“An Overview of the Katrina Population” presented by Cosby, A. and Southward, L. at the American Academy of Pediatrics 150 Days Post-Katrina Summit co-sponsored by the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University, New Orleans, LA, February 10-12, 2006.

“Attitudes, Knowledge, and Policy: The Social Climate Surrounding Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) in the Mississippi Delta” poster presented by Hitt, H., McMillen, R., and Cosby, A. at the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, December 2005.

Blanchard, T., Southward, L., Hanna, H., and Buffum, L. (2005) "Who Expels and Why: Understanding Expulsion and Discontinuity in U.S. Child Care Settings" Mississippi State University: Social Science Research Center.

“Changes from 2000 to 2005 in U.S. Adult Attitudes and Practices Regarding Children’s Exposure to Second Hand Smoke” presented by Robert McMillen, Susanne Tanski, and Jonathan Winickoff at the 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 30, 2006.

“Correlates of Multiple Risk Behavior/Exposure Among Incarcerated Adolescents” Paper presented by Baird-Thomas, C. and Robertson, A. at the Annual Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 2006.

Cosby, A., Neaves, T. T., Cossman, R. E., Cossman, J. S., James, W. L., Feierabend, N., et al. (Forthcoming). Preliminary Evidence for an Emerging Non-Metropolitan Mortality Penalty in the United States. American Journal of Public Health.

Cosby, A. G., & Bowser, D. A. (Forthcoming). The Health of the Delta: A Story of Increasing Disparities Journal of Health and Human Services Administration.

Cosby, A. G., Brown, L., Taylor, H., Thornton-Neaves, T., Hutchines, L., McMillen, R. C., et al. (2006). An Assessment of Cardiovascular Health in Mississippi: A Focus on Racial Disparities in Mortality, Behavioral Risk Factors and Knowledge: Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Cosby, A. G., Hitt, H. C., Thornton-Neaves, T., McMillen, R. C., Koch, K., Sitzman, T., et al. (2005). Profiles of Pain in Mississippi: Results from the Southern Pain Prevalence Study. Journal of the MississippiState Medical Association, 46(10), 301-309.

Cosby, A.G. and L. Jones. (2010).  “Conventional Wisdom and Partial Data:  The New York Times and the Mississippi Turnabout in Infant Mortality that Wasn’t.”  Miller-McCune, 3(2):40-44.

Cosby, A.G. and L. Jones. Accepted. “Conventional Wisdom and Partial Data: The Case of the Mississippi Turnabout in Infant Mortality.” Miller-McCune: Turning Research into Solutions.

Cosby, A. G., Thornton-Neaves, T., Rich, L., McMillen, R. C., Matta, M., Hutchins, L., et al. (2005). The Social and Cultural Dimensions of Pain: An Overview of the Southern Pain Prevalence Study 2004 Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Cosby A.G. and T.T. Neaves.  Book Chapter.  Forthcoming.“The Informatics of Human Capital Flows:  Harnessing Talent to Accomplish Social Goods.”  In Innovative Approaches to Better Health:  A Global Perspective.  B.H. Smith, P. Hoyt-Hudson, and J.J Fitzpatrick (ed.).

Cossman, J., Cossman, R., James, W., Campbell, C., Cosby, A., & Blanchard, T. (Forthcoming). Persistent Clusters of Mortality in the U.S. American Journal of Public Health.

Cossman, J., Cossman, R. E., James, W., Campbell, C. R., Blanchard, T. C., & Cosby, A. G. (2007). Persistent Clusters of Mortality in the U.S. American Journal of Public Health, 97(2), 2148-2150.

Cossman, J.S., W. James, A. Cosby, and R. Cossman. Forthcoming. “The Nonmetropolitan Mortality Penalty – Is it Cause Specific?” American Journal of Public Health.

Cossman, J. S., Ritchie, J. B., & Cosby, A. G. (2006). Driving to Doctors: Access to Primary Care Physicians in Mississippi (Policy Brief): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Cossman, J. S., Ritchie, J. B., & Cosby, A. G. (2006). Driving to Doctors: Access to Specialists in Mississippi (Policy Brief): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Cossman, J. S., Ritchie, J. B., & Cosby, A. G. (2006). Medicaid Reimbursement and Access to Physicians: Does Lower Reimbursement Mean Less Access to Care? Journal of Mississippi Medical Association, 47(11), 323-336.

