The Department of Health Behavior and Health Education seeks to promote health and prevent and manage disease within populations.

The Department of Health Behavior and Health Education focuses on social and behavioral factors associated with health status and behavior. We develop programs to promote health, prevent disease, and manage chronic illness. Our multidisciplinary faculty provide students with a broad choice of courses, including those which emphasize individual, family, social network, community, and policy approaches to health behavior and health education. Our courses integrate theory, research, and practice through the use of case studies, small group discussions, community-based fieldwork, and computer technology. Our faculty conduct research using multiple research designs and methods for the diverse purposes of examining basic research questions, evaluating interventions, applying research findings to program development, and involving community.

Mission of Health Behavior and Health Education

The mission of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health is to provide outstanding scholarship through our teaching and research activites to prepare future leaders and to improve public health outcomes and quality of life.