Areas of Application of Health Psychology
Code: 102596 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2502443 Psychology | OT | 4 |
Contact
- Name:
- Antonio Font Guiteras
- Email:
- antonio.font@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
You can view this information at the end of this document.
Prerequisites
Any.
Objectives and Contextualisation
This course focuses on the study of the most relevant diseases and health issues, from a biopsychosocial perspective. It looks at the importance of each issue, the study of the biopsychosocial determinants and psychobiological aspects involved in each organic system and takes a broad view of the possibilities of psychosocial approach (prevention, intervention, improved quality of life, etc.).
The objectives are:
- Understand the importance and psychosocial consequences of major health problems
- Recognize the main determinants involved in its development
- Describe the main psychobiological and social aspects involved
- Assess the potential and suitability of different forms of psychosocial intervention in addressing these health problems
Competences
- Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values.
- Analyse scientific texts written in English.
- Communicate efficiently, using the appropriate media (oral, written or audio-visual) taking into account diversity and all elements that may ease communication or make it more difficult.
- Formulate hypotheses about the demands and needs of the recipients.
- Maintain a favourable attitude towards the permanent updating through critical evaluation of scientific documentation, taking into account its origin, situating it in an epistemological framework and identifying and contrasting its contributions in relation to the available disciplinary knowledge.
- Make changes to methods and processes in the area of knowledge in order to provide innovative responses to society's needs and demands.
- Obtain and organise relevant information for the service requested.
- Recognise personal limitations and limitations of the discipline in the different areas of professional practice.
- Recognise the determinants and risk factors for health and also the interaction between people and their physical and social environment.
- Select and apply the methods and techniques in the plan for intervention in accordance with the established objective in relevant contexts for the service requested.
- Use different ICTs for different purposes.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse a situation and identify its points for improvement.
- Analyse scientific texts written in English.
- Apply assessment techniques.
- Apply communication skills.
- Assess the impact of the difficulties, prejudices and discriminations that actions or projects may involve, in the short or long term, in relation to certain persons or groups.
- Formulate demands of people and institutions on health issues in functional terms.
- Identify situations in which a change or improvement is needed.
- Identify the main obstacles to effective communication among professionals and recipients in the area of health.
- Identify the main psychological determinants affecting the development of health problems and ways of tackling them.
- Identify the need for intervention in health problems in different applied contexts.
- Maintain a favourable attitude towards the permanent updating through critical evaluation of scientific documentation, taking into account its origin, situating it in an epistemological framework and identifying and contrasting its contributions in relation to the available disciplinary knowledge.
- Recognise patterns and stages of health needs assessment.
- Recognise personal limitations and limitations of the discipline in the different areas of professional practice.
- Recognise the differential health demands depending on the age, gender and the nature of the disease or dysfunction.
- Recognise the ethical implications of the various programs, techniques and interventions in health psychology.
- Recognise the stages of intervention in health problems.
- Use different ICTs for different purposes.
Content
1. Health Literacy and Empowerment in Health
• Concept and dimensions of health literacy
• Changes in the health care model: participatory medicine
• Levels of health information
• Patient Empowerment: process and examples
• e-health
2. Actions in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
• Prevention of toxic habits
• Promotion of healthy behaviours and prevention of contagious diseases
• Psychological treatment in:
Eating behaviour, overweight and obesity
Activity, rest and sleep
Affective and sexual behaviours
. The health psychologist in hospitals and health centres: actions in tertiary prevention: Cardiovascular disorders, respiratory diseases, hepatic and digestive disorders, immunological diseases, degenerative illness
• Traumatology and rehabilitation
3. Diabetes
• Epidemiology
• Definition and basic concepts
• Disease Characteristics
• Prevention
• Intervention
4. Oncological psychology
• Epidemiological and medical aspects of cancer treatment.
• Strategy for the Development of Oncological Psychology
• Psychological factors in cancer
• Intervention in Oncological Psychology
• Multidisciplinary teams and psychological therapies in cancer treatment.
