Graduate Health Promotion & Behavior

Health promotion and disease prevention are key concepts in public health and provide the foundation for community participation as well as health behavior change. The Health Promotion and Behavior concentration draws from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, anthropology, communications and ethics.

HEALTH PROMOTION & BEHAVIOR CONCENTRATION, 18 credit hours

• PH 7016, Introduction to Health Promotion, 3 credit hours, REQUIRED
• PH 7022, Health Behavior Theory for Public Health Research, 3 credit hours, REQUIRED
• PH 7521, Evaluation Research, 3 credit hours, REQUIRED

Nine (9) hours of electives are required. The following electives are pre-approved HPB electives. This list is not exhaustive, as other electives can be approved by the Division Director:

• PH 7014, Epidemiology of STDs and HIV
• PH 7020, Principles of Tobacco Control
• PH 7025, Health Disparities
• PH 7027, Fundamentals of Biostatistics II
• PH 7035, Topics in Public Health & Reproductive Health
• PH 7170, Public Health Policy
• PH 7265, Epidemiology and the Prevention of Violence
• PH 7275, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
• PH 7300, Urban Health
• PH 7340, Built Environment and Health
• PH 7365, Epidemiology of Adolescent and Young Adult Health Risk Behaviors
• PH 7522, Qualitative Research
• PH 7525, Statistical Computing
• PH 7535, Dissemination and Implementation Science
• PH 7555, Disabilities and Public Health
• PH 7565, Disability Policy
• PH 7570, Childhood Obesity Prevention
• PH 7600, Global Health
• PH 8285, Social Determinants of Health
• EPRS 8540, Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Education II
• PSYC 8420, Psychology Research Statistics II

Health promotion and disease prevention are key concepts in public health and provide the foundation for community participation as well as health behavior change. The Health Promotion and Behavior concentration draws from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, anthropology, communications and ethics.

Required Concentration Courses: 9 credit hours

• PH 7535, Dissemination and Implementation Science
• PH 9130, Intervention and Evaluation of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• PH 9095, Measurement and Outcomes in Social and Behavioral Health

Advanced Research Methods and Statistics Courses: 12 credit hours

Select at least 4 pre-approved courses in consultation with the Faculty Advisor.

• PH 9731, Epidemiologic Methods III
• PH 9741, Advanced Topics in Epidemiologic Methods
• PH 8830, Advanced Statistical Topics
• PH 8885, Fundamentals of Clinical Trials
• PH 8890, Special Topics in Biostatistics
• EPRS 8540, Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Education II
• EPRS 8550, Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Education III
• EPRS 8830, Survey Research, Sampling Principles and Questionnaire Design
• EPRS 8840, Meta-Analysis
• EPRS 9560, Structural Equation Modeling
• PSYC 8420, Psychological Research Statistics II
• PSYC 8430, Psychological Research Statistics III
• STAT 8440, Survival Analysis

Other appropriate research methods/statistics courses may be approved by the Faculty Advisor on the Doctoral Program of Study form.
Electives courses: 6 credit hours

Select at least 2 courses in public health or other graduate-level programs in consultation with the Faculty Advisor and approved by the Faculty Advisor on the Doctoral Program of Study form.