SB42-12/13: LC1849

SB42-12/13: LC1849. This resolution passed 18Y-6N on a roll call vote during the January 30, 2013 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM)

Process and Outcome Evaluation of a Social-Networking Website for Health Promotion

Overweight and obesity pose a significant threat to the health and wellbeing of college students. However, studies of interventions to improve the health behaviors of college students are few in number, largely atheoretical, and have limited potential for widespread dissemination. The goal of this study was to evaluate a pilot of an internet based social-networking intervention to promote health behavior change. Specific aims were to assess the role of behavioral engagement as a mechanism of change over time, review qualitative feedback regarding participants\u27 likes and dislikes of the website, and use social networking analysis (SNA) to analyze structural support and its effects on behavior change. The sample consisted of 39 students from the Loma Linda University School of Public Health. Participants each selected a specific health behavior goal that they wished to achieve in the 10-week period of the study and completed the web-based individual health behavior change project as part of the coursework. Results showed a significant improvement in participant health behavior across the course of the study period. Results also indicated that level of peer feedback and support received significantly moderated change in health behavior across time such that greater improvement in health behavior was observed in those who received a greater amount of peer feedback. Qualitative analysis revealed participants reported the features of peer feedback, personal blog, and line graph of heath behavior change to be the most helpful. The most commonly reported frustrations were website technical difficulties, particularly at the start of the study. The SNA showed that indegree (number of ties received) and, to a lesser extent, outdegree (number of ties originated with another) predicted attainment of clinically significant change. Furthermore, examination of the structural network diagram revealed that more concentrated sets of reciprocal ties existed among participants who attained clinically significant change. Although further research is needed, these findings suggest that web-based social support interventions may be effective in promoting change in variety of health behaviors and that SNA is a useful technique for investigating the influence of aspects of structural support on health behavior change

SB71-13/14: Critical Languages

SB71-13/14: Critical Languages. This resolution passed 19Y-2N-3A on a roll call vote during the March 19 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM)

SB56-12/13: ADUs

SB56-12/13: ADUs. This resolution was tabled at the February 13, 2013 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM)

SB87-13/14: Marketing and Outreach Director

SB87-13/14: Marketing and Outreach Director. This resolution passed 24Y-1N-1A on a roll call vote during the April 30, 2014 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). *Note: This resolution was also discussed during the April 16, 2014 Meeting of ASUM, where it failed 7Y-13N on a roll call vote

SB49-12/13: HB166

SB49-12/13: HB166. This resolution passed 17Y-8N on a roll call vote during the February 6, 2013 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM)

SB12-13/14: Location of the Missoula College

SB12-13/14: Location of the Missoula College. This resolution was tabled during the September 25, 2013 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM)

SB84-13/14: Legalization of Cannabis

SB84-13/14: Legalization of Cannabis. This resolution passed 11Y-8N-1A on a roll call vote during the April 16, 2014 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM)

SB88-13/14: ASUM Continuity

SB88-13/14: ASUM Continuity. This resolution passed 16Y-3N-1A on a roll call vote during the April 16, 2014 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM)

SB89-13/14: Fee Transparencey

SB89-13/14: Fee Transparency. This resolution passed with Unanimous Consent during the April 16, 2014 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM)