HLSC 395 - Health Promotion and Program Intervention

Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): HLSC 200
This course provides students with a deeper understanding of health promotion and disease prevention through program planning principles and theories. Students will be actively engaged with public health marketing, communication strategies and, health education and health promotion through hands-on group projects and activities at Mercy College and the surrounding community. Needs assessments of students’ identified priority population, as well as assessments of the social, physical and political environment will help to inform their action plan interventions through real-world application. Students will learn about the significance of program planning models for health promotion programs and the theoretical underpinnings that guide them.