Department of Health Behavior and Health Education (HBHE)
JO ANNE L. EARP, Chair
Professors
Brenda M. DeVellis (13) Health Education Theory, Patient Education
Jo Anne L. Earp (10) Health Education Evaluation, Women's Health, Cancer Control
Eugenia Eng (17) International Health, Community Health Education, Lay Health Advisor Interventions
Susan T. Ennett (45) Social Networks, Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors, Research Methods
Edwin Fisher (89) Diabetes, Community and Peer Interventions, Chronic Disease Management, Smoking and Smoking Cessation
Vangie Foshee (43) Dating Violence, Adolescent Health, Program Evaluation
Barbara Rimer (82) Cancer Control and Prevention, Tailored Print Communications
Carol Runyan (31) Injury Control, Violence Prevention, Worksite Injury Prevention
Allan Steckler (12) Qualitative Methods, Organizational Change, Native Americans
Associate Professors
Noel Brewer (85) Biases in Health Decisions, Health Communication, Decision Making
Carol Golin (88) Adherence to Chronic Medical Therapy, Patient-Provider Communication, Medical Decision Making for HIV Therapy and Prevention
Laura Linnan (66) Applied Research in Worksites and Other Community-Based Settings, Multiple Risk Factor Behaviors, Organizational Change
Suzanne Maman (88) HIV/AIDS, International Health, Associations between HIV and Violence
Kurt Ribisl (64) Mass Media and Policy-Based Health Promotion Interventions, Tobacco Control
Deborah Tate (87) Obesity, Computer/Internet Interventions, Health Communication
Assistant Professors
Clare Barrington (94) Global Health, Infectious Diseases, Minority Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Wizdom Powell-Hammond (92) Men's Health, Health Disparities, Social and Health Behavior Theory
Research Professor
Robert DeVellis (23) Research Methods, Health Behavior, Health Psychology
Research Associate Professors
James Michael Bowling (48) Injury Prevention, Statistics and Methods, Program Evaluation
Carolyn Crump (49) Worksite Health Promotion and Evaluation, Program Planning, Management
Elizabeth Moracco (67) Women's Health, Violence against Women, Evaluation Research
Research Assistant Professor
Heathe Luz McNaughton Reyes, Adolescent Health, Reproductive Health, Global Health
Christine Rini, Applied Social Psychology, Close Relationships, Health, Helping/Pro-Social Behavior, Interpersonal Processes, Judgment/Decision Making, Persuasion/Social Influence
Clinical Associate Professor
Lynn H. Blanchard (51) Research around Public Service (Including Community Partnerships and Collaborations), Program Evaluation, Service Learning
Lecturers
Mary Altpeter (80) Health Promotion and Older Adults, Particularly Older Women; Community-Based Research and Health Promotion with Older Adults; Community-Based Research with Rural Populations
Susan Blalock (39) Patient Education, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Medication Use
Mary Davis (78) Prevention Education, Program Evaluation, Program Planning
Robert Foss, Alcohol and Transportation-Related Injury, Adolescent Injury, Social Policy Approaches to Injury Prevention
Elizabeth French, Patient Advocacy
Susan Gaylord (57) Alternative Therapies and Integrative Health Care, Aging, Health Beliefs and Care Pathways
Alexandra Lightfoot, Community-Based Participatory Research, Health Disparities, Healthy Choices and Behaviors to Support the Growth and Development of Youth, Educational Inequities
Alexis Moore, Community-Based and Rural Health Promotion, Lay Health Advisors, Breast and Cervical Cancer
Carol Patterson, Obesity Prevention, Coping Mechanisms for Chronic Illness, Community Networking in Research Endeavors
Michael Pignone, Literacy and Health, Shared Decision Making, Colon Cancer Prevention
Karl Umble (90) Management and Leadership Development in Public Health, Continuing Professional Education and Training, Program Planning and Program Evaluation
Anna Waller (54) Injury Prevention and Control, Data System Users (Especially Database Design), Emergency Department Data and Surveillance
Adjunct Professors
Thomas Arcury (59) Health Disparities among Immigrant Communities, Rural and Minority Aging and Health, Environmental Health
Elton Kessel, Family Planning and Contraception Research, Maternal and Child Health, Delivery of Health Services in Resource-Poor Settings
Victor W. Marshall (81) Aging, Health Promotion, Work and Lifecourse
Michael Schulman (83) Occupational Injury; Injury Prevention and Control; Work, Violence and Health among Adolescents
Adjunct Associate Professors
Daniel Halperin
Christine Jackson (42) Parenting and Family-Based Public Health, Health Communication, and Community-Based Intervention
Isaac Lipkus (80) Theories of Health Behavior Change, Risk Communication, Medical Decision-Making
Colleen McBride (79) Genetic Risk Communication, Health Disparities, Behavior Change Interventions
