Module PY1605-KP04

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

on request

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Psychology 2027, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2020, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2016, optional subject, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• PY-1605-S Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 90 hours privat studies (including essay)
• 30 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Current research and debates in prevention und health promotion, including the following topics:
• Models and action concepts for prevention and health promotion
• Criteria of good practice in prevention and health promotion (e.g. setting approach, sustainability, participation, empowerment)
• Psychological perspectives, models and action concepts for prevention and health promotion
• Prinzipien der Evidence-based Public Health (EBPH)
• Perspectives on physical, social and mental health
• University Health Management at the University of Lübeck

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students learn basic concepts, theories, models and methods in the field of prevention and health promotion
• Students are able to understand and critically reflect on original literature from relevant research
• Students develop their own questions on the topics of prevention and health promotion
• Students acquire skills in independent literature research
• Students deepen their skills in discussing and jointly reflecting on specialist content
• Students acquire skills that enable them to go through the steps of the research process and practice in prevention and health promotion, including research methodological procedures

Grading through:

• project work
• written homework

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. Till Utesch

Teacher:

• Institute of Health Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Till Utesch

Literature:

• Timmann, M., Paeck, T., Fischer, J., Steinke, B., Dold, C., Preuß, M., & Sprenger, M. : Handbuch Studentisches Gesundheitsmanagement-Perspektiven, Impulse und Praxiseinblicke Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer (2022)
• Bak, P. M. : Gesundheitspsychologie Springer Nature (2023)

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

28.11.2025