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| Jim P StimpsonSummaryAffiliation: University of North Texas Country: USA Publications
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Neighborhood Deprivation is associated with lower levels of serum carotenoids among adults participating in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyJim P Stimpson
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107 2699, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:1895-902. 2007..This study tested the hypothesis that neighborhood deprivation will be associated with lower levels of serum carotenoids in comparison with wealthy residential areas...
Attrition of older Mexican American survey respondentsJim P Stimpson
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107 2699, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 12:414-7. 2010..The purpose of this study is to compare sample attrition between foreign born and US born older Mexican Americans...- Serum carotenoid levels vary by marital statusJim P Stimpson
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107 2699, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:1581-5. 2007..50 microg/dL [0.31 micromol/L], P=0.05) compared to married women. Our conclusion is that serum carotenoid levels varied by marital status, and widowed men and women were at the greatest risk of low carotenoid levels... - Cholesterol screening by marital status and sex in the United StatesJim P Stimpson
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107 2699, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A55. 2009..This study investigates differences in the likelihood of being screened for cholesterol by marital status for men and women... - Risk of mortality related to widowhood in older Mexican AmericansJim P Stimpson
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107 2699, USA
Ann Epidemiol 17:313-9. 2007..To examine the risk and correlates of mortality after death of a spouse and whether mortality risk varies by sex... - Neighborhood deprivation and health risk behaviors in NHANES IIIJim P Stimpson
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107 2699, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:215-22. 2007..To examine whether neighborhood-level socioeconomic status is an independent risk factor for health risk behaviors... - Effect of immigrant status on risk of depressive symptoms associated with spouse's chronic conditionsJim P Stimpson
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Educational and Administration Building, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, 76107 2699 TX, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 9:29-34. 2007..These findings highlight how immigrant status and the marital relationship may be related to chronic disease and depression... - Smoking by frequency and type of social contactJim P Stimpson
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107 2699, USA
Am J Health Behav 34:322-7. 2010..To compare smoking by frequency and type of social contact... 
Influence of number of children on cancer screening among adults in the United StatesJim P Stimpson
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107 2699, USA
J Med Screen 16:170-3. 2009..To investigate the influence of children in the household on the likelihood of reporting cancer screening among adult men and women living in the United States...- Trends in health care spending for immigrants in the United StatesJim P Stimpson
Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:544-50. 2010..However, noncitizen immigrants were found to be more likely than U.S. natives to have a health care visit classified as uncompensated care... - Seeking help for disaster services after a floodJim P Stimpson
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107 2699, USA
Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2:139-41. 2008..The article also describes the population characteristics for the people who are most likely to seek help for disaster services... - Acculturation in the United States is associated with lower serum carotenoid levels: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyJim P Stimpson
Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107 2699, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:1218-23. 2007..Years residence in the United States was positively associated with higher lycopene levels (26.69 vs 32.03). Acculturation in the United States was associated with lower fruit and vegetable intake, as measured by serum carotenoid levels... - Ethnic differences in in-hospital place of death among older adults in California: effects of individual and contextual characteristics and medical resource supplyNuha A Lackan
Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Med Care 47:138-45. 2009..To date, no study has investigated the role of both individual characteristics and contextual characteristics, including local health care environments, to explain ethnic differentials in end-of-life care... - Trends in fatalities from distracted driving in the United States, 1999 to 2008Fernando A Wilson
Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Am J Public Health 100:2213-9. 2010..We examined trends in distracted driving fatalities and their relation to cell phone use and texting volume... - Gasoline prices and their relationship to rising motorcycle fatalities, 1990-2007Fernando A Wilson
Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Am J Public Health 99:1753-8. 2009..Motorcycle safety should receive more attention as a leading public health issue... - Shared health behaviors among older Mexican American spousesJim P Stimpson
Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 77555, USA
Am J Health Behav 30:495-502. 2006..To assess the association of health behaviors among husbands and wives... - Well-being in older Mexican American spousesM Kristen Peek
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Route 1153, Galveston TX 77555 1153, USA
Gerontologist 46:258-65. 2006..To address this, we explore two research questions: Does one spouse's well-being predict the other spouse's well-being? Are there gender differences in these effects?.. - Concordance of chronic conditions in older Mexican American couplesJim P Stimpson
Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555 0460, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 2:A07. 2005..This study assessed whether a chronic condition of one spouse is a risk factor for the same chronic condition in the other spouse... - Mortality of foreign-born and US-born Hispanic adults at younger ages: a reexamination of recent patternsKarl Eschbach
Department of Internal Medicine, and the Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555 0460, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1297-304. 2007.... - Effects of parental rejection and relationship quality on depression among older rural adultsJim P Stimpson
Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550 0460, USA
Int J Aging Hum Dev 61:195-210. 2005..Parental rejection is negatively associated with intergenerational affection, which in turn is negatively associated with depressive symptoms...