Tyrone F Borders
Biographic Data
| ID | 4234415 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tyrone F Borders |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tyrone F |
| FAMILY NAME | Borders |
| SIGNATURE | BORDERS T F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Tech University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5276-2005 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 101 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Social epidemiological mediators of rural and urban differences in perceived need for cocaine use treatment
< .05) mediators were as follows: ASI employment scores (-0.114), ASI legal scores (0.146), perceived treatment effectiveness (0.294), and PHQ-9 scores (0.113). To further reduce rural and urban disparities in perceived need for treatment, policymakers, treatment managers, and providers might consider programs that address cocaine users' underlying social epidemiological differences
Discussions of Cancer Survivorship Care Needs: Are There Rural Versus Urban Inequities
BACKGROUND: Rural cancer survivors may face greater challenges receiving survivorship care than urban cancer survivors. PURPOSE: To test for rural versus urban inequities and identify other correlates of discussions about cancer survivorship care with healthcare professionals. METHODS: Data are from the 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), which included a cancer survivorship supplement. Adult survivors were asked if they discussed with …
Who produces and funds rural health research
Heightened interest in rural health: The Journal of Rural Health moves into the top 10 ranked health policy and services publications
Rurality and Cancer Stage, Treatment, and Follow‐Up Care
Recognition of Article of the Year, Citation Impact Factor, and Peer Reviewers
What Is Rural? Challenges And Implications Of Definitions That Inadequately Encompass Rural People And Places
Monitoring and improving rural health is challenging because of varied and conflicting concepts of just what rural means. Federal, state, and local agencies and data resources use different definitions, which may lead to confusion and inequity in the distribution of resources depending on the definition used. This article highlights how inconsistent definitions of rural may lead to measurement bias in research, the interpretation of research outc…
Continued Strides in the Reach, Readership, and Reputation of The Journal of Rural Health: A 40% Increase in Its Citation Impact Factor
Article of the Year, Telehealth Services, and More in the Summer 2019 Issue of The Journal of Rural Health
Portraying a More Complete Picture of Illicit Drug Use Epidemiology and Policy for Rural America: A Competing Viewpoint to the CDC's MMWR Report
Illicit drug use, including the misuse of prescription painkillers, is a substantial public health concern in many urban as well as rural areas nationally. An article recently published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) by Mack and colleagues1 provides further evidence that drug use disorder prevalence rates are similar across metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, although I have questions about the authors’ interpretati…
A Year of Proud Achievements for The Journal of Rural Health: The Article of the Year, Top Reviewers, and Citation Impact Factor
Advancing the Field of Rural Health Research: Moving Beyond Simply Documenting Rural vs Urban Differences
Recognition of the Inaugural “Article of the Year,” Rural Health Research Methods, Information Technology, and Veterans’ Health Care
Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Medicaid-covered Utilization of Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
BACKGROUND: Buprenorphine has been proven effective in treating opioid use disorder. However, the high cost of buprenorphine and the limited prescribing capacity may restrict access to this effective medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether Medicaid expansion and physician prescribing capacity may have impacted buprenorphine utilization covered by Medicaid. RESEARCH DESIGN: We used a quasi experimental …
Acceptability of HIV Testing Sites Among Rural and Urban African Americans Who Use Cocaine
Rural/Urban Residence, Access, and Perceived Need for Treatment Among African American Cocaine Users
OBJECTIVE: To examine how rural/urban residence, perceived access, and other factors impede or facilitate perceived need for drug use treatment, a concept closely linked to treatment utilization. STUDY DESIGN: Two hundred rural and 200 urban African American cocaine users who were not receiving treatment were recruited via Respondent-Driven Sampling and completed a structured in-person interview. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted…
The Importance of Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Research for Rural Health Practice and Policy
Learning From Rural Health Research in Other Countries: Editorial
Rural, Suburban, and Urban Variations in Alcohol Consumption in the United States: Findings From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Context: Alcohol consumption is a major public health problem nationally, but little research has investigated drinking patterns by rurality of residence. Purpose: To describe the prevalence of abstinence, alcohol use disorders, and risky drinking in rural, suburban, and urban areas of the United States. Methods: Analyses of the 2001‐2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) were conducted to estimate prevalenc…
Research on Rural Residence and Access to Drug Abuse Services: Where Are We and Where Do We Go
Context: Illicit drug use is common in rural areas, but very little research has investigated rural populations' access to drug abuse services. Purpose: To describe the current state of the scientific literature on access to drug abuse services in rural areas and suggest directions for future research. Methods: We performed a literature review of published articles on rural drug abuse services and summarized the findings according to potential, r…
Correlates of Intent to Seek Unnecessary Pap Tests Among Elderly Women
Rural residence is not a risk factor for frequent mental distress: A behavioral risk factor surveillance survey
Rural respondents were not at greater risk of frequent mental distress than urban respondents in this sample. Programs seeking to improve community mental health should target persons with less education and extremes in body weight, along with women and single persons, regardless of whether they live in rural or urban areas
