Competencies and Learning Objectives for Health Behavior and Health Equity
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Describe how to use social-ecological and life course perspectives to address key determinants of health, health disparities, and health equity through programs and policies. | HBHEQ600 |
| 2 | Apply relevant social and behavioral science theories, concepts, and models that are designed to understand and modify health behavior and promote health equity. | HBHEQ600 |
| 3 | Apply research and evaluation methods to understand the effect of health interventions, programs and/or policies on health [behavior] and health equity. | HBHEQ622 |
| 4 | Specify approaches for planning, implementing, and managing socio-behavioral health education-focused programs and/or policies to promote human health and health equity. | HBHEQ651 |
| 5 | Integrate principles and methods of community engagement, including ethical considerations, relevant to the design and implementation of health education programs and policies, with the goal of promoting health equity. | HBHEQ651 |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Develop an innovative and efficient design for an empirical analysis of an intervention or observational study to address a research question with clear public health relevance | HBHEQ885, HBHEQ886 |
| 2 | Interpret results from empirical analyses within the context of conceptual frameworks relevant for health promotion, and describe their public health relevance | HBHEQ823, preliminary exam |
| 3 | Integrate theoretical frameworks (e.g., health belief model, social ecological model) with critical analysis of empirical data to identify gaps in current approaches to health promotion | HBHEQ885, HBHEQ886, preliminary exam |