Ph.D. Specialization in Health Promotion and Policy
Emphasizing a broad ecological perspective, students in the Health
Promotion and Policy specialization explore a spectrum of approaches to
improving health including changing individual behavior, improving the
built environment, working with communities, and regulatory/legal
mandates. Interventions at the organizational, community, national, and
international levels are considered.
Core faculty members in this specialization include Ken Chew (demography, epidemiology), Mireille Jacobson (drug policy, health economics), Raul Lejano (land use and health, risk mapping) and Dan Stokols (workplace wellness, tobacco control). Also affiliated with the specialization is Paul Feldstein (health economics).
Faculty in this specialization study a variety of topics including the economics of health insurance; the effects of physical and social conditions within work environments on employees' health; environmental stressors such as traffic congestion; drug policy including workplace drug testing and medical marijuana; the design, implementation, and evaluation of community health promotion programs; cognitive mapping of environmental hazards; industrial archeology for public health planning; cancer control in Chinese and Korean communities; and risk factors for homicide, suicide, and child abuse.
Students may collaborate with faculty affiliated with several thriving research groups including the, the Health Promotion Center (http://www.healthpromotioncenter.uci.edu), and the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Research Center (http://www.tturc.uci.edu).
SAMPLE: HEALTH PROMOTION AND POLICY AREA CURRICULUM
Core faculty members in this specialization include Ken Chew (demography, epidemiology), Mireille Jacobson (drug policy, health economics), Raul Lejano (land use and health, risk mapping) and Dan Stokols (workplace wellness, tobacco control). Also affiliated with the specialization is Paul Feldstein (health economics).
Faculty in this specialization study a variety of topics including the economics of health insurance; the effects of physical and social conditions within work environments on employees' health; environmental stressors such as traffic congestion; drug policy including workplace drug testing and medical marijuana; the design, implementation, and evaluation of community health promotion programs; cognitive mapping of environmental hazards; industrial archeology for public health planning; cancer control in Chinese and Korean communities; and risk factors for homicide, suicide, and child abuse.
Students may collaborate with faculty affiliated with several thriving research groups including the, the Health Promotion Center (http://www.healthpromotioncenter.uci.edu), and the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Research Center (http://www.tturc.uci.edu).
SAMPLE: HEALTH PROMOTION AND POLICY AREA CURRICULUM
| Yr. | Fall | Winter | Spring |
| 1 | Seminar in Social Ecology | Data Analysis A | Data Analysis B |
| Health Promotion & Policy | Research Design | Elective | |
| Elective | Elective | Elective | |
| 2 | Program Evaluation | Public Health Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Elective |
| Advanced Methods (menu) | Theory/Disc. Requirement | Elective | |
| Theory/Disc. Requirement | Ind. Study Research | Ind. Study Research | |
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