Resources
Rural Health Quarterly (RHQ)
Rural Health Quarterly is a publication produced by F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health with a focus on issues that affect the health of rural communities.
Publications
1. Humphreys, JD, Silva, M, Hobson, V, Schrimsher, G, Zhang, Y, & O'Bryant, SE (2008).
An evaluation of the MMSE-adjusted score among rural-dwelling Mexican American Elders:
The Cochran County Aging Study. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 23(6), 678.
2. O'Bryant, S.E., Zhang, Y., Owen, D., Cherry, B., Ramirez, V., Silva, M., Hudson,
C., Hobson, V., Grammas, P., Schiffer, R.B., Manning, G., Schrimsher, G.W., Lucas,
J.A., Sutker, P.B. for the Cochran County Aging Study Research Team (2009). The Cochran
County Aging Study: Methodology and Descriptive Statistics. Texas Public Health Journal,
61(1), 5-7.
3. Ashcraft, A., Owen, D., Braddock, E, Waring, S, & O'Bryant, S.E. (2009). Rural
West Texans: Healthcare implications of "living the simple life." Texas Public Health
Journal, 61(1), 8-12.
4. Zhang, Y., Ashcraft, A., Hobson, V., & O'Bryant, SE (2009). An examination of cardiovascular
disease risk factors in a rural-dwelling ethnically diverse cohort. Texas Public Health
Journal, 61(1), 13-16.
5. Zhang, Y., Spering, C, Jenkins, M, & O'Bryant, S.E. (2009). An examination of health-related
gender differences in a rural-dwelling cohort. Texas Public Health Journal, 61(1),
17-21.
6. Hobson, V., Spering, C., Humphreys, J.D., & O'Bryant, S.E. (in press). An evaluation
of the age- and education-adjusted MMSE scores among rural dwelling Mexican American
elders: The Cochran County Aging Study. Texas Public Health Journal, 61(1), 22-24.
7. Schrimsher, G, Cohen, L, & O'Bryant, SE. (2009). The relation between alcohol and
tobacco use and cognitive functioning in the Cochran County Aging Study. Texas Public
Health Journal, 61(1), 25-28.
8. Hargrave, K, Alyce, A., Bishara, J., Hobson, V, Zhang, Y, & O'Bryant, S.E. (2009).
A description of migration patterns and disease prevalence in the Cochran County Aging
Study cohort. Texas Public Health Journal, 61(1), 29-35.
9. Edwards, M., Johnson, L., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010). The influence of thyroid on
cognition in a sample of Hispanic and non-Hispanic rural-dwelling women: A Project
FRONTIER Study. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 25, 521.
10. Johnson, L.A., Jenkins, M., Mauer, C., Hall, J.R., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010). The
relation between Vitamin D and depression in a rural dwelling sample: A Project FRONTIER
Study. Texas Public Health Journal, 62(3), 16-19.
11. O'Bryant, S.E., Richardson, D., Perez, C., Nevarez, L., Rice, J., Wilbanks, L.,
& Hobson, V. (2010). Physical activity is associated with cognitive and affective
status among rural-dwelling Texans: A Project FRONTIER study. Texas Public Health
Journal, 62(2), 12-15.
12. O'Bryant, S.E., Gong, G., Spallholz, J., Boylan, M., Edwards, M., Hargrave, K.,
& Johnson, L.A. (October, 2010). Estimated Cumulative Residential Arsenic Groundwater
Exposure and Cognitive Functioning: A Project FRONTIER Study. Archives of Clinical
Neuropsychology, 25, 535.
13. Gong G, and O'Bryant SE (2010). The Arsenic Exposure Hypothesis for Alzheimer's
Disease. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 24:311-316.
14. Hall, J, Johnson, L, Barber, R, Cullum, M, Lacritz, L, & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010).
Depression symptoms and neuropsychological performance in a sample of Alzheimer's
and normal elderly. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 25, 530-531.
