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Health Promotion
The health promotion programs enable students to become responsible and productive public health professionals who are capable of assessing, implementing, managing and evaluating health promotion and health education programs for the public and for at-risk populations.
Through required courses and electives, students are trained in social and behavioral approaches and applications for improving public health via interventions at the individual, group, organizational and societal levels.
Our program explores how best to advocate for social practices, policy and law that will provide supportive environments for the improvement of public health. Our students put their knowledge to practice, both in the classroom and in the field. Our students learn to use proven social and behavioral theory and behavior change models and strategies to improve health behaviors and practices for a variety of populations. They acquire the skills to plan, design, implement, evaluate and communicate programs and research targeted toward health promotion and disease prevention for the public.
Goals
The goals of this educational program are to provide and improve:
- Knowledge of and ability to use social and behavioral theory and behavior change models and strategies that have been shown to be successful in improving health behaviors and practices for a variety of populations.
- Knowledge and skills to assess needs for health interventions for the general public as well as at-risk populations.
- Ability to plan, design, implement, evaluate and communicate programs and research targeted toward health promotion and/or disease prevention for the public.
- Ability to advocate for improvements in social practices, policy and law that will provide supportive environments for the improvement of public health.
- Utilization of structures and resources of organizations and governments to create healthy environments that promote health.