Behaviour Change for Health Improvement
Applicants should be working or volunteering in an organisation with a public health role.
Module Information
Module code
NA6181(Level 6) Behaviour Change for Health Improvement.
NA7181 (Level 7) Critical Approaches to Enabling Behaviour Change for Health Improvement
Content
- Theories, models and principles of behaviour change eg
motivational interviewing, brief intervention, solution
focused/asset based approaches , nudge theories. - Making Every Contact Count (MECC)
- Morbidity and mortality relating to lifestyle. Evaluation of the evidence base of behavioural change models and principles.
- Risk taking behaviours including why people maintain risky
behaviours that have a detrimental impact on health.
- Factors that influence positive behaviour change will be
discussed. - Socioeconomic and/or cultural factors that may contribute as
facilitatory or barriers to behaviour change. - Application of behaviour change models and principles to
specific populations, occupations, lifestyles and settings - Evaluation of effect, change and sustainability.
- The role of social marketing
Entry Requirements
Applicants will need to be working or volunteering in an organisation with a public health role. For the assessment you will need to draw on experience of supporting an individual to make a healthy behaviour change. Applicants at level 7 must possess a bachelor degree or equivalent in a relevant subject.
Assessments
Part 1: A role play with a peer with the student facilitating a behaviour
change interaction based on a client you have come across in your
practice/volunteering environment. The interaction will be visually recorded.
Part 2: A 1500 word written essay critically analysing the visually
recorded role play.
Both elements of the module must be passed to complete the module successfully
Module Dates
2023-24 Semester 2 Falmer, Brighton Campus:
- February 6, 13, 20
- March 5, 12, 19
- April 9, 16, 23
Assessments submission date: May 2024
Fees
If you are choosing this module as part of a postgraduate or community course, please contact fees@brighton.ac.uk for specific information on the fee for this module
If you are taking this as a single module or BSc (Hons) Professional Practice course, the module fee is:
2023-24 £1,122
Further Information
Please contact SHS-CPE-Admissions@brighton.ac.uk for further information about the module
This module can be taken as part of a course, including:
BSc (Hons) Professional Practice
BSc (Hons) Community Specialist Practice
BSc (Hons) Specialist Community Public Health Nursing
MSc / PG Dip / PG Cert Specialist Community Public Health Nursing