Health Studies Courses

Health Education

Health education settings, roles, responsibilities, theories, ethics, and professional organizations associated with the field. Review of health topics and Healthy People 2010 and 202o initiatives.

Community Health

Emphasis on the needs assessment process and how to collect, interpret, synthesize, and report community health data, U.S. health data, county health reports, sources of health information, and ecological and sociological factors impacting health. Health education theories were addressed and were practiced using the PRECEDE-PROCEED model.

Health Communications

Provides practical experiences in developing strategies to deliver health messages through a variety of communication channels. Examines theoretical foundations and factors that impact health communication.

Health Promotion Program Planning and Design

Introductory course of health program planning and design, including interpretation of needs assessment data, goals and objectives writing, assets mapping/capacity building, and strategies development. Theories relative to planning and learning styles were discussed. Concepts related to program implementation and evaluation were introduced.

Program Evaluation in Health Promotion

Methods and models for program evaluation in health promotion and health education; development of data collection instruments; interpreting and reporting evaluation results.

Grant Writing in Health Education

Capstone course which synthesizes theory and methods of health education, needs assessment, program planning, implementation, and evaluation. Integrated the areas of responsibility for a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) into a grant writing project. Grant proposal currently in progress.