An evaluation of social and psychological influences on lifestyle choices and health outcome.
Focus of the Independent Study
Health risk behaviour
Define health behaviour
Define health promotion
Unhealthy diet
Smoking
Unprotected sexual behaviour
Health enhancing behaviour
Healthy diet
Exercise
Health-screening behaviour
Immunisation behaviour
Predicting health behaviour
Models of health behaviour
Social cognitive models of behaviour change
Health belief model the yale model of communication
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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