Health Behavior

Catalog description

Health Behavior is an overview of the health behaviors contributing most dramatically to increased morbidity and mortality in the United States. The course emphasizes public health interventions, theoretical models, and strategies to promote health behaviors and discourage unhealthy behaviors. The course examines consequences, patterns, risk factors, and change/interventions for each behavior or problem. Behaviors are examined from multiple perspectives (e.g. individual, social, environmental) and with a systems perspective in mind, illuminating the interconnecting influences on behaviors. Health behavior and behavior change interventions are presented in the context of current research and theory. The course also examines the role of health disparities, public health policy, current debate, health behavior theory, and emerging research. Fall.