1. Oral Presentation
Through this series of tutorial presentations, you will gain a good understanding of the
application ofpsychology in the public health and medical spheres.Working in small groups,
you will give a verbal presentation illustrating the application of healthpsychology to a
specific health issue. Listed below are the topics for presentation. IDepending upon the
topic you choose, you need to. me Loo PU. S to? QQC L n1. Describe (using appropriate
visual aids etc.) the health condition under investigation. Thisincludes detailing how the
condition presents, relevant epidemiological data, known riskfactors, prognosis, treatments
etc. When your topic is not a specific health condition, youneed to detail what the public
health issue involves, costs to the community etc.2. Identify and describe centres (e.g.
hospitals, community centres, clinics etc.) that offerprogrammes and psychological
interventions for this condition. You could considerinterviewing someone from this
centre(s) or receive information through other searches (e.g.brochures, pamphlets, web-
sites etc.). You should provide information about the programmei ” offered, the role of
psychologists in the programme (especially if part of a multi-disciplinaryteam),the types of
patients served and access to the services, the costs and benefits of theK“ programme to the
patient and/or community, and the types of activities included in theprogramme.3. Identify
allied health professionals working in public health or medical settings related to thehealth
condition or issue. Detail what training and experience was necessary for this position,what
services do they provide (e.g. testing, counselling to patients, staff education,prevention,
public health policy, or programme evaluation). Please ensure confidentialitywhen
providing this information to the class.4. Bring in research findings of relevant experiments
and studies and appropriate theories toexplain the health condition or issue under
consideration. Detail what research has beenconducted into various psychological
interventions and assess the effectiveness of theseinterventions against each other and how
these psychological interventions might be used inconjunction with non-psychological
interventions5. Evaluate whether the current services as per question 2 conform and/or fail
to conform tocurrent research findings and theories in health science. Using research
findings and theories,offer suggestions for programmes that could be developed for the
condition or health issue.Identify who, where and what such a programme would involve.
Outline anyrecommendations you might have for improving the current services. Allocation
of topics willbe conducted in the first tutorial from the list below.