Cossman, J. S., Ritchie, J. B., & Cosby, A. G. (2006). Medicaid Reimbursement and Access to Physicians: Does Lower Reimbursement Mean Less Access to Care? (Policy Paper): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Cossman, R. (2007). Hurricane Katrina As a Natural Experiment of "Creative Destruction". Journal of the MississippiAcademy of Sciences, 52(4), 281-288.

Cossman, R., Cossman, J., James, W., Blanchard, T., Thomas, R., Pol, L., et al. (Forthcoming). Evaluating Heart Disease Prescription-Filled as a Proxy for Heart Disease Prevalence Rates for Small Geographic Areas Journal of Health and Human Services Administration.

Cossman, R. E. (2004). Impact of Primary Seat Belt Laws on Motor Vehicle Deaths Among Mississippi's Youth, 2004 (Policy Brief): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Cossman, R. E. (2004). Leading Causes of Death Among Children in Mississippi (Policy Brief): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Cossman, R. E., Cossman, J. S., Cosby, A. G., & Reavis, R. (Forthcoming). Reconsidering the Rural-Urban Continuum in Rural Health Research: A Test of Stable Relationships Using Mortality as a Health Measure. Population Research and Policy Review, 27(3).

Cossman, R. E., Cossman, J. S., Cosby, A. G., & Reavis, R. (2008). Reconsidering the Rural-Urban Continuum Rural Health Research: A Test of Stable Relationships Using Mortality as a Health Measure. Population Research and Policy Review (On line).

Cossman, R. E., Cossman, J. S., James, W. L., Blanchard, T., Thomas, R. K., Pol, L. G., et al. (2008). Evaluating Heart Disease Prescriptions - Filled as a Proxy for Heart Disease Prevalence Rates. Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 49(4), 503-528.

Cossman, R. E., Harpole, S. H., & Scanes, C. G. (Forthcoming). Lessons for Researchers and Funding Agencies from Hurricane Katrina: A Research Note. Sociological Spectrum.

Cossman, R. E., Harpole, S. H., & Scanes, C. G. (2007). Lessons for Researchers and Funding Agencies from Hurricane Katrina: A Research Note From Mississippi. Sociological Spectrum, 27, 781-787.

Costello, H., Southward, L. H., & Hanna, H. (2005). Mississippi Children in Child Care Displaced by Hurricane Katrina: Preliminary Estimates: Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Costello, H., Southward, L., Hanna, H., and Buffum, L. (2005) "Economic Vulnerability in U.S. Child Care Settings" Mississippi State University: Social Science Research Center.

Dill, P., & Wells-Parker, E. (2006). Court-mandated Treatment for Convicted Drinking Drivers Alcohol Research and Health, 29, 41-48.

Dill, P., Wells-Parker, E., Cross, G., Mann, R. E., & Stoduto, G. (2007). Negative Affect, Self-Appraised and Temptation to Drink in Court Mandated DUI Offenders. Paper presented at the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety Annual Meeting.

Dill, P., Wells-Parker, E., Cross, G., Williams, M., Mann, R. E., Stoduto, G., et al. (2007). The Relationship Between Depressed Mood, Self-Efficacy and Affective States During the Drinking Driving Sequence. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 1714-1718.

“Does Smoking Lead to Chronic Pain in Young Adults?” Poster presented by McMillen, R., Hitt, H., Thornton-Heaves, T., and Cosby, A. at the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, December 2005.

“Early Education and Child Care Directors Perspectives of Children’s Health and Well-Being: A Multi-State Survey” presented by Pasco, J., Duncan P., Gorski, P., Greenberg, R., Gupta, R., Southward, L.H., and Weitzman, M. at the Annual Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRN) Conference, sponsored by AHRQ in Washington, D.C. in July 2005.

Fee, V., Edwards, J., Cross, G., Gill, D., Wells-Parker, E., Frese, W., et al. (2006). Student Needs and Impacts Surrounding Hurricane Katrina: A Survey of MississippiStateUniversity Students-Major Findings Relevant to Planning (Report): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Gill, D. A., Ladd, A. E., Cross, G., Fee, V., Edwards, J. E., Marszalek, J., et al. (2006). Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on MississippiState Students (Report). Boulder, Co: University of Colorado at Boulder.

