Courses Taught by Kristi Gamarel

HBHEQ600: Psychosocial Factors in Health-Related Behavior

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Fall term(s) for residential students;
  • 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Kristi Gamarel (Residential);
  • Offered every year
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Description: HBHE 600 provides an overview of the psychosocial determinants of behavioral risk factors that affect health. We address these determinants within theories, models, and frameworks of health-related behavior.
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Kristi Gamarel
Concentration Competencies that HBHEQ600 Allows Assessment On
Department Program Degree Competency Specific course(s) that allow assessment
HBHE MPH Describe how to use social-ecological and life course perspectives to address key determinants of health, health disparities, and health equity through programs and policies. HBHEQ600
HBHE MPH Apply relevant social and behavioral science theories, concepts, and models that are designed to understand and modify health behavior and promote health equity. HBHEQ600

HBHEQ605: Lgbtq Health And Inequities

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Kristi Gamarel (Residential);
  • Not offered 2024-2025
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
  • Description: This graduate seminar presents an overview of current research, principles, and theories in LGBTQ+ health. Students will learn theories and principles guiding LGBTQ+ health research, will develop an understanding of methodological and assessment issues in the study sexuality and gender, and will apply these principles to inform public health efforts.
  • Learning Objectives: By the end of the course, students will be able to identify and critically assess: Major concepts, theories and perspectives guiding a multidisciplinary understanding of human sexuality and gender across the life course; Recent developments in LGBTQI+ health research; Methodological aspects in the study of sexuality and gender; How research on sexuality and gender informs public health practice to eliminate inequities in LGBTQ+ health
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Kristi Gamarel

HBHEQ885: Health Equity Models Of Practice And Interventions At Structural And Community Level

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Kristi Gamarel, K. Rivet Amico, (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Advisory Prerequisites: • Completion of HBHEQ 600 (or equivalent health behavior theories course) and a research methods course. • Doctoral standing or permission of instructor.
  • Description: HBHEQ 885 provides advanced training in social and behavioral theories and frameworks that describe and explain health and health equity across structural, community, relational, and individual levels. Emphasis is on analyzing and comparing perspectives, identifying assumptions and implications, and developing conceptual models that reflect complex drivers of health and equity.
  • Learning Objectives: By the end of the two-course sequence, students will be able to: • Critically analyze and synthesize scientific literature to evaluate theories, frameworks, and models relevant to health behavior and equity. • Develop conceptual models that integrate multiple theoretical frameworks across levels. • Interpret empirical findings within the context of conceptual frameworks and describe their public health relevance. • Identify and articulate assumptions, implications, and limitations of theoretical approaches. • Map constructs from theory to intervention strategies, mechanisms of action, and measures. • Apply translational and implementation frameworks to intervention contexts. • Critically evaluate how conceptual and intervention models can advance equity or inadvertently reinforce inequities. • Communicate and defend theory-informed models and interventions in writing and oral presentations.
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Kristi Gamarel
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K. Rivet Amico
Concentration Competencies that HBHEQ885 Allows Assessment On
Department Program Degree Competency Specific course(s) that allow assessment
HBHE PhD Develop an innovative and efficient design for an empirical analysis of an intervention or observational study to address a research question with clear public health relevance HBHEQ885, HBHEQ886
HBHE PhD Integrate theoretical frameworks (e.g., health belief model, social ecological model) with critical analysis of empirical data to identify gaps in current approaches to health promotion HBHEQ885, HBHEQ886, preliminary exam

HBHEQ886: Theory In Action — Using Theory And Models To Understand And Intervene In Public Health

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Kristi Gamarel, K. Rivet Amico, (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Advisory Prerequisites: • Completion of HBHEQ 600 (or equivalent health behavior theories course) and a research methods course. • Doctoral standing or permission of instructor.
  • Description: HBHEQ 886 focuses on applying theoretical frameworks to the design and evaluation of public health interventions. Students build on conceptual models from HBHEQ 885 to identify mechanisms of change, develop theoretically informed intervention strategies, and critically assess how interventions can advance or inadvertently reinforce health inequities.
  • Learning Objectives: By the end of the two-course sequence, students will be able to: • Critically analyze and synthesize scientific literature to evaluate theories, frameworks, and models relevant to health behavior and equity. • Develop conceptual models that integrate multiple theoretical frameworks across levels. • Interpret empirical findings within the context of conceptual frameworks and describe their public health relevance. • Identify and articulate assumptions, implications, and limitations of theoretical approaches. • Map constructs from theory to intervention strategies, mechanisms of action, and measures. • Apply translational and implementation frameworks to intervention contexts. • Critically evaluate how conceptual and intervention models can advance equity or inadvertently reinforce inequities. • Communicate and defend theory-informed models and interventions in writing and oral presentations.
GamarelKristi
Kristi Gamarel
AmicoK.
K. Rivet Amico
Concentration Competencies that HBHEQ886 Allows Assessment On
Department Program Degree Competency Specific course(s) that allow assessment
HBHE PhD Develop an innovative and efficient design for an empirical analysis of an intervention or observational study to address a research question with clear public health relevance HBHEQ885, HBHEQ886
HBHE PhD Integrate theoretical frameworks (e.g., health belief model, social ecological model) with critical analysis of empirical data to identify gaps in current approaches to health promotion HBHEQ885, HBHEQ886, preliminary exam