Psyc 228 Health psychology

Course Syllabus of Readings

WEEK	TOPIC	NOTES
1 Sept 3	Orientation and Introductions Review Course in d2l
2 Sept 9	What is Health Psychology? Yesterday and Today. Marks et al. (2024) - Ch 1 - Health Psychology: an introduction - Health Psychology: an introduction Ch 7 – Theories, Models & Interventions
3 Sept 16	Cultural Perspectives on Health Gurung (2006) Ch 2 - Cultural Approaches to Health Zhu (2003) Ch 1 Chinese Medicine • Marks, et al. (2024) Ch 4 - Macro-Social influences
4 Sept 23	Stress, Coping, and Culture Marks, et al. (2024) Ch 6 - Culture and Health Ch 2 – Nervous, Endocrine & Immune systems etc. Ch 3 - Genetics, Epigenetics & Early life	Stress inventory 1
5 Sept 30	Stress, Coping, and Culture Sarafino, Smith, King & DeLongis (2015) Ch 14 - Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer & Aids: Causes, managment and coping Marks, et al. (2024) Ch 16 – Stress & Disease prevention
6 Oct 7	The mind-Body Connection Taylor & Sirois (2009) Ch 14 PsychoNeuroImmunology -HIV / Cancer/ Arthritis Marks, et al. (2024) Ch 21 – Cancer Ch 23 – HIV infection & AIDS Ch 25 – End-of-Life Care, Dying and Death
7 Oct 14	Social Systems and Communication Marks, et al. (2024) Ch 5 - Social Justice & health Ch 13 – Information Communication& health Literacy Lyons. A.C. & Chamberlain, K. (2006) Ch 7 - Interacting with healthcare professionals	Stress inventory 2 Report 1 Due
8 Oct 21	Getting Treatment Various Traditions Poole et al. (2012) Ch 6 - Hospital Stays and Medical Procedures (pp. 138-168) Marks, et al. (2024) Ch - 14 Screening and Immunization
9 Oct 28	Bringing about healthcare change (providers)
10 Nov 4	Keeping Active, Staying Healthy Marks, at al. (2015) Ch 12 - Physical Activity and exercise Poole et al. (2012) Ch 9 - Health and Physical Activity (pp. 227-253) Zhu (2003) Ch 5 Tai Chi & Qi Gong Ch 9 (pp. 126-129)	Stress inventory 3
11 Nov 11	Getting over the things that we do to limit our health Marks, et al. (2024) Ch 8 Sexual Health: theories, models and interventions Ch 9 – Food, Eating & obesity; Ch 10 - Alcohol and drinking Ch 11 – Smoking & Vaping Murray, M. (2013) Social & political health psychology in action. In M.Forshaw & D.Sheffield (Eds.) Health psychology in action. London ?: Wiley-Blackwell. Zhu (2003) Ch 15 - Help for Willpower
12 Nov18	The genesis and termination of Pain Marks, et al. (2024) Ch 20 - Pain & Pain Control Ragin (2015) Ch 10 - Pain Zhu (2003) Ch 3 - Getting Needled	Term Paper Due
13 Nov 25	Health Promotion • Marks, et al. (2024) Chapter 17 – Preventing the spread of disease: COVID 19 pandemic	Stress inventory 4
14 Dec 2	Health care in the future, what will it be? Taylor & Sirois (2009) Ch 15 - Future of healthcare Coulson, N. (2013). Health Psychology in Cyberspace. Poole et al. (2012) Focused Module F - Health and the Internet (pp. 377-382) Tonks, R.G. (2021). Changing self in the digital age.
Exam period	Report 2 Due Critical review Due	Dec 5th Dec 9th

References

Aboud, F. E. (1998). Health Psychology in Global Perspective: Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Forshaw, M. & Sheffield, D. (2013) (Eds.) Health psychology in Action. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Gurung, R.A.R. (2006). Health Psychology: a cultural Approach. Belmont CA: Thompson Wadsworth.

Lyons. A.C. & Chamberlain, K. (2006). Health Psychology: A critical Introduction. Cambridge: Universioty of Cambridge Press.

Marks, D.F., Murray, M., Evans, B., & Esatacio, E.V. (2011). Health Psychology: Theory , Research & Practice (3rd Ed).
Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Poole, G., Hunt-Matheson, D. & Cox, D. (2012). The Psychology of Health and health Care: A Canadian Perspective (4th Edition). Pearson, Toronto, ON.

Ragin, O.F. (2015). Health psychology: An interdisciplinary approach to health. Boston: Pearson.

Sarafino, E.P., Smith, T.W., King, D.B.& DeLongis, A. (2015). Health psychology: Biopsychosocial interactions (Canadian Edition). Toronto: Wiley

Taylor, S. E. & Sirois, F.M (2009) Health psychology. Toronto: McGraw-Hill.

Zhu, H.Z. (2003). Building a jade screen: Better health with Chinese medicine. New York: Penguin