Green, J.J. and A.G. Cosby.  Forthcoming.“Exploring Development and Health in the Mississippi Delta:  Human Capital in a Global Context.” In The Mississippi Delta in a Global Context. A. Barton and P. Meikle (ed.).  University Press of Mississippi.

Gupta, R.S., Pascoe, J.M., Blanchard, T.C., Langkamp, D., Duncan, P.M., Gorski, P.A., and Southward, L.H. May 2009. “Child Health in Child Care: A Multi-state Survey of Head Start and Non-Head Start Child Care Directors.” Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 23(3) pp. 143-149.

Hitt, H., McMillen, R., Thornton-Neaves, T., Koch, K., & Cosby, A. G. (2008). Comorbidity of Obesity and Pain in a General Population: Results from the Southern Pain Prevalence Study. The Journal of Pain, 8(5), 430-436.

James, W. L., & Cossman, R. E. (2006). Underage Drinking and Driving in Mississippi: A Review of the Issue and Synthesis of the Literature (Policy Paper): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

James, W. L., & Cossman, R. E. (2006). Underage Drinking and Driving Interventions (Policy Brief): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Kavanaugh, M., McMillen, R. C., Pascoe, J., Southward, L. H., Winickoff, J., & Weitzman, M. (2005). The Co-Occurrence of Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Smoking in a National Survey of Mothers". Ambulatory Pediatrics, 5, 341-348.

Marshall, K.P., L. Micich and A.G. Cosby.  Forthcoming. “Health Beliefs Related to Willingness to Accept Treatment of Pain with Potentially Addictive Drugs.”  International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing.

Marshall, K.P., L.A. Micich, A.G. Cosby. “Health Beliefs Related to Willingness to Accept Treat of Pain with Potentially Addictive Drugs.”  International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing. 4(1)9-20.

Marshall, Kimball P., L. Micich, and A. Cosby. Forthcoming.. Influences of Health Beliefs about Pain and Personal Experiences: Toward a Social Marketing Model of Willingness to Accept Treatment for Pain with Potentially Addictive Drugs. Summary Brief. 2009 Society for Marketing Advances Proceedings.]

Mathews, R. 2010 “US Maternally Linked  Birth Records May Be  Biased for Hispanics and Other Population Groups.” Ann Epidemiol 2010;20: 23-31 (with Leiss, J.K., Giles, D., Sullivan, K., Sentelle, G., and Tomashek, K.).

Mathews, R. 2009 “Blood Exposure Incidence Rates from the North Carolina Study of Homecare and Hospice Nurses.” American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 52: 99-104 (with Leiss, J.K., Lyden, J.T., Sitzman, K.L., Vanderpuije, A., Mav, D., Kendra, M., Klein, C., and Humphrey, C.J.).

McMillen, R. (2003). Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a 50 Cent Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax (Policy Paper): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

McMillen, R. (2003). Secondhand Smoke: Household Practices and Attitudes of Lamar and ForestCountyAdults (Fact Sheet): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

McMillen, R., & Breen, J. S. (2003). Secondhand Smoke: Household Practices and Attitudes of Mississippi Adults (Fact Sheet): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

McMillen, R., & Breen, J. S. (2003). Secondhand Smoke: Household Practices of Hinds CountyAdults (Fact Sheet): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

McMillen, R., Gill, D. A., & Valentine, N. (2007). The Leading Health Indicators of Mississippi: A Report from the 2004 Mississippi Health Assessment Journal of MississippiState Medical Association, 47(1), 354-359.

