Competencies and Learning Objectives for Health Behavior and Health Education
Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
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1 | Describe how to use social-ecological and life course perspectives to address key determinants of health and health disparities through programs and policies | HBEHED600 |
2 | Apply relevant social and behavioral science theories, concepts and models that are designed to understand and modify health behavior | HBEHED600 |
3 | Apply research and evaluation methods to understand the effect of health education and health behavior interventions | HBEHED622 |
4 | Specify approaches for planning, implementing, and managing socio-behavioral health education-focused programs and/or policies to promote human health | HBEHED651 |
5 | Integrate principles and methods of community engagement, including ethical considerations, relevant to the design and implementation of health education programs and policies | HBEHED651 |
Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
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1 | Develop an innovative and efficient design for an empirical analysis of an intervention or observational study to address a research question with clear public health relevance | HBEHED885, HBEHED886, preliminary exam |
2 | Interpret results from empirical analyses within the context of conceptual frameworks relevant for health promotion, and describe their public health relevance | HBEHED823, preliminary exam |
3 | Integrate theoretical frameworks (e.g., health belief model, social ecological model) with critical analysis of empirical data to identify gaps in current approaches to health promotion | HBEHED885, HBEHED886, preliminary exam |