In the Community Health and Development specialty area, there are multiple opportunities to support student learning in community-based settings. A listing of specialty area courses and opportunities for community-university partnerships are listed below.
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Practicum/Internship Opportunities- Through the Community Health and Development Practicum (ABSC 690/691) students partner with community-based sites to gain practical experience in applying community health and development competencies. The practicum supports students in serving the community partner site by applying a competency to help enhance the capacity and functioning of the organization or group. The competency areas supported through the practicum include the following: (1) Coalition & partnership development; (2) Community needs assessment; (3) Community problem and goal analysis; (4) Logic model development; (5) Strategic planning; (6) Intervention development; (7) Cultural competency; (8) Change Advocacy; (9) Evaluation; (10) Social marketing; and (11) Sustainability.
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Volunteer Service- Through the Building Healthy Communities course (ABSC 310/311), students are required to complete volunteer service in the community.
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