HBEH Courses

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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Total Enrollment	Wait List
8965	HBEH 411 - 001 Pathways to Effective Community Engagement	Fr 10:10AM - 11:50AM	Lynn Blanchard, Margaret Barrett	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 1301	Seats filled	38/40	38/40	0/999
Description: This course is designed to provide a framework for students to reflect on their existing public service and community engagement experiences, critically examine important issue areas, build skills and consider how what they are learning may inform their career paths. Students will participate in weekly group lecture and recitation sessions as well as completing at least 30 hours of work in partnership with a community organization. 2 units.
8072	HBEH 610 - 001 Alternative Spring Break	Mo 4:40PM - 5:30PM	ROBERT PLEASANTS	Gardner Hall-Rm 0308	19/36	Seats filled	19/36	0/999
Description: This course will explore issues, theories, and experiences relevant to social action, coalition building, and social change. The content of this course will be examined by confronting the possibilities and limitations of service and service-learning as it relates to APPLES Alternative Spring Break experiences. 2 units.
8032	HBEH 611 - 001 Philanthropy as a Tool for Social Change	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Lynn Blanchard	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2301	15/20	Seats filled	15/20	0/999
Description: In this course students learn about and experience the process of awarding grants to local agencies. In addition to participating in the grant-making process, students learn about the nonprofit sector and the philosophy and practice of philanthropy through readings, class exercises, and guest speakers. 3 units.
13680	HBEH 626 - 001 Violence as a Public Health Problem	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Belinda-Rose Young, Stephanie DeLong	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2305	Seats filled	Seats filled	5/5	0/999
Description: This course covers core concepts in violence prevention and control, including the epidemiology of violence, prevention strategies for inter-personal and intra-personal violence, behavioral models that describe power structures that reinforce personal and societal factors affecting self-harm and violence towards others, and violence directed towards children and adolescents. 3 units.
13992	HBEH 710 - 001 Community Capacity, Competence, and Power	Th 12:30PM - 3:15PM	ALEXANDRA LIGHTFOOT	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0332	Seats filled	Seats filled	16/16	0/999
Description: The nature and delineation of participatory action research and its relevance to concepts, principles, and practices of community empowerment. Students learn methods (such as photovoice) through learning projects. 3 units.
8346	HBEH 715 - 001 Communication for Health-Related Decision Making	Th 2:00PM - 3:55PM	CAROL GOLIN	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0235	12/28	Seats filled	12/28	0/999
Description: Course provides foundation and skills to understand and improve decision making that affects people's health. It teaches theoretical basis and evidence-based applications of health-related decision making. 2 units.
10227	HBEH 720 - 001 Health Equity Methods	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Yesenia Merino	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0230	Seats filled	18/25	18/25	0/999
Description: This course provides students with the tools to select methods, collect and analyze data, and evaluate programs, all using an equity lens. We discuss critical approaches to quantitative and qualitative methods, how to develop equity-centering and inclusive measurements, and how to use community-based approaches to data collection and analysis. 3 units.
8777	HBEH 748 - 001 Design Thinking for the Public Good	Mo 2:30PM - 5:30PM	david sonders, Liz McNeil Royea	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0319	7/18	Seats filled	7/18	0/999
Description: This course will train an interdisciplinary group of graduate students to apply the mindsets, methods, and process associated with design thinking (i.e. human-centered design) to solve real world problems. Design thinking is a creative problem solving process that prioritizes ethnographic market research, convergent and divergent thinking, as well as rapid prototyping. Students will collaborate with community members to design solutions (products, services, etc.) that are desirable, feasible, and viable. 3 units.
8329	HBEH 752 - 001 Health Behavior Survey Methods	We 11:15AM - 1:10PM	Marissa Hall	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2308	Seats filled	40/50	40/50	0/999
Description: This course is a critical examination and application of the concepts and methodologies necessary for effectively selecting, adapting, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based public health interventions. Restricted to Health Behavior MPH Concentration Students, others must seek permission of instructor. 2 units.
8029	HBEH 753 - 001 Qualitative Methods in Health Behavior	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	SUZANNE MAMAN	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0133	Seats filled	30/50	30/50	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, HBEH 750. Approaches to designing qualitative research studies for the development and evaluation of public health programs. Emphasis is on the practice of collecting and analyzing data from individual interviews, focus group discussions, and observations. All students in the course are required to have completed CITI Human Subjects Training. Information on completing the training can be found at the CITI website: http://www.citiprogram.org/default.asp?language=english. 3 units.
