Education

Faculty Publications

• Leeper, J., Hullett, S., Wang, L., “Rural Alabama Health Professional Training Consortium: Six-Year Evaluation Results,” Family and Community Health, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 1-11, 2001.
• Wheat, J., et al, “Strategy to Increase Agricultural Medicine Practice: An Exploratory Study to Predict Interest Among Generalists,” Journal of Rural Health, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 18-24, Winter 2002.
• Elder, C, Barnes JT, Leaver-Dunn, Nagy, S., Leeper, J., “The Influence of Group Membership on Multiple Substance Use,” Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 19-30, 2002.
• Wheat, J, et al, “Premedical Education: The Contribution of Small Local Colleges,” Journal of Rural Health, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 181-189, Spring 2003.
• Leeper, J., et al, “The Case for Rural Public Health Programs,” Journal of Rural Health, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 97-100, Spring 2003.
• Carter, T, et al, “Children’s Health Insurance Status, Access to and Utilization of Health Services, and Unmet Health Care Needs in a Rural Alabama School System,” Journal of Rural Health, Vol. 19, Issue 4, pp. 511-513, Fall 2003.
• Wheat, J., et al, “Physicians for Rural America: The Role of Institutional Commitment Within Academic Medical Centers,” Journal of Rural Health, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 221-227, Summer 2005.
• Kosberg, J., et al., “Family Caregiving to those with Dementia in Rural Alabama: Racial Similarities and Differences,” Journal of Aging & Health, in press.
• Higginbotham, J. C. Issues in rural health. Family & Community Health Journal. 2001;24(2):vii-viii.
• Higginbotham, J. C, Moulder, J., Currier, M. Rural vs. urban aspects of cancer: data from the first annual Mississippi Cancer Registry. Family & Community Health Journal. 2001;24(2):1-9.
• Partridge, Edward E., Fouad, Mona N., Hinton, Agnes W., Hardy, Claudia M., Liscovicz, Nedra, White-Johnson, Freddie, Higginbotham, J.C. The Deep South Network for Cancer Control – Eliminating Cancer Disparities through Community/Academic Collaboration. Family & Community Health. 2005;28(1):6-19.
• Higginbotham, J. C. Health Disparities. Family & Community Health. 2005;28(1):3-4:vii-viii
• Wheat, J. R., Higginbotham, J. C., Yu, J., Leeper, J. D. Physicians for rural America: The role of institutional commitment within academic medical centers. Journal of Rural Health. 2005;21(3):221-227.
• Higginbotham, J.C., Health Disparities, Family & Community Health Journal. 2006; 29(2):3-4.
• Parrom, S. Maurice, Higginbotham, J.C., Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act: Comparing the Benefits in Metropolitan and Rural Communities,
• The University of Alabama McNair Journal Abstracts 2006, volume 6.
• Lisovicz, N., Johnson, R. E., Higginbotham, J.C., Downey, J.A., Hardy, C.M., Fouad, M.N., C.M., Hinton, A.W., Partridge, E.E. The Deep South Network for Cancer Control: Building a Community Infrastructure to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities. Cancer