Provides an overview of the breadth of programs and diversity of settings in the field of health education in health promotion, and an opportunity to develop skills in program planning. Explains the importance of health behavior as a contributor to current public health problems and the role of health education and health promotion programs in addressing them, drawing examples from the literature on community-based health education, patient education, school health, and work-site health promotion. Also discusses issues of ethical standards and quality assurance in health education and health promotion.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the importance of health behavior as a contributor to current public health problems
• Describe the elements of at least two behavior change theories and their applicability to developing health education/health promotion programs
• Describe at least three intervention methods and their applicability to successful health education/health promotion programs
• Demonstrate skills in planning a health behavior change program by successfully completing a written needs assessment

Laboratory Assignments

There are two lab assignments, which should be completed in groups. You will be assigned to groups of two to three students based on the topics of interest. The purpose of these assignments is to help students apply the concepts and materials presented in class and in the readings.

Bulletin Board Participation

You will be assigned to groups at the beginning of the term and be expected to participate in group discussions on the Bulletin Board System (BBS). The goals of this activity are as follows:

1. To give you an opportunity to think critically about the topic(s) assigned for the BBS discussion
2. To give you an opportunity for informal dialogue, by posting your response, with other students in class regarding the same topic

Each student is responsible for posting at least ONE response to each of the BBS topics to receive the BBS participation points. Each response must be clear, thorough, and responsive to the question posed.

Final Exam

This closed-book exam will cover material in the lectures and readings and will include multiple choice, true/false, and short answer items. It will be administered online and will be available for a limited time period. You will only be able to enter and start the examination once.

Late Policy

Late lab assignments will be penalized by one point per day. There will be no credit given for late BBS postings. Any exceptions must be handled via email (healthed@jhsph.edu) prior to the of submission.

Students are expected to read all assignments and listen to all lectures. Each student’s grade will be based on the following factors:

Required Textbook: Glanz, K., Rimer, B., and Viswanath, K. (eds.), Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4th Edition, San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass Publishers

This text can be ordered through the following book store:

Matthews Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center
1830 East Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
410.955.3931
800.266.5725
410.955.0576 Fax
http://www.cbamatthews.com/jhmedbook/

E-Reserves: All readings other than the text book are available via the Welch Medical Library eReserves System. Instructions on how to access course readings are provided on the main page for each lecture.

Faculty Instructor: Andrea Gielen, ScD, ScM Professor Health, Behavior, and Society (HBS) Hampton House, 557 Baltimore, MD 21205 Phone: 410-955-2397 Email: agielen@jhsph.edu Teaching Assistants: Nadine Finigan, MA PhD Student HBS Email: healthed@jhsph.edu Errol Fields, MPH PhD Candidate HBS  Email: healthed@jhsph.edu   Christina Sun PhD Student HBS  Email: healthed@jhsph.edu Nidhi Khosla PhD Student HBS Email: healthed@jhsph.edu