NUTR 31800 - Teaching And Learning In Health Promotion Management

This course will provide foundation knowledge on health research, advocacy and outreach while identifying networks of agencies that address health habits and health literacy. Techniques for making health habitual and the psychology of habit formation will be emphasized using the lenses of organizational change theory, health coaching and motivational interviewing. Insights from habit research for designing effective interventions will be included. Diverse interventional methodologies will be taught, practiced, compared and contrasted with the student being able to identify which health issues are best treated with each modality.

Preparation for Course
P: NUTR 31700.

Cr. 3.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Discuss foundation knowledge on health research, advocacy and outreach.
2. Identify networks of agencies addressing health habits and health literacy.
3. Describe the psychology of habit formation and change.
4. Identify and describe habit research for designing effective interventions.
5. Compare and contrast application of diverse interventional methodologies for different health issues.
6. Design a health promotion activity applying knowledge and skills, theories and models of behavior change and principles of health promotion.