John C Higginbotham
Biographic Data
| ID | 4100146 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John C Higginbotham |
| GIVEN NAMES | John C |
| FAMILY NAME | Higginbotham |
| SIGNATURE | HIGGINBOTHAM J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6447-5828 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Optimizing Positive Airway Pressure Compliance and Outcomes in Rural Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Through Telehealth
This QI pilot study utilized telemedicine to remove barriers to care, improve PAP compliance, and improve health outcomes for this underserved, rural population
Rural/urban differences in the prevalence of stroke risk factors
PURPOSE: We previously described the magnitude of rural-urban differences in the prevalence of stroke risk factors and stroke mortality. In this report, we sought to extend the understanding of rural-urban differences in the prevalence of stroke risk factors by using an enhanced definition of rural-urban status and assessing the impact of neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) on risk factor differences. METHODS: This analysis included 28,242 p…
Associations Among Depressive Symptoms, Wellness, Patient Involvement, Provider Cultural Competency, and Treatment Nonadherence
Using Photovoice to Identify the Physical Activity Practices of Children Residing in Alabama’s Black Belt Region
Photovoice is a community-based participatory research method wherein participants communicate their life’s experiences through photography. In this study, a group of rural children used Photovoice to communicate their physical activity preferences to researchers, their peers, and community partners. Thereafter, the information from the Photovoice project was used by the researchers and community partners in a physical activity intervention to te…
A Community-Based Participatory Research Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Among Rural Children
The overall objective of Project SHAPE (Shaping Health using Activity Photovoice and E-Video) was to improve physical activity levels of rural, medically underserved children by designing and implementing a culturally relevant physical activity intervention. This objective was met by using a community-based participatory research approach to design and implement an intervention that would positively affect the psychosocial constructs related to i…
US Mortality
Bringing Community and Academic Scholars Together to Facilitate and Conduct Authentic Community Based Participatory Research
Cultural competency, trust, and research literacy can affect the planning and implementation of sustainable community-based participatory research (CBPR). The purpose of this manuscript is to highlight: (1) the development of a CBPR pilot grant request for application; and (2) a comprehensive program supporting CBPR obesity-related grant proposals facilitated by activities designed to promote scholarly collaborations between academic researchers …
Physicians for Rural America
CONTEXT: Prior study suggests that contextual characteristics of medical schools (e.g., state demographics, public vs private, NIH research effort) predict output of rural physicians without also considering the effects of the medical schools' own policies and programs. PURPOSE: This study examines medical school commitment to rural policies and programs and its relationship to contextual characteristics and rural physician output. METHODS: A sur…
The Deep South Network for Cancer Control
African Americans have a substantially increased mortality rate compared to Whites in many cancers, including breast and cervix. The Deep South Network for Cancer Control (the Network) was established to develop sustainable community infrastructure to promote cancer awareness, enhance participation of African Americans and other special populations in clinical trials, recruit and train minority investigators, and develop and test innovative commu…
Rural v. Urban Aspects of Cancer
This study investigated various aspects of cancer between rural and urban localities. The Mississippi State Department of Health Central Cancer Registry received reports of 9,685 new cancer cases in 1996 while there were 5,732 cancer deaths. Even though no difference was found between rural and urban age-adjusted cancer incidence (and mortality), for the vast majority of results, there was a significant difference between rural and urban resident…
Everything You Need To Know about Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Disorders
The Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Living Downstream
The Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, Universitiy of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Financial Resources for Older Americans
Tri-ethnic alcohol use and religion, family, and gender
Necessities for evaluating behavior change in health promotion/disease prevention programs
Lipids and Lipoproteins in a Triethnic Sample of 5- or 6-Year-Old Type A or Type B Children
The Type A behavior pattern (TABP) has been proposed as a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). Several studies have indicated an association between Type A behavior and serum cholesterol levels. If the effects of TABP are mediated by conventional CHD risk factors, evidence for a causal relationship between TABP and CHD would be strengthened if associations were detected among the young. This paper addresses the following: (1) Do levels o…
Utilization of curanderos by Mexican Americans
Data from the Southwest sample of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) were analyzed to examine whether the use of a curandero or other folk medicine practitioner hindered, enhanced, or did not affect the utilization of western health care services by Mexican Americans. Findings revealed that only 4.2 percent of the HHANES sample persons between the ages of 18-74 years reported consulting a curandero, herbalista, or other…
Cicero on Moral Obligation. A New Translation of Cicero's 'De Officiis' with Introduction and Notes
Utilization of curanderos by Mexican Americans
Data from the Southwest sample of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) were analyzed to examine whether the use of a curandero or other folk medicine practitioner hindered, enhanced, or did not affect the utilization of western health care services by Mexican Americans. Findings revealed that only 4.2 percent of the HHANES sample persons between the ages of 18-74 years reported consulting a curandero, herbalista, or other…
