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Please find attached the final essays that are due by week 10. You have been given 3 essay questions which must be addressed in no more than 2 pages per question (total of 6 pages; essays are expected to be in APA format and include a cover and reference page). Evaluation of the final essays is primarily based on content, critical analysis of the research, writing ability and the proper use of APA style; they should be free of typographical, spelling, and grammatical errors, and reflect the writer’s ability to critically analyze the research relevant to the topic of the question. Final Essays for Week 10 are due 8/5. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Essay Questions for PSY 8745: Health Psychology, Summer 2018 Term
1. You are a health psychologist working in a health care setting. You are referred a patient,
Thomas, for noncompliance with medical recommendations. You read the medical chart and find
out that Thomas is a 59-year-old patient with Type II diabetes. Thomas is overweight, eats
mostly high fat processed foods, and never exercises (all risk factors for type II diabetes by the
way). His blood sugar levels are dangerously high and have stayed that way in spite of the
doctor’s repeated attempts to get them down. Thomas is married and has 3 grown children. He
works as a janitor at a nearby office building. Thomas’ doctor complains that his patient does not
do a good job checking his insulin level and taking the right doses of insulin. He also complains
that Thomas makes no attempt to lose weight, eat a low fat no sugar diet, or maintain a regular
exercise program. You are asked to design an intervention to help Thomas comply with medical
recommendations.
Use the various theories of health behaviors for:
Identification of the problem
Plan of intervention
2. You are a health psychologist working in a medical/educational setting. Specifically, you are the
health psychologist for the university hospital and medical center. You are in beautiful, sunny,
Southern California. Recently, the dermatologists at the university health center are referring an
unusually high number of students to the oncology units for melanoma, the worst type of skin
cancer that usually begins in a mole. Not only is the number of melanoma cases high, but
students are coming in to see the dermatologists when the melanoma has already spread to the
lymph nodes, and therefore chances for survival from this deadly disease decrease dramatically.
You are asked to design an intervention that will promote skin cancer prevention techniques
across the campus community.
Design a ‘community’ intervention, you should make sure to target groups at various levels of
awareness and interest in skin cancer. Also, you should promote prevention at various stages,
from prevention of skin cancer to early recognition of symptoms.
3. You have been asked by a local computer software organization to give a talk on the effects of
stress on the mind and the body, as well as ways to decrease stress. This is a group of highly
educated men and women, and thus you will want to include evidence of research in your talk.
For this assignment, write the talk you would give as if you were actually giving it. In addition to
including the research findings in your talk, you will also want to include an APA-formatted
reference list.
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1. You are a health psychologist working in a health care setting. You are referred a patient,
Thomas, for noncompliance with medical recommendations. You read the medical chart and find
out that Thomas is a 59-year-old patient with Type II diabetes. Thomas is overweight, eats
mostly high fat processed foods, and never exercises (all risk factors for type II diabetes by the
way). His blood sugar levels are dangerously high and have stayed that way in spite of the
doctor’s repeated attempts to get them down. Thomas is married and has 3 grown children. He
works as a janitor at a nearby office building. Thomas’ doctor complains that his patient does not
do a good job checking his insulin level and taking the right doses of insulin. He also complains
that Thomas makes no attempt to lose weight, eat a low fat no sugar diet, or maintain a regular
exercise program. You are asked to design an intervention to help Thomas comply with medical
recommendations.
Use the various theories of health behaviors for:
Identification of the problem
Plan of intervention
2. You are a health psychologist working in a medical/educational setting. Specifically, you are the
health psychologist for the university hospital and medical center. You are in beautiful, sunny,
Southern California. Recently, the dermatologists at the university health center are referring an
unusually high number of students to the oncology units for melanoma, the worst type of skin
cancer that usually begins in a mole. Not only is the number of melanoma cases high, but
students are coming in to see the dermatologists when the melanoma has already spread to the
lymph nodes, and therefore chances for survival from this deadly disease decrease dramatically.
You are asked to design an intervention that will promote skin cancer prevention techniques
across the campus community.
Design a ‘community’ intervention, you should make sure to target groups at various levels of
awareness and interest in skin cancer. Also, you should promote prevention at various stages,
from prevention of skin cancer to early recognition of symptoms.
3. You have been asked by a local computer software organization to give a talk on the effects of
stress on the mind and the body, as well as ways to decrease stress. This is a group of highly
educated men and women, and thus you will want to include evidence of research in your talk.
For this assignment, write the talk you would give as if you were actually giving it. In addition to
including the research findings in your talk, you will also want to include an APA-formatted
reference list.
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