Psychological perspectives on health (7.5 ECTS)
The course "Psychological perspectives on health" (PH007F1) provides knowledge about psychological perspectives on health. The aim is to link existing psychological domains (e. g. personality psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, and developmental psychology) to the health area and to provide an overview of specific health psychological theories.
Course dates
Autumn 2022, period A (August, 29th - September, 29th)
Kursplan (på svenska, juridiskt dokument)
Course content
The doctoral student will, among other things, learn how to identify and explain relevant concepts in the health psychological domain and to analyse a public health problem with both a psychological and a health psychological theory. After the course the doctoral student will be able to apply a health psychological approach to a public health problem.
Course Description PH007F1 Autumn 2022 (199 Kb)
Course managers
Peter Wennberg, peter.wennberg@su.se
Vivianne Straatmann, vivianne.straatmann@su.se
Schedule
Course literature
Course Literature PH007F1 Autumn 2022 (189 Kb)
More information
This course is offered in collaboration with the Master’s programme in public health sciences: Societal and individual perspectives. The teaching occasions are to be attended jointly with the master students. You will find more information in the PH007F1 Education plan. All registered students will get access to the schedule and course material in Athena.
Admission
If you are interested in taking the course, please send an email to our study administrator kursadmin.publichealth@su.se
Contact
Further questions?
If you have any questions about the course, please contact
Director of studies studierektor.f.publichealth@su.se
or
Study administrator kursadmin.publichealth@su.se
Director of Studies
Study administrator
Study administrator
Last updated: September 7, 2022
Source: Department of Public Health Sciences