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Health Behavior: Improving Health Through Health Education/Promotion

Location
Internet
Term
1st Term
Department
MAS Office
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2019 - 2020
Instruction Method
TBD
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

Must have completed all 1st year courses to enroll in this course

Description
Are you interested in helping populations adopt healthier behaviors? Have you wondered about how behavior change theory works in the real world practice of health promotion?
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an overview of the field of health education/health promotion and an opportunity to develop skills in needs assessment and program planning. We will review the importance of health behavior as a contributor to current public health problems, as well as the role of health education and health promotion in addressing these problems. Students will learn how to use planning frameworks (PRECEDE/PROCEED and Social Marketing) for conducting needs assessments and designing health promotion programs. Theories of health behavior change will be introduced and their applications to health behavior change interventions described. Examples of health education and health promotion programs from health care and community settings will be presented.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Explain the importance of health behavior as a contributor to current public health problems
  2. Describe the elements of at least two behavior change theories and their applicability to developing health education/health promotion programs
  3. Describe the application of theory-based needs assessment to the selection of intervention methods and strategies
  4. Demonstrate skills in planning a health behavior change program by successfully completing a written needs assessment
Enrollment Restriction
Restricted to students in MAS in Population Health Management