Courses Taught by Kristi Gamarel
HBHEQ600: Psychosocial Factors in Health-Related Behavior
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Kristi Gamarel (Residential);
- Offered every year
- Prerequisites: None
- Description: HBHE 600 provides an overview of the psychosocial determinants of behavioral risk factors that affect health. We address these determinants within theories, models, and frameworks of health-related behavior.
| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | HBHE | MPH | Describe how to use social-ecological and life course perspectives to address key determinants of health, health disparities, and health equity through programs and policies. | HBHEQ600 | HBHE | MPH | Apply relevant social and behavioral science theories, concepts, and models that are designed to understand and modify health behavior and promote health equity. | HBHEQ600 |
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HBHEQ605: Lgbtq Health And Inequities
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Kristi Gamarel (Residential);
- Prerequisites: None
- Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
- Description: This graduate seminar presents an overview of current research, principles, and theories in LGBTQ+ health. Students will learn theories and principles guiding LGBTQ+ health research, will develop an understanding of methodological and assessment issues in the study sexuality and gender, and will apply these principles to inform public health efforts.
- Learning Objectives: By the end of the course, students will be able to identify and critically assess: Major concepts, theories and perspectives guiding a multidisciplinary understanding of human sexuality and gender across the life course; Recent developments in LGBTQI+ health research; Methodological aspects in the study of sexuality and gender; How research on sexuality and gender informs public health practice to eliminate inequities in LGBTQ+ health
HBHEQ886: Theory-Driven Interventions Targeting Individual Behavior Change
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Kristi Gamarel (Residential);
- Not offered 2024-2025
- Prerequisites: HBHE doctoral students or Perm Instr
- Description: The course will involve in-depth discussions of issues and problems in using conceptual models, theories of health behavior, and data to inform interventions targeting individual behavior change. Presentations will focus on the rationale for selection of a particular theory or theories, conceptual framework, how the theory or model was used to develop the intervention, measurement of theoretical constructs, and the barriers encountered in the implementation and evaluation phase of the research. Intervention research will include those that target clients, providers and families.
- Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the role of conceptual models and theories for informing interventions that promote individual behavior change. 2. Discuss the relative utility of various models and theories dependent on the research question and target audience. 3. Articulate the difficulties and limitations of health decision-making models in providing direction in intervention research. 4. Develop and defend a conceptual model using behavioral, social science, and health education theories/constructs to inform an intervention relevant to a current health problem. 5. Discuss current directions in research involving theory and practice.
| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | HBHE | PhD | Develop an innovative and efficient design for an empirical analysis of an intervention or observational study to address a research question with clear public health relevance | HBHEQ885, HBHEQ886 | HBHE | PhD | Integrate theoretical frameworks (e.g., health belief model, social ecological model) with critical analysis of empirical data to identify gaps in current approaches to health promotion | HBHEQ885, HBHEQ886, preliminary exam |
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