Review of Student Wellness and Academic Libraries: Case Studies and Activities for Promoting Health and Success

Henry, Tiffany N.

doi:10.33011/newlibs/10/10

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“…The content in FLOURISH covers 10 topics and was decided by a combination of survey and overview articles in the literature including the work described in Baldwin et al (2017), Beauchemin et al (2018), Holman et al (2021), Lee Wai Sum (2021), Lenstra (2020), and Ward et al (2022), input from the subject experts in our University, and feedback from students and others obtained in the background research leading to our pilot course. In selecting the 10 topics we tried to cover as many as we could of the wellness factors described in Baldwin et al (2017) and we have addressed the physical, social, and occupational although not the emotional or intellectual.…”

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Teaching Health Literacy and Digital Literacy Together at University Level: The FLOURISH Module

Smeaton

2023

Health Educ Behav

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Many universities have wellness programs to promote overall health and well-being. Using students’ own personal data as part of improving their own wellness would seem to be a natural fit given that most university students are already data and information literate. In this work, we aim to show how the interplay between health literacy and data literacy can be used and taught together. The method we use is the development and delivery of the FLOURISH module, an accredited, online-only but extra-curricular course that delivers practical tips in the areas that impact students’ everyday wellness including sleep, nutrition, work habits, procrastination, relationships with others, physical activity, positive psychology, critical thinking, and more. For most of these topics, students gather personal data related to the topic and submit an analysis of their data for assessment thus demonstrating how students can use their personal data for their benefit. More than 350 students have taken the module and an analysis of the use of online resources, as well as feedback on the module experience, are presented. The contributions of this article are to further endorse the need for health literacy and digital literacy for students, and we demonstrate that these can be taught together making each literacy more appealing to the digital natives of Generation Z who make up the majority of students. The implications for public health research and practice are that two student literacies, health and digital, are not independent and for our students, they should be taught together.

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Teaching Health Literacy and Digital Literacy Together at University Level: The FLOURISH Module

Smeaton

2023

Health Educ Behav

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“…Finally, social well-being is fundamentally comprised of societal actualization and community connection. Libraries in universities across the globe have increased their initiatives to promote the success and well-being of students (Lenstra, 2020). The community-building initiatives of libraries are consistent with their overarching goal of enhancing the learning experience.…”

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“…Positive effects are observed with targeted programs that encourage healthful activity, according to Blanksby and Whipp (2004). Academic libraries can make a positive contribution by supporting campus initiatives that promote balanced living and exercise, according to Lenstra (2020). By advocating for physical wellness, libraries facilitate the achievement of more students.…”

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Library Support: Implications on Student Well-being

Samo,

Agcito

2024

BJMAS

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Fostering healthy, supportive contexts that holistically enrich growth is fundamental to the central mission of educational institutions. This study evaluated how college students perceive library support across various dimensions and its influence on their well-being, involving 303 students from a private institution in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. Utilizing a researcher-made questionnaire and focus group discussions, it explored the relationship between library support and student well-being. The study revealed that the participants' assessment of library support across physical, intellectual, social, and environmental dimensions was generally high, reflecting satisfaction with resources, assistance, social environments, and the library's ambiance. They also reported high well-being levels in physical, cognitive, and social aspects, indicating a positive overall self-assessment. The participants' library support assessment significantly influenced their well-being levels, suggesting that high-quality library support contributes to higher well-being. Key themes from the students' library support experiences included a conducive environment, technological support, collaboration opportunities, and distractions. This study emphasizes the significant role of academic libraries in enhancing student well-being, advocating for comprehensive library services and a holistic approach to student welfare in higher education. It points to institutions to provide welcoming and collaborative library spaces by applying a "therapeutic landscape" ethos across education, and conducting further research on the influence of library support on well-being across different contexts.

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“…Some attention has recognized some risks from social media advertising on potential overconsumption (Frick et al, 2021) and how social media can lead to more negative consequences for firms (Ruppel & Einwiller, 2021), especially related to the pandemic (Naeem & Ozuem, 2021). However, there is a lack of significant exploration regarding the effect social media usage has on consumer wellness and well-being (wellness and well-being are used interchangeably herein as they are synonymous; Feerrar, 2020). Disciplines outside of marketing, such as psychology (Quiroz & Mickelson, 2021;, medicine (Bennett et al, 2020), computer science (Van den Eijnden et al, 2016, and communications (Büchi et al, 2019) have more objectively considered the empirical outcomes of social media usage, and many find the repercussions to be largely negative.…”

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#SocialMediaWellness: Exploring a research agenda and conceptualization for healthy social media consumption

Mertz

Hass

Anderson

et al. 2023

J of Consumer Behaviour

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The crossroads of scholar and marketer concerns related to healthy social media usage is where this study extends the burgeoning literature on consumer well‐being in the digital area by exploring the topic of social media wellness, made more salient during the pandemic era. Consumers spend increasing amounts of time on social media despite experiencing numerous negative repercussions. Various disciplines have contributed to the examination of this topic; however, scant research has been conducted within the consumer research or marketing disciplines. Therefore, this paper aims to shed light on the need for social media wellness by (1) highlighting issues related to social media consumption, (2) introducing a conceptual definition of social media wellness, (3) exploring consumers' perceptions and experiences of social media usage through topic analysis, and (4) providing a research agenda for scholars to pursue. Following an exploratory observation of common topics surrounding social media wellness, specific hashtags and their corresponding posts were gathered from Twitter and then examined using the topic modeling method Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA). Implications and future research are discussed accordingly.

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Review of Student Wellness and Academic Libraries: Case Studies and Activities for Promoting Health and Success

Abstract: Review of Holder, S. & Lannon, A. (Eds.). (2020). Student wellness and academic libraries: Case studies and activities for promoting health and success. Association of College and Research Libraries.

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Teaching Health Literacy and Digital Literacy Together at University Level: The FLOURISH Module

Teaching Health Literacy and Digital Literacy Together at University Level: The FLOURISH Module

Library Support: Implications on Student Well-being

#SocialMediaWellness: Exploring a research agenda and conceptualization for healthy social media consumption

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