STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Final written exam (100%) in Greek, including:
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- Multiple choice questions
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Health Psychology synthesises the knowledge and practices of the science of Psychology in order to contribute to the maintenance of health, the prevention and management of disease, the analysis and improvement of health systems and the formulation of health policies. At the end of the course students will be able to:
- Adequately describe the objectives of Health Psychology,
- explain why people behave differently when it comes to health and illness,
- recognise the influence of socio-cognitive factors on health behaviours,
- discern the need for effective communication between the nurses and the patients,
- understand the complexity in the perception and management of chronic diseases.
- appreciate the necessity for the sciences to be involved in the interpretation of individual behaviour in health services,
- identify and address barriers to access to health services for vulnerable people (migrants, LGBTQ+ people), and critically assess the impact of stereotypes of nurses (gender, ethnicity, etc.).
GENERAL COMPETENCES
The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the psychological factors that govern individuals’ health behaviours. Specific objectives are: to present both theoretically and with examples the interpretive framework of individual behaviours in health services; to help nurses to understand in depth and interpret the practices observed in health services.
At the end of the course, students will have developed their competences:
- Adapting to new situations.
- Respecting diversity, multiculturalism and accessibility
- Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking
- Working in an interdisciplinary environment
- Decision making
Course Outline
SYLLABUS
THEORY
- Introduction
- Health and illness: a health psychology perspective.
- Understanding health beliefs and health behaviours
- Perceptions of health and illness and health behaviours: theories – applications I.
- Perceptions of health and illness and health behaviours: theories – applications II.
- Decision-making and health behaviours.
- Changing health behaviours.
- Communication in health services
- Communication between health professionals and patients.
- Barriers and communication skills.
- Psychological factors in health
- The role of stress in health.
- Strategies for coping with stress.
- Disease management and access to health care
- Common perceptions of illness – seeking and receiving care.
- Chronic disease management.
- Losses – Grief Process.
- LGBTQ+ people’s access to health services – Challenges.