McMillen, R. C. (2005). Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a One Dollar Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax (Fact Sheet): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

McMillen, R. C. (2005). Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a One Dollar Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax (Policy Paper): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

McMillen, R. C., & Gill, D. A. (2005). 2004 Mississippi Health Assessment (Technical Report): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

McMillen, R. C., Southward, L. H., & Hanna, H. (2005). Mississippi Students Displaced by Hurricane Katrina: Preliminary Estimates: Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

McMillen, R. C., & Valentine, N. (2005). Smoke-Free Public Places and Support for Smoke-Free Legislation among DeSotoCounty Adults (Fact Sheet): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

McMillen, R. C., & Valentine, N. (2005). Smoke-Free Public Places and Support for Smoke-Free Legislation among Mississippi Adults: Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

McMillen, R. C., & Valentine, N. (2005). Smoke-Free Public Places and Support for Smoke-Free Legislation among OktibbehaCounty Adults: Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

McMillen, R. C., & Valentine, N. (2006). Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a One Dollar Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax (Fact Sheet): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

McMillen, R. C., & Valentine, N. (2006). Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a One Dollar Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax (Health Policy Paper): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Mirvis, D. M., Chang, C., & Cosby, A. G. (2008). Health as an Economic Engine: Evidence for the Importance of Health. Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 31(1).

Neaves, T. T., Eriator, I., Seitz, H. H., & Cosby, A. G. (Forthcoming). Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Pain in the Mid-South. Southern Medical Journal.

Neaves, T. T., Hutchines, L., & Cosby, A. G. (2007). Myths About Pain May Endanger Your Health (Fact Sheet): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Parrish, D. (2005). 2005 Mississippi Child Restraint Survey (Report): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Parrish, D. (2005). 2005 Motorcycle Safety Belt/Motorcycle Helmet Survey (Research Report): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Parrish, D. (2005). Deer-Vehicle Collisions 2004-05: Compiling and Spatially Analyzing Data Associated with Fatal and Non-Fatal Vehicle Collisions with Deer on Mississippi Roadways Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Parrish, D. (2007). 2007 Mississippi Child Restraints Survey (Report): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Parrish, D. (2007). 2007 Mississippi Safety Belt/Motorcycle Helmet Survey (Report): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Parrish, D., Landrum, J. W., & Mann, J. (2006). The 2006 Mississippi Safety Belt/Motorcycle Helmet Survey Report (Research Report): Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Parrish, D. and S. Bullington. October 2009. “Determining the Impact of Alternative Work Schedules on Energy Consumption.” Presented at the 30th Annual American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) National Conference, Springfield, MO.

Panye, W, Southward, L., and Lampton, L. (2005) "Children and Families' Mental Health Assessment and Referral Kit" Mississippi State University: Social Science Research Center.

“Predictors of STD Among Incarcerated Girls: Looking Beyond Individual Characteristics” poster presented by Drs. Connie Baird-Thomas and Angela Robertson at the 2006 National STD Prevention Conference, Jacksonville, FL, May 2006.

“Racial and Spatial Health Disparities in the Delta” Invited presentation presented by Cosby, A. at the 2006 National Health Policy Conference Adjunct Meeting: Public Health Systems Research – Creating the Evidence for Policy, Washington, DC, February 7-9, 2006.

“Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Heath and the Importance of Introducing Social Change as a Potential Casual/Explanatory Variable” Seminar presentation by Cosby, A. at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, January 26, 2006.

Ritchie, J. B., & Cossman, R. E. (Cartographer). (2006). Driving to Doctors: Access to Specialists in Mississippi [Health Policy Map].

Robertson, A. A., Baird-Thomas, C., Dill, P., & Morse, D. T. (2006). Brief STD/HIV Intervention in a Juvenile Detention Center: Sexual Risk Behavior and Risk Reduction. International Journal of Crime, Criminal Justice and the Law, 1(1), 15-29.

Robertson, A. A., Harvey, R. G., & Baird-Thomas, C. (Under Review). The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Adolescent Female Offenders in Mississippi. Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Robertson, A. A., Stein, J. A., & Baird-Thomas, C. (Under Review). Child Maltreatment and Parental Monitoring as Mediators of Youth Problem Behaviors. Child Abuse & Neglect.

Robertson, A. A., Stein, J. A., & Baird-Thomas, C. (in Press). Child Maltreatment and Parental Monitoring as Mediators of Youth Problem Behaviors. Criminal Justice and Behavior.

Robertson, A. A., Stein, J. A., & Baird-Thomas, C. (2006). Gender Differences in the Prediction of Condom Use Among Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders: Testing the Information-Motivation-Behavior Skills (IMB) Model. Journal of Adolescent Health, 38(1), 18-25.

