Britteny M Howell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3935906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Britteny M Howell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Britteny M |
| FAMILY NAME | Howell |
| SIGNATURE | HOWELL B M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alaska Anchorage |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9724-5367 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A University Student-Led Hope-Based Intervention Improves Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Functional Fitness, and BMI Among Older Adults in Urban Alaska
Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Health among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Older Adults in the United States
Despite histories of loss and discrimination, more American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian (AI/AN/NH) people are living into old age. Risk and protective factors for AI/AN/NH Elder mental health are poorly described. Data from the 2017-2020 Identifying Our Needs (ION): A Survey of Elders needs assessment of 19,143 AI/AN/NH Elders receiving nutrition, socialization, and caregiver-assistance services through Title VI of the Older Americ…
“A little bit fun, a little bit frustrating
Photovoice is a popular visual participatory action research method for participants to identify strengths and opportunities for change in their community by taking, discussing, and displaying photographs. Although Photovoice has been used in educational research, the literature of its use in higher education in the U.S. is limited and individual participant experiences with Photovoice projects are seldom scrutinized. Moreover, qualitative method…
Why Gerontology Needs Anthropology
In this essay, we argue that gerontologists should increase their engagement with anthropologists to increase transdisciplinary collaboration, fulfill the interdisciplinary promise of gerontology as a field, and to ensure the work of anthropologists is formed by, and employed in, situations where meaningful engagement with practitioners and policymakers can lead to social change. Anthropology is the study of human societies in historical, biologi…
Determining the importance and feasibility of various aspects of healthy ageing among older adults using concept mapping
Research shows that healthy ageing is defined differently by older adults and researchers, who may put more or less weight on the physiological, psychological, societal and personal aspects of ageing. Although there is growing interest in the research literature on lay models of healthy ageing in socio-cultural context, little work has been done to determine how important or feasible the various components of healthy ageing are viewed to be by ol…
With Age Comes Wisdom
How We Talk About Aging During a Global Pandemic Matters
It's a Social Thing
Cross-cultural research shows marked variation in health across the world’s senior populations. The social and cultural environment contributes to complex negotiations of food and physical activity patterns; however, little is known about social and cultural influences on diet and activity patterns for older adults in the urban Circumpolar North. Utilizing a socioecological framework, this project investigates social determinants of well-being in…
Perspectives on Healthy Eating Among Appalachian Residents
PURPOSE: Extensive attention has been focused on improving the dietary intake of Americans. Such focus is warranted due to increasing rates of overweight, obesity, and other dietary-related disease. To address suboptimal dietary intake requires an improved, contextualized understanding of the multiple and intersecting influences on healthy eating, particularly among those populations at greatest risk of and from poor diet, including rural residen…
The Long-Term Effects of a Coal Waste Disaster on Social Trust in Appalachian Kentucky
In October 2000, a coal impoundment structure emptied more than 300 million gallons of toxic coal waste into the streams of Martin County, Kentucky. This study compares surveys conducted in the months following the disaster with surveys administered 10 years later to determine the long-term impacts of the disaster on trust in government, corporations, and experts. We find that the social trust levels in Martin County partially recovered in the 10…
Community Strategies to Address Cancer Disparities in Appalachian Kentucky
Central Appalachian residents suffer disproportionate health disparities, including an all-cancer mortality rate 17% higher than the general population. During 10 focus groups and 19 key informant interviews, 91 Appalachian residents identified cancer screening challenges and strategies. Challenges included (1) inadequate awareness of screening need, (2) insufficient access to screening, and (3) lack of privacy. Strategies included (1) witnessing…
Yaqui Homeland and Homeplace
Polio Voices
Incorporating many rare photographs from the family albums of survivors who tell their stories, Harvard professor Julie Silver, M.D., and historian Daniel Wilson help readers understand the sheer terror that gripped parents of young children every spring and summer during the first half of the 20th century as polio epidemics ran rampant. Interviewed as part of the Polio Oral History Project directed by Silver and funded by Harvard, foundations, a…
Picturing” Health
The purpose of this study was to conduct a pilot participatory needs assessment, using Photovoice to engage in a critical dialogue with preadolescent Latina girls about their perceptions of health and immediate health concerns. Seven Latina girls participated in the Photovoice study and held a photography exhibition for the community to display their photographs and quotes from their discussions. Eight themes about being healthy emerged. Conducti…
How We Talk About Aging During a Global Pandemic Matters
Determining the importance and feasibility of various aspects of healthy ageing among older adults using concept mapping