5. Palliative care
• Definition, development and characteristics of palliativecare
• Processes and psychological models in terminally ill patients
• Intervention in palliative care
• Pros and cons of euthanasia
• The process of bereavement
6. Psycho-Ecology of Health
• Promotion of personal well-being: factors associated with individual happiness
• Promotion of social and labor welfare, and prevention of burnout
• Contextual Health Promotion: Introduction to Ecological Health
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Master classes with ICT support and activities with the large group | 24 | 0.96 | 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 |
| Seminars of analysis, debate and applications | 12 | 0.48 | 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Support to the elaboration of works and reports | 12 | 0.48 | 9, 10, 12, 16 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Readings and preparation of expositions | 24 | 0.96 | 2, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 |
| Studying | 50 | 2 | 9, 10, 12, 16 |
| Works, field activities | 24 | 0.96 | 3, 4, 6, 9, 10 |
Teaching methodology based mainly on master classes with the support of ICT and seminars of analysis and application of topics worked on in the subject, with specific practical work for each topic and discussion of readings related to the fields of application of Health Psychology.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVIDENCE 1: Reports (1a,1b, 1c) related to the first three seminars | 15% | 0 | 0 | 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 17 |
| EVIDENCE 2: Written test, about the topics 1, 2 and 3 | 35% | 2 | 0.08 | 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 |
| EVIDENCE 3: Reports (3a,3b,3c) related to the last three seminars | 15% | 0 | 0 | 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17 |
| EVIDENCE 4: Written test, about the topics 4, 5 and 6 | 35% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 |
You will find the assessment criteria of the Faculty following the link https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/graus/graus/avaluacions-1345722525858.html
Two partial exams will be undertaken, each worth 35% of the final grade. The grades obtained in two blocks of activity reports related to the seminars are added, each of them will count 15% of the final grade (30% together).
To pass the subject, the average of marks of the two partial exams (assessments 2 and 4) must be equal or superior to 5 (on a scale from 0 to 10). That is, a minimum of 3.5 points must be obtained in the sum of assessments 2 and 4.
In total, the students are offered 4 assessments, which are worth 10 points:
Assessment 1: Written report (individual or group) of activities related to seminars 1, 2 and 3: 1.5 points (0,5 point each part)
Assessment 2: Written test on areas 1, 2 and 3 of the programme: 3.5 points (individual)
Assessment 3: Written report (individual or group) of activities related to seminars 4, 5 and 6: 1,5 points (0,5 point each part)
Assessment 4: Written test on areas 4, 5 and 6 of the programme: 3.5 points (individual)
The reports for assessments 1 and 3 are submitted by using the Moodle platform. EV1: Final submission: Before the start of the first assessment period. EV3: Final submission: Before the start of the second assessment period.
Assessments 2 and 4 are face-to-face written tests (multiple choice test). EV2: During the first assessment period. EV4: During the second assessment period.
The final grade is the sum of the four evidences. No additional tests are undertaken to improve the grades obtained in the four evidences.
The subject is deemed to be passed if 5 or more points are obtained in the sum of the 4 assessments, as long as 3.5 points or more have been obtained in the sum of assessments 2 and 4. Not meeting these criteriameans that a maximum grade of 4.5 marks (range 0-10) can be recorded on the student’s academic transcript.
A student who has submitted assessmentswith a weighting equal to or greater than 4 points (40%) will obtain a grade. A student with lower assessment grades will be "not evaluable".
Re-assessment
All the following criteria must be met in order to go to re-assessment:
a) Having obtained between 3.5 and less than 5 points in the continuous assessment.
b) The weight of the assessments which the student has submitted during the course must be 66.7% or more.
Characteristics of the resit test:
It will consist in re-taking Ev2 or Ev4 assessments, with the same characteristics and correction criteria as in the first time. Assessments EV1 and EV3 cannot be re-assessed, because it is not possible to repeat the seminars (so, the same grades will be added to the final grade).
Re-assessment will take place in the period allocated for resits, the day and time being determined by the Faculty.
No unique final synthesis test for students who enroll for the second time or more is anticipated.
This subject does not consider single assessment
Bibliography
Basic:
Fonamental
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Brannon. L i Feist, J. (2001). Psicología de la Salud. Madrid: Paraninfo.
Gil Moncayo, F. (2000). Manual de Psico-oncología. Madrid: Nova Sidonia.
Gil Roales-Nieto, J (2004). Psicología de la Salud. Aproximación histórica, conceptual y aplicaciones. Madrid: Pirámide.
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Taylor, S. (2007). Psicología de la Salud. Madrid: McGraw-Hil (recommended)
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Avellaneda, A.; Martínez, I. (2008). Síndrome de Fatiga Crónica. Documento de consenso. Madrid: Editorial Médica.
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Federación Española de sociedades de sexología. http://fess.org.es/salud-sexual
Fundación para la Diabetes: http://www.fundaciondiabetes.org/
Gorreto, L., Duro, R. et al (2017). Guía de intervención individual para el tratamiento del tabaquismo. Direcció General de Salut Pública i Participació. Govern de les Illes Balears.
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Note: You can find documentation acquired by the library and additional free access by following the instructions on the following link: https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/guibib/224929/bibrecdigitals.pdf
Software
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Language list
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (SEM) Seminars | 111 | Catalan/Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (SEM) Seminars | 112 | Catalan/Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan/Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |