SUBJECT

Title

Life-style, Recreation, Exercise: Life-Style and Recreation

Code

DPSY16-SHP-101:3

Type of instruction

practice

Level

Doctoral

Faculty

Faculty of Education and Psychology

Part of degree program

Doctoral School of Psychology

Credits

Recommended in

Semester 1-4

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

During this course, students will be able to become acquainted with the holistic concept of health, the basic elements of healthy lifestyle, and the major models in connection with health behaviour and their practical applications. The focus of the course is to allow students to gain practical skills; the aim is to enable students to identify the difficulties in health behaviour change and to give help during behaviour change. Some of the necessary and practical skills will be acquired.

The basic elements of lifestyle the course deals with are the following: physical exercise, diet, stress management, smoking cessation, and alcohol-related problems. Existing health education programs will also be discussed.

Readings

Glanz, K., Rimer, B.K., Viswanath, K. (2008) (Eds.) Health Behavior and Health Education. Theory, Research, and Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Ewles, L., Simnett, I. (1999) Egészségfejlesztés. Gyakorlati útmutató. Budapest: Medicina Könyvkiadó
Rollnick, S., Allison, J. (2004) Motivational interviewing. In: Heather, N., Stockwell, T. (Eds.) The Essential Handbook of Treatment and Prevention of Alcohol problems. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 105–116.