Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Summer Term 2022-23 |
This module is designed to advance the students’ knowledge and understanding of sociological and psychological factors related to ill-health and disability. It aims to build on knowledge from the previous module by introducing students to public health and ethical theory and its application to nursing.
By the end of the module, students will be able to:
Analyse how psychological perspectives can inform our understanding of emotional reactions to life events and ill-health experience, including end of life care.
Illustrate the social construction of disabilities and ill-health and how sociological perspectives can inform our understanding of how ill-health impacts on individuals and communities.
Analyse how public health is informed by understanding of the environment, patterns of disease, health policy and health economics.
Critique the strategies of health promotion and health education and how they can be utilised across the lifespan.
Debate how ethical theory and legislation inform healthcare.
Interpret and apply research evidence to inform your understanding of psychological, sociological and environmental aspects of healthcare.
Ethics/legal issues, Health promotion, (patient education, resilience - self & others), Public health, Health policy and economics, end of life care, Illness, (stress, grief, loss), Psychological distress, Learning disability, Reflection (Nursing Process).
Health inequality & social determinants, Patient preference/ actions, Epidemiology, Pain, Sick role / adjustment / locus of control, Family, societal, Community responses to stigma, Screening, Risk Ax & mgt-safeguarding, Concept of illness (stress / grief / loss), Interventions– communication, Play Therapy, Distraction Diversion, Equality & diversity, CAMH, Attachment disorders, Adherence / Compliance / Concordance, Psychological Trauma, Self-management, Recovery, MH approaches. Globalisation and the political agenda.
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Other
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Written feedback for the summative assessment is provided on the standard proforma, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.
Barry A-M, Yuill C (2016) Understanding the Sociology of Health; an introduction (Fourth Edition). London: Sage.
Marks DF (Ed) (2002) The Health Psychology Reader. London: Sage.
Sarafino, EP & Smith TW (2017) Health Psychology: biopsychosocial interactions (Ninth Edition). New Jersey: Wiley.
Seedhouse D (2017) Thoughtful Health Care: ethical awareness and reflective practice. London: Sage
Wilson F, Mabhala M, Massey A (Eds) (2015) Health Improvement & Well-being: strategies for action. Maidenhead: Open University Press.