Health Behavior
What is Health Behavior?
Health Behavior seeks to eliminate health disparities and improve quality of life for persons and communities through individual behavior change, environmental interventions and policy changes. The department prepares students to identify the role of biological, behavioral, environmental and social forces on population health. Students leverage these elements when planning and evaluating programs, services and policies designed to improve the health of individuals and communities.
Why did you choose Texas A&M?
Student spotlight Student Spotlight-Viviana Ramos
Student Viviana Ramos shares how Texas A&M’s support inspires her to improve her community’s health in Laredo, Texas.
Student spotlight Student Spotlight-George Joubran
Student George Joubran shares how the supportive professors and diverse student community have made her experience at the Texas A&M School of Public Health especially rewarding.
During the pandemic, I got to see in real-time health disparities and how minority populations are disproportionately impacted. It motivated me to absorb as much information as I could so that I can one day make a difference.
Health Behavior Distance Education Degree
Your schedule limitation won’t hold you back with the online health behavior degree program that gives you the flexibility to learn from anywhere! Graduates of this program complete courses on the social and behavioral determinants of health, community organization and assessment, applied research methods, and program management, which prepare them to lead in improving health outcomes though education, advocacy, and policy initiatives.
Explore the Health Behavior DegreeWhat Can I Do If I Study Health Behavior?
Graduates of our programs are employed in a variety of companies including national health agencies, academic institutions and universities, community health agencies and departments, for-profit and non-profit companies, and hospitals. Our graduates have gone on to serve as public health leaders at the following agencies:
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Rural Health Association
- Brazos Valley Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse
- National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute
- Dell Children's Medical Center
- Brooke Army Medical Center
- Brazos County Health District
Research Projects
Departmental faculty have conducted research on genomics, health program evaluation, sex-related behaviors and substance abuse, community health development strategies, minority health disparities, rural and border health issues, global health, reducing food insecurity, chronic disease prevention, active living, and obesity prevention. Notable faculty studies and projects include:
- Brazos Valley Health Assessments
- Health capacity building in rural communities
- Adolescent smoking cessation program
- Border nutrition and obesity prevention programs
- Chronic disease prevention through nutrition education
- Texas Rape Prevention and Education Program evaluation
- Physical activity interventions for low-income, diverse communities