Robertson, A.A., Baird-Thomas, C., St. Lawrence, J.S., and Pack, R. "Predictors of Infection with Chlamydia or Gonorrhea in Incarcerated Adolescents." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 32(2, 115-122. February 2005.
“Secondhand Smoke (SHS) Exposure Testing in Child Healthcare Settings: A National Parent Survey” poster presented by Jonathan P. Winickoff, Robert C. McMillen, Susanne E. Tanski, and Michael Weitzman at the 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 1, 2006.

Sokura, B., & Cosby, A. G. (2007). The Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Resilience of Educational Institutions in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina. Journal of the MississippiAcademy of Sciences, 52(4), 243-261.

Southward, L. (2005) "Shelter Survey Provides Insight into Services, Children's needs" Mississippi State University: Social Science Research Center.

Southward, L., Blanchard, T., Costello, H., Hanna, H., and Buffum, L. (2006) "Economic Volatility and Expulsion in U.S. Child Care Settings: A Multi-State Survey" A Chartbook of the Health, Early Education and Child Care Consortium. Mississippi State University: Social Science Research Center.

Southward, L., Blanchard, T., Hanna, H., and Buffum, L. (2005) "Early Education and Child Care Directors' Perspectives of Children's Health and Well-being: A Multi-State Survey" A Chartbook of the Health, Early Education and Child Care Consortium. Mississippi State University: Social Science Research Center.

Southward, L.H., Hanna, H., Cross, G.W., & Parrish, D. (2008). Oral health status of young children in the Mississippi Delta: Findings from parent and child care director surveys (2007). A Chartbook prepared for the Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Mississippi State University: Social Science Research Center.

Southward, L. H., Mosca, N., Silverman, S. L., Eklund Penton, N., Curtis, D. K., & Lane, C. (2003). Children's Oral Health in Mississippi: Addressing a Silent Epidemic: Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University.

Southward, L. H., Robertson, A. A., Edelstein, B. L., Hanna, H., Wells-Parker, E., Baggett, D. H., et al. (in press). Oral Health of Young Children in Child Care Centers of the Delta Region in Mississippi: A Second Look at Early Childhood Caries Risk Assessment. Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Southward, L. H., Robertson, A. A., Wells-Parker, E., Eklund, N., Silberman, S., Crall, J., et al. (2006). Oral Health Status of Mississippi Delta 3-to-5 Year Olds in Child Care: An Exploratory Study of Dental Health Status and Risk Factors for Dental Disease and Treatment Needs. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 66(2), 131-137.

Southward, Linda, Ronald Cossman, Ginger Cross, Heather Hanna, Anne Buffington, Dorris Baggett, Colleen McKee, and Meghan Dunaway, et al. 2009. “MS KIDS Count Data Book.” Family and Children Research Unit, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. The Data Book was officially released at the MS KIDS Count Summit, January 2010.

“Spatial Analysis of Social Economic and Health Data” was presented by Parrish, D. and Cosby, A. at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to further collaborative work on social climate analysis and geointelligence projects, Oak Ridge, TN, January 10, 2006.

Stoduto, G., Dill, P., Mann, R. E., Wells-Parker, E., Toneatto, T., & Shuggi, R. (2007). A Population Survey of the Link Between Depressed Mood and Drinking Driving. Paper presented at the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety Annual Meeting.

“Teaching Social Psychology to Mississippi Policy Makers: How Social Psychological Theory and Interdisciplinary Research Can Inform Policy Decisions” poster presented by McMillen, R. and Valentine, N. at the 2005 Meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Atlantic Beach, FL, November 2005.

Wells-Parker, E., Dill, P., Cross, G., Mann, R. E., Stoduto, G., & Nochaiski, T. (2007). An Integrated Theoretical Model for Matching DUI Offenders to Intervention Options: Negative Cognitive/Affective Patterns, Dissonance, and Motivation. Paper presented at the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety Annual Meeting.

Wells-Parker, E., Dill, P., Williams, M., & Stoduto, G. (2006). Are Depressed Drinking/Driving Offenders More Receptive to Brief Intervention? Addictive Behaviors, 31, 339-350.

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