Digital dissertations from 2006-2008. Free access is limited to the HAM-TMC community; others may be able to access them through their own libraries or purchase them from ProQuest. For remote access click here.
Submissions from 2008
Clinical relevance of polymorphic DNA copy number variation (CNV) in African American women with stage I-II breast cancer, James Lee Murray
Health beliefs and attitudes of HPV among Hispanic parents as predictors of intention to use the HPV vaccine, Michelle Ruth Murtaza
Persisting abdominal symptoms after travelers' diarrhea: Is there a genetic predisposition?, Parvathy Nair
Factors associated with mammography utilization in Sao Paulo and Mexico city elderly females, Celia Katrine Naivar
An overview of China's one child policy and health consequences on society, Satyam Nayak
Food advertisements during children's television programming in 2007: Comparison with ads in 1994 and the 2005 dietary recommendations, Erin Renee Nelson
Issues related to HIV stigma: An embedded case study of PLHAS and community in Nepal, Vishnu Prasad Nepal
Evaluation of racial and ethnic disparities of glycemic control in the Health and Retirement Study. 2003 Diabetes Survey, Norma De Anda Nguyen
Youth population's health issues in Comal County, Texas, Rivo Noelson
Differences in health status of HIV infected children cared for by parents as compared to those cared for by grandparents, Betty Kintu Nsangi
The opioid antagonist naltrexone and its pharmacological role in treating alcohol dependence: A literature review, Ernest R Ochoa
The experience and meaning of injury among migrant farmworkers from Starr County, Texas, Dario Alejandro Oliphant
The association of area socioeconomic status and cancer screening: A systematic review and multilevel study, Sandi L Pruitt
The effect of acculturation on diabetes prevalence in Hispanics: A systematic review, Alejandra Quezada
Crossing the border for dental care: Factors related to dental health among the south Texas border region, Carlos E Ramos
The association of food sources of calcium with weight class in adolescent girls, Emily Ramsey
The multiple location time weighted index: Using patient activity spaces to calculate primary care service areas, Jennifer Lynn Rankin
The role of workplace absence as an organizational mechanism in predicting employee alcohol and drug disorders, Debra L. Troxell Reynolds
Quantitative computerized tomography of bone in relation to fracture status and lifelong physical activity: The AGES-Reykjavik study, Nahid J Rianon
Internet as a medium to seek partners among men who have sex with men, Shelia Renee Rice
America's state health departments and the enhancement of health communication through podcasting, Jennifer Richards
Investigator/IRB-led community communication in genetic research: A descriptive feasibility pilot study, Kirstin M Rochford
Emerging arboviruses in Harris County, Texas, Liliana F Rodriguez
The determinants of sexually transmitted infection screening uptake among African American young adults: A systematic review, Barbara Elaine Rothengass
Barriers to breast and cervical cancer screening among migrant and seasonal farmworker women in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Monica Saavedra-Embesi
Diffusely adherent Escherichia coli (DAEC) as a cause of acute diarrhea, Sonali Sarkar
Contraceptive use in women by body mass index categories, Amisha Schraudenbach
Emergency health care assessment in the Houston-Galveston region 2002--2006, Mary Evelyn Schuwerk
Yoga off the mat: How far and to whom do the benefits extend?, Laci Scott
Effect of a lifestyle physical activity intervention on transtheoretical model variables, Stacie Scruggs
The prevalence, health risks, and consequences of asthma among adult residents in Texas, Ray Service
Long-term gastrointestinal complications of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD), Saurabh Sethi
Geographic variation of the etiology of travelers' diarrhea, Nipam P Shah
Retirement, mortality and self-reported health: An application of life course epidemiology, Matthew J Shim
Validity and reliability of a measure of Latina mother's nutritional self-efficacy, Amanda R Sintes-Yallen
The effect of African Americans' ethnographic paradigms and cultural explanatory model of breast cancer in framing the male partner's attitudes and behaviors about the woman's breast cancer diagnosis, Vickie J Smither-Williams
Evaluation of obesity interventions targeting adults in the occupational setting, Jessica M Sorola
A space-time analysis of reported shigellosis and salmonellosis cases in Texas from 2000 to 2004, Jennifer Jo Steinhausen
Healthy relationships: An HIV intervention for positives, Kelsey Alexandra Stutzman
Factor H variant Y402H and the prevalence of hypertension and proteinuria: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, Marta Pilar Suarez Rivera
Minority preferences and disease types for non-emergent emergency department usage in a CHIP population, Carl Tapia
Factors associated with hospital admission of elder cardiovascular patients in an emergency center, Shyam Mohan Reddy Teegala
Comparison of compliance and immune response of drug users on the standard and accelerated hepatitis B vaccine schedules - Houston, Texas, Thanh Quoc Tran
Antiretroviral therapy adherence and the use of condoms among African American HIV-positive crack cocaine users, Bernadette Tretta
The socioeconomic status of families of hyperglycemic versus non-hyperglycemic children: A descriptive analysis, Julian J Trevino
An epidemiologic evaluation of a worksite based intervention, Jessica Tullar
Occupational respiratory disease in the services industry, Lea Ann Tullis