Promoting the Integration of Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Interventions Through a Web-Based Professional Development Program

2021 ◽  
pp. 237337992110492
Author(s):  
Laura Bohen ◽  
Stephanie Heim ◽  
Laura Perdue ◽  
Anne Dybsetter
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Development Program ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Healthy Communities ◽  
Systems Approaches ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
Policy Systems ◽  
The University

In 2017, the University of Minnesota Extension launched an online program called “Systems Approaches to Healthy Communities” that targets public health professionals and health promotion advocates to address how policy, systems, and environment interact with their work. This program was developed through evaluation of existing programs and content to expand reach for Minnesota Extension. Through five modules (Frameworks for Healthy Communities, Taking a Systems Approach, Engaging with Communities, Knowing Your Community, Putting It All Together), participants are informed on their role in public health efforts, barriers to lasting change in communities, and how to coordinate their work with local partners they might not have otherwise. Systems Approaches to Healthy Communities was developed following a number of pilots and revisions, which will benefit others looking to develop novel online programming or translate existing curricula to new modalities.

scholarly journals Graduate Students Report Strong Acceptance and Loyal Usage of Google Scholar

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Shen
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Tam Model ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
The University

Objective – To determine the frequency of graduate students’ Google Scholar usage, and the contributing factors to their adoption. The researchers also aimed to examine whether the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is applicable to graduate students’ acceptance of Google Scholar. Design – Web-based survey questionnaire. Setting – The survey was conducted over the internet through email invitations. Subjects – 1,114 graduate students enrolled at the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota. Methods – 9,998 graduate students were invited via email to participate in a study about their perceptions of Google Scholar in the fall of 2009. A follow-up email and a raffle of two $25 gift certificates were used to provide participation incentive. The survey measurements, which consisted of 53 items in 15 questions, were based on modifications to the validated TAM using measurements adopted by other studies using the same instrument. Each item was scored using five-point scales ranging from 1 (“strongly disagree”) to 5 (“strongly agree”). Because the TAM model is based on direct user experience, only responses from those who have used Google Scholar in the past were included in the data analysis. Main Results – The survey had a response rate of 11.4%, with 73% of the respondents reporting having used Google Scholar at least once before. However, only 45% of those who had used Google Scholar reported linking to full text articles through the customized library link “frequently or always.” On average, respondents found Google Scholar easy to use (M=4.09 out of 5) and access (M=3.86). They also perceived Google Scholar as a useful resource for their research (M=3.98), which enhanced their searching effectiveness (M=3.89). However, respondents were less enthusiastic when asked whether they often found what they were looking for using Google Scholar (M=3.33) or whether it had enough resources for their research (M=3.14). Nonetheless, most still felt they made the correct decision to use Google Scholar (M=3.94), even if their loyalty towards Google Scholar was limited (M=3.23). The researcher categorized survey measurements into 9 TAM-based variables and performed regression analysis (all with p

Nationwide satellite training for public health professionals: Web-based follow-up

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael K. Peddecord ◽  
Patricia Holsclaw ◽  
Isabel Gomez Jacobson ◽  
Lisa Kwizera ◽  
Kelly Rose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Public Health Professionals

Redesigning College Professional Development Resources to Meet the Needs of Emerging Public Health Professionals

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-491
Author(s):  
Anna Torrens Armstrong ◽  
Jaime A. Corvin ◽  
Juliana Azeredo ◽  
Somer Burke ◽  
Caitlynn C. Carr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
Public Health Training ◽  
Professional Development Needs ◽  
The University ◽  
Florida College

The University of South Florida, College of Public Health, is dedicated to providing career planning and professional development services for students in varying formats. However, changing public health training needs and an emerging need for focused attention on professional development necessitated the development of an evaluative program to better understand our students’ needs in these areas. Specifically, anecdotal student feedback about feeling unprepared professionally and survey feedback from students, preceptor feedback regarding the need for students to be better trained in core professional concepts, and low rates of attendance in standard professional development events resulted in a quality improvement study to identify students’ perceived career planning and professional development needs. Findings were used to redesign current services and provided the basis for developing more targeted trainings to ensure that public health graduates are better prepared to meet employer expectations and to excel in the workforce. This article provides an overview of this transformative process, including the results of the qualitative survey on student, faculty, alumni, and community preceptor perspectives, and resulting prototypes developed for the professional development pilot along with preliminary insights.

scholarly journals Ripple Effects Mapping: Capturing the Wider Impacts of Systems Change Efforts in Public Health

