PM 562: Intervention Approaches for Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention
Master of Public Health Program, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine,
University of Southern California
PLEASE NOTE: this syllabus is tentative and subject to change
Instructors
Office
Email
Carol Koprowski, PhD
312G
koprowsk@usc.edu
Joel Milam, PhD
312D
milam@usc.edu
Phone
323-442-8248
323-442-8200
TA
Holly Shim, EdD (c)
hollyshi@usc.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course reviews various approaches to health promotion and disease prevention
intervention strategies. The course is intended to be practical in nature, focusing on the
logistics of intervention development and delivery and how these might vary across settings,
behaviors, strategies/theories, and populations. Examples of intervention creation, delivery and
effectiveness will be provided and the practical considerations necessary to produce, deliver,
monitor, and disseminate an intervention with demonstrated effectiveness will be emphasized.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Following participation in PM 562, students will be able to:
1) Describe the opportunities, advantages, and disadvantages for intervention in different
settings and using different strategies.
2) Identify and review existing effective health promotion interventions.
3) Identify the resources required to create and deliver an effective health promotion
intervention.
4) Design and deliver interventions in a diverse group of settings understanding the
advantages and disadvantages of working in each of these settings.
5) Design and deliver interventions using different strategies (e.g., electronic media).
6) Recognize the challenges associated with behavior change.
7) Identify the factors that will facilitate long-term adoption, dissemination, and maintenance
of a health promotion intervention.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION:
1. Presentation of a research article (20 points): most weeks 1-2 students will present a
research article concerning a health behavior intervention. The presenting student will be
expected to create a PowerPoint presentation and to upload that presentation into the
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course Dropbox folder before their presentation (# of days determined by the class). The
student will be expected to present a careful analysis of the article that also contains
insight on what they would do differently. Guidelines will be provided in class.
2. Presentation Responses (20 points): Students will provide a brief response/critique of
each presentation (and related article). These must be submitted to the course
BlackBoard site within 24 hours of each student presentation. You will be graded on
thoughtfulness, thoroughness, and creativity of response. Guidelines will be provided in
class.
3. Group presentation of a health behavior intervention/program (30 points): Students
will work in small groups of three to four students and will seek out a health promotion
program. The group will present information about this program including a description of
the program’s goals, content and delivery to the class as a whole. (You are encouraged
to conduct in-person or telephone interviews with program staff/developers to gain
additional details). The class presentation is expected to be 40 to 60 minutes in length.
Guidelines will be provided in class.
4. Personal project (20 points): Each student will work on a health-related behavior they
would like to improve using an existing program that is available online or via mobile
device. Students will monitor and share their progress each week. At the end of the
semester, students will submit a summary report on their success/failure, experienced
barriers/facilitators to change, linkages with course content, and suggestions for program
improvement. Additional guidelines for this requirement will be provided in class.
GRADING
Article presentation = 20 points
Article presentation responses = 20
Group Presentation = 30 points
Personal Project = 20 points
Class participation = 10 points
REQUIRED COURSE READINGS will be posted on the course Blackboard site.
Week
1
2
3
Date
Jan
11
Jan
18
Jan
25
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Topic
Introduction
Note
Readings
Creating health
promotion
programs
Theory at a glance
School based
Interventions
Sallis J, McKenzie T, Conway T, et al. Environmental
interventions for eating and physical activity: A randomized
controlled trial in middle schools. American Journal of
Preventive Medicine 2003;24(3):209-17.
Readings TBD
2
4
Feb
1
Electronic &
Mass Media;
Software
Design
Ashish
Soni,
Guest
Lecture
Fitzgibbon ML, Stolley MR, Schiffer L, Van Horn L,
KauferChristoffel K, Dyer A: Two-year follow-up results fro
HIP-HOP to Heath JR.: A randomized controlled trial for
overweight prevention in preschool minority children. Jour of
Pediatrics 2005;146:618-625.
Tate DF, Jackvony EH, Wing RR. A randomized trial
comparing human e-mail counseling, computer-automated
tailored counseling, and no counseling in an internet weight
loss program. Archives of Internal Medicine 2006;166:16201625.
Baranowski T, Baranowski J, Cullen KW, Marsh T, Islam N,
Zakeri I, Honess-Morreale L, deMoor C. Squire’s Quest!
Dietary outcome evaluation of a multimedia game. American
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2003;24(1):52-61.
Huhman M, Potter L, Wong F, Banspach S, Duke J, Heitzler
C. Effects of a Mass Media Campaign to Increase Physical
Activity Among Children: Year-1 Results of the VERB
Campaign. Pediatrics 2005;116:277-84.
Valente TW, Murphy S, Beck V, Greene J, Huang G, Gusek J.
Evaluating a minor storyline on ER about teen obesity,
hypertension and 5 A Day. Journal of Health Communication
2007; 12:551-566.
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Feb
8
Family
Beech BM, et al.: Child- and Parent-targeted interventions:
The Memphis GEMS Pilot study. Ethnicity & Disease
2003;13(suppl1):S1-40-S1-53.
Story M, et al: An after-school obesity prevention program for
African-American girls: The Minnesota GEMS pilot study.