Associations Among Depressive Symptoms, Wellness, Patient Involvement, Provider Cultural Competency, and Treatment Nonadherence
Using Photovoice to Identify the Physical Activity Practices of Children Residing in Alabama’s Black Belt Region
Photovoice is a community-based participatory research method wherein participants communicate their life’s experiences through photography. In this study, a group of rural children used Photovoice to communicate their physical activity preferences to researchers, their peers, and community partners. Thereafter, the information from the Photovoice project was used by the researchers and community partners in a physical activity intervention to te…
Cicero on Moral Obligation. A New Translation of Cicero's 'De Officiis' with Introduction and Notes
Lipids and Lipoproteins in a Triethnic Sample of 5- or 6-Year-Old Type A or Type B Children
The Type A behavior pattern (TABP) has been proposed as a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). Several studies have indicated an association between Type A behavior and serum cholesterol levels. If the effects of TABP are mediated by conventional CHD risk factors, evidence for a causal relationship between TABP and CHD would be strengthened if associations were detected among the young. This paper addresses the following: (1) Do levels o…
Utilization of curanderos by Mexican Americans
Data from the Southwest sample of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) were analyzed to examine whether the use of a curandero or other folk medicine practitioner hindered, enhanced, or did not affect the utilization of western health care services by Mexican Americans. Findings revealed that only 4.2 percent of the HHANES sample persons between the ages of 18-74 years reported consulting a curandero, herbalista, or other…
Necessities for evaluating behavior change in health promotion/disease prevention programs
Tri-ethnic alcohol use and religion, family, and gender
Financial Resources for Older Americans
Everything You Need To Know about Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Disorders
The Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Living Downstream
The Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, Universitiy of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Rural v. Urban Aspects of Cancer
This study investigated various aspects of cancer between rural and urban localities. The Mississippi State Department of Health Central Cancer Registry received reports of 9,685 new cancer cases in 1996 while there were 5,732 cancer deaths. Even though no difference was found between rural and urban age-adjusted cancer incidence (and mortality), for the vast majority of results, there was a significant difference between rural and urban resident…
Physicians for Rural America
CONTEXT: Prior study suggests that contextual characteristics of medical schools (e.g., state demographics, public vs private, NIH research effort) predict output of rural physicians without also considering the effects of the medical schools' own policies and programs. PURPOSE: This study examines medical school commitment to rural policies and programs and its relationship to contextual characteristics and rural physician output. METHODS: A sur…
The Deep South Network for Cancer Control
African Americans have a substantially increased mortality rate compared to Whites in many cancers, including breast and cervix. The Deep South Network for Cancer Control (the Network) was established to develop sustainable community infrastructure to promote cancer awareness, enhance participation of African Americans and other special populations in clinical trials, recruit and train minority investigators, and develop and test innovative commu…
Bringing Community and Academic Scholars Together to Facilitate and Conduct Authentic Community Based Participatory Research
Cultural competency, trust, and research literacy can affect the planning and implementation of sustainable community-based participatory research (CBPR). The purpose of this manuscript is to highlight: (1) the development of a CBPR pilot grant request for application; and (2) a comprehensive program supporting CBPR obesity-related grant proposals facilitated by activities designed to promote scholarly collaborations between academic researchers …
A Community-Based Participatory Research Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Among Rural Children
The overall objective of Project SHAPE (Shaping Health using Activity Photovoice and E-Video) was to improve physical activity levels of rural, medically underserved children by designing and implementing a culturally relevant physical activity intervention. This objective was met by using a community-based participatory research approach to design and implement an intervention that would positively affect the psychosocial constructs related to i…
US Mortality
Associations Among Depressive Symptoms, Wellness, Patient Involvement, Provider Cultural Competency, and Treatment Nonadherence
Using Photovoice to Identify the Physical Activity Practices of Children Residing in Alabama’s Black Belt Region
Photovoice is a community-based participatory research method wherein participants communicate their life’s experiences through photography. In this study, a group of rural children used Photovoice to communicate their physical activity preferences to researchers, their peers, and community partners. Thereafter, the information from the Photovoice project was used by the researchers and community partners in a physical activity intervention to te…
Rural/urban differences in the prevalence of stroke risk factors
PURPOSE: We previously described the magnitude of rural-urban differences in the prevalence of stroke risk factors and stroke mortality. In this report, we sought to extend the understanding of rural-urban differences in the prevalence of stroke risk factors by using an enhanced definition of rural-urban status and assessing the impact of neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) on risk factor differences. METHODS: This analysis included 28,242 p…
Optimizing Positive Airway Pressure Compliance and Outcomes in Rural Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Through Telehealth
This QI pilot study utilized telemedicine to remove barriers to care, improve PAP compliance, and improve health outcomes for this underserved, rural population
Medicine (17 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Public health (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works)