HSERV 581: Strategies of Health Promotion
Instructor: Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Hannon
4 Credits, SLN # 15108
Tuesdays/Thursdays 1:00-2:50pm
University of Washington Seattle campus, HSB T478
Health Services 581 provides an overview of the process of designing, implementing, and evaluating health promotion interventions, with an emphasis on the theoretical underpinnings of health behavior change. The teaching methods for this course include lectures, guest presentations, student discussions, critiques of health promotion programs, and development of a health promotion intervention proposal.
Prerequisite: HSERV 511 or permission of instructor
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
– Apply a 10-question process to the development of health promotion interventions;
– Critique a published health promotion intervention study;
– Describe and apply several theories relevant to health behavior change;
– Discuss health promotion interventions at each level of the socio-ecological model;
– Design a health promotion intervention and present it as a grant proposal;
– Access and use a variety of resources to inform health promotion efforts.
Questions? Contact Professor Peggy Hannon: peggyh@uw.edu
To register, visit UW Seattle Time Schedule: https://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/WIN2015/hlthsvcs.html, SLN# 15108
