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| TYRONE FINLEY BORDERSSummaryAffiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Country: USA Publications
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Stimulant use trajectories and the longitudinal risk of heavy drinking: findings from a rural population-based studyTyrone F Borders
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham St, 820, Little Rock, AR 72205 7199, United States
Addict Behav 37:269-72. 2012..In conclusion, heavy alcohol use changes little over time among rural stimulant users. Many rural cocaine users could potentially benefit from interventions aimed at curtailing heavy drinking...
Health confidence and racial and ethnic disparities in consumers' assessments of health careTyrone F Borders
Fay W Boozman College of Public Health and College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham St, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Am J Med Qual 26:220-8. 2011..Although health confidence is associated with consumer assessments, other factors explain racial and ethnic differences...- Religiousness among at-risk drinkers: is it prospectively associated with the development or maintenance of an alcohol-use disorder?Tyrone F Borders
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham Street, Slot 820, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 7199, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:136-42. 2010..This study examined whether particular dimensions of religiousness are prospectively associated with the development or maintenance of an alcohol-use disorder (AUD) among at-risk drinkers or persons with a history of problem drinking... - Longitudinal changes in drug use severity and physical health-related quality of life among untreated stimulant usersTyrone F Borders
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205 7199, United States
Addict Behav 34:959-64. 2009.... - Longitudinal changes in methamphetamine and cocaine use in untreated rural stimulant users: racial differences and the impact of methamphetamine legislationTyrone F Borders
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205 7199, USA
Addiction 103:800-8. 2008..To examine how race and methamphetamine legislation are associated with changes in cocaine and methamphetamine use among untreated rural stimulant users... - Research on rural residence and access to drug abuse services: where are we and where do we go?Tyrone F Borders
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205, USA
J Rural Health 23:79-83. 2007..Illicit drug use is common in rural areas, but very little research has investigated rural populations' access to drug abuse services... 
Rural, suburban, and urban variations in alcohol consumption in the United States: findings from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsTyrone F Borders
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
J Rural Health 23:314-21. 2007..Alcohol consumption is a major public health problem nationally, but little research has investigated drinking patterns by rurality of residence...- Gender-specific disparities in obesityTyrone F Borders
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 7199, USA
J Community Health 31:57-68. 2006..Other initiatives should focus on particular groups of women, including those who are Hispanic or black/African American and have low household income... - College campus smoking policies and programs and students' smoking behaviorsTyrone F Borders
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
BMC Public Health 5:74. 2005..Additional research is thus needed to determine how university tobacco control policies and preventive education programs affect college students' smoking behaviors... - Correlates of physician visits among children and adolescents in west Texas: effects of hyperglycemia symptomsAhmed A Arif
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Division of Health Services Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
J Rural Health 20:296-300. 2004..Health care services use by children varies tremendously. Because of the increasing prevalence of diabetes in children and adolscents, one of the major concerns is access to physician care among children with diabetes and diabetes symptoms... - Satisfaction with health care and cancer screening practices among women in a largely rural region of West TexasTyrone F Borders
Department of Health Services Research and Management, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
Prev Med 36:652-8. 2003..Rather than directing outreach programs toward these subgroups, efforts to increase cancer screening among women may need to focus more on improving the quality of primary health care... - Utilization of hospital services among older rural persons: a comparison of critical access hospitals and community hospitalsBrian K Collins
Texas Tech University, USA
J Health Hum Serv Adm 28:135-52. 2005..These findings support the broad goals of the program and illustrate how Medicare can effectively support healthcare systems under fiscal stress... - Rural community-dwelling elders' reports of access to care: are there Hispanic versus non-Hispanic white disparities?Tyrone F Borders
Division of Health Services Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430 8161, USA
J Rural Health 20:210-20. 2004..Consumer reports can provide useful information about the dimensions of access in need of improvement for particular population subgroups... - Rural residence is not a risk factor for frequent mental distress: a behavioral risk factor surveillance surveyJames E Rohrer
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 1400 Commonwealth Drive, Amarillo, Texas 79106, USA
