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| Size | 81 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1100 items) |
| Abstract | The Department of Health Behavior was established in 1942 as the Department of Public Health Education. The department has gone through several name changes: the name changed to the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education in 1988 and to the Department of Health Behavior in 2012. The department is part of the Gillings School of Global Public Health. Contains master's papers and community diagnosis papers written by students in the Department of Health Education (1947-1988), the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education (1988-2013), and the Department of Health Behavior (2013-2015), School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Note: In September 2008, the school was named the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in recognition of a gift from Dennis Gillings and Joan Gillings.) The papers in this collection range in date from 1947 to 2015, with the majority dating from 1975 to 2009. More recent papers have been submitted electronically and are not part of this collection. |
| Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of Health Behavior and Health Education. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rare Book Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Brittany Becker, Amelea Kim, and Jennifer Louya, April 2017
Encoded by: Dawne Lucas, May 2017
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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Historical Information
Courses in public health were first offered at the University of North Carolina in 1933 in the School of Public Administration. With the discontinuation of the School of Public Administration in 1936, the Division of Public Health was established in the School of Medicine with Milton J. Rosenau as Director. The Division's emphasis on graduate-level training increased until, in 1940, it was designated as the School of Public Health, with Dr. Rosenau as Dean. The Division, and then the School, was an important force in the early public health movement in North Carolina.
In September 2008, the school was named the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in recognition of a gift from Dennis Gillings and Joan Gillings. Dennis Gillings was a biostatistics professor at the School from 1971 to 1988 and is founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Quintiles. Joan Gillings is a philanthropist and community volunteer. The $50 million donation was, at the time, the largest single gift in the history of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Department of Health Policy and Management was established in 1942 as the Department of Public Health Education. The department has gone through several name changes: the name changed to the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education in 1988 and to the Department of Health Behavior in 2013.
The Department of Health Behavior combines the social and behavioral sciences with health science to produce graduates who deliver practical research and interventions that improve the health of individuals and communities.
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Scope and Content
Contains master's papers and community diagnosis papers written by students in the Department of Health Education (1947-1988), the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education (1988-2012), and the Department of Health Behavior (2012-2015), School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Note: In September 2008, the school was named the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in recognition of a gift from Dennis Gillings and Joan Gillings.) The papers in this collection range in date from 1947 to 2015, with the majority dating from 1975 to 2009. More recent papers have been submitted electronically and are not part of this collection.
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Department of Health Behavior Master's Papers, 1947-2009 (bulk 1975-2009)
Arrangement: Alphabetical by author's last name.