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These are the official descriptions taken from the University catalog. Additional courses may be added on a semester basis at the discretion of the department. HBHE 296 [140] PROBLEMS IN HEALTH EDUCATION (1-6). A course for undergraduates who wish to do an independent study in the area of public health behavior and health education. To be arranged with departmental faculty. HBHE 396 [141] PROBLEMS IN HEALTH EDUCATION (1-6). Advanced course for undergraduates who want to pursue a topic or research study in public health behavior and health education. To be arranged with departmental faculty. HBHE 563 [160] INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN’S HEALTH AND HEALTH EDUCATION (3) (WMST 563). Using a lecture-discussion format, this course provides an overview of women’s health-specific interests as family and community members, as patients, and as health professionals. Implications for health education practice as well as opportunities for future research are emphasized. Two lecture and two seminar hours per week. Offered every other Fall. Staff. HBHE 600 [131] SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES IN PUBLIC HEALTH (2). This course focuses on social and behavioral science theories, research, and interventions aimed at promoting health of individuals, groups, communities, and populations. Two lecture hours per week. Spring and Summer. Golden. syllabus HBHE 660 [195] MEDICAL JOURNALISM (3). (JOMC 460) (HPAA 550) Prerequisite, JOMC 450 or permission of instructor. Prepares students to work as medical journalists for a variety of media, including print, broadcast, and the Internet. The course emphasizes writing skills and interpreting medical information for consumers. Fall. Linden. HBHE 661 [196] MEDICAL REPORTING FOR ELECTRONIC MEDIA (3). (JOMC 461) (HPAA 551) Prerequisite, HBHE 660 or permission of instructor. Teaches students how to conceive, script, report, and produce medical stories for electronic media, especially television. Students work in teams to produce projects for professional media outlets. Fall. Linden. HBHE 662 [197] SCIENCE DOCUMENTARY TELEVISION (3). (JOMC 462) (HPAA 552) Students learn skills needed to produce a science documentary for broadcast on television, including research and script writing. Spring. Linden. HBHE 699 [142] SPECIAL TOPICS IN HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH EDUCATION (1-6). An experimental course designed for faculty who wish to introduce a new course to the department. Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff. HBHE 709 [108] US POPULATIONS OF COLOR (3). This course explores the various structural forces that impact the health status and health behaviors of populations of color in the United States. Spring. Staff. HBHE 710 [210] COMMUNITY CAPACITY, COMPETENCE, AND POWER (3). The nature and delineation of participatory action research and its relevance to concepts, principles, and practices of community empowerment. Students learn methods, such as photovoice, through learning projects. Spring. Eng. syllabus HBHE 725 [125] INJURY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM (3). (MHCH 725) (EPID 783) Prerequisite, EPID 600 or equivalent. This course considers the causes and consequences of traumatic injury within developmental, social, and economic contexts, and dilemma in injury prevention. Injuries associated with transportation, violence, and the home and occupational environments are included. Three lecture hours per week. Fall. Runyan and Kotch. HBHE 726 [189] ADOLESCENT HEALTH (3). This course covers the epidemiology, etiology, and prevention of adolescent health risk behaviors including: substance use, violence, and sexual behavior. Theories of adolescent behavior and methodological issues related to research on adolescents are also emphasized. Three lecture hours per week. Fall. Ennett. syllabus HBHE 730 [130] SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH EDUCATION (1-4). Selected social and behavioral science theories and concepts that apply to the analysis of health-related behavior and to the generation of intervention strategies. Three lecture hours and one seminar hour per week. Fall. Fisher and B. DeVellis. syllabus HBHE 731 [231] ANTHROPOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RESEARCH AND PRACTICE (2). The course is for students who want to gain critical tools designed to improve analytical policy and cultural skills. Public health topic areas include AIDS, global health, reproductive health, cancer, violence prevention, and federal public health goals. Fall. Staff. HBHE 733 [233] INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (3). An introductory overview of health education program management. A practical study of personnel and financial management issues including: staff development, recruitment, performance appraisal, budget preparation, and monitoring. Three lecture hours per week. Fall. Crump. syllabus
HBHE 741 [241] ACTION ORIENTED COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS (4). Prerequisite, HBHE 740. Student teams work under field preceptors to acquire analytic and empowerment education skills in real world context for engaging communities and service providers in examining social determinants of health. Four lecture hours per week. Spring. Eng. syllabus HBHE 742 [242] PROGRAM INTERVENTION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND MONITORING I (2). Prerequisite, HBHE 741. Methods for executing health education intervention plans, including monitoring effectiveness and making appropriate modifications. Students work under faculty advisors to collaborate with local agencies and implement the plan of action developed in HBHE 741. Fall. Eng. HBHE 743 [243] PROGRAM INTERVENTION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND MONITORING II (2). Prerequisite, HBHE 742. Application of methods to analyze and interpret data regarding the effectiveness of health education interventions. Students work under faculty advisers to assess the effectiveness of interventions implemented in HBHE 742. Spring. Eng. HBHE 744 [244] RESEARCH PRACTICUM I (2). Research option: Students must complete a mentored research practicum. The mentor and student will develop a contract to achieve their research objectives and the means of evaluating an intervention or testing a hypothesis. The