Advanced Topics in Developing and Evaluating Public Health Strategies for Behavior Change

Harvard HSPH

The goal of this course is to equip students with the knowledge and methodological skills necessary to critically evaluate and understand the determinants of health behaviors – particularly related to healthy eating and physical activity – and to rigorously study public health efforts to support behavior change. Oftentimes, public health policies and programs focused on changing health behaviors like eating, exercise, or substance use are designed based on pre-existing biases and assumptions…