Publications
2011
Ahn S, Burdine JN, Smith ML, Ory MG, Phillips CD. Residential Rurality and Oral Health Disparities: Influences of Contextual and Individual Factors. Journal of Primary Prevention 2011;32(1):29-41.
Arandia G, Nalty C, Sharkey JR, and Dean WR. Diet and Acculturation among Hispanic/Latino Older Adults in the U.S.: A Review of Literature and Recommendations. Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2011, accepted.
Bellamy, G. Bolin, JN, Gamm, LD, (2011) Rural Healthy People 2010, 2020 and Beyond: The need goes on. Family & Community Health, Vol. 34 No. 2 182-188.
Bolin, JN, Gamm, LD, Vest, J, Edwardson, N., Miller, (2011) T; Patient-Centered Medical Homes: Will Healthcare Reform Provide New Options for Rural Communities and Providers? Family & Community Health, Vol. 34No. 293-101.
Bolin, JN, Ory MG, Wilson AD, Salge L, Wilson M. (2011). Dissemination of a Low-Literacy Diabetes Education Kiosk Tool in South Texas to Address Diabetes Health Disparities. TPHA Journal Vol. 63 No. 1 12-15
Brossart, D., Wendel, M., Cook, H., Castillo, L., Elliott, T., and Burdine, J. Depression in Rural Communities: Using the PHQ-9 to Determine Rates of Major Depression Episodes. In press. The Journal of Clinical Psychology.
Carrillo Zuniga G, Lucio R, Seol YH, Garza N, Zuniga M, Hernandez D, Harrison W. Outcomes of Community Health Worker intervention with Asthma Education and Healthy Homes curriculum in South Texas Colonias. Journal of Asthma & Allergy Educators. In Press, 2011
Carrillo Zuniga G, Mier N, Seol YH, Villarreal E, Garza N, Zuniga MA. Home Hazards Assessment among Elderly in South Texas Colonias. Texas Public Health Journal. (2011) Vol.63:14-17.
Carrillo Zuniga G, Kirk S, Hernandez D, Nadeau N, Chong-Menard B, Lucio R, Zuniga MA. Multi- Institutional Collaboration to develop asthma education for school settings in South Texas. Public Health Report. (2011) Vol. 126: No.3:130-144.
Castillo-Ruiz O, Velaquez G, Uresti-Marín, Mier N, Ramirez de Leon J. (2011). Estudio de los hábitos alimentarios de niños de 4-6 años de Reynosa, Tamaulipas México [Eating habits among children aged 4-6 years in Reynosa Tamaulipas Mexico]. CyTA Journal of Food. In press.
Clark, H. R., St. John, J.A., Stephenson, M.T., Johns, M., & Berkowitz, J. (2011). Implementing A Second-Hand Smoke Intervention in Two Texas Colonias: The Case of Sabemos: Por Respeto, No Se Fuma Aqui. In Brann’s Contemporary Case Studies in Health Communication: Theoretical & Applied Approaches. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing. (Chapter)
Dean WR, Sharkey JR, Johnson CM, and Valdez Z. Food Vending and Acquisition in Texas Border Region Pulgas (Flea Markets) from Both Sides of the Counter. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 2011, 6 (4), 458-476.
Dean WR, Sharkey JR. Food insecurity, social capital and perceived personal disparity in a predominantly rural region of Texas: An individual-level analysis. Social Science & Medicine 2011;72(9):1454-1462.
Dean WR, Sharkey JR. Food insecurity, social capital and perceived personal disparity in a predominantly rural region of Texas: An individual-level analysis (vol 72, pg 1454, 2011). Social Science & Medicine 2011;73(1):183-183.
Dean WR, Sharkey JR, St John J. Pulga (Flea Market) Contributions to the Retail Food Environment of Colonias in the South Texas Border Region. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2011;111(5):705-710.
Dean WR, Sharkey JR. Rural and Urban Differences in the Associations between Characteristics of the Community Food Environment and Fruit and Vegetable Intake..J Nutr Educ Behav. 2011 Nov;43(6):426-33. Epub 2011 May 26.
Dean WR, Sharkey JR, and Johnson CM. Food insecurity is associated with social capital, perceived personal disparity and partnership status among older and senior adults in a largely rural area of Central Texas. Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2011, 31(2):169-186. PMID: 21598165.
Dunn RA, Sharkey JR, Lotade-Manje J, Bouhlal Y, Nayga RM. Socio-economic status, racial composition and the affordability of fresh fruits and vegetables in neighborhoods of a large rural region in Texas. Nutrition Journal 2011;10.