practicum requires a total of 200 hours of work starting in the second year of the program. Summer. Foshee. HBHE 745 [245] RESEARCH PRACTICUM II (2). Research option: After completing the data collection and analysis component of the practicum, students write up their findings into a publishable manuscript. Spring. Foshee. HBHE 750 [250] APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS IN HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH EDUCATION (4). Prerequisite for nonmajors, permission of instructor. Research methods of relevance to planned change in health-related behavior and program planning. Research designs include quantitative and qualitative methods and focus on application to public health practice. Four lecture hours per week. Fall. Brewer. syllabus HBHE 751 [251] THE ROLE OF EVALUATION IN HEALTH EDUCATION (2). Emphasis on methods to show the importance of evaluation in health education program planning and developing skills in formative evaluation design, emphasizing analysis that contributed to decision making regarding programs. Two lecture hours per week. Spring. Staff. HBHE 752 [252] INTERVENTION METHODS IN HEALTH EDUCATION (4). Critical examination of major intervention methods used in health promotion and disease prevention programs, and ways to tailor these methods to different settings and populations in which health educators work. Four seminar hours per week. Spring. Steckler. syllabus HBHE 753 [253] QUALITATIVE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH METHODS (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 750 or equivalent. Theoretical and methodological approaches of applied medical anthropology for health program development and evaluation. Field methods for collecting and analyzing data through observation, interviewing, group methods, and case studies. Fall. Maman. syllabus HBHE 754 [254] ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS IN HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH EDUCATION (3) Advanced considerations of basic research methodology (e.g., measurement, variable associations, the theory-hypothesis link, sampling, survey research designs, and evaluation research designs) are discussed weekly in a seminar format. Students will have the opportunity to apply methods that they are learning to their own research. Fall. Foshee. HBHE 755 [255] POPULAR AND EMPOWERMENT EDUCATION FOR HEALTH EDUCATORS (3). Explore empowerment education and popular learning methodologies within the context of health education, creating opportunities for dialogue between theory and practice. Examine adult learning theories, participatory learning concepts, and community development techniques. Will also discuss issues of power between practitioners, health educators, and the community. Fall. Randall-David. HBHE 765 [290] CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL SEMINAR (3). (HPAA 765) (EPID 772) An interdisciplinary overview of cancer prevention and control. Emphasis on projects and activities from perspectives of Epidemiology, Health Behavior and Education, and Health Policy and Management. Appropriate research design and methodologies are covered. Fall. O’Malley. HBHE 772 [172] PLANNING HEALTH PROMOTION IN COMMUNITY, WORKSITE, SCHOOL, AND MEDICAL SETTINGS (4). Prerequisite, permission of instructor required for nonmajors. This course builds skills in developing components of health promotion programming in a variety of settings. It emphasizes use of needs and capacity assessments to identify focus of intervention, strategies for evaluating programs, application of health promotion models, and program planning. Fall. Linnan. syllabus HBHE 795 [195] eHealth (3) An overview of the positive and negative impacts of the Internet on public health. Covers research, evaluation sites, ethics, and use of theory that addresses key public health problems. Fall. Ribisl. syllabus HBHE 799 [200] SPECIAL STUDIES IN BEHAVIOR CHANGE (1-6). Experimental course to be offered by faculty to determine the need and demand for the subject. Topics will be chosen by faculty based on current public health issues. Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff. HBHE 800 [300] SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH BEHAVIOR (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 730 or permission of instructor. Selected social psychological theories and their relationship to health promotion, disease prevention, and patient education. Three lecture hours per week. Spring. B. DeVellis. syllabus HBHE 801 [301] TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 600 or 730. Permission of instructor required for nonmajors. Health issues will be analyzed using sociological approaches in order to determine the research needs to develop more informed social policy. Implementation for practice will be discussed. Offered every other Fall. Staff. HBHE 802 [302] SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH: THEORY, METHOD, AND INTERVENTION (3). Prerequisite, EPID 600. Discussion and readings will focus on population vs. individual perspectives on health, risk conditions vs. risk factors, concepts of causation, and knowledge development as a historic and social process, and will examine macro-level determinants of population health. Fall. Staff. syllabus HBHE 803 [303] SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND HEALTH (3). Prerequisite, EPID 600 or equivalent. Introduces students to epidemiological evidence that links social relationship with health outcomes and introduces students to theoretical and empirical work that attempts to establish the link between social relationships and physical health. Spring. Staff. HBHE 810 [310] DOCTORAL SEMINAR: HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL BASES OF PUBLIC HEALTH (3). This seminar examines the historical and conceptual bases of public health and health education and considers ideological and ethical implications for public health research, policy, and programs. Three lecture hours per week. Fall. Runyan. syllabus HBHE 811 [311] DOCTORAL SEMINAR: DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION INTERVENTION (3). The goals of this seminar are to explore the problems and issues in using behavioral and social science theories, concepts, and data to inform health behavior and health education research and interventions. Three lecture hours per