14027	HBEH 753 - 002 Qualitative Methods in Health Behavior	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2303	18/20	Seats filled	18/20	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, HBEH 750. Approaches to designing qualitative research studies for the development and evaluation of public health programs. Emphasis is on the practice of collecting and analyzing data from individual interviews, focus group discussions, and observations. All students in the course are required to have completed CITI Human Subjects Training. Information on completing the training can be found at the CITI website: http://www.citiprogram.org/default.asp?language=english. 3 units.
8030	HBEH 761 - 001 Applied Statistical Methods in Health Behavior Research I	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Luz Reyes	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2302	Seats filled	Seats filled	15/15	0/999
Description: Fundamentals of statistical inference and estimation and hypothesis testing for linear models (ANOVA, ANCOVA, regression analysis) with continuous and categorical outcome data. Applications with health behavior data. Permission of the instructor for non-majors. 3 units.
8633	HBEH 763 - 001 Scale Development Methods	Tu 2:00PM - 5:00PM	Sarah Mills, Deshira Wallace	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0332	Seats filled	12/16	12/16	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, HBEH 750; Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. The purpose of this course is to provide students with a foundational theoretical knowledge of psychological assessment and a skills-oriented understanding of common qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques for scale construction. A secondary course objective is to expose students to structural latent variable models and related advanced latent variable modeling techniques relevant to scale development. This course is intended for doctoral students. Previously offered as HBEH 852. 3 units.
8634	HBEH 780 - 001 Mixed Methods for Global Health	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Abigail Hatcher	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0001	Seats filled	35/40	35/40	0/999
Description: This course introduces students to key concepts in mixed methods analysis for global health. You will learn how to plan and implement a mixed methods project using existing data. You will develop skills around qualitative data management, coding, and analysis. Using a sequential, mixed methods design you will use qualitative insights to design a quantitative hypothesis. Qualitative and quantitative findings will be combined and applied to a current global health policy or practice. Restricted to Global Health MPH students. 3 units.
8370	HBEH 786 - 001 Essential Methods for Evaluating Worker and Workplace Health	Th 3:30PM - 6:30PM	LAURA LINNAN, Maija Leff	TBA	13/60	Seats filled	13/60	0/999
Description: Required course for the graduate certificate in Total Worker Health. Students in this course will develop skills for deploying a comprehensive, multi-level assessment of worker and workplace health. Students will draw on the evidence base to articulate a plan for engaging employees in assessments; describe how to conduct individual worker assessments ethically and legally; conduct several types of organizational assessment; summarize administrative data (such as use of sick leave in the worksite) and practice communicating. 3 units.
8036	HBEH 813 - 001 Professional Development for Doctoral Students II	Tu 11:00AM - 1:35PM	Melissa Gilkey	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0332	Seats filled	7/16	7/16	0/999
Description: Focus is on professional development competencies needed for doctoral training and career advancement. Emphasis is on topics relevant to students nearing the dissertation phase and training completion. 1 units.
8037	HBEH 816 - 001 Foundations of Health Behavior II	Mo 1:25PM - 4:15PM	Shelley Golden	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0332	Seats filled	10/15	10/15	0/999
Description: A critical examination of the social determinants of health, health disparities, principles of individual and collective behavior and behavior change, and the role of health behavior in emerging public health issues. Restricted to doctoral students majoring or minoring in Health Behavior. 3 units.
9652	HBEH 825 - 001 Seminar in Interdisciplinary Health Communication	Mo 9:30AM - 12:15PM	MARIA LEONORA COMELLO	Curtis Media Center-Rm 0303	6/8	Seats filled	6/8	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, HBEH 730. Permission required for non-majors. Interdisciplinary overview of communication theory and research and critical analysis of applications of theory to interventions using communication for health. Three hours per week. 3 units.
8039	HBEH 860 - 001 Research Proposal Development	We 1:25PM - 4:15PM	Nora Rosenberg	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0332	Seats filled	8/16	8/16	0/999
Description: Restricted to doctoral students in department. Integration and application of detailed components of research methods to preparation and writing of a research grant proposal. Introduction to proposal submission and review process for various funding agencies. 3 units.
10276	HBEH 891 - 017 Special Studies in Behavior Change	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	ALEXANDRA LIGHTFOOT	TBA	1/5	Seats filled	1/5	0/999
Description: An independent course designed for study areas of natural or planned change; personal and nonpersonal methods, in health related fields. To be arranged with faculty in each case. 1 - 6 units.
8038	HBEH 992 - 001 Master's (Non-Thesis)	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Meg Landfried	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2308	Seats filled	41/50	41/50	0/999
Description: Capstone is a year-long, group-based, mentored, service-learning course. Over the course of two semesters, each team works with a partner organization and its stakeholders to produce a set of deliverables. Capstone sessions provide opportunities for students to prepare for, reflect upon, cross-share about, and present their Capstone projects. Majors only. 3 units.