Program Overview

Students who earn a Master of Public Health in Behavioral Science and Health Equity from Saint Louis University can improve public health by developing, promoting and researching community-wide initiatives encouraging healthy living practices to prevent disease and injury. Students study why people behave the way they do in relation to their health and wellness and will be able to: Apply conceptual models and theories at multiple ecological levels, examine risk factors and determinants of specific health threats at multiple ecological levels, assess needs, assets, resources and capacity for social and behavioral science interventions at multiple levels, plan theory and evidence-based interventions (program/policy/environmental change) to improve health, collaborate to implement public health-related programs, policies and environmental changes, develop programs, policies and environmental strategies that address social determinants, conduct evaluations (process, impact, and outcome) of public health-related interventions using multiple methods.