15. Hobson, V.L., Hall, J.R., Harvey, M., Cullum, C.M., Lacritz, L., Massman, P.J.,
Waring, S.C., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010). An examination of the Boston Naming Test: Calculation
of an "estimated' 60-item score from 30- and 15-item scores in a cognitively impaired
population. International Journal of geriatric Psychiatry, 25(5), 525-530.
16. Wiechmann, A.R., Hall, J.R., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010). The utility of spatial span
in a clinical geriatric population. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 18(1),
56-63.
17. Clark, J.H., Hobson, V.L., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010) Diagnostic accuracy of percent
retention scores on RBANS verbal memory subtests for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's
disease and mild cognitive impairment. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 25(4),
318-326.
18. Duff, K., Hobson, V., Beglinger, L.J., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010). Diagnostic accuracy
of the RBANS in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Limitations on assessing milder impairments.
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 25(5), 429-441.
19. O'Bryant, S.E., Falkowski, J., Hobson, V., Johnson, L., Hall, J., Schrimsher,
G.W., Win, O., Ngo, B., & Dentino, A. (2011). Executive functioning mediates the link
between other neuropsychological domains and daily functioning: A Project FRONTIER
Study. International Psychogeriatrics, 23(1), 107-113.
20. O'Bryant, S.E., Lacritz, L., Hall, J., Waring, S., Chan, W., Khodr, Z.G., Massman,
P.J., Hobson, V., & Cullum, C.M. (2010). Validation of the New Interpretive Guidelines
for the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes Score in the NACC Database. Archives
of Neurology, 67, 746-749.
21. Weichmann, A., Hall, J.R., & O'Bryant, S.E. (2010). The 4 point scoring of the
Clock Drawing Test does not differentiate between Alzheimer's disease and vascular
dementia. Psychological reports, 106(3), 941-948.
22. Hobson, V.L., Hall, J.R., Humphreys-Clark, J.D., Schrimsher, G.W., & O'Bryant,
S.E. (2010). Identifying functional impairment with scores from the Repeatable Battery
for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). International Journal of
Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(5), 525-530.
23. O'Bryant, S.E., Waring, S.C., Hobson, V., Hall, J.R., Moore, C.B., Bottiglieri,
T., Massman, P., & Diaz-Arrastia, R. (2010). Decreased C-Reactive Protein Levels in
Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 23, 49-53.
24. Clark JH, Hobson VL, O'Bryant SE. (June 2010). Diagnostic accuracy of percent
retention scores on RBANS verbal memory subtests for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's
disease and mild cognitive impairment. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 25(4):
318-26.
25. O'Bryant SE, Hobson VL, Hall JR, Barber RC, Zhang S, Johnson L, Diaz-Arrastia
R. Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels Are Specifically Associated with
Memory Performance among Alzheimer's Disease Cases. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive
Disorders. 2010 Dec 7; 31(1):31-36.
26. Pedraza, O., Humphreys Clark, J., O'Bryant, S.E., Smith, G.E., Ivnik, R.J., Graff-Radford,
N.R., Willis, F.B., Petersen, R.C., & Lucas, J.A. (in press). Diagnostic validity
of age- and education-corrections for the MMSE in African American elders. Journal
of the American Geriatrics Society.
27. Hall, J.R., Vo, H.T., Johnson, L.A., Winter, S., Barber, R.C., & O'Bryant, S.E.
(in press). Biomarkers and depressive symptoms in cognitively intact and Alzheimer's
disease elderly males. Neuroscience and Medicine.
28. Menon, C., Johnson, L.A., Hall, J., Hobson, V., & O'Bryant, S.E. (in press). Normative
performance on the CLOX task in a multi-ethnic bilingual cohort: A Project FRONTIER
study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
29. Humphreys Clark, J., Hobson, V.L., & O'Bryant, S.E. (in press). Diagnostic accuracy
of percent retention scores on RBANS verbal memory subtests for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's
disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.
30. Gong, G., Hargrave, K.A., Hobson, V., Spallholz, J., Boylan, M., Lefforge, D.,
& O'Bryant, S.E. (2011). Low-Level Groundwater Arsenic Exposure Impacts Cognition:
A Project FRONTIER study. Journal of Environmental Health, 74, 16-22.
