
â¢Â   Social cognition model behavioural change ( strengths and weakness)
Resources for the Independent Study
Banyard, P. (2002) Psychology in Practice: Health. London: Hodder Stoughton
Morrison, V. & Bennett, P. (2006) An Introduction to Health Psychology. Harlow: Pearson Education
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Jermaine Byrant
Nicole Johnson



