The long-term effectiveness of a social norming campaign to reduce high-risk drinking: The Michigan State University experience, 2000–2014

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Larry A. Hembroff ◽  
Dennis Martell ◽  
Rebecca Allen ◽  
Andrew Poole ◽  
Karen Clark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Michigan State University ◽  
State University ◽  
High Risk Drinking ◽  
University Experience ◽  
Social Norming

Lessons Learned About Outreach and Engagement at the Michigan State University Institute for the Study of Youth Sports

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Gould
Keyword(s):  
Youth Sports ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Michigan State University ◽  
State University ◽  
The Face ◽  
The University

The mission of the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports (ISYS) is to provide leadership, scholarship, and outreach that “transforms” the face of youth sports in ways that maximize the beneficial physical, psychological, and social effects of participation for children and youth while minimizing detrimental effects. Since its inception in 1978, ISYS has partnered with numerous organizations to promote healthy youth sports participation. In this article, the general steps ISYS takes to form and facilitate partnerships are addressed. Four long-term partnerships are also described. The services provided to these organizations are described and the advantages and challenges of working with partners, in general, are delineated. How these partnerships are used to facilitate the teaching, outreach-engagement, and scholarship components of the Michigan State University land grant mission are also described. The case of ISYS shows that conducting community outreach and engagement projects greatly enhance the scholarly mission of the university.

Problem Alcohol Use in Young Australian Adults

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 436-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie C. Reid ◽  
Obioha C. Ukoumunne ◽  
Carolyn Coffey ◽  
Maree Teesson ◽  
John B. Carlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorder ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Drinking Status ◽  
High Risk Drinking

Objective: To examine the extent to which excessive drinking in young adults is associated with alcohol abuse and dependence. Method: Cross-sectional analyses were conducted using data from the eighth wave of the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study, which comprised 1943 Victorians currently aged 24–25 years drawn from 44 secondary schools across the state in 1992. The main outcome measures of interest were short-term risk drinking status (based on daily alcohol consumption) and long-term risk drinking status (based on total weekly alcohol consumption). Results: Two out of 5 participants drank at moderate to high risk levels for short-term harm. Yet, because young people tend to drink on only 1–2 days a week, fewer (22%) were at moderate to high risk for long-term harm. Although 20% of the participants met criteria for a diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence, most of those in the moderate- to high-risk drinking categories were not diagnosed with either alcohol disorder. Conclusion: Excessive alcohol use in one or two sessions a week appears to be common in young Australian adults. While short- and long-term risky drinking is more common in those with an alcohol use disorder, the majority of moderate- and high-risk drinking is done by those who do not meet criteria for an alcohol use disorder.

Mineralization of the supraspinatus tendon in dogs: a long-term follow-up

2000 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
OM Laitinen ◽  
GL Flo
Keyword(s):  
Conservative Treatment ◽  
Supraspinatus Tendon ◽  
Michigan State University ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
State University ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
Inflammatory Drugs ◽  
Nonoperated Group

Mineralization of the supraspinatus tendon was diagnosed in 24 large-breed dogs as a probable cause for a chronic unilateral forelimb lameness. Owners of 12 dogs responded to a questionnaire survey evaluating the treatment that their dog had received which consisted of either surgical removal of the mineralization after failure of conservative treatment (operated group; n=9) or rest and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (nonoperated group; n=3). In eight out of the 12 dogs, the mineralization was also present in the asymptomatic forelimb. Based on owner evaluation, the degree of lameness had decreased distinctly in both groups. Six dogs (four operated and two nonoperated) were reevaluated at Michigan State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (MSU-VTH) and were without lameness except for one dog in the operated group. The mineralizations had reformed in all dogs in the operated group after a mean follow-up time of 5.1 years.

Applying Social Norms Theory within Affiliation Groups: Promising Interventions for High-Risk Drinking

NASPA Journal ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Bruce ◽  
Adrienne E Keller
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
State University ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Social Norms Theory ◽  
High Risk Drinking

On college campuses across the country, high-risk drinking and the associated negative consequences have become a national concern. As colleges strive to find appropriate and effective approaches to deal with this issue, social norms theory provides a coherent framework for interventions that are relevant and positive. Small Group Social Norms (SGSN) interventions within affiliation groups offer a cost-effective, acceptable intervention that can decrease high-risk drinking and associated negative consequences. Experiences with SGSN interventions for student athletes and members of fraternities and sororities at a prominent state university demonstrate the process, effectiveness, and potential of these kinds of interventions.

scholarly journals Isolation and Characterization of Soil Bacteria That Define Terriglobus gen. nov., in the Phylum Acidobacteria

