Community & Behavioral Health

to improve the health of individuals and communities

  • gerontology certificate - older couple walks together in a garden
  • global health certificate - picture of globe in lower right corner
  • rural public health certificate - picture of mountains from a porch
  • recovery research certificate - two individuals hugging in gray sweatshirts
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The Department of Community and Behavioral Health seeks to improve the health of individuals and communities through teaching, research, and service centering around social and behavioral factors associated with health status and behavior.

The Department of Community and Behavioral Health supports our undergraduate degrees by teaching several core courses and providing concentrations in Community Health and Patient Education. On the graduate level, the department offers a Community Health Concentration in both the Master and Doctor of Public Health degrees.