Modifying Health Behaviors

Catalog description

This course is an overview of the major theoretical models used in public health for modifying health behaviors. This course examines efficacy of interventions in relation to current practices in public health. Best practices and applications of theory-driven health behavior change are studied within the context of community-based settings. The focus of the class is to identify the critical factors necessary to create health behavior changes in order to address the Center for Disease Control and Prevention revised "Healthy People" goals and objectives.