31. O'Bryant, S.E., Edwards, M., Menon C.V., Gong, G., & Barber, R. (2011) Long-Term
Low-Level Arsenic Exposure Is Associated with Poorer Neuropsychological Functioning:
A Project FRONTIER Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public
Health, 8(3), 861-874, special issue: Advances in Environmental Neurotoxicology, 8(3),
861-874.
32. O'Bryant, S.E., Hall, J.R., Cukrowizc, K., Edwards, M., Johnson, L.A., Lefforge,
D., Jenkins, M. & Dentino, A. (2011). The differential impact of depressive symptom
clusters on cognition in a rural multi-ethnic cohort: A Project FRONTIER study. International
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26, 199-205.
33. Johnson, L.A., Hobson, V., Jenkins, M., Dentino, A., Ragain, M., & O'Bryant, S.E.
(2011). The influence of thyroid function on cognition in a sample of ethnically diverse,
rural-dwelling women: A Project FRONTIER Study. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical
Neurosciences, 23(2), 219-222.
34. Duff, K., Spering, C.C., O'Bryant, S.E., Beglinger, L.J., Moser, D.J., Bayless,
J.D., Culp, K., Mold, J.W., Adams, R.L., & Scott, J.G. (2011). The RBANS effort index:
base rates in geriatric samples. Applied Neuropsychology, 18(1), 11-17.
35. O'Bryant, S.E., Schrimsher, G.W., Johnson, L.A., & Zhang, Y. (2011). The impact
of sociodemographic factors on neuropsychological test performance in a rural sample:
A Project FRONTIER Study. Journal of Rural Community Psychology, E14, 1.
36. Hall, J., Edwards, M., Barber, R., Johnson, L., Gong, G., O'Bryant, S.E. (March
2012). Higher groundwater selenium exposure is associated with better memory: A Project
FRONTIER Study. Neuroscience and Medicine, 3:18-25. http://www.SciRP.org/journal/nm.
37. Gordon Gong, Eric Belasco, Kristopher A Hargrave, Conrad Lyford and Billy U Philip.
Determinants of delayed detection of cancers in Texas Counties in the United States
of America. International Journal of Equity Health. 2012 May 29;11(1):29.
38. Harris A, Topouzis F, Wilson MR, Founti P, Kheradiya NS, Anastasopoulos E, Gong
G, Yu F, Jonescu-Cuypers CP, Pappas T, Koskosas A, Coleman AL. Association of the
Optic Disc Structure With the Use of Antihypertensive Medications: The Thessaloniki
Eye Study. J Glaucoma. 2012 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print]
39. Gong, G., O'Bryant, S.E. (February 2012) Low-level arsenic exposure, AS3MT gene
polymorphism and cardiovascular diseases in rural Texas counties. Journal of Environmental
Research, 113:52-57. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22341486. Epub, 2012 Feb 15.
40. Eric Belasco, Billy Phillips and Gordon Gong. The Health Care Access Index as
a Determinant of Delayed Cancer Detection through Principal Component Analysis. In
: Principal Component Analysis - Multidisciplinary Applications. Editor: Parinya Sanguansat,
Publisher: InTech. pp 143-166, 2012. ISBN 978-953-51-0129-1.
41. Billy U Philips, Jr., Eric Belasco, Kyriakos S. Markides, Gordon Gong. Socioeconomic
Deprivation as a Determinant of Cancer Mortality and the Hispanic Paradox in Texas,
USA. International Journal of Equity Health (under revision).
42. Menon, C, Johnson, LA, Hall, J, Hobson, V, & O'Bryant, SE (2012). Normative performance
on the executive clock drawing task in a multi-ethnic bilingual cohort: A Project
FRONTIER study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 27(9): 959-66.
43. Atchison T and O'Bryant SE. (2012, February) Self-report of Previous TBI Relationship
to Current Cognitive Function in an Older Rural Population. Journal of the International
Neuropsychological Society, Volume 18 - Supplement 1: 231.
