Bachelor
2023/2024
Research Seminar "Health, Well-Being and Human Behavior"
Type:
Elective course (Sociology and Social Informatics)
Area of studies:
Sociology
Delivered by:
Department of Sociology
When:
4 year, 1-3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
30
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Students will be immersed in the world of social research on health behavior and well-being during the course. We will discuss risks and protective factors, prevention programs, and much other stuff related to children, teenagers, and adults’ health behavior and well-being. Students will become familiar with theories of social behavior and would be able to view research ideas through their lens.
Learning Objectives
- To provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to detect and describe the social mechanisms of health behavior and well-being.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- be able to conduct studies and present its results in the form of oral presentation with visual material.
- be able to juxtaposition theoretical concepts to the analysis of health and well-being behavior.
Course Contents
- Introduction. Health behavior theories.
- Health communication and promotion: sources and providers
- Confidence crisis to medicine.
- Methods and techniques in health communication
- Apps for health and well-being control.
- Health is our resource.
- Childhood in poverty: development, well-being, and health.
- The downside of preventive measures.
- Teenagers: health vs. risks
- Presentation and discussion of students individual research projects
Assessment Elements
- Participation in class discussions
- Presentation of student's thesis
- Final exam
- In-class assignments
- Final exam
- Final exam
- Participation in class discussions
- Participation in class discussions
- In-class assignments
- In-class assignments
- Presentation of student's thesis
- Presentation of student's thesis
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 4th module0.25 * Final exam + 0.25 * In-class assignments + 0.25 * Participation in class discussions + 0.25 * Presentation of student's thesis
- 2022/2023 4th module0.25 * Final exam + 0.25 * In-class assignments + 0.25 * Participation in class discussions + 0.25 * Presentation of student's thesis
- 2023/2024 3rd module0.25 * Final exam + 0.25 * In-class assignments + 0.25 * Participation in class discussions + 0.25 * Presentation of student's thesis
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- L. Kay Bartholomew Eldredge, Christine M. Markham, Robert A. C. Ruiter, Maria E. Fernández, Gerjo Kok, & Guy S. Parcel. (2016). Planning Health Promotion Programs : An Intervention Mapping Approach: Vol. Fourth edition. Jossey-Bass.
- Marisa E. Hilliard, P., Kristin A. Riekert, P., Judith K. Ockene, P. Me. M., & Lori Pbert, P. . (2018). The Handbook of Health Behavior Change, Fifth Edition: Vol. Fifth edition. Springer Publishing Company.
- Viswanath, K., Rimer, B. K., & Glanz, K. (2015). Health Behavior : Theory, Research, and Practice (Vol. Fifth edition). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1021677
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Jun, H.-J., Sacco, P., & Cunningham-Williams, R. M. (2021). Gambling in Emerging Adulthood: the Role of Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, Antisocial Behaviors, and Alcohol Use. International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, 19(2), 494–507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-019-00087-0
- Kelly, L., & Daneshjoo, S. (2019). 263. Instagram & Body Positivity Among Female Adolescents & Young Adults. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.10.280