Krista Perreira, Child Development and Adolescence, Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Latino Health, Education, and Employment, Demography of Immigration
Kathryn Pollak, Patient-Physician Communication, Smoking Cessation, Health Disparities
Scott Rhodes, Sexual Health, HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, Health
Disparities among Vulnerable Communities
Christopher Ringwalt (40) Drug Prevention, Survey Research, Program Evaluation
Celette Skinner (91) Cancer Screening, Cancer Genetics, Tailored Interventions
Paige Hall Smith (76) Violence against Women, Women's Health, Breastfeeding
Godfrey Woelk, Project Design, Execution, and Analysis in HIV Prevention and Care, Maternal Health, Hypertensive Diseases of Pregnancy, Child Health, Community-Based HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Adjunct Assistant Professors
Robert Flewelling (73) Substance Abuse Prevention, Community-Based Intervention, Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors
Alfredo Fort, Measurement of Primary Health Care Provider Performance, Facility and Community-Based Surveys, Program Evaluation
Lisa Gilbert, Sexual and Reproductive Health, STD/HIV Prevention and Sex Education, Health Communication, Behavior Change Theory and Practice, Adolescent and Women's Health
Moses Goldmon, Adolescent Health and Development, Leadership, Role of Faith in Promoting Health and Preventing Disease, Action Research in Ministry/Community-Based Participatory Research
M. Anita Holmes, Lay Health Advisors, Minority Health, Access to Health Care, Church-Based Health Promotion
David Jolly (74) Tobacco, HIV/STDs, Health Policy
Linda Kinsinger (53) Behavioral Change for Weight Management, Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care Practice, Patient Education about Shared Decision Making
Megan Lewis (63) Social Relationships and Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Social Ecology
Kathleen MacQueen, Qualitative Research Methods and Approaches in Research Design, Ethics in Public Health and Research (Including Applied Ethics Research), Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Clinical Trials Research (Especially HIV Prevention Trials)
David McCoy, American Indian Health, Health Care of Rural and Minority Populations, Budgetary and Policy Aspects of the Delivery of Health Care
Margaret Molloy, Prevention, Health Behavior Change, Health Policy
Melva Okun, Tobacco Cessation, Nutrition, Physical Activity
Elizabeth Randall-David (70) Women's Health, Empowerment Education
Sudha Shreeniwas, Aging and Health of Minorities in the U.S., Gender Violence in Asia and among Asian Immigrants in the U.S., Aging and Health Issues in South Asia
Arjumand Siddiqi (93) Social Epidemiology, Children's Health and Development, Social Policy and Health
Jane Vella (41) Dialogue Education, Patient Education, Evaluation
Maihan Vu, Qualitative Research, Adolescent Health, Obesity and Physical Activity
Michael Allan Yonas, Social and Contextual Factors Associated with Youth Violence and Dating Violence, Community-Based Participatory Research
Adjunct Instructors
Denise Dickinson, Intervention Design and Program Management, Home-Based Interventions for Families
Vanessa Farrar, Community-Based Public Health, Minority Health Issues, Evaluation
Tekola Fisseha, Communicable Diseases (i.e., HIV/AIDS/STDs), Lead Poisoning, Infant Mortality Reduction Using the Perinatal Periods of Risk Approach
Mariana Garrettson
Bernard Glassman, Emerging Technologies for Health Communication, Communication about Emerging Health Technologies, Writing about Science for Results
Dennis Joyner, Community Health Policy Development, Community Health Assessment, Program Planning and Implementation
Sara Malek, Tobacco Control and Prevention
Karen Strazza Moore, Community-Based Public Health, Community-Based Participatory Research, Minority Health, International Health
Regina Petteway, Program Planning, Strategic Planning, Program Administration, Community Capacity Building, Working with Faith-Based Organizations
Elizabeth Stern, Intimate Partner Violence, Training and Education, Latino Health, Sexual Violence
Katherine Turner, International Women's Health, Education and Training, Sexual and Reproductive Health Education and Counseling, Cultural Competency (especially on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health)
Gina Upchurch, Health Policy, Aging, Pharmaceutical Care
Karen Webb, Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Coalition-Building
Professors Emeriti
Karl Bauman, Professor Emeritus
John Hatch, Kenan Professor Emeritus
Ethel J. Jackson, Clinical Assistant Professor Emeritus
Elizabeth Mutran, Professor Emeritus
James R. Sorenson, Professor Emeritus
Courses for Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate Students
HBHE
561 Medical Reporting for Electronic Media (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 660. Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. 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.
