find your perfect postgrad program
Search our Database of 30,000 Courses

Refine courses

Cardiff Metropolitan University: Health Psychology

Institution Cardiff Metropolitan University
Department Department of Applied Psychology
Web http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Pages/home.aspx
Email askadmissions@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Telephone 029 2041 6010
Study type Taught

Summary

​Health psychology focuses on the roles of psychology, biology and social or environmental factors on health and health related behaviour. Health psychologists promote healthier lifestyles and seek to improve well-being by understanding the impact that health related thoughts, feelings and behaviour can have on the individual.

Health strategy has been shifting from the treatment of disease to the maintenance of health and prevention of illness. The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act (2015) aims to improve the nation’s social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being. This is particularly important given that relative to the rest of the UK, Wales has more older people and high burden of chronic illness (Public Health Wales Observatory, 2018).

This Masters degree In Health Psychology aims to produce high quality graduates that are in a good position to improve health and well-being by using specific psychological knowledge and skills. The programme is specifically designed with future employability in mind and provides a student-centred approach to preparing graduates for future training and / or careers. Some graduates go on to complete further training to become qualified health psychologists, but many others go on to work in health-related career roles including health promotion, education, health and well-being at work, research or develop their own businesses.

MSc

Not what you are looking for?

Browse other courses in Health and fitness therapy, Exercise and fitness, Health studies, Addiction, Community health, Health and disease, Health care, Mental health, Occupational health, Psychology, Behavioural psychology, Cognition, Environmental psychology, Human psychology, Psychological counselling, Social psychology, Social care, Stress mechanics or Sociology, or search our comprehensive database of postgrad programs.

Scholarship Opportunity with Postgrad.com

Are you a PG student at this University or have you applied to study a postgraduate program at a university in Europe? Tell us your plans and qualify for a £500.00 PGS Scholarship.

Click here