M M Wood
Biographic Data
| ID | 36621 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M M Wood |
| GIVEN NAMES | M M |
| FAMILY NAME | Wood |
| SIGNATURE | WOOD M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Fullerton |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0674-6204 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1943 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The Complete Message Is the Best Message: The Case for Standardizing Wireless Emergency Alerts
Standardized messaging for alerts and warnings has been made possible through the use of the Warning Lexicon and workflow. The effectiveness of this approach to motivate protective action behaviors, in comparison with the current standard of practice, has not yet been tested. Using an experimental design to test the effectiveness of the Warning Lexicon, we tested three message types for five hazards: blackouts, law enforcement incidents, infectio…
Measuring the Effectiveness of Disaster Warning Messages: A Forum
Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal
Opting Out: Over‐Alerting and Warning Fatigue in the Era of Wireless Emergency Alerts
While warning fatigue is commonly described among emergency management practitioners as a problem due to over‐alerting, which leads to opting out, there has been limited research to define these concepts in a systematic manner that can inform policymaking around public alerting strategies, especially as they relate to Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). In this study, we draw from semi‐structured interviews with emergency managers and open‐ended res…
The Legacy of Dennis S. Mileti and the Future of Public Alert and Warning Research
Public perceptions of U.S. earthquake early warning post-alert messages: Findings from focus groups and interviews
Communicating Hazard Location through Text-and-Map in Earthquake Early Warnings: A Mixed Methods Study
The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of presenting hazard location in different formats on key warning message outcomes—understanding, personalizing, believing, deciding, and milling. We conducted two studies using experiment and focus group methods. In the experiment, we compared a standard ShakeAlert earthquake early warning message, which merely implied location, to three enhanced messages that communicated information about …
It's like a connection between all of us: Inuit social connections and caribou declines in Labrador, Canada
Many caribou populations are declining across the Circumpolar North, presenting challenges for many Indigenous Peoples who have deep and enduring relationships with this animal. In Labrador, Canada, caribou herds have recently experienced population declines, including the George River herd, which has dropped by 99% from its peak, leading to the enactment of a total hunting ban in 2013 issued by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. The de…
Tornado Warning Guidance and Graphics: Implications of the Inclusion of Protective Action Information on Perceptions and Efficacy
Effective warning messages should tell people what they should do, how they should do it, and how to maximize their health and safety. Guidance essentially delivers two types of information: 1) information that instructs people about the actions to take in response to a threat, and 2) information about how and why these recommended protective actions will reduce harm. However, recent research reported that while automated tornado warnings, sent b…
Awareness and Attitudes Toward HIV Self-Testing in Northern Thailand
Human Immunodeficiency Virus self-testing (HIVST) was recently introduced in Thailand, but little is known about receptivity among its residents. Because Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing is a critical component of HIV prevention, it is important to understand how HIVST is perceived among potential users. The purpose of this study was to examine awareness and attitudes toward HIVST among adults in Northern Thailand. A convenience sample …
Caribou was the reason, and everything else happened after”: Effects of caribou declines on Inuit in Labrador, Canada
Correlates of Health Literacy among Farmers in Northern Thailand
Low health literacy is a barrier to public health efforts worldwide. Agricultural workers have an elevated risk for lower health literacy, with important health implications because of their potential exposure to harmful chemicals. The Asian Health Literacy Survey (AHLS) has been developed and translated for use in several different Asian countries and is standardized for easy comparisons across regions. However, it has not been translated for us…
You can never replace the caribou: Inuit Experiences of Ecological Grief from Caribou Declines
"You can never replace the caribou":Inuit Experiences of Ecological Grief from Caribou Declines Ashlee Cunsolo (bio), David Borish (bio), Sherilee L. Harper (bio), Jamie Snook (bio), Inez Shiwak (bio), Michele Wood (bio), and The Herd Caribou Project Steering Committee (bio) Introduction We are living in a time characterized by ongoing and accelerating ecological loss. Indeed, with recent reports from the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-…
We're people of the snow: Weather, climate change, and Inuit mental wellness
Rapid environmental change due to climate change impacts Inuit mental wellness by altering the relationships between people, place, livelihoods, and culture. Little is known, however, about how fluctuations in weather contribute to the experience of place and the connection to mental wellness in Inuit communities. This study aimed to characterize the importance of changes in weather among Inuit, and how these changes influence mental health and w…
Promoting Inuit health through a participatory whiteboard video
Considering Words and Phrasing in the Way We Write: Furthering the Social Justice Agenda Through Relational Practice
