A concentration in Health Promotion and Behavior equips you with a comprehensive understanding of the determinants of health and the skills necessary to direct programming efforts at influencing or facilitation health-related behavior, advocating public health policy, creating supportive environments, strengthening community action and reorienting health services in order to improve quality of life.
Health Promotion and Behavior
Pamela Orpinas
Professor
porpinas@uga.edu
313 Ramsey Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
706.542.4372 (voice)
706.542.4956 (fax)
Educational Background
- M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Ph.D., School of Public Health, University of Texas-Houston
Research Interests
- Prevention of violence (schools, family)
- Prevention of injuries
- International health (particularly, Latin America)
- Program evaluation
- Risk and protective factors for adolescent health and optimum development
- Publications
Professional Affiliations
- American Public Health Association
- American Psychological Association
- Georgia Public Health Association
Directory Listings
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Faculty
- Vicki Freimuth
- Laura Bland
- Carol P. Cotton
- M. Elaine Cress
- Marsha Davis
- David M. DeJoy
- Dionne C. Godette
- David M. Hayes
- Katie Darby Hein
- Su-I Hou
- Jessica L. Muilenburg
- Pamela Orpinas
- Mark G. Wilson
Staff
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