Dunn RA, Sharkey JR, Horel S The effect of fast-food availability on fast-food consumption and obesity among rural residents: An analysis by race/ethnicity. Economics& Human Biology. 2011 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print]
Forjuoh SN, Huber C, Bolin JN, Patil SP, Gupta M, Helduser JW, Holleman S, Ory MG. "Provision of counseling on diabetes self-management: Are there any age disparities?." Patient education and counseling 85.2 (2011):133.
Johnson CM, Sharkey JR, Dean WR It’s all about the children: a participant-driven photo-elicitation study of Mexican-origin mothers' food choices.BMC Womens Health. 2011 Sep 26;11:41.
Masha Sukovic, Barbara F. Sharf, Joseph R. Sharkey & Julie St. John (2011): Seasoning for the Soul: Empowerment Through Food Preparation Among Mexican Women in the Texas Colonias, Food and Foodways, 19:3, 228-247.
McCord, C., Elliott, T., Wendel, M., Brossart, D., Cano, M., Gonzalez, G., and Burdine, J. Community Capacity and Teleconference Counseling in Rural Texas. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, November 7, 2011. doi: 10.1037/a0025296.
Mier N, Tanguma J, Millard AV, Villarreal EK, Alen M, Ory MG. A Pilot Walking Program for Mexican-American Women Living in Colonias at the Border. American Journal of Health Promotion 2011;25(3):172-175.
Mier N, Wang X, Smith ML, Irizarry D, Treviño L, Alen M, Ory MG. (2011). Factors influencing healthcare utilization in older Hispanics with diabetes at the Texas/Mexico border. Population Health Management. In press.
Millard AV, Graham MA, Wang XH, Mier N, Sanchez ER, Flores I, et al. Pilot of a Diabetes Primary Prevention Program in a Hard-to-Reach, Low-Income, Immigrant Hispanic Population. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 2011;13(5):906-913.
Ory MG, Smith ML, Bolin, JN. Forward: Contextualizing rurality for family and community health research. Family & Community Health Apr-June 2011; 34(2): 90-2.
Sexton K, Salinas JJ, McDonald TJ, Gowen RMZ, Miller RP, McCormick JB, et al. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood from Pregnant Hispanic Women Living in Brownsville, Texas. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2011;8(8):3365-3379.
Sharkey JR, Dean WR, St John JA, Huber JC. Using direct observations on multiple occasions to measure household food availability among low-income Mexicano residents in Texas colonias. Bmc Public Health 2010;10.
Sharkey JR, Johnson CM, Dean WR. Nativity is associated with sugar-sweetened beverage and fast-food meal consumption among mexican-origin women in Texas border colonias. Nutrition Journal 2011;10: 101.
Sharkey JR, Johnson CM, Dean WR, Horel SA. Association between proximity to and coverage of traditional fast-food restaurants and nontraditional fast-food outlets and fast-food consumption among rural adults. International Journal of Health Geographics 2011;10:37.
Sharkey JR, Johnson CM, Dean WR, Horel SA. Focusing on fast food restaurants alone underestimates the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and exposure to fast food in a large rural area. Nutrition Journal 2011;10.
Sharkey JR, Johnson CM, Dean WR. Less-healthy eating behaviors have a greater association with a high level of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among rural adults than among urban adults. Food Nutrition Research. 2011, 55:5819.
Sharkey JR, Johnson CM, and Dean WR. Relationship of Household Food Insecurity to Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in a Large Sample of Rural and Urban Women. Women & Health, 2011, 51(5):442-60. PMID: 21797678
Sharkey JR, Dean WR, Johnson CM. Association of Household and Community Characteristics with Adult and Child Food Insecurity among Mexican-Origin Households in Colonias along the Texas-Mexico Border. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2011 May 13;10(1):19.
Sharkey JR, Dean WR, Johnson CM . Country of birth is associated with very low food security among Mexican American older adults living in colonias in the South Texas border with Mexico, J. Nutr Gerontol Geriatr, 2011; 30(2)187-200
Sharkey JR, Dean WR, and Johnson CM. Use of Vendedores (Mobile Food Vendors), Pulgas (Flea Markets), and Vecinos o Amigos (Neighbors or Friends) as Alternative Sources of Food for Purchase among Mexican-origin Households in Texas Border Colonias. The Journal of the American Dietetic Association, accepted.
Smith ML, Bazzarre TL, Frisco J, Jackman BA, Cox NJ, Ory MG. Transformation of a Rural Community for Active Living. Family & Community Health 2011;34(2):163-172.
Suarez L, Felkner M, Brender JD, Canfield MA. Dieting to lose weight and occurrence of neural tube defects in offspring of Mexican American women. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2011; published online April 22, 2011.