44. Younes S, Hobson Balldin V, Benavides H, Johnson L, Hall J, Tshuma L & O'Bryant
SE (2012, November). The link between B12 and neuropsychological functioning among
non-Hispanic and Mexican American adults and elders. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology,
27, 586.
45. Gavett B, Horwitz J, Edwards M, & O'Bryant SE (2012, November). Measurement invariance
of the American National Adult Reading Test by age, cognitive status, gender and ethnic
group. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 27, 657.
46. Edwards M, Hobson Balldin V, Hall J, Strutt A, Pavlik V, Maruquez de la Plata
C, Cullum CM, Lacritz L, Reisch J, Massman P, Barber R, Royall D, Younes S, & O'Bryant
SE (2012, November). Mexican American normative references on tasks of memory and
language: The Texas Mexican American Normative Studies. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology,
27, 659.
47. Johnson, L.A., Phillips, J.A., Mauer, C., Edwards, M., Balldin, V.H., Hall, J.R.,
Barber, R., Conger, T.L., Ho, E. H. & O'Bryant, S.E. The impact of GPX1 on the association
of groundwater selenium and depression: a project FRONTIER study. BMC Psychiatry 2013
Jan 4, 13:7.
48. O'Bryant SE, Xiao G, Edwards M, Devous M, Gupta VB, Martins R, Zhang F, & Barber
RC for the Texas Alzheimer's Research & Care Consortium (2013, in press). Biomarkers
of Alzheimer's Disease among Mexican Americans. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
49. 58. O'Bryant SE, Johnson LA, Edwards M, Soares H, Devous MD, Ross S, & Hall J
for the Texas Alzheimer's Research & Care Consortium (2013, in press). The link between
C-Reactive Protein and Alzheimer's disease among Mexican Americans. Journal of Alzheimer's
Disease. PMID: 23254637
50. Menon, CV, Jahn, DR, Mauer, CB & O'Bryant, SE (2013). Executive functioning as
a mediator of the relationship between premorbid verbal intelligence and health risk
behaviors in a rural-dwelling cohort: A Project FRONTIER study. Archives of Clinical
Neuropsychology, 28(2): 169-79.
51. Johnson LA, Mauer C, Jahn D, Song M, Wyshywaniuk L, Hall JR, Balldin V, & O'Bryant
SE (2013). Cognitive differences among depressed and non-depressed MCI participants:
A Project FRONTIER study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(4): 377-82.
52. Menon C, Westervelt HJ, Jahn DR, Dressel JA, O'Bryant SE. Normative Performance
on the Brief Smell Identification Test (BSIT) in a Multi-Ethnic Bilingual Cohort:
A Project FRONTIER Study. Clinical Neuropsychology. 2013 May 1. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:23634698
53. Cukrowicz, K.C, Jahn, D.R, Hall, J, & O'Bryant, SE (2012). Psychological symptoms
and blood pressure among rural-dwellers. Journal of Health Psychology, 17(8):1203-11.
54. O'Bryant SE, Johnson LA, Balldin V, Edwards M, Barber RC, Devous M, Cushings B,
Knebl J, & Hall J (2013). Characterization of Mexican Americans with Mild Cognitive
Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 33(2): 373-9.
PMID: 22976076
55. O'Bryant, S.E., Johnson, L., Reischc, J., Edwards, M., Hall, J., Barber, R., Devous,
M.D., Royall, D., Singh, M. Risk factors for mild cognitive impairment among Mexican
Americans. Alzheimer's & Dementia 9 (2013) 622-631.
56. Jahna, D. R., Mauera,C. B., Menona, C. V., Edwards, M. L., Dressel, J. A. & O'Bryant,
S. E. (2013) A brief Spanish-English equivalent version of the Boston Naming Test:
A Project FRONTIER Study. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 35:8
835-845.
57. Johnson, L. A., Mauer, C., Jahn, D., Song, M., Wyshywaniuk, L., Hall, J. R., Balldin,
V. H. & O'Bryant, S. E. Cognitive differences among depressed and non-depressed MCI
participants: a project FRONTIER study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
2013; 28: 377-382.