BMC Public Health 5:46. 2005..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between residing in a rural area and frequent mental distress, which is one indicator of poor mental health... - Access to prescription drugs among noninstitutionalized elderly people in west TexasK Tom Xu
Department of Health Services Research and Management, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, Room 1C165, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 60:675-82. 2003..Among the indicators of access to prescription drugs among noninstitutionalized elderly people in west Texas, lack of prescription drug insurance was the most prevalent barrier... - Characteristics of rural elderly people who bypass local pharmaciesK Tom Xu
Department of Health Services Research and Management, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock 79430, USA
J Rural Health 19:156-64. 2003..The bypassing of local pharmacies by consumers is an indicator of limited accessibility and, possibly, compromised quality of rural pharmacy services... - Parents' reports of children's medical care access: are there Mexican-American versus non-Hispanic white disparities?Tyrone F Borders
Division of Health Services Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
Med Care 42:884-92. 2004.... - Does being an immigrant make a difference in seeking physician services?Ke Tom Xu
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430 8161, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 19:380-90. 2008..The lower utilization of both preventive and non-preventive care among immigrants may be associated with a combination of better health and more limited enabling resources... - Gender, health, and physician visits among adults in the United StatesK Tom Xu
Department of Health Services Research and Management, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, 79430, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1076-9. 2003 - Factors associated with health-related quality of life among an older population in a largely rural western regionTyrone F Borders
Department of Health Services Research and Management, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Tex, USA
J Rural Health 20:67-75. 2004..As elderly people become a larger proportion of the rural population, it is important to identify those at risk for poor health. Predictors of health-related quality of life can be useful in designing interventions... - Correlates of intent to seek unnecessary pap tests among elderly womenYan Zhang
Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA
Womens Health Issues 17:351-9. 2007..g. intact cervix) and subjective factors (e.g. patients' Pap-smear related beliefs/attitudes) as correlates of elderly women's intention to have a Pap smear... - Ethnic differences in parents' perception of participatory decision-making style of their children's physiciansK Tom Xu
Division of Health Services Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA
Med Care 42:328-35. 2004.... - Utilization of prescription medications and ancillary pharmacy services among rural elders in west Texas: distance barriers and implications for telepharmacyBrian Collins
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA
J Health Hum Serv Adm 30:75-97. 2007..Our findings suggest that distance is a barrier to access, but telepharmacy regulations in Texas do not exacerbate the impact of distance... - Racial and ethnic disparities in the financial burden of prescription drugs among older AmericansK Tom Xu
School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, USA
J Health Hum Serv Adm 30:28-49. 2007..However, whether health disparities contribute to disparities in the financial burden of prescription drugs requires studies of specific diseases... - Racial and ethnic differences in the effects of regular providers and self-management education on diabetes preventive careAnita K Kurian
School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Ethn Dis 16:786-91. 2006..To examine the effects of having regular healthcare providers and diabetes self-management education (DSME) on the receipt of diabetes preventive care among all groups and by race/ethnicity... - Patient involvement in medical decision-making and pain among elders: physician or patient-driven?Tyrone F Borders
Department of Health Management and Policy, University of North Texas School of Public Health, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 5:4. 2005..The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether physician-driven and patient-driven participation in decision-making were associated with the odds of frequent and severe pain... - Healthy skepticismJames E Rohrer
Health Services Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79130, USA
Prev Med 39:1234-7. 2004..To investigate the relationship between medical skepticism and overall self-rated health and to identify disparities in health for vulnerable subgroups among the elderly... - Are rural residents and Hispanics less satisfied with medical care? Evidence from the Permian BasinTyrone F Borders
Department of Health Services Research and Management, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock 79430, USA
J Rural Health 18:84-92. 2002..The collection and reporting of more specific measures of interpersonal and technical quality would further enable policy-makers, managers, and clinicians to better serve their patient populations...
Research Grants
- Rural and Urban African American Cocaine Users' Perceived Need for CareTYRONE FINLEY BORDERS; Fiscal Year: 2010..The proposed research would also provide new insight into whether HIV testing should be integrated within drug abuse treatment facilities to better meet the needs of rural as well as urban African American cocaine users. ..