Spaces & Places: Understanding Sense of Belonging and Cultural Engagement Among Indigenous Youth
Indigenous youth continue to live with a socioeconomic and political legacy of colonization and marginalization, confronted by environments harmful to their psychosocial development. Resource strained communities may compound these experiences and outcomes for many youth. Increasingly, research points to the mitigating effects of resilience for youth exposed to contextual risks. Resilience is however dependent on both personal capacities and the …
Geotargeted Alerts and Warnings
Technological advances have made it possible to deliver geotargeted alert and warning messages to mobile devices. In the context of risk communication alerts and warnings, geotargeting refers to efforts to transmit risk communication messages only to those individuals physically located within the geographic area at risk. How this technology may influence the manner in which people receive and respond to public warnings bears on the further devel…
Milling and Public Warnings
Given the potential of modern warning technology to save lives, discovering whether it is possible to craft mobile alerts for imminent events in a way that reduces people’s tendency to seek and confirm information before initiating protective action is essential. The purpose of this study was to examine the possibility of designing messages for mobile devices, such as Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) messages, to minimize action delay. The impact o…
Designing Effective Tsunami Messages: Examining the Role of Short Messages and Fear in Warning Response
Although tsunamis have the potential to be extremely destructive, relatively little research on tsunami messaging has taken place. Discovering whether tsunami warning messages can be written in a way that leads to increased protective response is crucial, particularly given the increased use of mobile message services and the role they play in notifying the public of imminent threats such as tsunami and other hazards. The purpose of this study wa…
Geotargeted Alerts and Warnings
Recent technological advances have made it possible to deliver geotargeted alert and warning messages to mobile devices. In the context of risk communication alerts and warnings, geotargeting refers to efforts to transmit risk communication messages only to those individuals physically located within the geographic area at risk. How this new technology may influence the manner in which people receive and respond to public warnings bears on the fu…
A communications intervention to motivate disaster risk reduction
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply social theory to the creation of a mass-media communications intervention designed to encourage earthquake-resistant construction in Nepal. Design/methodology/approach – A three-step process was employed in this study: first, a narrative literature review was completed regarding the motivation of protective action. Second, key informant elicitation interviews with 15 community members at five public…
Climate-sensitive health priorities in Nunatsiavut, Canada
The results highlight several climate-sensitive health priorities that are specific to the Nunatsiavut region, and suggest approaching health research and adaptation planning from an EcoHealth perspective
Protective factors for mental health and well-being in a changing climate: Perspectives from Inuit youth in Nunatsiavut, Labrador
Understanding the Influence of Loneliness on HIV Risk Behavior in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men
In this study we used grounded theory methodology to understand the influence of loneliness in YMSM in terms of HIV risk behavior. Twenty-two YMSM, 18–29 years of age, of HIV-negative/unknown status were interviewed. Results indicated that loneliness is defined in two ways: emotional and social. A cyclical pattern emerged that included negative symptoms, “self-treatment” of loneliness through drug use and sex, temporary relief, remorse related to…
Weathering the Storm: The Impact of Hurricanes on Physical and Mental Health
The authors briefly review the deaths, injuries, and diseases attributed to hurricanes that made landfall in the United States prior to Hurricane Katrina; recent hurricane evacuation studies and their potential for reducing death, injury, and disease; information available to date about mortality, injury, and disease attributed to Hurricane Katrina; and psychological distress attributable to hurricanes. Drowning in salt water caused by storm surg…
Weathering the Storm: The Impact of Hurricanes on Physical and Mental Health
The authors briefly review the deaths, injuries, and diseases attributed to hurricanes that made landfall in the United States prior to Hurricane Katrina; recent hurricane evacuation studies and their potential for reducing death, injury, and disease; information available to date about mortality, injury, and disease attributed to Hurricane Katrina; and psychological distress attributable to hurricanes. Drowning in salt water caused by storm surg…
Protective factors for mental health and well-being in a changing climate: Perspectives from Inuit youth in Nunatsiavut, Labrador
You can never replace the caribou: Inuit Experiences of Ecological Grief from Caribou Declines
"You can never replace the caribou":Inuit Experiences of Ecological Grief from Caribou Declines Ashlee Cunsolo (bio), David Borish (bio), Sherilee L. Harper (bio), Jamie Snook (bio), Inez Shiwak (bio), Michele Wood (bio), and The Herd Caribou Project Steering Committee (bio) Introduction We are living in a time characterized by ongoing and accelerating ecological loss. Indeed, with recent reports from the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-…
Spaces & Places: Understanding Sense of Belonging and Cultural Engagement Among Indigenous Youth
