Department of Health Behavior and Health Education (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
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
Susan T. Ennett (45) Social Networks, Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors, Research Methods
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
Kurt Ribisl (64) Mass Media and Policy-Based Health Promotion Interventions, Tobacco Control
Assistant Professors
Noel Brewer (85) Biases in Health Decisions, Health Communication, Decision Making
Suzanne Maman (88) HIV/AIDS, International Health, Associations between HIV and Violence
Wizdom Powell-Hammond (92) Men's Health, Health Disparities, Social and Health Behavior Theory
Arjumand Siddiqi (93) Social Epidemiology, Children's Health and Development, Social Policy and Health
Deborah Tate (87) Obesity, Computer/Internet Interventions, Health Communication
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
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
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
Adjunct Professors
Thomas Arcury (59) Health Disparities among Immigrant Communities, Rural and Minority Aging and Health, Environmental Health
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
Forrest Council (55) Injury Research Methods, Highway-Related Injury, Highway Injury Data
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
Elizabeth Moracco (67) Women's Health, Violence against Women, Evaluation Research
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
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
Jennifer Griffith, Health/Patient Decision Making, Conjoint Analysis/Values Elicitation and Qualitative Methods in Health Services research
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
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, Americans Indian Health, Health Care of Rural and Minority Populations, Budgetary and Policy Aspects of the Delivery of Health Care
Charles Morrison, HIV/STDs, Reproductive Health, Sexual and Drug Behavior, Contraception Research
Melva Okun, Tobacco Cessation, Nutrition, Physical Activity
Elizabeth Randall-David (70) Women's Health, Empowerment Education
LaHoma Romocki, Global Health, HIV/AIDS, Communications and Marketing, Health Disparities, Cancer Prevention, Adolescent Health
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
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
Kathleen Hoffman, Physician-Patient Communication in Malpractice/Negligence Prevention, Health Communication using Mass Media and New Targeted Communication Techniques, Cancer and Heart Disease Prevention
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
Kathryn Pollak, Patient-Physician Communication, Smoking Cessation, Health Disparities
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
Harriet H. Barr, Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus
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
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 (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 560, 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 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. Fall. Staff.
HBHE 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. Fall. Staff
HBHE 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). Spring. Staff
HBHE 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. Fall. Staff.
HBHE 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. Spring. Staff.
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 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. Spring. Golin.
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 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. Fall. Earp
HBHE 730 [130] THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOR AND SOCIA L 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. Fall. Ribisl.
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] MENTORED FIELD EXPERIENCE: ENGAGEMENT, ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION DEVELOPMENT (4). A year long mentored field experience where students partner with a defined community, organization or research team and establish a negotiated set of deliverables. Four lecture hours per week. Field fee: $600. Fall. Linnan.
HBHE 741 [241] MENTORED FIELD EXPERIENCE: INTERVENTION, IMPLEMENTATION, EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION/SUSTAINABILITY (4). Prerequisite, HBHE 740. This course is the second semester of a year-long mentored field experience. The capstone will be conducted in modules, i.e., intervention, implementation, evaluation and dissemination/sustainability. Spring. Linnan.
HBHE 742 [242] 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. Fall. Eng.
HBHE 743 [243] 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. Spring. Eng.
HBHE 744 [244] 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 200 hours of work starting in the second year of the program. Summer. Foshee.
HBHE 745 [245] 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. Spring. Foshee.
HBHE 750 [250] APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS (3). 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 populations in which health educators work. Four seminar hours per week. Spring. STAFF.
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. Spring. Maman.
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 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. Fall. Ennett.
HBHE 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. Spring. Foshee.
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 (3). Prerequisite, permission required for nonmajors. 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. Spring. Moracco.
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 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. Staff.
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. Staff.
HBHE 815 FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH BEHVIOR AND HEALTH EDUCATION I (3). A critical examination of the conceptual and empirical bases of public health and health education, social determinants of populaiton health, health disparities and issues around social justice. Fall. Runyan and Siddiqi.
HBHE 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. Fall. Maman and Powell-Hammond.
HBHE 825 [225] SEMINAR IN INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH COMMUNICATION (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 730. Permission required 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. 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] 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. Fall, spring and summer. Staff.
HBHE 843 [342] 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. 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 MANUSCRIPT 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] DOCTORAL SEMINAR: EVALUATION OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS (3). Prerequisite HBHE 811 or permission of the instructor. Emphasis on evaluation paradigms, quantitative and qualitative evaluation research methods, including methods for process, outcome and cost evaluation Three seminar hours per week. Fall. Ennett.
HBHE 860 [260] RESEARCH PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT (3). Permission required 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. 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 six 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.