Facilitating Health Behaviour Change (level 6)

This module is not scheduled to run in 2013/4.

Expressions of interest in the module are welcome for 2014/5; please email healthadmissions@cumbria.ac.uk

Why study with us?

To enable students to critically explore the nature of health behaviour and apply this knowledge and understanding to the facilitation of behaviour change, based on a sound theoretical evidence base.

Finance

If you are employed within NHS North West and this module is to be funded by your employing Trust, please contact your Line Manager and CPD Lead for advice relating to funding and the funding application process.

Resources and facilities

We are amongst the UK’s leading health and wellbeing faculties and are proud of the high level of support we are able to offer to our students. We provide a wide range of high-quality courses supported by expert academic and clinical practice staff. If you join us you will enjoy great facilities and learn alongside caring, committed and experienced professionals. Our employment record is excellent.

Entry requirements

Evidence of prior successful study at underpinning level.

More information about levels and credits.

Credit and UCAS requirements Credit: 20 credits Selection criteria

To be eligible to study this module you should be able to apply it to your practice.

Modules

HPHG6028 Facilitating Health Behaviour Change (20 credits at level 6)

Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion, you will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate the biopsychosocial nature of health and human behaviour and apply to practice.
2. Critically examine a range of theories of health behaviour and behaviour change, including both deficit and affirmation models.
3. Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of a range of evidence based interventions, designed to influence health behaviour.
4. Demonstrate a critical awareness of the ethical debates around personal and state responsibility for health and wellbeing.
5. Critically appraise policy drivers and practice guidance in relation to sustainable health behaviour change at both macro and micro level.

Indicative Core Bibliography

Central Office of Information (COI) (2009)

Communications and Behaviour Change. London: The Stationery Office.

Conner,M., Norman,P. (2005) Predicting health behaviour: research and practice with social cognition models. 2nd ed. Maidenhead: Open

University Press.

Holland, S. (2008) Public Health Ethics. Cambridge: Polity.

French, D., Vedhara, K., Kaptein, A., Weinman, J. (2010) Health Psychology. 2nd ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Mason, P., Butler, C.C. (2010) Health Behaviour Change. 2nd ed. London: Churchill Livingstone.

Nuffield Council on Bioethics (2007) Public Health: ethical issues. Cambridge: Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

Rollnick, S., Miller, W.R., Butler, C.C. (2008) Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: helping patients change behaviour. London: Guilford Press.

British Journal of Health Psychology

Health Promotion International

Course summary

Biopsychosocial model of health and health beliefs; health psychology; deficit and affirming models of health behaviour, facilitating and inhibiting factors; predicting risk behaviour; policy drivers & practice guidelines; research & evidence based interventions for health behaviour change; ethical practice; sustainable approaches to health behaviour change