Research shows that healthy ageing is defined differently by older adults and researchers, who may put more or less weight on the physiological, psychological, societal and personal aspects of ageing. Although there is growing interest in the research literature on lay models of healthy ageing in socio-cultural context, little work has been done to determine how important or feasible the various components of healthy ageing are viewed to be by ol…
It's a Social Thing
Cross-cultural research shows marked variation in health across the world’s senior populations. The social and cultural environment contributes to complex negotiations of food and physical activity patterns; however, little is known about social and cultural influences on diet and activity patterns for older adults in the urban Circumpolar North. Utilizing a socioecological framework, this project investigates social determinants of well-being in…
Picturing” Health
The purpose of this study was to conduct a pilot participatory needs assessment, using Photovoice to engage in a critical dialogue with preadolescent Latina girls about their perceptions of health and immediate health concerns. Seven Latina girls participated in the Photovoice study and held a photography exhibition for the community to display their photographs and quotes from their discussions. Eight themes about being healthy emerged. Conducti…
Yaqui Homeland and Homeplace
Polio Voices
Incorporating many rare photographs from the family albums of survivors who tell their stories, Harvard professor Julie Silver, M.D., and historian Daniel Wilson help readers understand the sheer terror that gripped parents of young children every spring and summer during the first half of the 20th century as polio epidemics ran rampant. Interviewed as part of the Polio Oral History Project directed by Silver and funded by Harvard, foundations, a…
The Long-Term Effects of a Coal Waste Disaster on Social Trust in Appalachian Kentucky
In October 2000, a coal impoundment structure emptied more than 300 million gallons of toxic coal waste into the streams of Martin County, Kentucky. This study compares surveys conducted in the months following the disaster with surveys administered 10 years later to determine the long-term impacts of the disaster on trust in government, corporations, and experts. We find that the social trust levels in Martin County partially recovered in the 10…
Community Strategies to Address Cancer Disparities in Appalachian Kentucky
Central Appalachian residents suffer disproportionate health disparities, including an all-cancer mortality rate 17% higher than the general population. During 10 focus groups and 19 key informant interviews, 91 Appalachian residents identified cancer screening challenges and strategies. Challenges included (1) inadequate awareness of screening need, (2) insufficient access to screening, and (3) lack of privacy. Strategies included (1) witnessing…
Perspectives on Healthy Eating Among Appalachian Residents
PURPOSE: Extensive attention has been focused on improving the dietary intake of Americans. Such focus is warranted due to increasing rates of overweight, obesity, and other dietary-related disease. To address suboptimal dietary intake requires an improved, contextualized understanding of the multiple and intersecting influences on healthy eating, particularly among those populations at greatest risk of and from poor diet, including rural residen…
It's a Social Thing
Cross-cultural research shows marked variation in health across the world’s senior populations. The social and cultural environment contributes to complex negotiations of food and physical activity patterns; however, little is known about social and cultural influences on diet and activity patterns for older adults in the urban Circumpolar North. Utilizing a socioecological framework, this project investigates social determinants of well-being in…
With Age Comes Wisdom
How We Talk About Aging During a Global Pandemic Matters
Determining the importance and feasibility of various aspects of healthy ageing among older adults using concept mapping
Research shows that healthy ageing is defined differently by older adults and researchers, who may put more or less weight on the physiological, psychological, societal and personal aspects of ageing. Although there is growing interest in the research literature on lay models of healthy ageing in socio-cultural context, little work has been done to determine how important or feasible the various components of healthy ageing are viewed to be by ol…
Why Gerontology Needs Anthropology
In this essay, we argue that gerontologists should increase their engagement with anthropologists to increase transdisciplinary collaboration, fulfill the interdisciplinary promise of gerontology as a field, and to ensure the work of anthropologists is formed by, and employed in, situations where meaningful engagement with practitioners and policymakers can lead to social change. Anthropology is the study of human societies in historical, biologi…
“A little bit fun, a little bit frustrating
Photovoice is a popular visual participatory action research method for participants to identify strengths and opportunities for change in their community by taking, discussing, and displaying photographs. Although Photovoice has been used in educational research, the literature of its use in higher education in the U.S. is limited and individual participant experiences with Photovoice projects are seldom scrutinized. Moreover, qualitative method…
A University Student-Led Hope-Based Intervention Improves Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Functional Fitness, and BMI Among Older Adults in Urban Alaska
Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Health among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Older Adults in the United States
Despite histories of loss and discrimination, more American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian (AI/AN/NH) people are living into old age. Risk and protective factors for AI/AN/NH Elder mental health are poorly described. Data from the 2017-2020 Identifying Our Needs (ION): A Survey of Elders needs assessment of 19,143 AI/AN/NH Elders receiving nutrition, socialization, and caregiver-assistance services through Title VI of the Older Americ…
Medicine (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Circumpolar star (3 works) · Nursing (3 works)