BND2031

Health psychology for Dietetics

(MED)

Assoc Prof Sandra Lancaster

6 points + 1 hour per week (lecture) + 2 hours per week (tutorials and practicals) + 9 hours private study, reading and project work + First semester + Prerequisites: BME1130, enrolment in second year of Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics

Synopsis: This subject examines psychological factors affecting health and health care treatment throughout the various stages of life. Nutrition knowledge gained in other subjects of the course will be supplemented by introducing the broader context of how people's psychological needs influence their eating behaviour and their response to health related dietary change. A developmental framework will be used to consider establishment of normal feeding and eating behaviours and development of feeding problems and eating disorders. A major emphasis in the subject will be on psychological aspects of acute and chronic illnesses and psychological processes within the family that may affect interventions.

Assessment: Examination (3 hrs): 50% + Essay (1,500 words): 30% + Tutorial discussion: 10% + Practical Behaviour Change Reports(2): 10%