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

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Pamela Orpinas

Professor, CPH MPH Graduate Coordinator
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
Multisite Violence Prevention Project: The GREAT School and Families Program. Clinical trial for the prevention of violence in middle schools
Evaluation of behaviors, attitudes, and cultural norms associated with social violence in selected cities in Latin America and Spain
Publications

Professional Affiliations

American Public Health Association
American Psychological Association
American School Health Association

Directory Listings

Faculty Carol P. Cotton Marsha Davis David M. DeJoy Dionne C. Godette Katie Darby Hein Su-I Hou Jessica L. Muilenburg Pamela Orpinas Mark G. Wilson Staff Betty Blum Tammy Shelton Graduate Students No directory listing

Academic Unit Directories

CPH Directory EPIBIO Directory EHS Directory HPB Directory HPAM Directory GERON Directory IHMD Directory