Indigenous youth continue to live with a socioeconomic and political legacy of colonization and marginalization, confronted by environments harmful to their psychosocial development. Resource strained communities may compound these experiences and outcomes for many youth. Increasingly, research points to the mitigating effects of resilience for youth exposed to contextual risks. Resilience is however dependent on both personal capacities and the …
We're people of the snow: Weather, climate change, and Inuit mental wellness
Rapid environmental change due to climate change impacts Inuit mental wellness by altering the relationships between people, place, livelihoods, and culture. Little is known, however, about how fluctuations in weather contribute to the experience of place and the connection to mental wellness in Inuit communities. This study aimed to characterize the importance of changes in weather among Inuit, and how these changes influence mental health and w…
Caribou was the reason, and everything else happened after”: Effects of caribou declines on Inuit in Labrador, Canada
Understanding the Influence of Loneliness on HIV Risk Behavior in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men
In this study we used grounded theory methodology to understand the influence of loneliness in YMSM in terms of HIV risk behavior. Twenty-two YMSM, 18–29 years of age, of HIV-negative/unknown status were interviewed. Results indicated that loneliness is defined in two ways: emotional and social. A cyclical pattern emerged that included negative symptoms, “self-treatment” of loneliness through drug use and sex, temporary relief, remorse related to…
Considering Words and Phrasing in the Way We Write: Furthering the Social Justice Agenda Through Relational Practice
It's like a connection between all of us: Inuit social connections and caribou declines in Labrador, Canada
Many caribou populations are declining across the Circumpolar North, presenting challenges for many Indigenous Peoples who have deep and enduring relationships with this animal. In Labrador, Canada, caribou herds have recently experienced population declines, including the George River herd, which has dropped by 99% from its peak, leading to the enactment of a total hunting ban in 2013 issued by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. The de…
Promoting Inuit health through a participatory whiteboard video
The Russian Creoles of Alaska as a Marginal Group
Journal Article The Russian Creoles of Alaska as a Marginal Group Get access Margaret Mary Wood Margaret Mary Wood Russell Sage College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 22, Issue 2, December 1943, Pages 204–208, https://doi.org/10.2307/2572691 Published: 01 December 1943
Effect of oral iron therapy on the symptoms of anaemia
Symptoms of iron deficiency anaemia. A community survey
Symptoms and personality in the diagnosis of physical illness
Efficacy and Effectiveness Issues in the Nida Cooperative Agreement: Interventions for Out-of-Treatment Drug Users
This paper examines the Cooperative Agreement (CA) HIV intervention studies for active drug users, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in terms of the constructs of prevention efficacy and effectiveness. A rationale is presented for conservatively interpreting outcome findings of these studies as indicative of intervention efficacy, as opposed to effectiveness. It is argued that the CA studies fall more within the domain of efficac…
Understanding HIV risks of chronic drug-using men who have sex with men
Focus groups and individual structured interviews were conducted in six cities with 98 predominantly street-recruited men who had a recent history of smoking crack or injecting drugs and who reported having had sex with other men (MSM) in the past year. Twenty-six focus groups explored the cultural and social context of participant's drug use and sexual activity and addressed outreach and HIV prevention issues pertinent to this population. Narrat…
Shorter notice. Fragments of Empire: Capital, Slavery and Indian Indentured Labor in the British Caribbean. M Kale
Journal Article Shorter notice. Fragments of Empire: Capital, Slavery and Indian Indentured Labor in the British Caribbean. M Kale Get access M Wood M Wood University of Sussex, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 115, Issue 462, June 2000, Pages 755–756, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/115.462.755 Published: 01 June 2000
Drug-using men who have sex with men: Sexual behaviours and sexual identities
Men who have sex with men (MSM) and use drugs are at high risk for HIV. This study assessed drug and sex-related risk behaviours and sexual identities for MSM drug injectors and crack smokers. One hundred and forty four MSM drug injectors and crack smokers from five USA cities were interviewed. One-third of the men were current injectors, twice as many reported lifetime injection. Most (56%) reported sex with women in the prior year; sex trading …
A Cognitive–Behavioral Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk Behaviors in Crack and Injection Drug Users
Using the Quality of Well-Being Scale to Assess Quality of Life in Out-of-Treatment Drug Users
The Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWB) was developed for use with diverse patient and general population samples. This study investigated its use with a sample of out-of-treatment drug users. The QWB was administered to 75 out-of-treatment drug users. A linear regression model was developed using the QWB score as the dependent variable and items from the Risk Behavior Assessment (RBA) as independent variables. The sample consisted of 18 women and …
Homelessness Among Out-of-Treatment Drug Users in Long Beach, CA
Two studies were conducted to determine the reliability of measures of homelessness (Study 1), and to use these measures to predict homelessness from data collected over a 1O-year period (Study 2). For Study 1, to determine test-retest reliability, the Risk Behavior Assessment (REA; National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1991) was administered twice within a 48-hour period. Cohen’s kappa was calculated at .86 for the two REA measures of homelessness. …
