College of Education, Health & Human Development
The College of Education, Health and Human Development (EHHD) is comprised of two departments: the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Development.
Sub-communities within this community
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Education
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Health & Human Development
montana.edu/ehhd/hhd
Recent Submissions
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Continuing the Debate: A Response to the Literacy Research Association’s Dyslexia Research Report
(Australian International Academic Centre, 2022-08)The Literacy Research Association (LRA) is known for releasing research reports on essential topics in the field of literacy. An Examination of Dyslexia Research and Instruction, with Policy Implications is a recent LRA ... -
Trauma-Informed Yoga: Investigating an Intervention for Mitigating Adverse Childhood Experiences in Rural Contexts
(Informa UK Limited, 2022-07)In a state ravaged by suicide and a mental health crisis, this study sought to mitigate impacts of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and depressive and anxiety symptomology in high school students in a rural Montana ... -
Recruitment, retention, and intervention adherence for a chronic illness self-management intervention with the Apsáalooke Nation
(Frontiers Media, 2022-06)Recruitment, retention, and adherence within health intervention research have been understudied in Indigenous communities, where well-known health disparities exist. The purpose of this paper is to describe planned versus ... -
Improving Chronic Illness Self-Management with the Apsáalooke Nation: The Báa nnilah Project, a cluster randomized trial protocol
(Elsevier BV, 2022-08)Chronic illness (CI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality for Indigenous people. In Montana, Indigenous communities disproportionately experience CI, a legacy of settler colonialism. For over two decades, Messengers ... -
Strength in Numbers: The Promise of Community-Based Participatory Research in Rural Education
(East Carolina University, 2022-06)Montana is a state that is ravaged by a suicide epidemic and mental health crisis, particularly among its youth. In an area in which harsh climates, geographic challenges, and distance to rural healthcare providers are ... -
Montana STEM Summit 2022 Report: Accessing STEM Learning Across the Big Sky
(2022-10)On April 28, 2022, representatives from education, industry, non-profits and other institutions gathered virtually to discuss how to better collaborate to advance STEM learning in the state (STEM stands for science, ... -
Exploring advertising strategy for restaurants sourcing locally: The interplay of benefit appeal and regulatory focus
(Elsevier BV, 2022-03)This study explores how benefit (self-benefit and other-benefit) appeals and regulatory (prevention and promotion) focus work jointly in advertising messages for restaurants sourcing locally (RSLs). Despite the significant ... -
“Press On, Continue On”: Rural Parents’ Experiences of Transitions Within Early Intervention
(SAGE Publications, 2022-06)Although all families experience a variety of transitions over time, families of children with exceptionalities tend to encounter more transitions during their children’s earliest years. Transitions can be stressful and ... -
Community sharing: Contextualizing Western research notions of contamination within an Indigenous research paradigm
(Wiley, 2022-03)Báa nnilah is a chronic illness self-management program designed by and for the Apsáalooke (Crow) community. Arising from a collaboration between an Indigenous non-profit organization and a university-based research team, ... -
Poverty and Middle Level Achievement in a Common Core State: What are we Missing?
(College of Education and Social Services at UVM ScholarWorks, 2021-12)The purpose of this study was to determine whether a significant difference exists in academic achievement between all students and economically disadvantaged students when compared by socioeconomic levels in the North ... -
Are Small Farms Sustainable by Nature?—Review of an Ongoing Misunderstanding in Agroecology
(Librello, 2020-04)Today, agroecology is more than a science; it is a movement that advocates for a sustainable redesign of the global food system. Some of its acknowledged protagonists plead for a redesign based on the support of and for ... -
Eating instead of managing it?–a systematic literature review on potential uses of creeping thistle as food and medicinal plant
(Informa UK Limited, 2022-09)Creeping thistle, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop, is one of the most common weeds in temperate climates. Frequently classified as an invasive species, it is the cause of massive herbicide and tillage use. Especially in organic ... -
Perceptions and Responses of Diversified Farm Producers in the Northern Great Plains to the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Frontiers Media SA, 2022-02)The initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed unique vulnerabilities of the global food system with notable societal consequences, calling for the need to implement resilience strategies to support food security for ... -
Short-Term Impacts of COVID-19 Public Health Regulation on Consumer Food Purchases: A Case Study From a Grocery Store in Montana
(Frontiers Media SA, 2022-02)The mitigation measures (e.g., lockdown policies) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic impacted food systems in unprecedented ways, in both scope and immediacy. Food retail, for example, changed fundamentally in the United ... -
Putting Research Into “Action”: The Impact of Brain Energizers on Off-task Behaviors and Academic Achievement
(New Prairie Press, 2021-04)There are many factors influencing the learning environment in public school settings. As such, the recognition of developing a multidimensional approach incorporating a variety of “tools” for a teacher’s toolbox can prove ... -
Don’t Be Too Political: Depoliticization, Sexual Orientation, and Undergraduate STEM Major Persistence
(Informa UK Limited, 2021-11)Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) students persist in STEM majors at a lower rate than their heterosexual peers. This study posits that heteronormativity, as an instance of depoliticization in STEM affecting LGBQ ... -
Indigenous standpoint theory as a theoretical framework for decolonizing social science health research with American Indian communities
(SAGE Publications, 2021-08)Theoretical frameworks rooted in Western knowledge claims utilized for public health research in the social sciences are not inclusive of American Indian communities. Developed by Indigenous researchers, Indigenous standpoint ... -
Helping new teachers stay and thrive in rural schools
(SAGE Publications, 2021-12)Among the many challenges facing rural administrators, recruiting and retaining teachers is often at the top of the list. Given the time and energy invested to successfully attract, recruit, and hire a new teacher, there ... -
Physiological Responses and Predictors of Performance in a Simulated Competitive Ski Mountaineering Race
(Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 2021-03)Competitive ski mountaineering (SKIMO) has achieved great popularity within the past years. However, knowledge about the predictors of performance and physiological response to SKIMO racing is limited. Therefore, 21 male ... -
Principals’ involvement in comprehensive school physical activity programmes: A social-ecological perspective
(SAGE Publications, 2020-12)To support school physical education, United States (US) national organizations in medicine, health, and education recommend that schools adopt comprehensive school physical activity programmes (CSPAPs). An important factor ...
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