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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Health Literacy and Informed Consent Materials: Designed for Documentation, Not Comprehension of Health Research
(2017-07)Minority populations with health disparities are underrepresented in research designed to address those disparities. One way to improve minority representation is to use community-based participatory methods to overcome ... -
Tartary Buckwheat Genetic Diversity in the Himalayas is Associated with Farmer Landrace Diversity and Low Dietary Dependence
(2017-10)While crop genetic diversity supports ecological processes and food security, there have been few cross-cultural studies evaluating the influence of cultural and dietary factors on the conservation of genetic resources. ... -
Genetic diversity, population structure, and traditional culture of Camellia reticulata
(2017-09)Camellia reticulata is an arbor tree that has been cultivated in southwestern China by various sociolinguistic groups for esthetic purposes as well as to derive an edible seed oil. This study examined the influence of ... -
Food Insecurity Experience: Building Empathy in Future Food and Nutrition Professionals
(2017-03)OBJECTIVE To assess changes in empathy in students completing a food insecurity experience. DESIGN Mixed methods; quantitative data from survey in years 1 and 2; qualitative data extracted from students\' workbooks ... -
Buying into Community Supported Agriculture: Strategies for Overcoming Income Barriers
(2008-04)Community-supported agriculture provides benefits to members, including improved nutrition, economic savings, increased food security, and knowledge about the source of one's food. Unfortunately, membership may seem out ... -
Organic agriculture supports biodiversity and sustainable food production
(2011-10)Biodiversity is vital to several important ecosystem services that ensure sustainability of food production. In organic agriculture, land management practices that promote biodiversity and soil quality are emphasized and ... -
Considerations for exploring livestock as a nutrition intervention in the rural United States
(2015-07)Residents of rural communities in the United States typically have poor access to high-quality protein. Internationally, livestock nutrition intervention programs have been successful at increasing access to high-quality ... -
University engagement through local food enterprise: community-supported agriculture on campus
(2009-05)Community-supported agriculture programs (CSAs) are growing in number and variety across the country. Though CSAs can be found in a variety of settings, a less common but potentially successful venue in which to run a CSA ... -
Sustainable hospital food service: restoring health and prosperity to rural Montana
(2014-02)Montana is a large, sparsely populated agricultural state experiencing both rural economic decline and high rates of chronic disease related to poor nutrition. Pursuing a more sustainable and self–reliant food system may ... -
Development and Evaluation of an introductory course in sustainable food and bioenergy systems
(2014-02)The purpose of this paper is to describe the development, instruction, and evaluation of the undergraduate pilot course, Introduction to Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems (SFBS), at Montana State University. Introduction ... -
Sustainable agriculture undergraduate degree programs: A land-grant university mission
(2012-05)There has been considerable growth in the number undergraduate degree programs in sustainable agriculture (SA) in universities and colleges across the country in the past 25 years. As a subset of this national trend, ... -
Community Supported Agriculture: A Conceptual Model of Health Implications
(2014-04)Community supported agriculture (CSA) is an alternative food marketing and distribution model in which consumers pay a membership fee before the season in return for a weekly share of a farm’s harvest. Since the first two ... -
Position of the American Dietetic Association: Food and Nutrition Professionals Can Implement Practices to Conserve Natural Resources and Support Ecological Sustainability
(2007-06)It is the position of the American Dietetic Association to encourage environmentally responsible practices that conserve natural resources, minimize the quantity of waste generated, and support the ecological sustainability ... -
Diabetes prevention among American Indians: the role of self-efficacy, risk perception, numeracy and cultural identity
(2017-10)BACKGROUND According to the Risk Perception Attitude (RPA) framework, classifying people according to their perceptions of disease risk and their self-efficacy beliefs allows us to predict their likelihood for engaging ... -
What Touched Your Heart? Collaborative Story Analysis Emerging From an Apsaalooke Cultural Context
(2017-07)Community-based participatory research and decolonizing research share some recommendations for best practices for conducting research. One commonality is partnering on all stages of research; co-developing methods of data ... -
Building student capacity to lead sustainability transitions in the food system through farm-based authentic research modules in sustainability sciences (FARMS)
(2017-08)Undergraduate courses provide valuable opportunities to train and empower students with the knowledge, skills, and motivation to advance society in more sustainable directions. This article emphasizes the value of bridging ... -
Quality of Vegetables Based on Total Phenolic Concentration Is Lower in More Rural Consumer Food Environments in a Rural American State
(2017-08)While daily consumption of fruits and vegetables (FVs) is widely recognized to be associated with supporting nutrition and health, disparities exist in consumer food environments regarding access to high-quality produce ... -
Older American Indians' Perspectives on Health, Arthritis, and Physical Activity: Implications for Adapting Evidence-Based Interventions, Oregon, 2013
(2017-06)INTRODUCTION: Despite the high prevalence of arthritis and physical disability among older American Indians, few evidence-based interventions that improve arthritis self-management via physical activity have been adapted ... -
Biomechanical Factors Associated With Achilles Tendinopathy and Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome in Runners
(2017-06)BACKGROUND: There is disagreement in the literature regarding whether the excessive excursion or velocity of rearfoot eversion is related to the development of 2 common running injuries: Achilles tendinopathy (AT) and ... -
Seeking Clarity and Confidence in the Divorce Decision-Making Process
(2017-03)There is a well-established literature dedicated to why couples divorce, transitions associated with divorce, and the impact of divorce on families. However, little is known about the divorce decision-making process. We ...
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