Weathering the Storm: The Impact of Hurricanes on Physical and Mental Health
The authors briefly review the deaths, injuries, and diseases attributed to hurricanes that made landfall in the United States prior to Hurricane Katrina; recent hurricane evacuation studies and their potential for reducing death, injury, and disease; information available to date about mortality, injury, and disease attributed to Hurricane Katrina; and psychological distress attributable to hurricanes. Drowning in salt water caused by storm surg…
Understanding the Influence of Loneliness on HIV Risk Behavior in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men
In this study we used grounded theory methodology to understand the influence of loneliness in YMSM in terms of HIV risk behavior. Twenty-two YMSM, 18–29 years of age, of HIV-negative/unknown status were interviewed. Results indicated that loneliness is defined in two ways: emotional and social. A cyclical pattern emerged that included negative symptoms, “self-treatment” of loneliness through drug use and sex, temporary relief, remorse related to…
Climate-sensitive health priorities in Nunatsiavut, Canada
The results highlight several climate-sensitive health priorities that are specific to the Nunatsiavut region, and suggest approaching health research and adaptation planning from an EcoHealth perspective
Protective factors for mental health and well-being in a changing climate: Perspectives from Inuit youth in Nunatsiavut, Labrador
A communications intervention to motivate disaster risk reduction
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply social theory to the creation of a mass-media communications intervention designed to encourage earthquake-resistant construction in Nepal. Design/methodology/approach – A three-step process was employed in this study: first, a narrative literature review was completed regarding the motivation of protective action. Second, key informant elicitation interviews with 15 community members at five public…
Geotargeted Alerts and Warnings
Recent technological advances have made it possible to deliver geotargeted alert and warning messages to mobile devices. In the context of risk communication alerts and warnings, geotargeting refers to efforts to transmit risk communication messages only to those individuals physically located within the geographic area at risk. How this new technology may influence the manner in which people receive and respond to public warnings bears on the fu…
Geotargeted Alerts and Warnings
Technological advances have made it possible to deliver geotargeted alert and warning messages to mobile devices. In the context of risk communication alerts and warnings, geotargeting refers to efforts to transmit risk communication messages only to those individuals physically located within the geographic area at risk. How this technology may influence the manner in which people receive and respond to public warnings bears on the further devel…
Milling and Public Warnings
Given the potential of modern warning technology to save lives, discovering whether it is possible to craft mobile alerts for imminent events in a way that reduces people’s tendency to seek and confirm information before initiating protective action is essential. The purpose of this study was to examine the possibility of designing messages for mobile devices, such as Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) messages, to minimize action delay. The impact o…
Designing Effective Tsunami Messages: Examining the Role of Short Messages and Fear in Warning Response
Although tsunamis have the potential to be extremely destructive, relatively little research on tsunami messaging has taken place. Discovering whether tsunami warning messages can be written in a way that leads to increased protective response is crucial, particularly given the increased use of mobile message services and the role they play in notifying the public of imminent threats such as tsunami and other hazards. The purpose of this study wa…
Promoting Inuit health through a participatory whiteboard video
Considering Words and Phrasing in the Way We Write: Furthering the Social Justice Agenda Through Relational Practice
Spaces & Places: Understanding Sense of Belonging and Cultural Engagement Among Indigenous Youth
Indigenous youth continue to live with a socioeconomic and political legacy of colonization and marginalization, confronted by environments harmful to their psychosocial development. Resource strained communities may compound these experiences and outcomes for many youth. Increasingly, research points to the mitigating effects of resilience for youth exposed to contextual risks. Resilience is however dependent on both personal capacities and the …
Correlates of Health Literacy among Farmers in Northern Thailand
Low health literacy is a barrier to public health efforts worldwide. Agricultural workers have an elevated risk for lower health literacy, with important health implications because of their potential exposure to harmful chemicals. The Asian Health Literacy Survey (AHLS) has been developed and translated for use in several different Asian countries and is standardized for easy comparisons across regions. However, it has not been translated for us…
You can never replace the caribou: Inuit Experiences of Ecological Grief from Caribou Declines
"You can never replace the caribou":Inuit Experiences of Ecological Grief from Caribou Declines Ashlee Cunsolo (bio), David Borish (bio), Sherilee L. Harper (bio), Jamie Snook (bio), Inez Shiwak (bio), Michele Wood (bio), and The Herd Caribou Project Steering Committee (bio) Introduction We are living in a time characterized by ongoing and accelerating ecological loss. Indeed, with recent reports from the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-…
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