HBS110 - Health Psychology (Behaviour Change)
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Community Based Delivery (CBD)*, Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Tim Chambers Trimester 3: Tim Chambers |
| Previously: | Health Behaviour |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HBSM110 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1 hour online lecture per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Trimester 2 Trimester 3 NIKERI (CBD) students only: Online independent and collaborative learning activities including fortnightly online practical experiences (workshops), as per online students' scheduled learning commitments. |
| In-person attendance requirements: | NIKERI students only must also attend and participate in 2 x 5 day (10 days) intensives at the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute, Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Campus |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:*National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute students only Quota applies. Online teaching methods require internet access. Drop-in Q&A online sessions will be scheduled throughout the trimester; see the unit cloud site for more details. | |
Content
This unit explores relevant health behaviour issues and their impact on an individual's health and wellbeing. These behavioural issues include: tobacco smoking, alcohol / drug use and abuse, healthy and disordered eating, weight management, engagement in exercise, managing stress, and managing chronic illness.
The unit examines the impact of socio-cognitive factors including self-efficacy and locus of control on behaviour change and how to harness this to enhance behaviour change and goal achievement. Further, the unit discussed theoretical explanations of health behaviour and how they are applied to derive effective approaches to achieving behaviour change.
The unit examines the skills and principles of behaviour modification. Students undertake experiential and reflective learning approaches to develop and understanding of the process, challenges and skills involved in health behaviour change.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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| ULO1 | Identify examine and discuss relevant health behaviour issues and their impact on an individual’s health and wellbeing, with a particular focus on how this applies cross-culturally, including for Indigenous Australians. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Identify and summarise the skills and principles of behaviour modification. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Recognise, explain, discuss, and critically evaluate the impact of socio-cognitive factors on behaviour change, including cross-culturally, and apply these factors to enhance behaviour change and goal achievement. | GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Search the digital literature for discipline specific knowledge, interpret this information and communicate ideas in discipline specific language. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Experience reflective learning approaches to develop a critical argument of the processes, challenges and skills involved in health behaviour change. | GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Health behaviour journal 1 | 1500 words and a 2 minute video | 30% |
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| Assessment 2: Health behaviour journal 2 | 1500 words and a 2 minute video | 30% |
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| Assessment 3: Online quizzes | 10 quizzes with 10 multi-choice questions in each | 10% |
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| Assessment 4: End-of-Unit Assessment | 90 minutes | 30% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HBS110 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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