week. Fall. Tate. syllabus HBHE 812 [312] DOCTORAL SEMINAR: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES (3). Topics related to optimal functioning as a doctorally prepared professional, including writing and reviewing grants, manuscripts, and abstracts; consulting; credentialing; teaching; job search; and ethics, collaboration, fraud, and politics in research. Three lecture hours per week. Fall and Spring. B. DeVellis. HBHE 813 [313] DOCTORAL SEMINAR: MODELS OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND PRACTICE (3). The purpose of this seminar is to describe, critically analyze, and compare a variety of health education practice models, e.g. social change model, PRECEDE/PROCEED stage model of diffusion, and others. Three lecture hours per week. Fall and Spring. Eng. HBHE 825 [225] HEALTH COMMUNICATION THEORY AND RESEARCH (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 730. Permission of instructor for nonmajors. Overview of communication theory and research and critical analysis of applications of communication theory to health education and health behavior intervention. Lecture-discussion format three hours per week. Fall. Staff. HBHE 840 [340], 841 [341] ADVANCED FIELD TRAINING IN HEALTH EDUCATION (1-3) Open to doctoral students in the department. Under guidance by faculty and field counselors, students assume major responsibility for planning, executing and evaluating community health education projects. Field fee $125. Fall and Spring. Staff. HBHE 842 [317] TEACHING PRACTICUM FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS (1-4). Practicum is designed to enhance knowledge and skills in teaching. Student must be involved in teaching a two or three credit course. Co-teaching a course may satisfy this requirement. Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff. HBHE 843 [342] INTERVENTION PRACTICUM FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS (1-4). The intervention must provide a senior role in a health intervention and have a research or evaluation component. Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff. HBHE 844 [343] RESEARCH PRACTICUM FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS (1-4). Designed to fulfill the research practicum for doctoral students which may involve designing and implementing a research project, carrying out data analyses, writing manuscripts, assuming responsibility for a project. Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff. HBHE 850 [350] SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS (3). Prerequisites, BIOS 545 or equivalent, and permission of instructor. This seminar is designed to refine a wide range of research skills in health behavior and health education by using data collected by others. Three seminar hours per week.Offered every other Spring. Earp. syllabus HBHE 851 [351] CAUSAL MODELING AND STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS (3). Prerequisites, BIOS 545 or equivalent, and permission of instructor. This seminar is designed to refine a wide range of research skills in health behavior and health education by using data collected by others. Three seminar hours per week. Offered every other Spring. Staff. HBHE 852 [352] SCALE DEVELOPMENT METHODS (3). Prerequisites, HBHE 750 or equivalent, and permission of instructor. Covers theory and application of scale development techniques for measuring latent constructs in health research; classical measurement theory and factor analytic methods are emphasized. Three seminar hours per week. Spring. R. DeVellis. syllabus HBHE 853 [353] ADVANCED EVALUATION OF HEALTH INTERVENTION PROGRAMS (3). Prerequisites, BIOS 545, HBHE 750, or equivalent, and permission of instructor. Emphasis is on methods required to complete various types of analysis related to program implementation (e.g. efficacy of program in terms of objectives, cost-benefit analysis, and utility analysis). Both quantitative and qualitative methods are covered. Three seminar hours per week. Fall. Ennett. HBHE 860 [260] RESEARCH METHODS (3). Permission for master’s students and nonmajors. An intermediate-level course providing comprehensive coverage of behavioral science research methods as applied to health behavior and health education problems. Topics include problem formulation, design, sampling, measurement, analysis, and interpretation. Three lecture hours per week. Spring. Foshee. syllabus HBHE 891 [201] SPECIAL STUDIES IN BEHAVIOR CHANGE (1-6). An independent study course designed for students wanting to study areas of natural or planned change as well as personal and nonpersonal methods in health related fields. To be arranged with faculty in each case. HBHE 892 [202] SPECIAL TOPICS IN PROGRAM DESIGN AND EVALUATION (1-6). Repeatable within degree (for 6.0 hours). An independent course of study designed for students who wish to pursue advance studies in program design and evaluation. Pre-requisite, to be arranged with the faculty in each case. Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff. HBHE 893 [203] SPECIAL STUDIES IN BEHAVIOR CHANGE (1-6). An independent course of study for students who wish to pursue studies in social class and variations in planned change. To be arranged with faculty in each case. Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff. HBHE 897 [204] ADVANCED TOPICS IN HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH EDUCATION (1-6). For doctoral students who wish to pursue an independent study or research in a selected area. Student will work with a faculty member in designing the study. Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff. HBHE 960 [603] PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE (3). Permission of instructor required. This course is designed to introduce medical students and other health professionals to the underlying philosophies, practitioners, techniques, and evidence of efficacy of alternative therapeutics currently in use in the U.S. including chiropractic, dietary, mind-body, acupuncture, homeopathy, and healing. Fall. Gaylord. HBHE 992 [392] MASTERS PAPER (3-6). Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff. HBHE 993 [393] MASTERS THESIS (3-6). Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff. HBHE 994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3-9). Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff. |
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