What is Behavioral and Community Health?
Behavioral and Community Health examines how individual behaviors and social environments influence health. Our faculty and students apply theory and evidence-based approaches to promote healthy choices, prevent disease, and improve quality of life.
We prepare graduates to advance public health through research, program development, and community engagement. By studying health behaviors and social determinants of health, students learn to design, implement, and evaluate interventions that reduce health disparities and enhance community health.
Our department fosters strong partnerships across the University of Maryland and with community organizations, supporting collaborative research, service, and outreach that make a lasting public health impact.
Some public health issues addressed include:
- Adolescent Health
- Cancer Prevention
- Health Communication
- Health Disparities
- Health Literacy
- HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention
- Mental Health
- Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV
- Substance Use
- Tobacco Control and Prevention
- Violence Prevention
- Women’s Health