Sukovic M, Sharf BF, Sharkey JR, and St. John J. Seasoning for the Soul: Empowerment through Food Preparation among Mexican Women in the Texas Colonias. Food and Foodways, 2011, 19:228-247.
Wendel ML, Brossart DF, Elliott TR, McCord C, Diaz MA. Use of Technology to Increase Access to Mental Health Services in a Rural Texas Community. Family & Community Health 2011;34(2):134-140.
Zuniga GC, Hernandez T, Kirk S, Nadeau N, Chong-Menard B, Lucio RL, Zuniga, M. On Linkages A Multi-Institutional Collaboration To Develop Asthma Education For School Settings In South Texas. Public Health Reports 2011;126(1):139-144.
2010
Carrillo Zuniga, G, Mier N., Seol, YH., Zuniga MA. Use of household safety devices among South Texas Colonia Residents. Texas Journal of Public Health, Accepted for Publication 2010
Forjuoh SN, Bolin JN, Gupta M, Huber C, Helduser JW, Holleman S, Robertson A, Ory MG. Disparities in diabetes management by race/ethnicity in a primary care clinic in Central Texas. Texas Medicine 2010;106 (11):e1.
Forjuoh SN, Bolin JN, Gupta M, Huber C, Helduser JW, Holleman S, Robertson A, Ory MG. Disparities in diabetes management by race/ethnicity in a primary care clinic in Central Texas. Texas Medicine November 2010.
Mier N, Ory M, Zhan D, Villarreal E, Alen M, Bolin J. "Ethnic and health correlates of diabetes-related amputations at the Texas-Mexico border." Revista panamericana de salud pública 28.3 (2010):214.
Zuniga MA, Carrillo‐Zuniga G, Seol YH, Fos PJ. “Multi‐Criteria Assessment of County Public Health Capability Disparities.” Journal of Health and Human Service Administration, 2009 Vol. 32 No. 3.
2009
Artzberger, J.J., Carpender, S.K., Griffith, J.M., Pennel, C.L., and Quiram, B.J. (2009).Building Rural Public Health Preparedness Capacity for Pandemic Influenza: An Evaluation of Engaging Public and Private Community Partners, Texas Public Health Association Journal, 61(4).
Ory, M, Conklin, M., Bolin, J., Prochaska, J., Zhan, D., Burdine, J., Meir, N., "Sociodemographic and healthcare characteristics of Colonia residents: the role of life stage in predicting health risks and diabetes status in a disadvantaged Hispanic population." Ethnicity & disease 19.3 (2009):280.
Zuniga MA, Carrillo‐Zuniga G, Seol YH, Fos PJ. “Multi‐Criteria Assessment of County Public Health Capability Disparities.” Journal of Health and Human Service Administration, 2009 Vol. 32 No. 3.
2008
Bolin, JN, Mechler, K., Holcomb, J., Williams, J., (2008). An alternative strategy for resolving ethical dilemmas in rural healthcare. American Journal of Bioethics, 8(4) 1 – 3.
Michael G. Perri, Marian C. Limacher, Patricia E. Durning, David M. Janicke, Lesley D. Lutes, Linda B. Bobroff, Martha Sue Dale, Michael J. Daniels, Tiffany A. Radcliff, & A. Daniel Martin. 2008. "Treatment of Obesity in Underserved Rural Settings (TOURS):A Randomized Trial of Extended-Care Programs for Weight Management." Archives of Internal Medicine 168(21):2347-54.
2007
Bolin, JN, Fulton, D., Hora, K.L. Martinez, L.E., Prochaska, J.D., Ory, M., (2007).CBPR approaches to diabetes education in rural areas: Use of a touch screen computer-assisted diabetes self-management education. Texas Public Health Association Journal, Vol. 59 (2) 28 – 32.
Gamm, L. (2007) “Keynote Address: Rural Healthy People 2010 and Sustaining Rural Populations” Morgan, Lindsay Lake and Fahs, Pamela Stewart, eds. Conversations in the Disciplines: Sustaining Rural Populations, Binghamton, NY: Binghamton University, Global Academic Publishing, pp.1-11.
Shipp, E. M., Cooper, S. P., del Junco, D. J., & Bolin, J. N. (2007). Pesticide safety training among Farm worker adolescents from Starr County, Texas. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 13 (3) 311-321
Wehby, G.L. and Ohsfeldt, R.L., “Impact of Having a Young Child with Disabilities on Maternal Labor
Supply,” Journal of Health and Human Services Administration 30 [Winter 2007]: 327-351.