2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (8) ◽  
pp. 2708-2717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie A. Eichorst ◽  
John A. Breznak ◽  
Thomas M. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
Michigan State University ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
State University ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
Nutritional Characteristics ◽  
Long Term Ecological Research ◽  
Encoding Gene

ABSTRACT Bacteria in the phylum Acidobacteria are widely distributed and abundant in soils, but their ecological roles are poorly understood, owing in part to a paucity of cultured representatives. In a molecular survey of acidobacterial diversity at the Michigan State University Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Ecological Research site, 27% of acidobacterial 16S rRNA gene clones in a never-tilled, successional plant community belonged to subdivision 1, whose relative abundance varied inversely with soil pH. Strains of subdivision 1 were isolated from these never-tilled soils using low-nutrient medium incubated for 3 to 4 weeks under elevated levels of carbon dioxide, which resulted in a slightly acidified medium that matched the pH optima of the strains (between 5 and 6). Colonies were approximately 1 mm in diameter and either white or pink, the latter due to a carotenoid(s) that was synthesized preferentially under 20% instead of 2% oxygen. Strains were gram-negative, aerobic, chemo-organotrophic, nonmotile rods that produced an extracellular matrix. All strains contained either one or two copies of the 16S rRNA encoding gene, which along with a relatively slow doubling time (10 to 15 h at ca. 23°C) is suggestive of an oligotrophic lifestyle. Six of the strains are sufficiently similar to one another, but distinct from previously named Acidobacteria, to warrant creation of a new genus, Terriglobus, with Terriglobus roseus defined as the type species. The physiological and nutritional characteristics of Terriglobus are consistent with its potential widespread distribution in soil.

Long-Term Ecological Research and Lessons from Networked Lives

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Life Histories ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Michigan State University ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
State University ◽  
Santa Barbara ◽  
The Public ◽  
Long Term Ecological Research ◽  
The University

The Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program has affected how I conduct and evaluate ecological research. Working with the LTER program has given me a greater appreciation for the complexity of the natural world and has provided a framework to study it. The LTER program has provided the best possible venue to connect ecological research with classroom instruction, mentoring, and professional development. Translating our science to the public is a challenge. My experiences in the LTER program have provided multiple opportunities to work with the public, K–12 and college or university students, and professionals in different fields. This process has honed my communication skills. The ideas that emerge from true collaborative science cannot be understated. The work at an LTER site and within the LTER network works best when we collaborate. I received my undergraduate training in ecology at the University of California (UC) Santa Barbara. At UC Santa Barbara in the 1970s, the ecology program focused largely on populations and communities. Field observations, laboratory studies, manipulative field studies, and equation-based modeling were the norm. I recall the first set of litter and soil samples of arthropods that I sorted were extracted using Tullgren funnels and thought at the time that a person would have to be insane to pursue this type of work as a career. Two years later, I was in the graduate program at Michigan State University working with Dr. Richard Snider where I studied the impacts of herbicides on soil arthropods in no- till corn. At Michigan State, I learned the importance of species life histories, behaviors, and tolerances to environmental variation. My first exposure with the LTER program started in 1979, during my first year of graduate school at Michigan State University. A National Science Foundation (NSF) program officer was visiting the university to promote the concept of the LTER program and the first round of competition. Being 22 years old at the time, it was difficult for me to appreciate discussions about a program that would potentially operate over several decades. As a graduate student, it was a lesson in the planning, extended time frame, and other programmatic logistics of collaborative science.

Ultrastructural Studies of Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex

1975 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 428-429
Author(s):  
James C.S. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Michigan State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Diagnostic Laboratory ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
Bovine Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Etiologic Agents ◽  
Diagnostic Difficulties ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Capillary Walls ◽  
Alveolar Capillary

Bovine respiratory diseases cause serious economic loses and present diagnostic difficulties due to the variety of etiologic agents, predisposing conditions, parasites, viruses, bacteria and mycoplasma, and may be multiple or complicated. Several agents which have been isolated from the abnormal lungs are still the subject of controversy and uncertainty. These include adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, syncytial viruses, herpesviruses, picornaviruses, mycoplasma, chlamydiae and Haemophilus somnus.Previously, we have studied four typical cases of bovine pneumonia obtained from the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to elucidate this complex syndrome by electron microscopy. More recently, additional cases examined reveal electron opaque immune deposits which were demonstrable on the alveolar capillary walls, laminae of alveolar capillaries, subenthothelium and interstitium in four out of 10 cases. In other tissue collected, unlike other previous studies, bacterial organisms have been found in association with acute suppurative bronchopneumonia.

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