South West Public Health Training Programme
Tutorial: Behaviour Change
Date: 19th June 2012
Location: Room JS07, Peninsula Medical School, St Luke’s Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter EX1 2LU
9.45 – 10.15 Tea & coffee on arrival
10.15 – 10.20 Welcome and overview of the day
Georgie Macarthur and Sarah Weld, StRs Public Health
10.20 – 11.20 Session 1: Behaviour Change
Charles Abraham, Professor of Behaviour Change, Peninsular College of Medicine and Dentistry
11.20 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30 Session 2: Current Policy and Practice
12.30 – 13.15 Lunch
13.15 – 14.15 Session 3: Behaviour Change and Environmental Sustainability
Stewart Barr, Associate Professor in Geography, University of Exeter
14.15– 14.30 Coffee break
14.30 – 15.30 Session 4: Behaviour Change, sun safety and skin cancer
Sarah Bird, NHS Devon
15.30 – 16.00 ARCP Preparation and the E-portfolio
16.00 – 16.15 Summary, evaluation and close
Georgie Macarthur and Sarah Weld, StRs Public Health
Learning outcomes:
- KA 3.1 Display awareness of current national public health policies
- KA 5.1 Debate the relative importance of individual and society decisions for health and ethical issues relating to health improvement
- KA 5.3 Debate the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of health improvement interventions directed at large populations including social marketing
- KA 5.8 Apply the theoretical models of behaviour change for the general population and high risk/ hard to reach groups