DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH EDUCATION (HBHE)

www.sph.unc.edu/hbhe

EDWIN FISHER, 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

Edwin Fisher (89) Diabetes, Community and Peer Interventions, Chronic Disease Management, Smoking and Smoking Cessation

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

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Associate Professors

Susan T. Ennett (45) Social Networks, Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors, Research Methods

Vangie Foshee (43) Dating Violence, Adolescent Health, Program Evaluation

Laura Linnan (66) Applied Research in Worksites and Other Community-Based Settings, Multiple Risk Factor Behaviors, Organizational Change

Kurt Ribisl (64) Mass Media and Policy-Based Health Promotion Interventions, Tobacco Control

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Assistant Professors

Noel Brewer (85) Biases in Health Decisions, Health Communication, Decision-Making

Megan Lewis (63) Social Relationships and Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Social Ecology

Suzanne Maman (88) HIV/AIDS, International Health, Associations between HIV and Violence

Deborah Tate (87) Obesity, Computer/Internet Interventions, Health Communication

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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

H. Douglas Robertson (71) Highway, Traffic, Pedestrian, and Bicycle Safety; Transportational Policy Development

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Research Assistant Professors

Lynn H. Blanchard (51) Research around Public Service (including Community Partnerships and Collaborations); Program Evaluation; Service Learning

Carolyn Crump (49) Worksite Health Promotion and Evaluation, Program Planning, Management

Carol Golin (88) Adherence to Chronic Medical Therapy, Patient-Provider Communication, Medical Decision-Making for HIV Therapy and Prevention

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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

Sallie Benedict (56) Dissemination of Best Practices/Best Processes, Women's Health Promotion, Community-Based Participatory Research

Susan Blalock (39) Patient Education, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Medication Use

Linda Carl (60) Community-Based Interdisciplinary Education, Latino Language and Culture, Distance Education for Health Professionals, College Health

Tamera Coyne-Beasley, Injury and Violence Prevention, Adolescent Health and Risky Behaviors, Minority Health

Janet Dal Santo (86) Child Labor (Focus on International Child Labor), Childhood Injuries, International Health and Development

Mary Davis (78) Prevention Education, Program Evaluation, Program Planning

Robert Foss, Alcohol and Transportation-Related Injury, Adolescent Injury, Social Policy Approaches to Injury Prevention

Susan Gaylord (57) Alternative Therapies and Integrative Health Care, Aging, Health Beliefs and Care Pathways

Shelley Golden (87) Training and Facilitation, Health Communications, Population-Level Public Health Determinants and Health Policy

Alexis Moore, Community-Based and Rural Health Promotion, Lay Health Advisors, Breast and Cervical Cancer

Karen Strazza Moore, Community-Based Public Health, Community-Based Participatory Research, Minority Health, International Health

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

Julie Sweedler, Communications and Marketing, Women's Health, Program Planning

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

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Adjunct Professors

Thomas Arcury (59) Health Disparities among Immigrant Communities, Rural and Minority Aging and Health, Environmental Health

Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Lifestyle Interventions among Cancer Survivors, Dietary Interventions Aimed at Cancer Prevention, Dietary Interventions Aimed at Cancer Control

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

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Adjunct Associate Professors

Forrest Council (55) Injury Research Methods, Highway-Related Injury, Highway Injury Data

Isaac Lipkus (80) Theories of Health Behavior Change, Risk Communication, Medical Decision-Making

Colleen McBride (79) Genetic Risk Communication, Health Disparities, Behavior Change Interventions

Christopher Ringwalt (40) Drug Prevention, Survey Research, Program Evaluation

Celette Skinner (91) Cancer Screening, Cancer Genetics, Tailored Interventions

Jason Smith (68) Sexual and Reproductive Health, International Health, Turning Research into Practice

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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

Moses Goldmon, Adolescent Health and Development, Leadership, Role of Faith in Promoting Health and Preventing Disease, Action Research in Ministry/Community-Based Participatory Research

Kathleen Hoffman, Physician-Patient Communication in Malpractice/Negligence Prevention, Health Communication using Mass Media and New Targeted Communication Techniques, Cancer and Heart Disease Prevention

Anita Page 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

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, Americans Indian Health, Health Care of Rural and Minority Populations, Budgetary and Policy Aspects of the Delivery of Health Care

Elizabeth Moracco (67) Women's Health, Violence against Women, Evaluation Research

Charles Morrison, HIV/STDs, Reproductive Health, Sexual and Drug Behavior, Contraception Research

Melva Okun, Tobacco Cessation, Nutrition, Physical Activity

Kathryn Pollak, Patient-Physician Communication, Smoking Cessation, Health Disparities

Elizabeth Randall-David (70) Women's Health, Empowerment Education

Anna Schenck, Health among the Elderly, Cancer Treatment and Outcomes, Cancer Screening

Miriam Settle, Career Development and Counseling, Internship Interests, Master's Thesis Advising

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

Paige Hall Smith (76) Violence against Women, Women's Health, Breastfeeding

Jane Vella (41) Dialogue Education, Patient Education, Evaluation

Yvonne Wasilewski, Asthma Management Intervention Research with Children and Adolescents, Violence Prevention Research with Adolescents, Peer-led Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research

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Adjunct Instructors

Mary Bobbitt-Cooke, Community Organization/Mobilization, Community Assessment, Policy Development and Advocacy

Tekola Fisseha, Communicable Diseases (i.e., HIV/AIDS/STDs), Lead Poisoning, Infant Mortality Reduction using the Perinatal Periods of Risk Approach

Bernard Glassman, Emerging Technologies for Health Communication, Communication about Emerging Health Technologies, Writing about Science for Results

