Frank L Farmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 198133 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank L Farmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank L |
| FAMILY NAME | Farmer |
| SIGNATURE | FARMER F L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arkansas at Fayetteville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Human Capital Attributes of Hispanic Immigrant Entrepreneurs in a New Destination State
This article describes a survey of Hispanic immigrant entrepreneurs in a New Destination state. Results focus on the human capital, educational aspirations, and motivations. Findings challenge the idea that most Hispanic immigrants start up businesses because of limited human capital, discrimination, or blocked opportunities in the workforce. Rather, these entrepreneurs leverage accumulated human capital in the form of education, experience, and …
Deforestation Near Public Lands
This article is an empirical examination of human-environment interactions associated with deforestation. The focus is on areas adjacent to the Buffalo National River and Ozark–St. Francis National Forest. Satellite imagery and census data over a 10-year timeframe are analyzed using multivariate methods to provide insight into underlying processes impacting land cover change. Examination of the parameters in areas near public land boundaries in c…
Human-Induced Switches on Public Land Boundaries
This article examines interactions between land cover changes and human activity near public land boundaries. The article empirically examines multiple dimensions that may drive land cover changes, using a framework including ecological switches and biogeographical islands. Publicly owned lands become “islands” in the broader landscape within which they are embedded. As such, they may be of insufficient size or too isolated to allow the targeted …
An Empirical Examination of Characteristics of Mexican Migrants to Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas of the United States
This research examines differences between those Mexican migrants choosing metropolitan destinations and those choosing destinations outside metropolitan areas of the United States. Using general estimating equations, the study presents data indicating that since the 1960s migrants choosing rural destinations are less fluent in English, slightly older, much less educated, far more likely to be unskilled, more likely to be married, and more likely…
Attenuation of Racial Differences in Health Service Utilization Patterns for Previously Uninsured Children in the Delta
CONTEXT: A school-based health insurance program for children of the working poor was conducted in 2 isolated, rural communities in the Lower Mississippi Delta region. The larger of the 2 communities had an array of locally available health care providers, whereas the smaller community did not. In response to this lack of available care, the project designed and delivered outreach programs, including transportation to providers. PURPOSE: The purp…
What You See Is Not Always What You Get
Many residents of coastal towns believe that they live in communities that are economically dependent upon commercial fishing. However, employment data indicate that fishing is a relatively minor economic component of many of these communities. We apply the concept of aspect dominance from the field of ecology to help explain this discrepancy. In addition we explore other forms of ecological dominance in regard to perceptions of fishing dependenc…
Public Lands and Population Growth
Insights and Applications
Human population growth has substantial impacts on federal lands management. This article documents that growth in federal lands counties was frequently higher than the area's average. Relationships were found between population growth rates and region, metropolitan status, and federal lands presence. Population growth rates varied with federal land management agency, which may be due to regional differences as well as differences in the relative…
Calculating Multirace Categories and Race‐specific Rates
Context: Revised federal standards for racial and ethnic data have resulted in 57 new self‐selected multirace categories that cannot be directly compared with traditional “one‐race‐only” categories. “Bridge methods” are available, but each produces different estimates of single‐race populations, raising concern about the potential influence on calculated rates for rural and nonmetropolitan areas. Purpose: to examine the potential impact of severa…
Population Density Surface
The biophysical environment and human health
This article focuses on the challenges and opportunities related to the empirical examination of the relationship between the multidimensional concepts of “biophysical environment” and “human health.” The challenge at hand is the adoption of a holistic, less fragmented approach to conceptualizing health and the environment. Inherent in such an approach is the consideration of issues along a continuum of levels of organization ranging from the cel…
The Interactive Effects of Race and Ethnicity and Mother's Residence on the Adequacy of Prenatal Care
