Health Behavior & Health Promotion Concentration (Residential)

Health Behavior & Health Promotion (HBHP) addresses the behavioral and social factors that influence individual and population health with an emphasis on eliminating health disparities. This field involves the application of theory to:

1.  Understand the core causes of complex public health problems.
2.  Design multi-level interventions to optimize population health and well-being.

Training

A Master of Public Health degree in HBHP prepares students to lead and collaborate in behavioral and health services research and practice and to understand and apply methods to develop, test, evaluate, and implement public health programs. Students are equipped to conduct multidisciplinary research and practice focused on social and behavioral factors influencing health, as well as the impact and efficiency of health behavior, community initiatives, healthcare services, and policy interventions.

Career Opportunities

Graduates with an MPH in HBHP have an array of potential job opportunities in the public and private sectors, such as directing health programs in local health departments and coordinating programs and research projects in non-profit, government, or university settings.

Faculty

The goal of the HBHP faculty is to train the next generation of behavioral science practitioners and researchers in using cutting-edge methodologic tools to identify, test, and implement potential solutions to public health problems. Faculty research expertise spans an array of public health problems, clinical topics, and methodological areas. Examples include health disparities, cancer prevention and control, advancing dissemination and implementation of evidence-based health care interventions and policies, HIV prevention and adolescent health, novel smoking cessation strategies, and community-based participatory research.