{"id":3113,"date":"2023-02-20T03:20:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T03:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/applying-health-psycholgoy\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T03:20:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T03:20:47","slug":"applying-health-psycholgoy","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/applying-health-psycholgoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying Health Psycholgoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-sm-12 messageContent\">\n <b>Learning Goal: <\/b>I&#8217;m working on a psychology discussion question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.<\/p>\n<p>Before beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 9 in the course textbook and the articles <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnpsychology.org\/health-psychology\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Careers in Health Psychology<span class=\"external_link_icon\"><br \/>\n     <svg viewbox=\"\">\n      <path><\/path>\n     <\/svg><span class=\"screenreader-only\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/action\/science\/health\/education-training\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pursuing a Career in Health Psychology<span class=\"external_link_icon\"><br \/>\n     <svg viewbox=\"\">\n      <path><\/path>\n     <\/svg><span class=\"screenreader-only\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>,<\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/ed\/graduate\/specialize\/health\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clinical Health Psychology<span class=\"external_link_icon\"><br \/>\n     <svg viewbox=\"\">\n      <path><\/path>\n     <\/svg><span class=\"screenreader-only\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/ashford.instructure.com\/courses\/112638\/files\/19155287\/preview\" alt=\"W5.d.healthy food in a bowl shaped like a heart.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Health psychology can be applied in numerous settings. Whether you are a health clinician, a leader within an organization, a daycare provider, a parent, or a licensed psychologist, understanding how one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s health can affect one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s psychological well-being is an important area for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Based on your goals, address all of the following topics associated with health psychology and how you can potentially use this information to support your goals, whether in the health field or other discipline. Remember that you can use your knowledge in these areas in differing ways. For example, if you are working in HR, you may be able to use this knowledge to support employee wellness. If you are working as an educator, confidentiality is paramount.<\/p>\n<p>Topics to discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nutrition and Exercise<\/li>\n<li>Effective Stress Management<\/li>\n<li>Confidentiality<\/li>\n<li>Cultural Competence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example, if you are going to graduate school to become a licensed clinical psychologist, how will this information help your clients? If you are a daycare provider, how could this be applied when designing activities for children? If you desire to be a manager or leader in an organization, how can this knowledge help you to support your employees more successfully?<\/p>\n<p>As you discuss each area, be critically aware of appropriately applying APA-formatted citations to support your assertions about the topic. For additional support, see the resource <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcenter.uagc.edu\/citing-within-your-paper\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\">Citing Within Your Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Job after graduation would be a counselor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writingcenter.uagc.edu\/citing-within-your-paper\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"external_link_icon\"><br \/>\n    <svg viewbox=\"\">\n     <path><\/path>\n    <\/svg><span class=\"screenreader-only\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Textbook: Harper, Y., Rosser-Majors, M., Anderson, S. L., Brewer, S., Kirwan, J., Lozano, Y. M., &amp; Vincent, P. (2020). <em><a title=\"Psychology applied: Diverse domains, ample opportunity\" href=\"https:\/\/ashford.instructure.com\/courses\/112638\/external_tools\/retrieve?display=borderless&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.uagc.edu%2Flti%3Fbookcode%3DHarper.5170.18.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psychology applied: Diverse domains, ample opportunity<\/a>.<\/em> Bridgepoint Education. <a href=\"https:\/\/content.uagc.edu\">https:\/\/content.uagc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning Goal: I&#8217;m working on a psychology discussion question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn. Before beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 9 in the course textbook and the articles Careers in Health Psychology Links to an external site., Pursuing a Career in Health Psychology Links to an external site., [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[196],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/3113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/3113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=3113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}