Humans often fail to make rational decisions that affect their health. This course seeks to heighten understanding of the social and behavioral factors that contribute to health decisions and behaviors, with an ultimate goal of learning how to utilize these factors in improving public health efforts. Through a set of experiential learning exercises, students will learn to apply the science of health behavior change in their own lives. The course is appropriate for students interested in health care and public health, as well as individuals who are interested in learning to apply the science of behavior change to improve their personal wellbeing.
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Health Behavior Change: From Evidence to Action
Yale UniversityAbout this Course
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Identify social, behavioral, and psychological factors that influence health and health care.
Inform clinical care, public health programs, and health policy through results of empirical studies.
Utilize best practices from clinical psychology and public health to make informed health decisions and to optimize health behaviors.
Apply theory, methods, and research results in the social and behavioral sciences to public health practice and policy.
Skills you will gain
- health practices
- behavioral psychology
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- health psychology
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Welcome to the course
Nutrition Part 1
Nutrition Part 2
Physical Activity Part 1
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- 5 stars85.29%
- 4 stars10.29%
- 3 stars2.57%
- 2 stars1.47%
- 1 star0.36%
TOP REVIEWS FROM HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE: FROM EVIDENCE TO ACTION
I find this course really interesting and I had more reflections and lessons that will apply for self to other people around us. Thank you for having this course.
I learned a lot from this course specially on being healthy. Thank you very much for all the learnings.
This course helped me achieve my goals for nutrition, physical activity and mental health, something I have personally been struggling with.
Wonderful course especially for whom who are interesting in health care sector to help people by holding the quotation "Prevention is better than cure!"
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