College campus smoking policies and programs and students' smoking behaviors
Rather than focusing on policies restricting cigarette sales and use, college administrators should consider implementing or expanding tobacco prevention and education programs to further reduce student smoking rates
Factors Associated With Health‐Related Quality of Life Among an Older Population in a Largely Rural Western Region
Context: As elderly people become a larger proportion of the rural population, it is important to identify those at risk for poor health. Predictors of health‐related quality of life can be useful in designing interventions. Purpose: One objective of the present study was to profile the health‐related quality of life of community‐dwelling, elderly people in a southwestern region of the United States. A related objective was to identify the princi…
Correlates of Physician Visits Among Children and Adolescents in West Texas: Effects Of Hyperglycemia Symptoms
Context: Health care services use by children varies tremendously. Because of the increasing prevalence of diabetes in children and adolscents, one of the major concerns is access to physician care among children with diabetes and diabetes symptoms. Purpose: This population‐based cross‐sectional study examines correlates of physician visit among children and adolescents living in west Texas. Methods: A telephone survey was administered in 2002 to…
Development and validation of the State Hope Scale
Defining hope as a cognitive set comprising agency (belief in one's capacity to initiate and sustain actions) and pathways (belief in one's capacity to generate routes) to reach goals, the Hope Scale was developed and validated previously as a dispositional self-report measure of hope (Snyder et al., 1991). The present 4 studies were designed to develop and validate a measure of state hope. The 6-item State Hope Scale is internally consistent and…
Gender, Health, and Physician Visits Among Adults in the United States
Few studies have examined how health system, financial, social structure, or health characteristics affect the use of health services differentially by gender. Rather, the majority of studies on health behaviors assume that gender represents a set of individual differences. One notable exception is a small set of reports on the use of services by female veterans.1–3 Recently, a study found gender differences in the contributions of employment, ha…
Development and validation of the State Hope Scale
Defining hope as a cognitive set comprising agency (belief in one's capacity to initiate and sustain actions) and pathways (belief in one's capacity to generate routes) to reach goals, the Hope Scale was developed and validated previously as a dispositional self-report measure of hope (Snyder et al., 1991). The present 4 studies were designed to develop and validate a measure of state hope. The 6-item State Hope Scale is internally consistent and…
Why Rural Residents Migrate for Family Physician Care
Several studies have examined why rural residents bypass local hospitals, but few have explored why they migrate for physician care. In this study, data from a random mail survey of households in rural Iowa counties were used to determine how consumers' attitudes about their local health system, health beliefs, health insurance coverage and other personal characteristics influenced their selection of local vs. nonlocal family physicians (family p…
Are Rural Residents and Hispanics Less Satisfied With Medical Care? Evidence From the Permian Basin
Few population‐based studies of consumerś perceptions of health care quality have included both rural residents and Hispanics. Using data collected through a random‐digit telephone survey of households in the Permian Basin region of west Texas, an area with a relatively high percentage of Mexican Americans, we tested for rural/urban and ethnic differences in satisfaction with medical care. The study had several limitations, but the findings sugge…
Realized Access to Physician Services Among the Elderly in West Texas
The purpose of this study is to identify populations in a sparsely populated region that are less likely to obtain medical care. We conducted a cross‐sectional survey of more than 5,000 elderly persons who participated in telephone interviews after being identified through more than 65,000 calls to residential listings. Subjects were persons aged 65 years and older who resided in 108 counties in western Texas. The response rate was 72%. The proba…
Characteristics of Rural Elderly People Who Bypass Local Pharmacies
Context: The bypassing of local pharmacies by consumers is an indicator of limited accessibility and, possibly, compromised quality of rural pharmacy services. Purpose: The objective of this study was to identify the characterisitcs of rural consumers who bypassed local pharmacies for their medication needs. Methods: The sample was derived from the Texas Tech 5000, a longitudinal survey in West Texas, and pharmacy data from the Texas State Board …
Gender, Health, and Physician Visits Among Adults in the United States
Few studies have examined how health system, financial, social structure, or health characteristics affect the use of health services differentially by gender. Rather, the majority of studies on health behaviors assume that gender represents a set of individual differences. One notable exception is a small set of reports on the use of services by female veterans.1–3 Recently, a study found gender differences in the contributions of employment, ha…
Factors Associated With Health‐Related Quality of Life Among an Older Population in a Largely Rural Western Region
Context: As elderly people become a larger proportion of the rural population, it is important to identify those at risk for poor health. Predictors of health‐related quality of life can be useful in designing interventions. Purpose: One objective of the present study was to profile the health‐related quality of life of community‐dwelling, elderly people in a southwestern region of the United States. A related objective was to identify the princi…
Correlates of Physician Visits Among Children and Adolescents in West Texas: Effects Of Hyperglycemia Symptoms
Context: Health care services use by children varies tremendously. Because of the increasing prevalence of diabetes in children and adolscents, one of the major concerns is access to physician care among children with diabetes and diabetes symptoms. Purpose: This population‐based cross‐sectional study examines correlates of physician visit among children and adolescents living in west Texas. Methods: A telephone survey was administered in 2002 to…
