Health & Human Development
The Department of Health and Human Development is a group of dedicated faculty and staff whose interests, while diverse, center on one central theme: human beings. HHD works to help individuals from early childhood to mature adults though teaching, research, and service programs in both the public and private sectors.
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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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Factors Influencing Retention of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students in Undergraduate STEM Majors
(American Society for Cell Biology, 2022-03)Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)majors do not retain transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) students and cisgender students at similar rates. This article explores TGNC retention in STEM majors ... -
The Role of Beliefs, Pride, and Perceived Barriers in Decision-Making Regarding Purchasing Value-Added Pulse Products among US Consumers
(MDPI AG, 2022-03)This study explores the underlying psychological structure of purchasing value-added pulse products. It expands the theory of planned behavior (TPB) model by incorporating an emotional factor and explains consumers’ attitudes ... -
The Early Intervention Referral Process for Rural Infants and Toddlers with Delays or Disabilities: A Family Perspective
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-11)Introduction: Early intervention (EI) services provide essential support to families of children with delays or disabilities. Children can enter EI via a variety of routes, though all begin with a referral, and for children ... -
Montana’s Early Childhood Educators: Recruiting and Retaining an Essential Workforce
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022-02)Shifting realities across the world have emphasized the need to change early childhood systems thinking. Specifically, a quality early childhood workforce was in high demand before the COVID-19 pandemic and will continue ... -
Parent–Child Relationships and the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Qualitative Study with Parents in Early, Middle, and Late Adulthood
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-09)The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families is currently unknown. Parents and children have experienced a variety of changes as public health interventions have been implemented to slow the spread of the virus. The ... -
Parents’ Part C Experiences in Rural Areas: Alignment With Recommended Practices
(SAGE Publications, 2020-09-04)The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) clearly outlined recommended practices for the provision of Part C services. However, there may be challenges in rural areas associated with services aligning with these recommended ... -
Food Insecurity in US Military Veterans
(SAGE Publications, 2020-12)Background: Food insecurity (FI) is an important public health issue for US veterans. For many veterans, civilian life is fraught with service-incurred health issues and socioeconomic challenges, each risk factors for FI. ... -
Physical Activity and Inflammation Phenotype Conversion
(Clinical Exercise Physiology Association, 2019)Inflammation is a protective response to infection or injury; however, persistent microtraumas at the tissue level may result in chronic low-grade inflammation that plays both direct and indirect roles in the development ...
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