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 2000
CATCH across Texas: Building a model for the diffusion of effective school-based health promotion programs, Jennifer Lynne Conroy
Modeling a health promotion campaign process, Arlene Mercedes Correa
Prevalence and determinants of type 2 diabetes among Filipino Americans in Houston metropolitan statistical area, Texas, Luceli Cornejo Cuasay
Measurement and correlates of physical activity behavior among older minority women, Karen E Eason
An assessment of self-concept and violence within a delinquent adolescent population, Peggy Ann Engram
Predictors of weight stability in women and men: The aerobic center longitudinal study, 1987--1995, Suzanne Brodney Folse
Primary lung cancer after breast cancer: The role of radiation therapy and cigarette smoking, Melissa Belle Ford
Safer sex choices among African-American college women, Faith Elizabeth Foreman
Environmental and behavioral risk factors for moderate or severe rotavirus diarrhea in children less than 24 months, Laura Freimanis-Hance
Development and evaluation of a cervical cancer screening program for Chinese women, Su-I Hou
Attributing inpatient care to diabetes: The case of Medicare for the elderly in Texas, 1995, Roy R McCandless
First-year mortality and survival among infants with selected congenital anomalies in Texas, 1995 to 1997, Wendy Nicole Nembhard
Design of a systematic approach to workplace exposure medical surveillance protocols, Helen D O'Conor
The utility of rapid participatory appraisal for community assessment, diagnosis, and policy development, Olive Tinniswood Roen
Multilevel analysis for a longitudinal clinical trial, Beverly Ann Shirkey
Social capital and adolescent health risk behavior in El Salvador, Andrew Everett Springer
'Reform' of the British national health service after the election of a labour government: Understanding the policy development process, Timothy Wayne Strawderman
Submissions from 1999
Alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk among Hispanic and non-Hispanic women in New Mexico, Kathy B Baumgartner
Physical fitness of industrial firefighters, Faiyaz Ali Bhojani
Analysis of recurrent failure times: A time-dependent Yule process approach, Chung-Chi Chang
An evaluation of the personal response system program for the elderly in Harris County, Texas, Gail Meredith Fraser Chanpong
Intendedness of pregnancy among active duty women in the U.S. Army, Michael Harley Custer
Reactions of African immigrants living in Houston, Texas, to the American media and legislation regarding female circumcision, Lauren Salim El-Issa
Quality of care for uninsured type 2 diabetic patients in a financial assistance medical home model, LaDona Rayburn Farinacci
Adherence to HIV/AIDS therapies among low-literacy populations: The ALP project, Andrew Michael Fourney
Source of health insurance and immunization rates: Findings from the 1996 Texas immunization survey, Robert Fulda
Managing the risks of medical technology: Do hazard surveillance systems provide an early warning of medical device problems?, Gerald Robert Goodman
Effect of nonnormal random components on level and power in group-randomized trials, David Andrew Hebert
A comparison of Markov and generalized linear models of hospital mortality, Michael Lee Johnson
Physician adoption of a practice guideline: Effect on the cost of medical care for adult patients with diabetes, Carolyn P Konfirst
Risk, outcomes, and cost of emergency center visits in cancer patients, Danna Kurtin
The role of drug use in welfare to work: Evidence from Houston, Texas, Doohee Lee
The location of majority and minority populations with respect to commercial treatment, storage, and disposal facilities in Texas, Steven Henderson Legler
Hospital district viability and Medicaid/market changes, Paul Joseph Masotti
Forecasting cost based on a stochastic utilization plan and a fixed cost function, Charles Reed McGhee
Evaluation of the accuracy of multilevel analysis parameter estimates for intra-cluster correlation in correlated binary data, Barry Raymond Ribbeck
A comparison of health behaviors of African-American male and female illicit drug users: Implications for community health practice, Gloria Ann Batiste Roberts
Sequential updating via dynamic hierarchical models: A Bayesian approach to longitudinal data analysis, Carol George Rochester
'Your Heart Can't Wait'---A worksite program: Increasing the effectiveness of worksite coordinators to implement a community-wide health education program, Leba Goodman Shallenberger
Detection of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in foods by polymerase chain reaction, Luisa Maria Siniscalchi
Lindane induced cellular dysfunction in MDCK cells: The role of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor, Allison Lynn Stock
Design and implementation of a multicriteria medical decision support system for diagnosis and treatment, Dorothy Lee Stowers
The effects of population density on the spread of disease, Patrick Maybery Tarwater
Prediction of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Mexican-American children from parental risk factors, and social and demographic characteristics in the HHANES, Linda Longoria Thoi
Behavioral and psychosocial factors associated with sexual risk in a population of crack cocaine users, Sandra Ellen Cates Timpson
Prenatal care: A survey of African American women in Houston, Polly Sparks Turner
Non-sexual household transmission of HCV infection: A cohort study, Fenyuan Xie Xiao
Effect of cancer chemotherapy on the frequency of minisatellite repeat number changes in human sperm, Ningjia Zheng