Michael C. Goates

Search Strategy Development in a Flipped Library Classroom: A Student-Focused Assessment

Librarians at Brigham Young University compared search statement development between traditional lecture and flipped instruction sessions. Students in lecture sessions scored significantly higher on developing search statements than those in flipped sessions. However, student evaluations show a strong preference for pedagogies that incorporate elements from both lecture and flipped methodologies. Reasons for lower flipped-session scores may include a lack of student accountability, strong preference for a live demonstration, and disconnections between online tutorial content and in-class collaborative activities. Librarians using a flipped classroom should consider ways to help students make meaningful connections between online tutorials and in-class activities.

Executive functions and health behaviors associated with the leading causes of death in the United States: A systematic review.

Research indicates that executive functioning may predict health behavior. This systematic review provides an overview of the relationship between domains of executive functioning and health behaviors associated with the leading causes of death in the United States. A total of 114 articles met the inclusion criteria (adult sample, published in English between 1990 and November 2016) and were reviewed and synthesized. Results indicated that although many studies had mixed findings, at least one executive function component was associated with every health behavior. Based on these results, health professionals should consider the role of executive functions in behavior change interventions.

Examining the impact and influence of the leisure science literature

ABSTRACT This study explored the impact and influence of the leisure sciences literature through an analysis of highly cited articles. Discriminant function analysis identified whether articles had more exclusive impact inside or outside the field. Research themes and methodologies were examined based on these classifications. Results indicate articles with the greatest impact within the leisure literature tended to be quantitative studies drawing upon survey data and non-experimental designs focused on general leisure and outdoor/forest recreation. Articles with the greatest impact outside the leisure literature were more recent and focused on place attachment, psychological motivation, or community parks and recreation and used quasi-experimental design or measurement development approaches. Based on this study’s findings, to increase the interdisciplinary relevance of the leisure science literature more theoretically framed studies employing quasi-experimental or measurement development approaches focusing on specific topics (e.g. place attachment) and populations (e.g. minorities, youth) are needed.

Intersystem collaborations on the developmental origins of health and disease: Implications for the social determinants of health and health policy in health promotion

I 2015, Ugandas maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is 368 per 100,000 live births, which declined by 30% for the last 15 years. However it is still higher than global MMR of 216 per 100,000 live births. Butaleja district is one of 111 districts in Uganda whose maternal mortality and under-five mortality are high. We used three delay models on maternal and child health to analyze the causes of maternal and under-five mortality in Butaleja district and planned health programs to address the causes of the problems. These four-year programs have been implemented since 2015. According to problem analysis of maternal and child mortality and morbidity in Butaleja, we categorized the causes of the problems into three parts. Based on the problem analysis, we did objective analysis and set goals, outcomes, outputs and inputs. We conducted a mid-term review (MTR) in July 2017 to evaluate the projects implemented since 2015. By comparing the result from baseline survey and MTR, we have looked at changes in indicators that threaten maternal and child health. We have achieved some of the project’s outcomes as we expected in the beginning of the project. For example, the proportion of mothers who attended ANC at or before 16 weeks for the most recent child birth has changed from 29.7% in the baseline survey to 72.5% in MTR, showing 42.8% increase (95% CI: 37.1-48.1%, p-value <0.001) However, some of the outcomes have not been achieved as much as we foreseen. For example, the proportion of mothers who initiated breast feeding within one hour of birth for the most recent child birth has only 0.8% increase between baseline survey and MTR as showing 80.8% and 81.6%, respectively (95% CI: -3.9-5.6%, p-value: 0.735).

Intersystem Implications of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Advancing Health Promotion in the 21st Century

The developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) theory and life course theory (LCT) are emerging fields of research that have significant implications for the public health and health promotion professions. Using a DOHaD/LCT perspective, social determinants of health (SDH) take on new critical meaning by which health promotion professionals can implement DOHaD/LCT guided interventions, including recommended policies. Through these interventions, public health could further address the sources of worldwide chronic disease epidemics and reduce such disease rates substantially if related policy, programs, and interdisciplinary and multi-sector collaboration are emphasized. Additional characteristics of the most effective interventions involve context-specific adaptation and societal structures that impact upstream, early life environments on a broad scale, influencing multiple locations and/or diseases.