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Master

Psychology: Health Promotion & Behaviour Change (track)

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Overeating, drug use, and unprotected sex are behaviours that are at the root of the most important health problems in the western world—with an enormous socio-economic impact. Too much stress exacerbates these behaviours. What can we do to prevent unhealthy behaviours, and how can we intervene? The Health Promotion & Behaviour Change track (formerly known as 'Development and Health Psychology') offers both the knowledge and skills for prevention and intervention of unhealthy behaviours, but also how to stimulate healthy behaviours.

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Study programme

This Master's track will address four of the most important health problems in society today in 4 courses, which start in the first semester:

  • Sex and sexually transmitted diseases
  • Obesity
  • Addiction
  • Stress

These four domains are approached with theoretical knowledge from social, developmental, clinical and biological psychology, combined with practical applications. Practical workshops will be offered at the start of each course, along with interactive tutorial groups using problem-based learning, focused on the most pressing topics within each domain. You will learn to select, adapt and execute appropriate preventive methods or evidence-based interventions, both at the individual and the population level.

Get to know the study programme
A multidisciplinary approach is taken, highlighting biological, psychological and social dimensions.

Multidisciplinary

You get the chance to develop and hone skills important to your future career

You cover the most important health problems in our society

Highly interactive education in small groups using problem-based learning

Career

The track provides a sound basis for various positions, such as:

  • Intervention developer
  • consultant or researcher for e-health companies and start-ups 
  • Researcher or graduate student at research institutes and health promotion institutes (prevention and intervention) ; e.g. into employee wellbeing, overeating, burnout, sexual health, motivation, addictions.
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Is Health Promotion & Behaviour Change for you?

Are you interested in:

  • preventing unhealthy behaviours or increasing healthy behaviours? Both directly (on a personal level) and indirectly?
  • deepening your knowledge and applying this knowledge for the benefit of society? 
  • practical training?

Then Health Promotion & Behaviour Change might be the track for you!

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Facts & Figures
Degree programme MSc Psychologie
Mode Full-time
Credits 60 ECTS, 12 months
Language of instruction English
Starts in September
CROHO code 66604
Location Roeterseiland campus