58. Johnson LA, Hall JR, O'Bryant SE (2013) A Depressive Endophenotype of Mild Cognitive
Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. PLoS ONE 8(7): e68848. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068848
59. Menon, C.V., Jahn, D.R., Mauer, C.B., & O'Bryant, S.E. Executive Functioning as
a Mediator of the Relationship Between Premorbid Verbal Intelligence and Health Risk
Behaviors in a Rural-Dwelling Cohort: A Project FRONTIER Study. Archives of Clinical
Neuropsychology 28 (2013) 169-179.
60. Roane, B.M., Johnson, L., Edwards, M., Hall, J. Al-Farra, S., O'Bryant, S.E. The
link between sleep disturbance and depression among Mexican Americans: A Project Frontier
Study. Journal of clinical sleep medicine: 2014.
61. Gong,G., Mattevada, S., O'Bryant, S.E. Comparison of the accuracy of kriging and
IDW interpolations in estimating groundwater arsenic concentrations in Texas. Journal
of Environmental Resolution (April 2014), Epub 2014 Feb 20. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24559533.
62. Philips Jr, B. U., Belasco, E., Markides, K. S., & Gong, G. (2013). Socioeconomic
deprivation as a determinant of cancer mortality and the Hispanic paradox in Texas,
USA. International Journal for Equity in Health, 12(1), 1-9.
63. Belasco, E.J., Gong, G., Pence, B., Wilkes, E. (2014) The Impact of Rural Health
Care Accessibility on Cancer-Related Behaviors and Outcomes. Applied Health Economics
and Health Policy 12(4):461-470.
64. Brismée, J.M., Yang, S., Lambert, M.E., Chyu, M.C., Tsai, P., Zhang, Y., Han,
J.,Chung, E. and Shen, C.L. (2016) Differences in musculoskeletal health due to gender
in a rural multiethnic cohort: a Project FRONTIER study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
17:181.
65. Johnson, C., & Curti, D., EMS Services Across State Lines, 16 Tex. Tech. Admin.
L.J. 333 (2015).
66. Gong, G., Basom, J., Mattevada, S., Onger, F. (2015) Association of hypothyroidism
with low-level arsenic exposure in rural West Texas. Environ Res 138:154-160.
67. Lambert, M. E. (2016) Differences in Neurocognitive Functioning Associated with
Alcohol Consumption in a Multiethnic Rural Cohort: A Project FRONTIER. Applied Neuropsychology
23:372-378.
68. Gordon Gong, Cassandra C. Huey, Coleman Johnson, Debra Curti, Billy U. Philips
Jr. Enrollment in health insurance through the marketplace after implementation of
the affordable care act in Texas. Tex Med. 2016;112(10):e1.
69. Gordon Gong. Cassandra C. Huey, Coleman Johnson, Debra Curti, Billy U. Philips,
Jr., PhD, MPH. The health insurance gap after implementation of the affordable care
act in Texas. Tex Med 2017; 113(3):e1.
1. O'Bryant, Sid E. (2008). 'Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with rural
elderly in Cochran County: The Cochran County Aging Study.' Invited presentation for
the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ School of Nursing CBPR Workshop.
2. Zhang, Y., O'Bryant, S.E., Humphreys, J., Silva, M. (2008). An exploration into
the relationship between alcohol and tobacco usage and mental status in a rural Hispanic
community. Poster presentation at the American Academy of Health Behavior annual conference,
Oxnard, CA.
3. O'Bryant, Sid E. (2010). 'Alzheimer's Disease: What does it look like and what
to do?' Invited presentation for Seniors are Special.
4. Johnson, L.A., Jenkins, M., Dentino, A, Ragain, R.M, ' O'Bryant. The Association
of Thyroid Function and Cognition in a Sample of Ethnically Diverse, Rural Women:
A Project FRONTIER Study. The National Women's Health Conference. March 26-28, 2010.
5. Bichthy, N, Win, O, Dentino, A, Johnson, L, Hobson, V, ' O'Bryant, SE (2010). CLOX2
is significantly related to functional status in a community based rural cohort: A
Project FRONTIER Study. Poster presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the American
Geriatric Society.