562 Science Documentary Television (3). Students learn skills needed to produce a science documentary for broadcast on television, including research and script writing.
600 Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health (3). 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.
601 Principles of Statistical Inference for Health Behavior and Health Education (3). Required preparation, knowledge of basic descriptive statistics. Majors only. Major topics include elementary probability theory, probability distributions, estimation, tests of hypotheses, paired and independent samples t-tests, ANOVA, linear and logistic regression, correlation and chi-squared procedures. SAS, a statistical software package, is used in the course.
660 Medical Journalism (HPM 550, JOMC 560) (3). See JOMC 560 for description.
Courses for Graduate Students
HBHE
700 Introduction to Public Health and Public Health Education (2). This course offers an introduction to public health, a history of public health and public health education, and an overview of population health/social determinants of health.
701 Professional Development Series I (1). The first semester of this series will cover essential professional skills such as working with small groups and coalitions, presentations, working with the media (interviews, writing press releases), event planning.
702 Professional Development Series II (1). The series will continue to cover essential professional skills such as working with small groups and coalitions, presentations, working with the media (interviews, writing press releases).
703 Professional Development Series III (1). The second year of this series will cover a wide range of program management skills including budgeting, supervision, hiring, and leadership style.
704 Professional Development Series IV (1). The second semester of year two of this series will continue to cover a wide range of program management skills including budgeting, supervision, hiring, and leadership style.
709 U.S. 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.
710 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.
715 Communication for Health-Related Decision Making (1–3). Course provides foundation and skills to understand and improve decision making that affects people's health. It teaches theoretical basis and evidence-based applications of health-related decision making.
725 Injury as a Public Health Problem (EPID 783, MHCH 725) (3). Prerequisite, EPID 600. 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.
726 Adolescent Health (MHCH 726) (3). See MHCH 726 for description.
727 Patient Advocacy (3). Explore competing definitions of patient advocacy. Topics related to ethics, policy, and law will be covered in the context of what have often been termed patient rights and responsibilities. Three lectures hours per week.
730 Theoretical Foundations of Behavior and Social Science (3). This course covers selected social and behavioral science theories and concepts that apply to the analysis of health-related behaviors and intervention strategies.
733 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
740 Health Behavior Health Education Practice I (3). This is the first part of year-long course covering key principles of health education practice. The coursework will be conducted in modules. HBHE Practice I will cover community engagement/assessment and intervention, development, adaptation, and implementation. The course will draw from the expertise of a wide range of faculty and practitioners.
741 Health Behavior Health Education Practice II (3). This is the second part of a year-long course covering key principles of health education practice. Coursework will be conducted in modules. HBHE Practice II will cover evaluation, as well as sustainability, dissemination, and translation. The course will draw from the expertise of a wide range of faculty and practitioners.
742 Program Intervention, Implementation, and Monitoring I (1–4). 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.
743 Program Intervention, Implementation, and Monitoring II (1–4). Prerequisite, HBHE 742. Application of methods to analyze and interpret data regarding the effectiveness of health education interventions. Students work under faculty advisors to assess the effectiveness of interventions implementation in HBHE 742.
744 Research Practicum I (1–4). 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 two hundred hours of work starting in the second year of the program.
