Laura Cobus Kuo

Ithaca College | IC · Library

Depressive symptoms are highly prevalent in elite athletes, even though physical activity can be a protective factor. Estimations from studies exploring the prevalence of depressive symptoms range substantially, from 1.1% to 32.2%. To date, one can only speculate why this variability exists. Theoretically, non-anonymous screenings may lead to more...

The 2019 Addendum, in conjunction with the original health and wellness coaching (HWC) Compendium, organizes HWC literature with the aim of assisting researchers while providing a resource for practitioners. The 2019 Addendum to the HWC Compendium extends the initial work by adding HWC-related literature published in the past 2 years. The 2019 Adde...

Cambridge Core - General - Using Web 2.0 for Health Information - edited by Paula Younger

Health and wellness coaching (HWC) for lifestyle behavior change is emerging as a practice, role, and profession, in diverse health care, employee wellness, and community settings. Health care professionals apply HWC as a behavior change methodology for the prevention and treatment of diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, heart disease, cancer, a...

This study assessed teaching evidence-based practice (EBP) and information literacy (IL) skills through an active learning library session in an undergraduate clinical methods course. Students’ perceptions of the workshop were measured using the One Minute Paper (OMP). Results improved instruction of EBP research in the Speech- Language Pathology (...

Introduction In evidence based practice, systematic reviews--and research syntheses more generally--are considered higher levels of evidence. Consequently, an increasing number of graduate students in health sciences are undertaking syntheses as research projects. The objective of this study was to conduct a scoping review of research syntheses pro...

Explore the development and acquisition of personal research library/academic social network systems by publishing groups. Speakers will address the development of these tools, how they function and are used by researchers, as well as licensing and other implications for journals and publishing.

Objective – We sought to develop best practices for creating online research guides in an academic library. Methods – We performed usability tests of particular library research guides in order to determine how to improve them. Students in a Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) class (n=20) participated in the studies both as subjects of the tests and...

Reference management (RM) software is widely used by researchers in the health and natural sciences. Librarians are often called upon to provide support for these products. The present study compares four prominent RMs: CiteULike, RefWorks, Mendeley, and Zotero, in terms of features offered and the accuracy of the bibliographies that they generate....

Using Web 2.0 for Health Information - edited by Paula Younger April 2011

The purpose of this article is to describe the creation of a transdisciplinary group, consisting of nurse educators, a medical librarian, lab technologists, and a technology expert. to lead the integration of electronic health technology, including high-fidelity simulation, handheld technology, and electronic health records, within a school of nurs...

Blogs and wikis are examples of Web 2.0 technology that facilitate collaboration in the online world. In the health sciences, the emergence of these social tools potentially increases the risk of generating harmful or biased information. Therefore, it is the health professional's responsibility to have the skills to critically appraise Web content...

The paper reviews the core competencies for public health professionals presented in the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) report, Who Will Keep the Public Healthy: Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century; describes improving information literacy (IL) as a mechanism for integrating the core competencies in public health education;...

In a usability study designed to test the Hunter College Libraries Web site for ease-of-use and clarity of purpose, twenty-eight students were observed as they performed exercises using the links on the home page's navigation sidebar as the starting point for each task. The usability testing was divided into rounds so that feedback from the first h...

In a usability study designed to test the Hunter College Libraries Web site for ease-of-use and clarity of purpose, twenty-eight students were observed as they performed exercises using the links on the home page's navigation sidebar as the starting point for each task. The usability testing was divided into rounds so that feedback from the first h...