Courses Details
HBEHED886: Theory-Driven Interventions Targeting Individual Behavior Change
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Kristi Gamarel (Residential);
- Not offered 2024-2025
- Prerequisites: HBHE doctoral students or Perm Instr
- Description: The course will involve in-depth discussions of issues and problems in using conceptual models, theories of health behavior, and data to inform interventions targeting individual behavior change. Presentations will focus on the rationale for selection of a particular theory or theories, conceptual framework, how the theory or model was used to develop the intervention, measurement of theoretical constructs, and the barriers encountered in the implementation and evaluation phase of the research. Intervention research will include those that target clients, providers and families.
- Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the role of conceptual models and theories for informing interventions that promote individual behavior change. 2. Discuss the relative utility of various models and theories dependent on the research question and target audience. 3. Articulate the difficulties and limitations of health decision-making models in providing direction in intervention research. 4. Develop and defend a conceptual model using behavioral, social science, and health education theories/constructs to inform an intervention relevant to a current health problem. 5. Discuss current directions in research involving theory and practice.
| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | HBHE | PhD | 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 | HBEHED885, HBEHED886, preliminary exam | HBHE | PhD | 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 | HBEHED885, HBEHED886, preliminary exam |
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