745 Research Practicum II (1–4). Research option: After completing the data collection and analysis component of the practicum, students write up their findings into a publishable manuscript.
750 Applied Research Methods (3). Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. 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.
751 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.
752 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.
753 Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods (NUTR 753) (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 750. 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.
754 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Health Behavior and Health Research (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 753. This course provides advanced graduate students in public health and related fields the opportunity to explore different analytic approaches and techniques and develop analysis and writing skills. Students will apply methods they learn to analyze, interpret and write-up the results of their own qualitative research.
755 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.
760 Advanced Research Methods I (3). Fundamentals of research in health behavior and health education including conceptualization of research questions and hypotheses, measurement, sampling, and observational research designs.
761 Advanced Research Methods II (3). This course is a continuation of HBHE 760 and covers experimental research designs, evaluation research, introduction to qualitative methods, and selected topics in statistical analysis.
765 Cancer Prevention and Control Seminar (EPID 772, HPM 765) (3). See HPM 765 for course description.
772 Planning Health Promotion in Community, Worksite, School, and Medical Settings (3). This course teaches how to use a comprehensive planning model to plan, implement, and evaluate an evidence-based intervention to address a public health problem for a defined population.
795 E-Health (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.
799 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.
800 Social Psychological Theories of Individual Health Behavior (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 730. Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Selected social psychological theories and their relationship to health promotion, disease prevention, and patient education. Three lecture hours per week.
802 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. Course will also examine macro-level determinants of population health.
811 Doctoral Seminar: Development of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Intervention (NUTR 811) (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 HBHE research and interventions. Three lecture hours per week.
812 Doctoral Seminar: Professional Issues (3). Topics related to optimal functioning as a doctorally prepared professional, including writing and reviewing grants, manuscripts, abstracts, consulting; credentialing; teaching; job search; ethics, collaboration, fraud, and politics in research. Three lecture hours per week.
815 Foundations of Health Behavior and Health Education I (3). A critical examination of the conceptual and empirical bases of public health and health education, social determinants of population health, health disparities, and issues around social justice.
816 Foundations of Health Behavior and Health Education II (3). 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.
825 Seminar in Interdisciplinary Health Communication (JOMC 825) (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 730. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Interdisciplinary overview of communication theory and research and critical analysis of applications of theory to interventions using communication for health. Three hours per week.
826 Interdisciplinary Health Communication Colloquium (1). Communication certificate student. This course is structured for interactive student/faculty discussion on health communication research and practice. Seminar and online discussion format.
840 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.
841 Advanced Field Training (.5–21).
842 Primary 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.
843 Secondary Practicum for Doctoral Students (1–4). The intervention must provide a senior role in a health intervention and have a research or evaluation component.
850 Research Manuscript Development (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 751 or 860. This seminar is designed to help advanced students refine conceptual and writing skills essential to the production of a manuscript based on already collected qualitative and quantitative data. Three hours per week.
851 Causal Modeling and Structural Equations (3). Prerequisite, BIOS 545. Permission of the 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.
852 Scale Development Methods (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 750. Permission of the 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.
853 Doctoral Seminar: Evaluation of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Interventions (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 811. Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Emphasis on evaluation paradigms, quantitative and qualitative evaluation research methods, including methods for process, outcome, and cost evaluation. Three seminar hours per week.
860 Research Proposal Development (3). Permission of the instructor for master's students and nonmajors. Integrate and apply detailed components of research methods to preparation and writing of a research grant proposal; become aware of proposal submission and review process for various funding agencies. Three lecture hours per week.
891 Special Studies in Behavior Change (1–6). An independent course designed for study areas of natural or planned change; personal and nonpersonal methods, in health related fields. To be arranged with faculty in each case.
892 Special Topics in Program Design and Evaluation (1–6). Required preparation, to be arranged with the faculty in each case. An independent course of study designed for students who wish to pursue advanced studies in program design and evaluation. Repeatable within degree (for six hours).
893 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.
897 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.
960 Principles and Practices of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (3). Permission of the instructor. 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.
992 Master's Paper (3–6).
993 Master's Thesis (3–6).
994 Doctoral Dissertation (3–9).