UM SPH Academic Courses

HBEHED678 Critical Histories, Critical Moments in Health Behavior and Health Education

Fall term(s)

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Valerio, Melissa

Prerequisites: HBHE student or permission of instructor

Description: The goal of this course is to introduce students to the historical roots of the field of public health and health education and to connect these roots to current day issues. To this end, we will examine key historical milestones and figures who were instrumental in developing the discipline. We will discuss major debates that still have currency today, such as the social control of infectious diseases and assumptions about the origins of racial/ethnic, nationality, social justice and class differences in health. We will also examine the historical and intellectual foundations of current public health education research and practice, including the genesis of stress research, community based participatory research, health disparities, and the ecological framework. Finally, we will examine the continuing influence of several major figures, including (but not limited to) Sydney and Emily Kark, Guy Steuart, Marshall Becker, John Snow, Hans Selye and Paulo Freire.

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