Community Health Promotion and Education

The Community Health Promotion and Education specialization focuses on developing strategies that improve the health of communities and their individual members. Included in this specialization are the study of multiple issues of health and human behavior, including health and healing, health and professional behavior, health and social behavior, and health and life span issues. You may focus in the areas of community health, environmental and occupational health, school health, and worksite health, or you can design your own area of study. Regardless of your area of study, your academic work will incorporate these three core community health functions of assessment, policy, and assurance:

• Community health assessment, which examines the community’s capacity to plan for and respond to health threats and initiatives
• Community health policy, which emphasizes policy formulation, development, implementation, and analysis in light of societal values and resources
• Community health assurance, which focuses on creating accessible health programs and services

Note: You have the option to design your own course of study; however, it must fit within the existing structure of the Community Health Promotion and Education specialization. It must also be developed in consultation with program faculty and approved by the faculty chair.

Completion Requirements

• 131 total quarter credit hours
  • Foundational Courses (22 cr.)
  • Core Knowledge Area Modules (KAMs) (42 cr.)
  • Foundation Research Sequence (12 cr.)
  • Advanced Specialization Courses (25 cr.)
  • Proposal, dissertation, and oral presentation (30 cr.)
• 20 days of residency (two 4-day and two 6-day residencies)
• Professional Development Plan and Program of Study
• Minimum 10 quarters enrollment
• Satisfactory progress in all SBSF 7100 coursework

Time to completion may vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 866-492-5336.

Public Health Behavioral Science Foundational Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
HLTH 8008	Foundations for Doctoral Study	6
PUBH 8115	Social, Behavioral, and Cultural Factors in Public Health	4
PUBH 8135	Leadership, Professionalism, and Ethics in Public Health Practice	4
PUBH 8175	Health Policy and Management	4
PUBH 8235	Program Design, Planning, and Evaluation	4

Core KAMs

Core Knowledge Area Modules I, II, and III must also be completed before a student may enroll in the advanced specialization (8000-level) courses. Students are required to complete one KAM within one year (4 full quarters) of completion of HLTH 8008.

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
	KAM I: Principles of Social Change
SBSF 8110	Breadth: Theories of Social Change	5
HLTH 8125	Current Research in Social Change: Health Promotion and Education	5
HLTH 8135	Professional Practice and Social Change: Health Promotion and Education	4
	KAM II: Principles of Human Development
SBSF 8210	Breadth: Theories of Human Development	5
HLTH 8225	Current Research in Human Development: Health Promotion and Education	5
HLTH 8235	Application: Professional Practice and Human Development; Health Promotion and Education	4
	KAM III: Principles of Organizational and Social Systems
SBSF 8310	Breadth: Theories of Organizational and Social Systems	5
HLTH 8325	Current Research in Organizational and Social Systems: Health Promotion and Education	5
HLTH 8335	Professional Practice and Organizational and Social Systems: Health Promotion and Education	4

Foundational Research Sequence

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
RSCH 8100	Research Theory, Design, and Methods	4
RSCH 8200	Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis	4
RSCH 8300	Qualitative Reasoning and Analysis	4

Advanced Specialization Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
PUBH 8200	Organizing Community Action for Health Promotion and Education	5
PUBH 8210	Public Campaigns for Health Promotion and Education	5
PUBH 8215	Public Health Policy Design and Implementation	5
PUBH 8220	Health Promotion and Education in Diverse Populations	5
PUBH 8225	Design and Analysis of Community Trials*	5

*The Foundation Research Sequence must be completed prior to enrollment.

Dissertation

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
HLTH 9000	Dissertation	30

Course Descriptions