Health Behavior and Health Education

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 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 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 600 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, Summer, Fall. Golden.  Syllabus

HBHE 660 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. Syllabus

HBHE 661 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 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 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 700 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH & PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION (2 credits). This course offers an introduction to public health, history of public health and public health education, and a focus on population health/social determinants of health and an introduction to global health. Fall. Siddiqi. Syllabus

HBHE 703, 704 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES (1 credit, 2 semesters). This series will include topics that expand students' skills on program management, budgeting and supervision, as well as address specific professional skills, including working with small groups and coalitions, writing grants, media skills, professional speaking skills, networking and event planning. Fall, Spring. Crump. Syllabus

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. Spring. Runyan and Kotch. Syllabus

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 727 PATIENT ADVOCACY (3). This interdisciplinary course is designed as an introduction to patient advocacy for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in the health professions at UNC. We will cover a variety of topics including ethics, health policy and access, advocacy for special populations, and innovative approaches to health system change. Fall. Earp.  Syllabus

HBHE 730 [130] THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE (3 credits). Selected social and behavioral science theories and concepts that apply to the development and analysis of health-related behaviors and interventions. Fall. Ribisl. Syllabus

HBHE 740, 741 CAPSTONE I and II (4 credits each, 2 semesters). The Capstone is a year-long, mentored field experience where student teams partner with a defined community, organization, or research team and establish a negotiated set of deliverables. Coursework for the capstone will be conducted in modules: Capstone 1: Engagement/Assessment, and Intervention Development; Capstone 2: Intervention Implementation, Evaluation, and Dissemination/Sustainability. The course modules will draw from the expertise of a wide range of faculty, adjunct faculty, practitioners and alumni. Coursework, readings and learning activities will expand learning and sharing of the real-world experiences and challenges each field team experiences as they produce capstone deliverables. Fall, Spring. Linnan, Steckler. Fall Syllabus

HBHE 742 PRACTICUM I (2, 3, 4). Field training. A planned, individualized, mentored, evaluated, experiential learning opportunity that serves as a bridge between a student's academic training and applied public health practice. Students are mentored by faculty and supervised on-site by department-approved preceptors. Learning objectives are designed to specify the unique knowledge, skills, attitudes, and deliverables that the field training will achieve. Summer I, Summer II, Fall, Spring. Linnan.

HBHE 743 [243] PRACTICUM II (1, 2). Field training. A planned, individualized, mentored, evaluated, experiential learning opportunity that serves as a bridge between a student's academic training and applied public health practice. Students are mentored by faculty and supervised on-site by department-approved preceptors. Learning objectives are designed to specify the unique knowledge, skills, attitudes, and deliverables that the field training will achieve. Fall, Spring. Linnan.

HBHE 744 [244] RESEARCH PRACTICUM I (2). MSPH to PhD 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. 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 (3 credits). This overview of behavioral research methods is designed to help students be savvy consumers of scientific research on health behavior. The course also addresses how to formulate research questions and testable hypotheses that apply to behavior change interventions and program evaluation, and how to select a research design appropriate for examining a particular research question or program goal. 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. Eng, Ennett.

HBHE 753 [253] QUALITATIVE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH METHODS (3 credits). Prerequisite, HBHE 750 or equivalent. This is an introduction to qualitative research methodology. The course is intended to develop students' skills in designing qualitative research studies, developing qualitative research questions, collecting, managing and analyzing qualitative data, and presenting findings from a qualitative study. Students will collect their own qualitative data that they will analyze in groups. Spring. Maman.  Syllabus

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 760 DOCTORAL ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS I (3).  This class is required for first-year doctoral students in the Department and emphasizes issues related to the research process and study design. Modules covered are: Conceptualizing Research Questions and Hypotheses, Measurement, Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Study Designs, and Observational Study Designs. The class is taught through a combination of didactic instruction, engaged discussion, critiquing of journal articles, student presentations, and in-class exercises. Fall. Ennett. Syllabus

HBHE 761 DOCTORAL ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS II (3).  This class is a continuation of HBHE 760 with an emphasis on statistical software, sampling, and selected analytic topics. Modules covered are: SAS and Analytic Fundamentals, Sampling, Attrition and Missing Data, Mediation and Moderation, and Introduction to Multilevel and Longitudinal Data Analysis. The class is taught through a combination of didactic instruction, engaged discussion, critiquing of journal articles, student presentations, and in-class exercises.Spring. Ennett. Syllabus

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. Syllabus

HBHE 772 [172] PLANNING HEALTH PROMOTION IN COMMUNITY, WORKSITE, SCHOOL, AND MEDICAL SETTINGS (3 credits). In this course students use a comprehensive planning model to plan, implement, and evaluate interventions that address a public health issue for a defined population. Spring. Moracco. 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 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. Barrington. Syllabus

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. Golden.  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. Ennett. Syllabus

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 815 FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH EDUCATION I (3). (For doctoral students only.) A critical examination of the conceptual and empirical basis of public health and health education, social determinants of population, health, health disparities, and issues around social justice. Fall. Siddiqi.  Syllabus

HBHE 815 FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH EDUCATION II (3).  (For doctoral students only.) A critical examination of globalization and health, principles of individual and collective behavior and behavior change, and the role of health behavior and health education in emerging public health issues. Spring. Powell Hammond, Maman. Syllabi: Theory Module, Global Health Module

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. Brown. Syllabus

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] Manuscript Writing (3). Requires permission of instructor. This seminar is designed to refine a wide range of writing skills in health behavior and health education. 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. Spring. Eng/Ennett. Syllabus

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. Syllabus

HBHE 992 CAPSTONE DELIVERABLE (3 credits). The capstone deliverable is negotiated with the capstone partner organization and student team. Students will produce one or more deliverables that evolve from the capstone experience. Individual student contributions must be substantive, approved by faculty mentors, and negotiated as part of a contract with the "partner" research team, community group, or organization.

HBHE 993 [393] MASTERS THESIS (3-6). Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff.

HBHE 994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3-9). Fall, Spring, and Summer. Staff.