Courses Taught by Justin Heinze

HBHEQ620: Behavioral Research Methods in Public Health

Graduate level
Both Residential and Online MPH
This is a second year course for Online students
Fall term(s) for residential students; Fall term(s) for online MPH students;
3 credit hour(s) for residential students; 3 credit hour(s) for online MPH students;
Instructor(s): Justin Heinze (Residential); Marc Zimmerman (Online MPH);
Offered every year
Prerequisites: None
Description: Principles of design of behavioral research on public health problems and programs. Objectives, philosophy, and methods of science including causal inference, the role of hypotheses, criteria for establishing adequate hypotheses, research designs and data collection techniques. Formulation of a research problem within a program setting.

Graduate level
Residential
Fall term(s) for residential students;
3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
Instructor(s): Justin Heinze (Residential);
Offered every year
Prerequisites: Biostat 503 or equiv. and a course dealing with health education program development
Description: Examination and application, through a series of exercises, of several program evaluation models relevant for health education, including the goal attainment, goal-free, systems responsive, and decision-theoretic models, with emphasis on both process and impact analysis. Design options for measuring program effect, with the associated threats and external validity, are discussed, and several basic statistical techniques are reviewed and examined in terms of their applicability to program evaluation, including sampling and sample size determination for both surveys and experiments.

Concentration Competencies that HBHEQ622 Allows Assessment On
Department	Program	Degree	Competency	Specific course(s) that allow assessment
HBHE		MPH	Apply research and evaluation methods to understand the effect of health interventions, programs and/or policies on health [behavior] and health equity.	HBHEQ622

Graduate level
Residential
Winter term(s) for residential students;
3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
Instructor(s): Justin Heinze (Residential);
Prerequisites: N/A
Description: This course is an advanced research methods course focused on the quantitative conceptualization and analysis of health behavior research. The course emphasizes the application of multivariate regression to practical questions in public health, and includes an overview of three regression-related techniques: Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), and growth curve modeling (GCM).

Graduate level
Residential
Winter term(s) for residential students;
1-6 credit hour(s) for residential students;
Instructor(s): William Lopez, Justin Heinze, (Residential);
Prerequisites: None
Description: Master's level seminar designed to provide an extensive review of a number of substantive and methods and skill areas in health behavior and health education. Readings, discussion and assignments are organized around issues of mutual interest to faculty and students. Reviews and reports on topics required in the areas selected. May be elected more than once.
Learning Objectives: Not applicable
This course is cross-listed with Not applicable.