Adequate prenatal care is known to reduce the risks of low birth weight and neonatal death, yet nearly one quarter of all women giving birth in the United States receive delayed, inadequate or no prenatal care. This suboptimal use of prenatal care has contributed to rates of low birth weight and neonatal mortality higher than those in most other industrialized nations. This paper examines the relationships among race/ethnicity, residence, materna…
Structural Determinants of Infant Mortality in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan America1
A conceptual model of the impact of structural advantage and disadvantage on infant mortality rates is developed and fitted to countylevel data. This model includes mediating endogenous constructs representing medical care availability, the incidence of teenage childbearing, and low birthweight rates and is estimated for three residence categories. Both direct and indirect effects of social structure and teenage childbearing on infant mortality v…
Research Reviews
This section of The Journal of Rural Health is intended to assist readers in the efforts to keep current with the research literature relevant to rural health. In monitoring the journals from neighboring disciplines, we attempt to alert readers to new research and scholarly debate. The scope of this section is, for the most part, limited to publications from the United States. Inclusion of a publication does not represent an endorsement of the re…
Consequences of Differential Residence Designations for Rural Health Policy Research
In 1991, members of the rural caucus proposed numerous bills designed to attenuate the rural‐urban differences in health care delivery and health status. Implicit in the legislative process is the assumption that “rural America” differs systematically from “urban America.” However, research has consistently demonstrated that there is not a single rural America but rather, those areas outside of the major metropolitan areas represent a complex mos…
Research Reviews
This section of The Journal of Rural Health is intended to assist readers in their efforts to keep current with the research literature relevant to rural health. In monitoring the journals from neighboring disciplines, we attempt to alert readers to new research and scholarly debate. The scope of this section is, for the most part, limited to publications from the United States. Inclusion of a publication does not represent an endorsement of the …
Research Reviews
Research Reviews
This section of The Journal of Rural Health is intended to assist readers in their efforts to keep current in the research literature that is relevant to rural health. In monitoring the journals from neighboring disciplines, the journal attempts to alert readers to new research and scholarly debate. The scope of this section is, for the most part, limited to publications from the United States. Inclusion of a publication does not represent an end…
Research Reviews
Health Status and Needs of Migrant Farm Workers in the United States
Migrant farmworkers lead a hard life filled with strenuous work, stress, and anxiety about employment; live under substandard conditions; and rarely get the health care they require. Preventive care is a luxury they cannot afford. Year-round nutritious meals are rarely possible, due to long working hours, traveling, and living in housing without adequate cooking and refrigeration facilities. Children may attend up to six or more schools during th…
Research Reviews
Research Reviews
A Message from the New Research Reviews Editor
Research Reviews
Poverty, Primary Care and Age‐Specific Mortality
An important area of concern among rural health researchers and policy analysts is the social and ecological correlates of mortality levels. This research is concerned with the empirical relationship between the prevalence of poverty and the mortality experience of different age groups within the population. Poverty is viewed as a characteristic ofthe social organization of local areas and operationalized by employing several indicators, includin…
An Empirical Examination of Characteristics of Mexican Migrants to Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas of the United States
This research examines differences between those Mexican migrants choosing metropolitan destinations and those choosing destinations outside metropolitan areas of the United States. Using general estimating equations, the study presents data indicating that since the 1960s migrants choosing rural destinations are less fluent in English, slightly older, much less educated, far more likely to be unskilled, more likely to be married, and more likely…
Structural Determinants of Infant Mortality in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan America1
A conceptual model of the impact of structural advantage and disadvantage on infant mortality rates is developed and fitted to countylevel data. This model includes mediating endogenous constructs representing medical care availability, the incidence of teenage childbearing, and low birthweight rates and is estimated for three residence categories. Both direct and indirect effects of social structure and teenage childbearing on infant mortality v…
An Evaluation of Adolescent Patterns of Sexual Self-Disclosure to Parents and Friends
A study was conducted to examine adolescent's sexual self-disclosure to their parents and friends. The sample consisted of 169 senior high school students. The results revealed that adolescents engage in more sexual disclosure with their friends than with their parents. In addition, significantly greater sexual disclosure was reported between adolescents and same-sex, rather than opposite-sex, parent and friend. The only exception to this finding…