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Nobles ◽  
Jessica Wheeler ◽  
Kirsty Dunleavy-Harris ◽  
Richard Holmes ◽  
Alan Inman-Ward ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Systems Change ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
Ripple Effects ◽  
Systems Approaches ◽  
Adaptive Nature ◽  
Change Efforts

Abstract Background: Systems approaches are currently being advocated and implemented to address complex challenges in Public Health. These approaches work by bringing multi-sectoral stakeholders together to develop a collective understanding of the system, and then to identify places where they can leverage change across the system. Systems approaches are unpredictable, where cause-and-effect cannot always be disentangled, and unintended consequences – positive and negative – frequently arise. Evaluating such approaches is difficult and new methods are warranted. Methods: Ripple Effects Mapping (REM) is a qualitative method which can capture the wider impacts, and adaptive nature, of a systems approach. Using a case study example from the evaluation of a physical activity systems approach in Gloucestershire, we: a) introduce the adapted REM method; b) describe how REM was applied in the example; c) explain how REM outputs were analysed; d) provide examples of how REM outputs were used; and e) describe the strengths, limitations, and future uses of REM based on our reflections. Results: Ripple Effects Mapping is a participatory method that requires the active input of programme stakeholders in data gathering workshops. It produces visual outputs (i.e., maps) of the programmes activities and impacts, which are mapped along a timeline to understand the temporal dimension of systems change efforts. The REM outputs from our example were created over several iterations, with data collected every 3-4 months, to build a picture of activities and impacts that have continued or ceased. Workshops took place both in person and online. An inductive content analysis was undertaken to describe and quantify the patterns within the REM outputs. Detailed guidance related to the preparation, delivery, and analysis of REM are included in this paper. Conclusion: REM may help to advance our understanding and evaluation of complex systems approaches, especially within the field of Public Health. We therefore invite other researchers, practitioners and policymakers to use REM and to continuously evolve the method to enhance its application and practical utility.

Workshop on Public Health Law and Ethics I & II: The Challenge of Public/Private Partnerships (PPPs)

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (S4) ◽  
pp. 90-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Reich ◽  
Jody Henry Hershey ◽  
George E. Hardy ◽  
James F. Childress ◽  
Ruth Gaare Bernheim
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Public Health Ethics ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Health Ethics ◽  
Law And Ethics ◽  
Public Health Officials ◽  
The University ◽  
Public Health Practitioners

The issue of public health ethics has received much attention in recent years and is seen as a new field, distinct from medical ethics. Faculty from the University of Virginia, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Georgetown University, the University of Minnesota, and others received a grant from the Greenwall Foundation to examine this new field of public health ethics and identify the unique principles that distinguish it from the study of medical ethics. In the course of that study, which included exploring the field with public health practitioners, a number of distinguishing ethical principles emerged. The moral principles appropriate for public health officials included producing benefits; avoiding, preventing and removing harms; producing a maximum balance of benefits over harms; and distributing benefits and burdens fairly.

scholarly journals Public Health Students’ Reflection regarding the First Case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a University, Southern Thailand

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-192
Author(s):  
Suwanbamrung C ◽  
Kaewsawat S
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
First Case ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The University

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic disease. In Thailand, public health professionals are the main stakeholder for risk management. The aim was to explore the reflections of the public health students regarding the first case of a COVID-19 patient near a university area, southern Thailand. Study design: The cross-sectional qualitative study. Methods: The study was conducted written on one page which contained four elements of the reflection concept. Students’ reflections were collected by the researcher after oral consent. The data analysis used the thematic analysis technique and included the following five steps: 1) reading and rereading to understand reflections, 2) identifying the coding, 3) setting the category of the coding in relation to meanings, 4) interpreting the theme based on their meaning and related phenomena, and 5) setting the main themes. Results: Ninety public health students that studied at a 3rd level classification of a community public health program. Almost all (77) were women (85.6%), were 20-21 years old, and had received information regarding the coronavirus outbreak from social media, family members, other students, lecturers, and other people. The 17 themes and 35 sub-themes of the reflection concept included three themes’ regarding the seven sub-themes of “What I faced”, five themes regarding the six sub-themes of “What I did”, four themes regarding the seven sub-themes of “What Happened”, and five themes regarding the 19 sub-themes of “So what or now what” elements. Conclusions: The reflections of the public health students are important for lecturers, the university, and their parents for supporting and guiding them to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.

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