2006
Borders, S. Blakely, C., Raphael, D., and Conklin, M. (Oct. 2006). Non-emergency Medical Transportation in State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP). College Station, TX: The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, The Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
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Philips, C.D., Chen, M., and Hawes, C. (2006). Changing Medicaid Spending on Nursing Home Care from 2000 to 2002: Investigating the Impact of Reimbursement Rate Changes on Rural Nursing Homes and Their Residents. College Station, TX: The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
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2005
Gamm, L., Alexander, J., Barron, K., and Piszczor, J. (2005). The State of Rural Hospital Nursing and Allied Health Professional Shortages. College Station, TX: Southwest Rural Health Research Center, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University Health Science Center.
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May, M., Kash, B., and Contreras, R. (May 2005). Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification and Training: A National Survey of Regionally and State-Based Programs. Final report to the Office of Rural Health Policy. College Station, TX: The Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
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Zuniga, M.A., Barron, K.L., Hawes, C, Choi, M., Cooper, C., Phillips, C.D., Wilson, J. (2005). A National Study Comparing Resident Medication Use in Rural and Non-rural Assisted Living Facilities. College Station, TX: Southwest Rural Health Research Center, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center.
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2004
Bolin, J.N., Gamm, L.D., Kash, B.A., and Peck, B.M. (December 2004). Chronic disease management in rural areas: Rural and Nonrural Differences in Managed Medicare and Medicaid Programs. Final draft report to the Office of Rural Health Policy. College Station, TX: The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
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Gamm, L. (2004), “Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services among Rural Minorities,” Journal of Rural Health. 20 (3):206-209.
Gamm, L. and Hutchison, L. (2004) “Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: Prospects for Rural Communities,” a report to the Institute of Medicine Committee on the Future of Rural Healthcare. Southwest Rural Health Research Center, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX.
Gamm, Larry D. and Hutchison, Linnae L. eds. (2004). Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Volume 3. College Station, Texas: The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
May, M. and Contreras, R. (2004). Mujer Y Corazon: Community Health Workers and Their Organizations in Colonias on the US-Mexico Border An Exploratory Study. College Station, TX: The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
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Phillips C.D., Hawes, C., & Leyk Williams, M. (2004) Nursing Homes in Rural and Urban Areas, 2001. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
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2003
Bolin, J.N., Gamm, L.D., Zuniga, M.A., Berger, E., and Kash, B. (Nov 2003). Chronic disease management in rural areas: Patient Responses and Outcomes. College Station, TX: The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
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Bolin, J.N., Gamm, L.D., Zuniga, M.A., Berger, E.M., and Kash, B.A. (2003). Survey Results of Physician, Nurses, and Leaders Providing Disease Management to Rural Populations. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
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Carozza, S. and Hunskor, M. (2003). Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening: Is it reaching rural and rural minority women? A report to the Health Resources and Services Administration's Office of Rural Health Policy by The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center, College Station, Texas.
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Gamm, L., et al (2003). Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Volumes 1 and 2. A report by the Southwest Rural Health Research Center, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center to the Health Resources and Services Administration's Office of Rural Health Policy, Department of Health and Human Services.
Gamm, L. and Hutchison, L. (2003). Rural health priorities in America--Where you stand depends on where you sit. Journal of Rural Health, Summer 2003, Volume 19, Issue 3, 209-213.
Hawes, C., Phillips, C.D., Holan, S., and Sherman, M (2003). Assisted Living in Rural America: Results from a National Study. Report to the Health Resources and Services Administration's Office of Rural Health Policy.
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Phillips C.D., Hawes, C., & Leyk Williams, M. (2003) Nursing Homes in Rural and Urban Areas, 2000. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
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Zuniga, M.A., Bolin, J.N. & Gamm, L.D. (2003) Chronic Disease Management in Rural Areas. College Station, TX: The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
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2002
Gamm, L., M. Tai-Seale, and Stone, S.(2002) "White Paper: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of People Living in Rural Areas," a report to the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. Southwest Rural Health Research Center, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX. The development of this report was funded in part by a contract from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, 2002.
Gamm, L., Hutchison, L., Bellamy, G, & Dabney, B. (2002). Rural Healthy People 2010: Identifying rural health priorities and models for practice. Journal of Rural Public Health. Winter.
Hawes, C. and Rushing, M. (2002). Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): Can it serve rural areas? Report to the Office of Rural Health Policy, Working Paper #1.
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Hawes, C. and Rushing M. (2002). Integrated, comprehensive, and case managed programs serving the elderly in rural areas: Are there lessons for PACE? Report to the Office of Rural Health Policy, Working Paper #2.
