The Department of Community and Behavioral Health prepares graduates to collaborate with communities on health promotion, improved quality of life, and disease prevention. Students learn the skills to develop, evaluate, and disseminate research, training, and innovative policy.

To prepare for such careers, students examine the relationship between human behavior, the social environment, and health, and learn to develop, improve, and disseminate evidence-based practices that promote health. 

Students learn from faculty with expertise in a wide range of community and behavioral health topic areas including health literacy, nutrition and physical activity, health communication, program evaluation, substance abuse, chronic disease self-management, maternal and child health, and injury prevention.

CBH doctoral student Nia Aitaoto and JoAnn Tsark, Research Director for Papa Ola Lokahi (Native Hawaiian Health Care System) pose for a picture at a Pacific Chronic Disease Coalition (PCDC) meeting held in the Republic of Palau. Read more about Nia in the latest CBH newsletter.