>>PhD Studentship in Health Psychology
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>>Enhancing health professionals' and smokers' beliefs about the
>effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions
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>>This PhD studentship, awarded to Professor Theresa Marteau by Cancer
>Research UK, is funded for three years, starting October 2002.
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>>The studentship will involve eliciting representations of smokers from
>deprived and non-deprived social backgrounds, as well as health
>professionals representations of smoking cessation interventions (SCIs) and
>using these as a basis for designing and evaluating messages aimed at
>enhancing the perceived effectiveness of SCIs. Theoretically the work will
>be grounded within Protection Motivation Theory and the Mental Models
>Approach to Risk Communication. Training in qualitative and quantitative
>methods will be provided as part of the studentship.
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>>The student will join a research group, based within a psychology
>department with 15 health psychologists.
>>
>>The successful candidate is expected to have a good first degree in
>psychology(1st class or 2:i.) and a Masters degree in health psychology or
research
>methods.
>>The starting stipend is £12,882
To apply, please send CV and a brief covering letter, with the names of
three referees to:
>Theresa M Marteau PhD
>Professor of Health Psychology
>Psychology and Genetics Research Group
>King's College, London
>5th Floor, Thomas Guy House,
>Guy's Campus
>London Bridge
>London SE1 9RT
>
>tel: 020 7955 4955
>fax: 020 7955 2654
>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
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Alison Wright
Psychology and Genetics Research Group
Guy's, King's & St Thomas' School of Medicine
5th Floor, Thomas Guy House
Guy's Campus
LONDON
SE1 9RT
Phone: 020 7955 5000 x5788
Fax: 020 7955 2654
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