Physicians, Clinics, and Neighborhoods: Multiple Levels of Influence on Colorectal Cancer Screening (open access)

Physicians, Clinics, and Neighborhoods: Multiple Levels of Influence on Colorectal Cancer Screening

This article describes variability in colorectal cancer (CRC) test use and compares the performance of novel cross-classified and traditional hierarchical models.
Date: April 14, 2014
Creator: Pruitt, Sandi L.; Leonard, Tammy; Zhang, Song; Schootman, Mario; Halm, Ethan A. & Gupta, Samir
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Importing Change: Canadian Competition and the U.S. Floriculture Industry (open access)

Importing Change: Canadian Competition and the U.S. Floriculture Industry

This article analyzes the shifting geography of production with respect to the U.S. floriculture industry.
Date: 2008
Creator: Reid, Neil; Smith, Bruce W.; Gatrell, Jay D. & Carroll, Michael C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
TV Viewing and BMI by Race/Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Status (open access)

TV Viewing and BMI by Race/Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Status

This article assesses the association between TV viewing and obesity by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
Date: November 22, 2012
Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Gabriel, Kelley Pettee & Leonard, Tammy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impediments and Facilitators to Physical Activity and Perceptions of Sedentary Behavior Among Urban Community Residents: The Fair Park Study (open access)

Impediments and Facilitators to Physical Activity and Perceptions of Sedentary Behavior Among Urban Community Residents: The Fair Park Study

This article describes a preliminary investigation into urban adults' perceptions of sedentary behavior alongside perceived barriers and enablers to physical activity.
Date: October 31, 2013
Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Hébert, Emily T.; Siddiqi, Zoveen; Leonard, Tammy; Craddock Lee, Simon J.; Tiro, Jasmin A. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Physical activity counseling in primary care: Insights from public health and behavioral economics

This article evaluates pertinent literature from the fields of medicine/public health and economics/psychology to suggest a comprehensive approach to physical activity counseling at the primary care level.
Date: February 15, 2017
Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Leonard, Tammy; Drope, Jeffrey; Katz, David L.; Patel, Alpa V.; Maitin-Shepard, Melissa et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sedentary Behaviors and Obesity in a Low-Income, Ethnic-Minority Population (open access)

Sedentary Behaviors and Obesity in a Low-Income, Ethnic-Minority Population

This article examines sedentary pastimes specifically in low-income, minority communities in the United States.
Date: January 2013
Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Leonard, Tammy; Murdoch, James; O'Brien Caughy, Margaret; Kohl, Harold W. & Sugg Skinner, Celette
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Utilizing Behavioral Economics to Understand Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines among a Low-Income Urban Community (open access)

Utilizing Behavioral Economics to Understand Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines among a Low-Income Urban Community

This article examines the association between monetary saving behaviors and physical activity among adults of low-income who reside in an urban community.
Date: July 2015
Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Si, Xia; Nguyen, Binh T. & Leonard, Tammy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood Impact of Foreclosure: A Quantile Regression Approach (open access)

Neighborhood Impact of Foreclosure: A Quantile Regression Approach

This article uses quantile regression to examine the simultaneous space-time impact of foreclosures on neighborhood property values.
Date: July 4, 2013
Creator: Zhang, Lei & Leonard, Tammy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Foreclosed and Sold: An Examination of Community and Property Characteristics Related to the Sale of REO Properties

This article uses foreclosure data from Dallas County, Texas to examine how both housing and neighborhood characteristics are related to the possibility of the sale of a foreclosed property out of real-estate-owned (REO) stock.
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Zhang, Lei; Leonard, Tammy & Dias, Resha
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Time and Distance Heterogeneity in the Neighborhood Spillover Effects of Foreclosed Properties (open access)

Time and Distance Heterogeneity in the Neighborhood Spillover Effects of Foreclosed Properties

This article examines heterogeneity in the simultaneous space-time impact of foreclosures on neighborhood property values.
Date: July 15, 2014
Creator: Zhang, Lei; Leonard, Tammy & Murdoch, James C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library