6. Win, O, Ngo, B, Johnson, L, Hobson, V, O'Bryant, S.E., ' Dentino, A. (2010). Preliminary
normative data for the CLOX test among English and Spanish-speaking rural-dwellers:
A Project FRONTIER Study. Poster presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the American
Geriatric Society.
7. Edwards, M., Hobson, V., Johnson, L. ' O'Bryant, S. (2010). The Differential Impact
of Depressive Symptom Clusters on Cognition in a Rural Multi-Ethnic Cohort: A Project
FRONTIER Study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological
Association, Dallas, TX
8. Wyshywaniuk, L., Bhakta, K., Strange, C., Hobson, V. ' O'Bryant, S. (2010). Depression
sub factors and the effects they have on cognitive decline in an MDC population. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Dallas,
TX.
9. O'Bryant, S., Richardson, D., Perez, C., Nevarez, L., Rice, J., Wilbanks, L. '
Hobson, V. (2010). Physical Activity is Associated with Cognitive and Affective Status
among Rural-Dwelling Texans: A Project FRONTIER Study. Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Dallas, TX.
10. Hobson, V., Johnson, L. ' O'Bryant, S. (2010). Anxiety Symptoms Are Differentially
Related to HbA1c Levels among Rural-Dwelling Female Adults. Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Dallas, TX.
11. Edwards, M, Mauer, CB, Hall, J, Barber, RC, ' O'Bryant, SE (2011, August). APOE
moderates the link between affective status and cognition: A Project FRONTIER study.
Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Association Convention, Washington,
DC.
12. Mauer, CB, Edwards, M, Johnson, L, Hall, J, ' O'Bryant, SE (2011, August). Examining
the link between groundwater selenium and symptoms of depression and anxiety: A Project
FRONTIER study. Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Association
Convention, Washington, DC.
13. Mauer, CB, Johnson, L, Hall, J, ' O'Bryant, SE (2011, August). The link between
anxiety and neuropsychological functioning with depression as a moderating factor:
A Project FRONTIER study. Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Association
Convention, Washington, DC.
14. Williams, MM, O'Bryant, SE, Meisel, MM, Williams, J, Braddock, E, Ramirez, V,
Hudson, C, Damper, J, ' Dentino, AN (2011, July). Social marketing for minority recruitment
in rural and urban settings. Poster presented at 11th annual meeting of the International
Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD), Paris, France.
15. Gong, G., ' O'Bryant, S.E. (2011, June). Low-Level Arsenic Exposure, AS3MT Gene
Polymorphism and Cardiovascular Diseases in Rural Texas Counties. Oral presentation
at the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), Columbus, OH.
16. Phillips, J.A., O'Bryant, S.E., Mauer, C., Edwards, M., Mattevada, S., Johnson,
L., Gong, G., ' Hall, J.; Groundwater selenium is associated with lower depression
scores: A Project FRONTIER Study.
17. Imhof, B., Liston, K., ' O'Bryant, S. Creation of the Cochran County Community-Based
Respite Program: A Project FRONTIER Study
18. Buie, R.R., Schrimsher, G.W., Edwards, M., ' O'Bryant, S.E. (2011, April). Alternate
scoring method for the RBANS Figure Copy and Figure Recall subtests based on individual
elements present within the overall figure: A Project FRONTIER Study. Poster presented
at TTU Undergraduate Research Conference; Lubbock, TX, April 2011.
19. Mathew, M., Johnson, L., ' O'Bryant, S.E. (2011, April) The relation between HbA1c
levels and depression symptoms in an ethnically diverse rural sample: A Project FRONTIER
Study; TTU Undergraduate Research Conference. Lubbock, TX.
20. Buie, R.R., Schrimsher, G.W., Edwards, M., ' O'Bryant, S.E. (2011, April) Alternate
scoring method for the RBANS Figure Copy and Figure Recall subtests based on individual
elements present within the overall figure: A Project FRONTIER Study. Poster presented
at the TTU Undergraduate Research Conference; Lubbock, TX.