Rural Community‐dwelling Elders' Reports of Access to Care: Are There Hispanic versus non‐Hispanic White Disparities
Context: Consumer reports can provide useful information about the dimensions of access in need of improvement for particular population subgroups. Purpose: To determine if there are Hispanic versus non‐Hispanic white disparities in rural elders' reports of their health care access. Methods: A telephone survey was conducted among 2,097 rural community‐dwelling elders in West Texas. Dependent variables included reports of the ability to obtain car…
Parents’ Reports of Children's Medical Care Access: Are There Mexican-American Versus Non-Hispanic White Disparities
OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether there were Mexican-American versus non-Hispanic white disparities in parents' reports of problems with 4 dimensions of children's medical care access after controlling for a range of demographic, social, economic, and health status factors. METHODS: Data were collected through a telephone survey of 5941 parents residing in Texas. The survey questionnaire included measures of the parent's demographic and socioec…
Ethnic Differences in Parents’ Perception of Participatory Decision-Making Style of Their Children's Physicians
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to test whether there are ethnic differences in parents' perceptions of the participatory styles of their children's physicians, and to determine how Hispanic ethnicity influences the factors that are correlated with the perceptions of participatory styles. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a population-based cross-sectional telephone survey in 111 counties of West Texas. Parents of children and adolescents …
Rural residence is not a risk factor for frequent mental distress: A behavioral risk factor surveillance survey
Rural respondents were not at greater risk of frequent mental distress than urban respondents in this sample. Programs seeking to improve community mental health should target persons with less education and extremes in body weight, along with women and single persons, regardless of whether they live in rural or urban areas
College campus smoking policies and programs and students' smoking behaviors
Rather than focusing on policies restricting cigarette sales and use, college administrators should consider implementing or expanding tobacco prevention and education programs to further reduce student smoking rates
Rural, Suburban, and Urban Variations in Alcohol Consumption in the United States: Findings From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Context: Alcohol consumption is a major public health problem nationally, but little research has investigated drinking patterns by rurality of residence. Purpose: To describe the prevalence of abstinence, alcohol use disorders, and risky drinking in rural, suburban, and urban areas of the United States. Methods: Analyses of the 2001‐2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) were conducted to estimate prevalenc…
Research on Rural Residence and Access to Drug Abuse Services: Where Are We and Where Do We Go
Context: Illicit drug use is common in rural areas, but very little research has investigated rural populations' access to drug abuse services. Purpose: To describe the current state of the scientific literature on access to drug abuse services in rural areas and suggest directions for future research. Methods: We performed a literature review of published articles on rural drug abuse services and summarized the findings according to potential, r…
Correlates of Intent to Seek Unnecessary Pap Tests Among Elderly Women
The Importance of Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Research for Rural Health Practice and Policy
Learning From Rural Health Research in Other Countries: Editorial
Rural/Urban Residence, Access, and Perceived Need for Treatment Among African American Cocaine Users
OBJECTIVE: To examine how rural/urban residence, perceived access, and other factors impede or facilitate perceived need for drug use treatment, a concept closely linked to treatment utilization. STUDY DESIGN: Two hundred rural and 200 urban African American cocaine users who were not receiving treatment were recruited via Respondent-Driven Sampling and completed a structured in-person interview. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted…
Acceptability of HIV Testing Sites Among Rural and Urban African Americans Who Use Cocaine
Advancing the Field of Rural Health Research: Moving Beyond Simply Documenting Rural vs Urban Differences
Recognition of the Inaugural “Article of the Year,” Rural Health Research Methods, Information Technology, and Veterans’ Health Care
Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Medicaid-covered Utilization of Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
BACKGROUND: Buprenorphine has been proven effective in treating opioid use disorder. However, the high cost of buprenorphine and the limited prescribing capacity may restrict access to this effective medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether Medicaid expansion and physician prescribing capacity may have impacted buprenorphine utilization covered by Medicaid. RESEARCH DESIGN: We used a quasi experimental …
Portraying a More Complete Picture of Illicit Drug Use Epidemiology and Policy for Rural America: A Competing Viewpoint to the CDC's MMWR Report
Illicit drug use, including the misuse of prescription painkillers, is a substantial public health concern in many urban as well as rural areas nationally. An article recently published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) by Mack and colleagues1 provides further evidence that drug use disorder prevalence rates are similar across metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, although I have questions about the authors’ interpretati…
A Year of Proud Achievements for The Journal of Rural Health: The Article of the Year, Top Reviewers, and Citation Impact Factor
Medicine (27 works) · Environmental health (14 works) · Global Health Workforce Issues (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Computer Science (13 works) · Gerontology (13 works) · Citation (11 works) · Library science (11 works) · Rural area (11 works) · Family medicine (10 works)