SPH 341

Promoting Healthy
People & Communities

Week 1
August 28th, 2018
 Outline

 Introductions
 Expectations
 Syllabus
 Who am I?

Janine M. Jurkowski, PhD, MPH

• Associate Professor, HPMB
• Associate Dean for Public Health Practice

• SPH Satellite office: Humanities B016

• Office hours:Tuesday 8:15–8:45 am/10:10-

10:40 (HU B016)
Luisa Fernandes, MS, DrPH(c)
• Office Hours TBD
 Who are you?

• Name
• Something about yourself in One
sentence or less (i.e.what did you
do interesting last weekend or
what is your passion?)
Ground Rules for Course

1. Respectful to your peers and professor; Respect other view points

2. Do your readings so you can participate in meaningful discussions

based on readings.

3. Be thoughtful about discussion questions and other class activities

4. Please do not have side conversations that distract peers.

5. Raise hand or politely speak so professor knows you want to speak

6. ?

7. ?
What you can expect of me

 Be well-prepared for class each week

 Provide constructive feedback on
assignments
 Be respectful of different viewpoints
 Refer you to other sources when
additional help is needed
 Challenge you
 The Course

 Title
 SPH 341 - Promoting Healthy People and
Communities
 Description
 This course focuses on the influences on
health and how health promotion
strategies influence healthy behaviors,
healthy people, and healthy
communities.
 No-fault Opportunities

 You may drop the lowest 2 in-class

assignment / activity grades.
 See me if major issues arise. Do not
wait until too late to see me.
Searching the
Literature
Sources of information
 Journals
 Scholarly journals
 Substantive news or general interest
 Popular
 Sensational
 Book
 Encyclopedias
 Web
Scholarly journals
 What to look for
 abstract - a summary of the article
 serious - often graphs and charts; few glossy pages or
exciting pictures
 always cite their sources
 written by a scholar or researcher
 assumes reader has some technical background
 main purpose - report on original research / experimentation
 examples
 Am Journal of PH, Applied Geography, Archives of Sexual Behavior,
JAMA, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Journal of Theoretical
Biology)
 Acceptable for the paper
 Substantive news or general
interest journals
 What to look for:
 sometimes cite sources - more often do not
 often heavily illustrated, generally photographs
 may be written by a member of the editorial staff, a scholar or a
free lance writer
 language geared to any educated audience
 no specialty assumed
 main purpose to provide information, in a general manner, to a
broad audience
 examples
 The Economist, National Geographic, The New York Times, Scientific
American
 May be acceptable for the paper - try to avoid
Popular periodicals and Fake
News
 What to look for:
 often slick and attractive in appearance - lots of color
graphics (photographs, drawings, etc.)
 do not cite as sources
 usually very short and written in simple language
 main purpose - entertain the reader, to sell products, promote
a viewpoint
 Help with fake news
 http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/dont-get-fooled-by-these-fake-
news-sites/
 http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/10/30/rs-fake-news.cnn
 http://www.snopes.com/2016/01/14/fake-news-sites/
 http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/Fake-News/tp/A-Guide-to-Fake-News-
Websites.htm
 Not acceptable for the paper
 Continued
 What to look for:
 come in a variety of styles, often a newspaper or website
 language - elementary, can be inflammatory or sensational;
main purpose - arouse curiosity and to cater to popular
superstitions (often with flashy headlines designed to astonish
(e.g., Half-man Half-woman Makes Self Pregnant))
 examples
 Globe, National Examiner, Star, Weekly World News, Pollynews
 Not acceptable for class
Acceptable sources of
information for paper
 Journals
 Scholarly journals
 Substantive news or general interest
 Popular
 Sensational
 Book
 Encyclopedias
 Web
 academic
 governmental
 personal
 organization
 Searching databases

Select
database &
Indexes

http://library.albany.edu/
Databases and Indexes

 Ebsco
 Medline
 PsychInfo
 Selection
 Select letter than database
 Ebsco
 Medline
 PsychInfo
Off- or On-campus
 Off campus  On campus
 Enter NetID  After log-on
 Unix password
 Searching Ebsco - Academic
Search Premier
 Advance search
 Limit to scholarly
 Too many hits
 Add another term / Combine terms
 Set date range
Still too many
 Narrow using right and left hand side
menus / slide bar
Print search strategy
 Click on “print search history”
 Window w/ history will pop-up for printing
 Searching Medline
 Select letter “M” from main “Databases and
Indexes” page
 Select Medline (via Ebsco)
 Advanced search options -
Ebsco Medline
 Publication type

 Gender

 Language

 Age
 Results
View search history
View results Toggle view on/off (show/hide)

Click on to print
Click on to select Click on to modify search (add
search history
parameters or change/add words)
Searching - PsychInfo
 Similar to Ebsco, just looks different
Accessing publications

Click on “Find
It” to look for
the article

Will either get a window w/ the abstract and pdf (next slide) or this.
If get this
message,
follow
link provided
 Accessing document

Click on pdf icon to

access full text of article
Accessing document
Medline (Ebsco) search results

Need to search

Obvious article available (pdf icon)

 What if you can’t find it
You clicked on “find it” and got this - what now.....
Confirm not available by selecting
“By Journal Title”
You will get a pop-up window of
the Minerva Catalog list - look for
the title in the list

If not available - request the article “Interlibrary Loan”

 Interlibrary loan
Search window populated for you, confirm all
Log in using NetID info & submit your request
and Unix password
 Accessing ILL deliveries
Select “Connect to ILLiad”

Log-on with
NetID &
Unix
password

Click on
“Electronic
Delivery
Pick-up”

Access ILL/UA Delivery from

library home page