21. Hall J, Edwards M, Hobson Balldin V, Strutt A, Pavlik V, Marquez de la Plata C,
Cullum CM, Lacritz L, Reisch J, Massman P, Royall D, Barber R, Younes S, Weichmann
A, ' O'Bryant (2012, November). Normative data for Mexican Americans on tasks of executive
and physiometric functions: The Texas Mexican American Normative Studies. Archives
of Clinical Neuropsychology, 27, 582.
22. Hobson Balldin, V, Menon C, Younes S, Hall J, Strutt A, Pavlik V, Marquez de la
Plata C, Cullum CM, Lacritz, Reisch J, Massman P, Royall D, Barber R, ' O'Bryant SE
(2012, November). Normative performance on the RBANS in a multi-ethnic bilingual cohort:
The Texas Mexican American Normative Studies. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology,
27, 652-653.
23. Torrence N, John S, Gavett B, ' O'Bryant SE (2012, November). A comparison of
second-order facto structures for the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological
Status. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 27, 685.
24. Mauer, C., Johnson, L., Schrimsher, G., ' O'Bryant, S. (August, 2012). The Link
Between Diabetes Diagnosis and Anxiety Among Mexican Americans Versus non-Hispanic
Adults. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Orlando,
FL.
25. Cukrowicz, K.C., O'Bryant, S., Hirsh, J., ' Gong, G. (2012). Suicide Risk in Rural
Adults: The Prevalence of Suicide Ideation and Its Association with Health and Psychological
Variables. Poster presentation at the 45th Annual Conference of the American Association
of Suicidology, Baltimore, MD.
26. Hewitt, B., Hudson, C., Gong, G., ' Philips, B.U. (2013). 'Colorectal Cancer Screening
Rate and Its Determinants in Rural Texas.' Oral presentation at the 2013 NAACCR Annual
Conference, Austin, TX.
27. Poindexter, E.K., Cukrowicz, K.C., Philips, B., Lambert, M.E., Gong, G.,O'Bryant,
S. ' Hirsch, J.K. Suicide Ideation and Suicidal Behaviors Among Rural Adults: Frequency
and Risk Factors. Paper presented at the American Association of Suicidology. April
11, 2014
28. Cukrowicz, K.C., Poindexter, E.K., Philips, B., Lambert, M.E., Gong, G.,O'Bryant,
S. ' Hirsch, J.K. Assessing Suicide Risk in Rural Adults: Feasibility and Acceptability.
Paper presented at the American Association of Suicidology. April 11, 2014
29. Effects of ethnicity, gender, migration, immigration, age distribution, and rural
residence on the proportion of centenarians in Texas counties. Presented at The 92nd
Texas Public Health Association Annual Education Conference, Galveston, Texas, April
11 to April 13, 2016.
30. Gordon Gong, Mohammad Allauddin, Billy U. Phillips, Jr. Concentrations of inorganic
arsenic species are highly correlated with the concentration of the sum of all arsenic
subspecies in nails. Presented at The 92nd Texas Public Health Association Annual
Education Conference, Galveston, Texas, April 11-13, 2016.
31. Bell Bailey, Gordon Gong, Catherine Hudson. Mild cognitive impairment and its
relationship to C-reactive protein and albumin levels in blood. A Project FRONTIER
study. Poster presented at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Student Research Week. March 10-13, 2016. Lubbock
Texas.
32. Coleman Johnson, Gordon Gong, Debra Curti, Billy U. Philips, Jr. The Benchmark
of Rural Health: Top 10 leading causes of death in rural Texas in 2010. To be presented
at Texas Public Health Association 2017 Annual Education Conference in Fort Worth,
March 27-29, 2017.
33. Brady Miller, Catherine Hudson, Gordon Gong. Depression is associated with lower
American National Adult Reading Test scores among rural dwellers aged between 50 and
64 years in Texas: A Project FRONTIER Study. To be presented at Texas Public Health
Association 2017 Annual Education Conference in Fort Worth, March 27-29, 2017.