Division of Health Psychology

DHP Core Purpose

• To promote the advancement and sharing of knowledge of health psychology, pure and applied

DHP Values

We aim to work with:

• A collaborative stance towards our sibling Divisions, Sections and Branches of the BPS
• Highest standards of professionalism and ethical behaviour
• Rigour, fairness, honesty and integrity
• Transparency

Our Strategic Goals

To support the ongoing advancement of the standards of training in health psychology by:

• Promoting the different training routes to Stage 2 qualification
• Working with education providers to promote the value of health psychology training

To identify, and where possible execute ways of supporting and promoting high quality health psychology research, by:

• Making more use of technology to share our research both with our members, but also to promote our work externally
• Publishing HPU to share our work with our membership
• Running an annual DHP conference to share cutting edge research

To support CPD of members at various levels of career and experience, by:

• Informing members of new developments and changes in contexts in which they work
• Encouraging and supporting the ability of members to share and develop their knowledge and experience
• Reviewing and developing opportunities for CPD

To increase the profile and influence of health psychology with the public, policy-makers, healthcare commissioners, employers and other healthcare professionals, by:

• Developing a portfolio of evidence-based health psychology examples
• Enhancing and encouraging health psychology-related public engagement work
• Enhancing existing (and developing new) partnerships to share our expertise and increase our influence nationally and internationally
• Working collegiately and collaboratively with other Divisions

Our Vision

• To be the public, authoritative voice of health psychology