Public Lands and Population Growth
Insights and Applications
Human population growth has substantial impacts on federal lands management. This article documents that growth in federal lands counties was frequently higher than the area's average. Relationships were found between population growth rates and region, metropolitan status, and federal lands presence. Population growth rates varied with federal land management agency, which may be due to regional differences as well as differences in the relative…
Human Capital Attributes of Hispanic Immigrant Entrepreneurs in a New Destination State
This article describes a survey of Hispanic immigrant entrepreneurs in a New Destination state. Results focus on the human capital, educational aspirations, and motivations. Findings challenge the idea that most Hispanic immigrants start up businesses because of limited human capital, discrimination, or blocked opportunities in the workforce. Rather, these entrepreneurs leverage accumulated human capital in the form of education, experience, and …
The biophysical environment and human health
This article focuses on the challenges and opportunities related to the empirical examination of the relationship between the multidimensional concepts of “biophysical environment” and “human health.” The challenge at hand is the adoption of a holistic, less fragmented approach to conceptualizing health and the environment. Inherent in such an approach is the consideration of issues along a continuum of levels of organization ranging from the cel…
An Evaluation of Adolescent Patterns of Sexual Self-Disclosure to Parents and Friends
A study was conducted to examine adolescent's sexual self-disclosure to their parents and friends. The sample consisted of 169 senior high school students. The results revealed that adolescents engage in more sexual disclosure with their friends than with their parents. In addition, significantly greater sexual disclosure was reported between adolescents and same-sex, rather than opposite-sex, parent and friend. The only exception to this finding…
A Message from the New Research Reviews Editor
Research Reviews
Poverty, Primary Care and Age‐Specific Mortality
An important area of concern among rural health researchers and policy analysts is the social and ecological correlates of mortality levels. This research is concerned with the empirical relationship between the prevalence of poverty and the mortality experience of different age groups within the population. Poverty is viewed as a characteristic ofthe social organization of local areas and operationalized by employing several indicators, includin…
Research Reviews
Health Status and Needs of Migrant Farm Workers in the United States
Migrant farmworkers lead a hard life filled with strenuous work, stress, and anxiety about employment; live under substandard conditions; and rarely get the health care they require. Preventive care is a luxury they cannot afford. Year-round nutritious meals are rarely possible, due to long working hours, traveling, and living in housing without adequate cooking and refrigeration facilities. Children may attend up to six or more schools during th…
Research Reviews
Research Reviews
Research Reviews
This section of The Journal of Rural Health is intended to assist readers in the efforts to keep current with the research literature relevant to rural health. In monitoring the journals from neighboring disciplines, we attempt to alert readers to new research and scholarly debate. The scope of this section is, for the most part, limited to publications from the United States. Inclusion of a publication does not represent an endorsement of the re…
Consequences of Differential Residence Designations for Rural Health Policy Research
In 1991, members of the rural caucus proposed numerous bills designed to attenuate the rural‐urban differences in health care delivery and health status. Implicit in the legislative process is the assumption that “rural America” differs systematically from “urban America.” However, research has consistently demonstrated that there is not a single rural America but rather, those areas outside of the major metropolitan areas represent a complex mos…
Research Reviews
This section of The Journal of Rural Health is intended to assist readers in their efforts to keep current with the research literature relevant to rural health. In monitoring the journals from neighboring disciplines, we attempt to alert readers to new research and scholarly debate. The scope of this section is, for the most part, limited to publications from the United States. Inclusion of a publication does not represent an endorsement of the …
Research Reviews
Research Reviews
This section of The Journal of Rural Health is intended to assist readers in their efforts to keep current in the research literature that is relevant to rural health. In monitoring the journals from neighboring disciplines, the journal attempts to alert readers to new research and scholarly debate. The scope of this section is, for the most part, limited to publications from the United States. Inclusion of a publication does not represent an end…
Structural Determinants of Infant Mortality in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan America1
