scholarly journals A qualitative analysis of the information science needs of public health researchers in an academic setting

2018 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanda L. Hunt ◽  
Caitlin J. Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Data Policy ◽  
The University

Objectives: The University of Minnesota (UMN) Health Sciences Libraries conducted a needs assessment of public health researchers as part of a multi-institutional study led by Ithaka S+R. The aims of the study were to capture the evolving needs, opportunities, and challenges of public health researchers in the current environment and provide actionable recommendations. This paper reports on the data collected at the UMN site.Methods: Participants (n=24) were recruited through convenience sampling. One-on-one interviews, held November 2016 to January 2017, were audio-recorded. Qualitative analyses were conducted using NVivo 11 Pro and were based on the principles of grounded theory.Results: The data revealed that a broad range of skill levels among participants (e.g., literature searching) and areas of misunderstanding (e.g., current publishing landscape, open access options). Overall, data management was an afterthought. Few participants were fully aware of the breadth of librarian knowledge and skill sets, although many did express a desire for further skill development in information science.Conclusions: Libraries can engage more public health researchers by utilizing targeted and individualized marketing regarding services. We can promote open science by educating researchers on publication realities and enhancing our data visualization skills. Libraries might take an institution-wide leadership role on matters of data management and data policy compliance. Finally, as team science emerges as a research priority, we can offer our networking expertise. These support services may reduce the stresses that public health researchers feel in the current research environment.

scholarly journals Dual Master of Social Work / Master of Public Health Degrees: Perceptions of Graduates and Field Instructors

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 507-521
Author(s):  
Trina C. Salm Ward ◽  
Patricia M. Reeves
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Field Instructors ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Master Of Social Work ◽  
Master Of Public Health ◽  
University Of Georgia ◽  
The University

Despite growing interest in Master of Social Work/Master of Public Health (MSW/MPH) programs, limited research literature is available on MSW/MPH graduates and none has examined field instructors’ perceptions of MSW/MPH students. This study describes the perceptions and experiences of MSW/MPH alumni and field instructors from a recently implemented MSW/MPH program at the University of Georgia. Electronic surveys were administered to 32 alumni and 34 field instructors; response rates were 71.9% (n=23) and 70.6% (n=24), respectively. Alumni reported satisfaction with the dual degree and utilization of both social work and public health skills in the workplace. Field instructors underscored the complementary skill sets of dually-trained students and noted the added value of MSW/MPH professionals in their agencies. Dually-trained MSW/MPH practitioners are uniquely prepared to address the need for transdisciplinary and interprofessional collaborations to address long-standing social and health issues.

scholarly journals Teaching Open Science

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helene N. Andreassen ◽  
Erik Lieungh
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
Research Data Management ◽  
The University

In this episode, we are discussing how to teach open science to PhD students. Helene N. Andreassen, head of Library Teaching and Learning Support at the University Library of UiT the Arctic University of Norway shares her experiences with the integration of open science in a special, tailor-made course for PhD's that have just started their project. An interdisciplinary, discussion-based course, "Take Control of Your PhD Journey: From (P)reflection to Publishing" consists of a series of seminars on research data management, open access publishing and other subject matters pertaining to open science. First published online February 26, 2020.

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 Case Open UEF – To do together

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaisa Hartikainen ◽  
Tuula Rissanen
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Open Research ◽  
The University

At the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) Library, the national Open Science and Research initiative (2014–2017, Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland) triggered the planning and construction of open science related research support services. Planning of support services with themes of open access scholarly publishing, open research data and open study material began at full throttle at the UEF Library in November 2015. Information specialists were grouped into teams, which orientated to separate aspects of open science and shared their knowledge by training the whole library staff. Teamwork continued actively over the year 2016. Open science continuously brings new tasks for the Library and has already notably changed the job profiles of the library specialists.Advancing open science has been considered highly important not only at the library but also at the university level. UEF has offered resources e.g. by recruiting new information specialists and a data protection officer and internal auditor. UEF Library has a vital role in conducting open science but it is practiced in close collaboration with University Services, especially that of Development Services, General Administration and Legal Services and IT Services. Open Science team has landed the departments to share information and to discuss about open science practices at UEF. Nowadays these roadshows concerning UEF publishing and data policy, open access (OA) publishing as well as research data management and sharing are our focal operation.Work continues but the results can already be seen: In the OA ranking of research organisations in Finland (Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland), UEF has achieved level four in the five-level maturity model. Also, UEF researchers can order tailored training sessions about open research and support services from the diverse training menu offered by the Library. Updated Open UEF web pages are available for everyone and multi-channeled informing directed to UEF staff and students continues online. One concrete output from conducted open science and active campaigning about self-archiving is UEF institutional publication repository, UEF//eRepository, which was launched in February 2017. At the moment about 31% of UEF scientific publications are open access, but substantial increase is expected. The next big challenge in open research is data management and opening. UEF Library is starting to build a metadata portal for research data in order to conceive the data produced by UEF researchers and to help finding data for potential reuse.Open science will also be included in information retrieval studies of master's degree and doctoral students. To encourage students and teachers in OA publishing, during the international open access week, one student publishing master's thesis openly will be rewarded with a stipend by the Library. Department having the highest rate of OA master's theses will also be adorned with flowers.Open science is a matter of teamwork, committing and keeping up to date.

scholarly journals Measuring Students’ Information Literacy Skills through Abstracting: Case Study from a Library & Information Science Perspective

2008 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Pinto ◽  
Andrés Fernández-Ramos ◽  
Anne-Vinciane Doucet
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
The University ◽  
New Education

New education models based essentially on competencies and skills are gradually displacing the old systems based on teacher instruction and passive and memory-based learning in students, as these new competencies allow the student to learn actively with better levels of performance. We consider abstracting as a transcendent learning tool to analyze the basic role of information analysis and synthesis skills within the learning processes and their relation to the abstracting processes. Using an action-research methodology, we analyze the abstracting skill of students on the first and final courses of the Faculty of Library and Information Science at the University of Granada (Spain). Based on postulates from information literacy, analysis and synthesis competencies are studied through the students' modus operandi at the different abstracting stages. Similarities and differences between the two groups of students are perceived and displayed, with reference to the relation between the learned subjects and the levels of competence and skill. In the light of these results, meaningful patterns and recommendations for improving students' skill levels are proposed.

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.

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