Lisa A. Grace
Professor
Deputy Chairperson
Health Studies
EMAIL: lgrace@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office: N-798C
Office Hours:
Phone: +1 (212) 776-6575
Expertise
Degrees
- Ed.D. TEACHER’S COLLEGE- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, HEALTH EDUCATION, 2010
- M.A. TEACHER’S COLLEGE- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, HEALTH EDUCATION, 2005
- MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, MASTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 1997
- B.A. SUNY AT BINGHAMTON, BIOLOGY & SOCIOLGY, 1992
Courses Taught
- This is an introductory survey course to health education. The course provides students with the knowledge, skills, and behavioral models to enhance their physical, emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual health as well as facilitate their health decision-making ability. The primary areas of instruction include: health and wellness; stress; human sexuality; alcohol, tobacco and substance abuse; nutrition and weight management; and physical fitness. Students who have completed HED 110 - Comprehensive Health Education will not receive credit for this course.
- This course in health educations offers a comprehensive approach that provides students with the knowledge, skills, and behavioral models to enhance their physical, emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual health as well as facilitate their health decision-making ability. Areas of specialization include: alcohol, tobacco and abused substances, mental and emotional health, human sexuality and family living, nutrition, physical fitness, cardiovascular health, environmental health and health care delivery. HED 110 fulfills all degree requirements for HE 100. Students who have completed HED 100 - Health Education will not receive credit for this course.
- An advanced seminar in health education, this course concentrates on an in-depth investigation of selected health problems. Emphasis is placed on social aspects of health.
- This health course is aimed to be a practical course for students and to affect their lives in a positive way. It provides an opportunity to gain information and insight into the physical, psychological, and social aspects of women's health concerns.
- Historical events and contemporary factors affecting the availability, control, and monitoring of American Health Care products and services are explored. Such factors include: the private and public financing of health care, public and private monitoring of health care; and the ethical issues of medical care in America. The purpose of the course is not to advocate any particular health care philosophy, product or service, but to provide the student with the skills and factual base for making informed decisions in the health care marketplace.
Research and Projects
Publications
- Using the health belief model to assess the link between HPV knowledge and self-efficacy for preventive behavior of male students at a two-year college in NYC. ,Behavioral Medicine
