Department of Health Behavior and Health Education Master's Papers and Community Diagnosis Projects, 1947-2015

Summary

Creator:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of Health Behavior and Health Education.

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.

Extent:

1100 items (81 linear feet)

Language:

Materials in English

Library Catalog Link:

View UNC library catalog record for this item

Background

Biographical / historical:

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.

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.

Acquisition information:

Transferred from the Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, November 2016 (Acc. 2016009).

Processing information:

Processed by: Brittany Becker, Amelea Kim, and Jennifer Louya, April 2017

Encoded by: Dawne Lucas, May 2017

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Related

Related material:

• Records of the School of Public Health(#40120), Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• University Archives started archiving selected websites of the academic and business units of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina General Administration, and student groups and organizations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in January 2013. To see if websites for this department or related departments have been archived visit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Harvested Websites (#40417).

Alternative form available:

Some titles in this collection are also available on microfiche or microfilm. Some titles in this collection have been digitized and are avaialble via the Carolina Digital Repository and/or the Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Education, Higher--North Carolina.
Public health--Research--North Carolina.
Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Departments.
Health behavior -- North Carolina.
Health education -- North Carolina.
Public health -- Education.
Health behavior -- Research.
Health education -- Research.
Public health -- Education -- Research.
Academic theses.
Health Behavior.
Public health -- Education.
North Carolina.
Collections.
Academic Dissertations.

Names:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of Health Behavior and Health Education.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Public Health. Department of Health Education.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gillings School of Global Public Health.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Graduate work.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Public Health.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Department of Public Health Education -- Dissertations.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of Public Health Education -- Dissertations.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Public Health. Department of Health Education -- Dissertations.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of Health Behavior and Health Education -- Dissertations.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of Health Behavior -- Dissertations.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962). School of Public Health -- Dissertations.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Public Health -- Dissertations.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gillings School of Global Public Health -- Dissertations.

Restrictions to access:

This collection is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options for consulting this collection. Materials are housed in off-site storage. Requests should be made at least 2 business days in advance.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education Master's Papers and Community Diagnosis Projects #HC0020, Rare Book Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:

Rare Book Collection

Louis Round Wilson Library

200 South Road

Chapel Hill, NC 27515

Contact:

(919) 962-3765

wilsonlibrary@unc.edu