Ethnicity & Disease 2003;13(suppl1):S1-54-S1-64.
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Feb
15
Health care
settings
Pinto BM, Goldstein MG, Ashba J, Sciamanna CN, Jette A:
Randomized controlled trial of physical activity counseling for
older primary care patients. Am J Prev Med 2005;29(4):247255.
Calfas KJ, Sallis JF, Zabinski MF, Wilfley DE, Rupp J,
Prochaska JJ, Thompson S, Pratt M, Patrick K: Preliminary
evaluation of a multicomponent program for nutrition and
physical activity change in primary care: PACE+ for adults.
Preventive Medicine 2002;34:153-161.
7
Feb
22
Tailored
Programs
Kreuter MW, et al: Cultural tailoring for mammography and
fruit and vegetable intake among low-income AfricanAmerican women in urban public health centers. Preventive
Medicine 2005;41:53-62.
Rothert K, Strecher VJ, Doyle LA, Caplan WM, Joyce JS,
Jimison HB, Karm LM, Mims, AD, Roth MA. Web-based
weight management programs in an integrated health care
setting: A randomized, controlled trial. Obesity
2006;14(2):266-272.
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8
Feb
29
Worksites and
Places of
Worship
Buller D, Andersen PA, Walkosz, Scott MD, Cutter GR,
Dignan MB, Zarlengo EM, Voeks JH, Giese AJ. Randomzed
trial testing a worksite sun protection program in an outdoor
recreation industry. Health Education & Behavior
2005;32(4):514-535.
Campbell MK, Tessaro I, DeVellis B, Benedict S, Kelsey K,
Belton L, Sanhueza A. Effects of a tailored health promotion
program for female blue-collar workers: Health Works for
Women. Preventive Medicine 2002;34:313-323.
Resnicow K, Taylor R, Baskin M, McCarty F: Results of Go
Girls: A weight control program for overweight AfricanAmerican adolescent females. Obesity Research
2005;13(10):1739-1748.
Campbell M, James A, Hudson M, et al. Improved multiple
behaviors for colorectal cancer prevention among African
American church members. Health Psychology
2004;23(5):492-502.
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Mar
7
Motivational
Interviewing
10
Mar
14
Mar
21
SPRING BREAK
11
Social
Networks;
Community
Building
Liz Barnett
Guest
Lecture
TBD
Buller DB, Morrill C, Taren D, Aickin M, Sennott-Miller L, Buller
MK, Larkey L, Alatorre C, Wentzel TM. Randomized trial
testing the effect of per education at increasing fruit and
vegetable intake. Journal of the National Cancer Institute
1999;91(17):1491-1500.
Valente T, Hoffman B, Ritt-Olson A, Lichtman K, Johnson C.
The effects of a social network method for group assignment
strategies on peer led tobacco prevention programs in
schools. Am J Public Health. 2003;93:1837-1843.
Wang C, Morrel-Samuels S, Hutchinson P, Bell L, Pestronik
R. Flint Photovoice: Community Building Among Youths,
Adults, and Policymakers. American Journal of Public Health
2004; 94(6):911-913.
Wilcox S, Laken M, Bopp M, Gethers O, Huang P, McClorin L,
Parrott AW, Swinton R, Yancey A. Increasing Physical Activity
Among Church Members: Community-Based Participatory
Research. American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2007;32(2):131-138.
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Mar
28
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Environment
& Policy
French S, Story M, Fulkerson J, Hannan P. An Environmental
Intervention to Promote Lower-Fat Food Choices in
Secondary Schools: Outcomes of the TACOS Study.
American Journal of Public Health. 2004;94(9):1507-1512.
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Evenson K, Herring A, Huston S. Evaluating Change in
Physical Activity with the Building of a Multi-Use Trail.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2005;28(2S2):177185.
Sung HY, Ong M, Keeler TE, Sheu M. a Major State Tobacco
Tax Increase, the Master Settlement Agreement, and
Cigarette Consumption: The California Experience. American
Journal of Public Health 2005;95(6):1030-1035.
Kim D, Kawachi I. Food Taxation and Pricing Strategies to
“Thin Out” the Obesity Epidemic. American Journal of
Preventive Medicine 2006;30(5):430-437.
13
Apr
4
Interpersonal
Reynolds, KD, Spruijt-Metz D, Unger J: Health Behavior
Research and Intervention. In Wallace/Maxcy, Rosenau, &
Last (Editors). Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 15th
Edition. McGraw Hill: New York, 2008.
Morisky DE, Nguyen C, Ang A, Tiglao TV: HIV/AIDS
prevention among the male population: Results of a peer
education program for taxicab and tricycle drivers in the
Philippines. Health Education & Health Behavior 2005;
32(1):57-68.
Ershoff D, Quinn V, Boyd N, Stern J, Gregory M. The Kaiser
Permanente prenatal smoking-cessation trial: when more isn't
better, what is enough? Am J Prev Med 1999;17(3):161-8
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Apr
11
15
Apr
18
16
Apr
25
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Summary
Group
Presentations
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Presentations
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Group
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