Health Promotion and Behaviour Change University of Stirling

Overview

Health Promotion and Behaviour Change at University of Stirling is suitable for both novice and experienced public health practitioners or those looking to work in the area of health behaviour change. It is taught by experienced researchers in public health and public health policy. It will be delivered through online lectures and webinars, with opportunities to speak with experts in the area and apply your learning.

Our health-related behaviours and choices (for example, what we eat and drink, how much we exercise, whether we take vaccinations or health screening etc) play an important role in determining our overall health outcomes. It is important that we understand and learn strategies to change these behaviours with the goal of improving public health. 

Objectives

By the completion of this module students should be able to:

• evaluate the role of different health behaviours as determinants of population health;
• analyse current policy relating to health behaviour;
• synthesise and critically appraise the evidence on public health interventions to change health behaviour;
• critically examine the role of health behaviour theory in explaining and changing health behaviours.