A conceptual model of the impact of structural advantage and disadvantage on infant mortality rates is developed and fitted to countylevel data. This model includes mediating endogenous constructs representing medical care availability, the incidence of teenage childbearing, and low birthweight rates and is estimated for three residence categories. Both direct and indirect effects of social structure and teenage childbearing on infant mortality v…
The Interactive Effects of Race and Ethnicity and Mother's Residence on the Adequacy of Prenatal Care
Adequate prenatal care is known to reduce the risks of low birth weight and neonatal death, yet nearly one quarter of all women giving birth in the United States receive delayed, inadequate or no prenatal care. This suboptimal use of prenatal care has contributed to rates of low birth weight and neonatal mortality higher than those in most other industrialized nations. This paper examines the relationships among race/ethnicity, residence, materna…
The biophysical environment and human health
This article focuses on the challenges and opportunities related to the empirical examination of the relationship between the multidimensional concepts of “biophysical environment” and “human health.” The challenge at hand is the adoption of a holistic, less fragmented approach to conceptualizing health and the environment. Inherent in such an approach is the consideration of issues along a continuum of levels of organization ranging from the cel…
Population Density Surface
Calculating Multirace Categories and Race‐specific Rates
Context: Revised federal standards for racial and ethnic data have resulted in 57 new self‐selected multirace categories that cannot be directly compared with traditional “one‐race‐only” categories. “Bridge methods” are available, but each produces different estimates of single‐race populations, raising concern about the potential influence on calculated rates for rural and nonmetropolitan areas. Purpose: to examine the potential impact of severa…
Public Lands and Population Growth
Insights and Applications
Human population growth has substantial impacts on federal lands management. This article documents that growth in federal lands counties was frequently higher than the area's average. Relationships were found between population growth rates and region, metropolitan status, and federal lands presence. Population growth rates varied with federal land management agency, which may be due to regional differences as well as differences in the relative…
Attenuation of Racial Differences in Health Service Utilization Patterns for Previously Uninsured Children in the Delta
CONTEXT: A school-based health insurance program for children of the working poor was conducted in 2 isolated, rural communities in the Lower Mississippi Delta region. The larger of the 2 communities had an array of locally available health care providers, whereas the smaller community did not. In response to this lack of available care, the project designed and delivered outreach programs, including transportation to providers. PURPOSE: The purp…
What You See Is Not Always What You Get
Many residents of coastal towns believe that they live in communities that are economically dependent upon commercial fishing. However, employment data indicate that fishing is a relatively minor economic component of many of these communities. We apply the concept of aspect dominance from the field of ecology to help explain this discrepancy. In addition we explore other forms of ecological dominance in regard to perceptions of fishing dependenc…
An Empirical Examination of Characteristics of Mexican Migrants to Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas of the United States
This research examines differences between those Mexican migrants choosing metropolitan destinations and those choosing destinations outside metropolitan areas of the United States. Using general estimating equations, the study presents data indicating that since the 1960s migrants choosing rural destinations are less fluent in English, slightly older, much less educated, far more likely to be unskilled, more likely to be married, and more likely…
Human-Induced Switches on Public Land Boundaries
This article examines interactions between land cover changes and human activity near public land boundaries. The article empirically examines multiple dimensions that may drive land cover changes, using a framework including ecological switches and biogeographical islands. Publicly owned lands become “islands” in the broader landscape within which they are embedded. As such, they may be of insufficient size or too isolated to allow the targeted …
Deforestation Near Public Lands
This article is an empirical examination of human-environment interactions associated with deforestation. The focus is on areas adjacent to the Buffalo National River and Ozark–St. Francis National Forest. Satellite imagery and census data over a 10-year timeframe are analyzed using multivariate methods to provide insight into underlying processes impacting land cover change. Examination of the parameters in areas near public land boundaries in c…
Sociology (15 works) · Geography (13 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Library science (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Business (5 works)