Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT GUIDELINESPROGRAMME OF STUDY:Dip HE Nursing / BScNursing /BSc MidwiferyCOURSE TITLE:PsychosocialPerspectivesof HealthTYPE OF ASSESSMENT:Assessment Details:DESCRIPTION OF ASSESSMENT:An essay which will examine how social and psychological factors influence a specific aspect of health.You will be required to chooseone aspect of health from the following:DietExerciseSmokingSubstance use1.Briefly outline why your chosen aspect is important and how it affects health. Youshould draw on some data (from a published source) that confirms that your chosenaspect has a detrimental effect on health2.Your essay will then identify two social factorsthat affect health; for example youcould choose from the following but there are others: housing, employment, income,ethnicity, gender. Relate the factors you select to your chosen aspect of health.3.Your essay will then identify two psychological factors that influence our healthbehaviours; for example you could choose prejudice, cognition, memory, aggression,attitude. Likewise, relate the factors you select to your chosen aspect of health andidentify how these factors can influence individual understanding of health, andsubsequent behaviour.4.Your essay must have a clear introduction, a main body and a conclusion. You need toshow that you have drawn on some independent reading and referenced thisappropriately.recommended books.5Indicative Course Materials and Reading:ISBNNumberAuthorDateTitlePublisher9780745652931Giddens A& Sutton P2013Sociology7th editionPolity9780007245956Haralambos& Holborn2008Sociology : themes and perspectives7th editionCollins9780745646251Denny E &Earle S2009Sociology for nurses 2ndEdPolity9781444108316Gross R2010Psychology: The Science of Mind andBehaviourHodder9780340930113Gross R2007Psychology for nurses and other alliedhealth professionalsHodder Arnold0335243835Ogden J2012Health Psychology; a textbookOU
