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OCT-40001 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 04 March 2025

OCT-40001 - Health, Wellbeing and Behaviour Change
Coordinator: Hady Balabel Room: MAC1.17
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office:

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module forms part of the MSc Occupational Therapy (pre-registration) programme at Keele which is an innovative programme of study which prepares the graduate for diverse practice settings.
The module brings together the concepts of health promotion, primary and secondary prevention and health behaviour change. Students explore the factors which affect health and wellbeing and also the theories, models and principles which underlie health behaviour change. Health promotion strategies are evaluated.

Aims
To deepen the student understanding of health promotion, primary and secondary prevention, and health behaviour change.
To equip the student with the knowledge and skills to analyse health promotion strategies in the context of behaviour change theories, models and principles.

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically analyse the concept of health promotion, differentiating between primary and secondary prevention in the context of occupational therapy practice: 1
critically analyse the concepts and constructs of selected health behaviour change theories and models: 1
critically evaluate the extent to which health behaviour change theories and models incorporate psychological, socioeconomic and environmental factors: 1
analyse health promotion strategies in the context of relevant theories, models, and principles of behaviour change: 1

Study hours

30 tutor led active learning hours to include:
~ 10 hours lectures,
~ 10 hours workshops,
~ 5 hours seminars,
~ 2 hours tutorials
~ 3 hours of assessment preparation classes.
120 hours of independent study
~20 hours of guided independent study
~100 hours of independent study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Essay weighted 100%
A 2500-word essay


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Last Updated: 04 March 2025