Deborah Hilgenberg, Clinical Trials, Research Subject Protection, Data Collection

Vanessa Jeffries, Community-Based Public Health, Minority Health Issues, Evaluation

Dennis Joyner, Community Health Policy Development, Community Health Assessment, Program Planning and Implementation

Karen Monaco, Tobacco Control (Adult and Teen Smoking Cessation), Program Development, Training

Regina Petteway, Program Planning, Strategic Planning, Program Administration, Community Capacity Building, Working with Faith-Based Organizations

LaHoma Romocki, Global Health, HIV/AIDS, Communications and Marketing, Health Disparities, Cancer Prevention, Adolescent Health

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

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Professors Emeriti

Harriet H. Barr, Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus

Karl Bauman, Professor Emeritus

Leonard H. Dawson, Clinical Professor Emeritus

John Hatch, Kenan Professor Emeritus

Ethel J. Jackson, Clinical Assistant Professor Emeritus

Elizabeth Mutran, Professor Emeritus

James R. Sorenson, Professor Emeritus

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Courses

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 faculty in HBHE.

HBHE 396 [141] PROBLEMS IN HEALTH EDUCATION (1-6). Advanced course for undergraduates who want to pursue a topic or research study in Health Behavior and Health Education. To be arranged with HBHE faculty.

HBHE 561 [196] MEDICAL REPORTING FOR ELECTRONIC MEDIA (JOMC 461) (HPAA 551) (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 660 or permission of the 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 562 [197] SCIENCE DOCUMENTARY TELEVISION (JOMC 562) (HPAA 552) (3). Students learn skills needed to produce a science documentary for broadcast on television, including research and script writing. Spring. Linden.

HBHE 563 [160] INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S HEALTH AND HEALTH EDUCATION (WMST 563) (3). 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 (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. Spring and summer. Golden.

HBHE 660 [195] MEDICAL JOURNALISM (JOMC 460) (HPAA 550) (3). Prerequisite, JOMC 450 or permission of the 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 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.

HBHE 708 [208] LATINO HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH (3). An examination of social, political, geographic, and psychological forces affecting the health of Latinos in the U.S. Discussion of theoretical and methodological issue relevant to U.S. Latino health promotion research to help prepare students to do research or work in the Latino community. Fall. Staff.

HBHE 709 [108] 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. 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.

HBHE 725 [125] INJURY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM (MHCH 725) (EPID 783) (3). 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.

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 per week, one seminar hour. Fall. Lewis.

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.

HBHE 740 [240] FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH PRACTICE (2). Historical and critical examination of public health and health education professions and major paradigms that inform our research and planning approaches. Students acquire skills needed for research and practice. Two lecture hours per week. Field fee: $600. Fall. Eng.

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.

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 implementation 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 the 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.

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 population in which health educators work. Four seminar hours per week. Spring. Steckler.

HBHE 753 [253] QUALITATIVE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH METHODS (NUTR 753) (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.

HBHE 754 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 they are learning to their own research. Fall. Ennett.

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 (HPAA 765) (EPID 772) (3). An interdisciplinary overview of cancer prevention and control. Emphasis on projects and activities from the perspectives of Epidemiology, Health Behavior and Education, and Health Policy and Administration. Appropriate research design and methodologies are covered. O'Malley.

HBHE 772 [172] PLANNING HEALTH PROMOTION IN COMMUNITY, WORKSITE, SCHOOL, AND MEDICAL SETTINGS (4). Prerequisite, permission 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.

HBHE 795 [195] 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. Fall. Ribisl.

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 the instructor. Selected social psychological theories and their relationship to health promotion, disease prevention, and patient education. Three lecture hours per week. Spring. DeVellis.

HBHE 801 [301] TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 600 or 730. Permission required for nonmajors. Health issues will be analyzed using sociological approaches in order to determine eh research needs to develop more informed social policy. Implementation for practice will be discussed. Fall. (Alternate years.) 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. Course will also examine macro-level determinants of population health. Fall. Staff.

HBHE 803 [303] SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND HEALTH (3). Prerequisite, EPID 600 or equivalent. Introduces student to epidemiological evidence that links social relationship with health outcomes; theoretical and empirical work that attempts to link the association between social relationships and physical health. Spring. Lewis.

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. Fall. Three lecture hours per week. Runyan.

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 HBHE research and interventions. Fall. Three lecture hours per week. Tate.

HBHE 812 [312] 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. Fall and spring. 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 required 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, or assuming responsibility for a project. Fall, spring, and summer. Staff.

HBHE 850 RESEARCH MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 751 or HBHE 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. Spring. Earp.

HBHE 851 [351] CAUSAL MODELING AND STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS (3). Prerequisites, BIOS 545 or equivalent, and 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. Spring. (Alternate years.) Staff.

HBHE 852 [352] SCALE DEVELOPMENT METHODS (3). Prerequisites, HBHE 750 or equivalent, and 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. Spring. R. DeVellis.

HBHE 853 [353] ADVANCED EVALUATION OF HEALTH INTERVENTION PROGRAMS (3). Prerequisites, BIOS 545, HBHE 750 or equivalent, and permission of the 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 required 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.

HBHE 891 [201] 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.

HBHE 892 [202] SPECIAL TOPICS IN PROGRAM DESIGN AND EVALUATION (1-6). Repeatable within degree (for 6 hours). An independent course of study designed for students who wish to pursue advanced studies in program design and evaluation. Prerequisite, 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 the 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] MASTER'S PAPER (3-6). Fall, spring, and summer. Staff.

HBHE 993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3-6). Fall, spring, and summer. Staff.

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

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