Assignment title: Information


1. Applied health psychology project (40%) Psychology is often used in health care settings to promote healthy behaviours. Select one specific health promotion in which psychology has played a role in altering behaviours and health outcomes like alcohol use, use of recreation drugs or smoking. Gather examples of a minimum of 5 sources that will enable you explain an aspect of psychology that has been applied to the particular health promotion area you have identified. Use a variety of different sources which are focused on changing behaviours. These might include education leaflets, transcripts of television ads or radio programs. These accounts should be explained and supported within the context of the research literature. The essay should be typed and include a margin of 2 cm and a title, table of contents, using Times New Roman/Arial/Calibri and a font size of 12. Pages should be numbered and a contents page included. This assignment requires you to find and review high quality (peer reviewed) literature that is relevant to your assigned topic. You must utilise a minimum of 8 refereed journal articles no more than 5 years old. Older additional references can be used also. Wider reading is encouraged. Do not use websites or medical/nursing dictionaries or similar sources. Word Limit is 1500 words (+/- 10% as per university policy). The word count should exclude the reference list. The essay should be a Word document and double spaced. Headings, if required, should to be left justified, bold, same font size as main body. The first of every paragraph to be indented. No footers or headers are required Figures and tables to be clearly labelled and referenced Use APA reference format (6th edition)