Amy Fairchild, PhD ‘97, MPH ‘90
Asociate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Deputy Chair of Sociomedical Sciences
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MPH Degree Track - Health Promotion
Designed for students who are interested in developing, implementing and evaluating strategies that address health promotion issues at multiple levels, it draws on the department’s strengths in the study of social determinants of disease and health. Health behavior has been conceptualized as an interactive product of the social environment; consequently, Health Promotion requires strategies and theories that extend beyond the level of the individual to analyze and target a myriad of interpersonal, organizational, community, economic, political, and cultural factors that shape health.
- Introduction to Health Promotion: Principles, Policy and Practice
- Theories That Promote Health
- Advanced Intervention Design
- Designing Needs and Assets Assessments in Public Health
- Promoting Sexual Health
- Public Health Informatics