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 2002
Case control study identifying the maternal risk factors for congenital syphilis in Texas: 1998--2001, Darline K El Reda
Childhood sexual victimization: Risk factor for drug use and sexual risk behaviors, Regina Jones Johnson
Is low parental education associated with congenital heart defects?, Arlene Keddie
Chemopreventive function of retinoid X receptors in human squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, Guojun Li
Quality of life and functional status in a low-income, multiethnic HIV-positive population, Damon J Vidrine
The influence of antibacterial susceptibility and pharmacodynamics on the therapeutic response of infection, Kirk R Wilhelmus
Exploring professional orientations to community voice in professional practice settings: The IMAP process, Karen Jaynes Williams
Submissions from 2001
Prevalence and risk factors of asthma and work-related asthma among U.S. adults: Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988--1994, Ahmed Arsalan Arif
Hypertension control and related variables among urban and rural adults in Taiwan, Luna Chang
Long-term central venous catheter-related candidemia: A new approach towards diagnosis and management, Hadi Ahmed Danawi
Multiple imputation for missing continuous and dichotomous data: The effects of patterns of missingness and variable correlations on type I error with small samples, Suzanne Rose Doyle
Multiple retinal detachment surgery: A functional outcome study. The Houston Vision Assessment Test-Retina (HVAT-Retina), Sherif M El-Harazi
Case-control study of association of maternal recall of diarrhea or use of antimicrobials in the periconceptional period and neural tube defects, Marilyn Moss Felkner
The influence of ideological interest groups on congressional financial support of international family planning, June Carol Hanke
Adherence to a lifestyle physical activity program: Trends over time and associations with processes of change and physical activity, Kristiann Corbusier Heesch
Assessing perceptions of environmental risk and environmental justice and their impacts on neighborhood attachment in a predominately Hispanic community, Russell Douglas Jones
Risk Index Score (RISc), Taha A Kass-Hout
Texas dental hygiene/dietitian occupational health study, Bonita Kuntz-Johnson
The association between academic achievement and health status among eighth-grade Hispanic students in Houston, Barbara Joan Low
Analysis of interval-censored events in hypertension studies: Evaluation of treatment of coronary heart disease, Mary Sarah MacNeil
Prenatal care content and utilization among pregnant women enrolled in managed care programs in Harris County, Texas, Queen Ester Martin
Cutaneous malignant melanoma: A study of skin cancer in the United States from 1973--1997, Cynthia Chioma McOliver
Assessment of readiness to initiate antiretroviral therapy, Tanya Teghtmeyer Morgenstern
Evaluating the impact of vertical integration on health system peformance, Sandra Dismer Murdock
Community preferences for cancer pain health states, Guadalupe Palos
Predictors of participation in genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, Susan K Peterson
Health promotion attitudes and practices of Texas nurse practitioners, Kathleen Diane Reeve
Barriers and facilitators to nurses' acceptance of and implications for injury rates of an IV catheter safety device, Dianna Lipp Rivers
Comparison of a traditional and a multilevel Cox Proportional Hazards model, Andrea Marie Ruggiero
The identification of child abuse in Harris County in 1998, Elsie Love Sanford
Molecular mechanism of PUVA-induced apoptosis in mouse epidermal cells, Annette Barbara Santamaria
Nature and community in Western culture: Wendell Berry's alternative tradition, Donna Daniel Schindler
Tracking of plasma lipids and lipoproteins, within-person and year-to-year variability in plasma cholesterol levels among participants from age 8 to 18 in Project HeartBeat!, Syed Mahboob Ali Shah
Survival analysis of longevity in siblings, Xin Song
Prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy for women at risk of breast and ovarian cancer: Incorporating preferences in a decision analysis, Charlotte Cheng-Ling Sun
Stress and coping in African American grandparents who are raising grandchildren, Mary Ellen Trail Ross
Descriptive epidemiology of cancer in three regions of Kazakhstan, Irina V Volguina
Association between temperament and physical activity in a population of minority women, Joey Loren Walker
Changes in serum lipids with change and fluctuation in body mass index and body fat distribution in Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes, Mary Louise Wear
Unintended pregnancy: Attitudes toward contraception of women obtaining abortions, Beth Elaine Whitted
The status of genetically modified foods internationally and in the United States, Farrah Nicole Woloshin
Submissions from 2000
An analysis of two methods for the classification of stage of readiness to obtain repeat mammography screening, Janice Annette Allen Chilton
Body fat distribution and serum lipids in children and adolescents, Candace Louise Ayars
Perspective transformation: Women in long-term recovery from alcohol abuse, Lynda Carole Baldwin
Traditional linkage analysis in admixed families, Jill Suzanne Barnholtz
Effects of exercise with oxygen prebreathe for decompression risk reduction, Esther Beltran
Mixed effects model in negative exponential curve, Dung-Tsa Chen