Psychology 2036A/B Chapter 1: Chapter 1- Reading copy.pdf
21 Apr 2015
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How to get children to develop good health habits, how to promote regular exercise and how to design media campaign to get people to improve their diets. How to manage stress, design of programs and work with those already ill to follow treatment regimen/adjust. Etiology and correlates of health, illness and dysfunction. Impact of health professionals on people"s behaviour. Recognized to be an achievement involving balance among physical, mental and social well being. Wellness = refers to the optimum state of health: modifiable factors - health behaviours can confer resilience or risk for the development of illness, health psychology represents: Educational, scientific and professional contributions of psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health. The identification of the causes and correlates of health and illness. Improvement of the health care system and the formulation of health policy: treatment related behaviours - important because they cut across several of the main themes of health psychology.
