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- Behavioral Economic Tools for Promotion of Physical Activity
- This book chapter describes two key behavioral economic constructs and four key behavioral economic tools and their application to physical activity.
- Change in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Weight Gain: Dallas Heart Study
- This article examines the longitudinal relationship between moving to more socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods and weight gain as a cardiovascular risk factor.
- The Cognitive Limits to Economic Cluster
- This article highlights human limits in cluster formation.
- Defining Neighborhood Boundaries in Studies of Spatial Dependence in Child Behavior Problems
- This article extends an analysis of neighborhood effects on child behavioral outcomes.
- Do Neighborhoods Matter Differently for Movers and Non-Movers?: Analysis of Weight Gain in the Longitudinal Dallas Heart Study
- This article uses data from the Dallas Heart Study to evaluate the relationship between changes in neighborhood condition and weight change for both movers and non-movers over an approximate seven-year follow-up period.
- Estimation of technical change and price elasticities: a categorical time–varying coefficient approach
- This article, proposes a categorical time-varying coefficient translog cost function, where each coefficient is expressed as a nonparametric function of a categorical time variable, thereby allowing each time period to have its own set of coefficients.
- Foreclosed and Sold: An Examination of Community and Property Characteristics Related to the Sale of REO Properties
- This article uses foreclosure data from Dallas County, Texas to examine how both housing and neighborhood characteristics are related to the possibility of the sale of a foreclosed property out of real-estate-owned (REO) stock.
- Geospatial and Contextual Approaches to Energy Balance and Health
- This article examines associations between geographic and contextual features of the environment and elements of human energy balance, with a particular focus on research and opportunities in the United States.
- Health Behavior and Behavioral Economics: Economic Preferences and Physical Activity Stages of Change in a Low-Income African American Community
- This article examines the relationship between physical activity stages of change and preferences for financial risk and time.
- The Impact of Housing Market Conditions on Residential Property Upkeep
- This article assesses the impact of housing market conditions on the theoretically motivated and empirically observed negative relationship between loan to value ratios and home maintenance expenditures.
- Impediments and Facilitators to Physical Activity and Perceptions of Sedentary Behavior Among Urban Community Residents: The Fair Park Study
- This article describes a preliminary investigation into urban adults' perceptions of sedentary behavior alongside perceived barriers and enablers to physical activity.
- Is Household Wealth Sustainable? An Examination of Asset Poverty Reentry after an Exit
- This article analyzes the influence of financial behaviors on the duration out of asset poverty while controlling for households' life cycle and demographic characteristics.
- Mobilizing Leadership in Cities and Regions
- This article argues that governments and communities alike can encourage the development of local leadership and that the steps needed to achieve this object are already well known.
- Multiple Comorbidities and Interest in Research Participation Among Clients of a Nonprofit Food Distribution Site
- This article seeks to better understand the health needs of a nonclinical population to inform future research and interventions.
- Neighborhood Effects in a Behavioral Randomized Controlled Trial
- This article examines a randomized controlled trial (RCT) designed to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.
- Neighborhood Effects on Food Consumption
- This article examines the dual role of the social and physical neighborhood environment as they relate to the eating behaviors of residents of a low-income minority urban neighborhood.
- Neighborhood Impact of Foreclosure: A Quantile Regression Approach
- This article uses quantile regression to examine the simultaneous space-time impact of foreclosures on neighborhood property values.
- Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Deprivation Predicts Weight Gain in a Multi-Ethnic Population: Longitudinal Data from the Dallas Heart Study
- This article examines the relationship between neighborhood-level socioeconomic deprivation and weight change in a multi-ethnic cohort from Dallas County, Texas, and whether behavioral/psychosocial factors attenuate the relationship.
- Neighborhood Price Externalities of Foreclosure Rehabilitation: An Examination of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
- This article examines the neighborhood price impacts of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funded foreclosure rehabilitation undertaken by Habitat for Humanity in Dallas County, Texas using a difference-in-difference framework.
- Overlapping geographic clusters of food security and health: Where do social determinants and health outcomes converge in the U.S?
- This article identifies geographic clusters of food insecurity and health across U.S. counties to identify potential shared mechanisms for geographic disparities in health and food insecurity.
- Overlapping geographic clusters of food security and health: Where do social determinants and health outcomes converge in the U.S?
- Article describes study which identified overlapping geographic clusters of food insecurity and health across U.S. counties to identify potential shared mechanisms for geographic disparities in health and food insecurity.
- Pathways to Financial Advancement: A Case Study
- This article describes a research project conducted in a South Dallas neighborhood to study how gateways and stepping stones can put households on a path to financial security.
- Physical activity counseling in primary care: Insights from public health and behavioral economics
- This article evaluates pertinent literature from the fields of medicine/public health and economics/psychology to suggest a comprehensive approach to physical activity counseling at the primary care level.
- Physicians, Clinics, and Neighborhoods: Multiple Levels of Influence on Colorectal Cancer Screening
- This article describes variability in colorectal cancer (CRC) test use and compares the performance of novel cross-classified and traditional hierarchical models.
- Property Values as a Measure of Neighborhoods: An Application of Hedonic Price Theory
- This article describes a tool kit for understanding how neighborhood characteristics are quantified in appraisal values.
- Sedentary Behaviors and Obesity in a Low-Income, Ethnic-Minority Population
- This article examines sedentary pastimes specifically in low-income, minority communities in the United States.
- Social Capital and Public Goods
- This article analyzes the relationship between social networks and trust (two measures of social capital) and self-reported charitable contributions of time and/or money (pro-social behavior) using data collected from two ethnically distinct, low-income neighborhoods.
- Systematic Neighborhood Observations at High Spatial Resolution: Methodology and Assessment of Potential Benefits
- This article describes a systematic neighborhood observation instrument for collecting data at very high spatial resolution to collect data in a low-income minority neighborhood in Dallas, TX.
- Time and Distance Heterogeneity in the Neighborhood Spillover Effects of Foreclosed Properties
- This article examines heterogeneity in the simultaneous space-time impact of foreclosures on neighborhood property values.
- TV Viewing and BMI by Race/Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Status
- This article assesses the association between TV viewing and obesity by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
- U.S. Mexico Migration
- This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Unauthorized Immigration. This presentation discusses immigration, specifically between the United States and Mexico.
- Understanding How Low-Socioeconomic Status Households Cope With Health Shocks: An Analysis of Multi-Sector Linked Data
- This article links data from a nonprofit food distribution center, electronic medical records from a safety-net healthcare system, and publicly available residential appraisals for more than 3,000 households to provide insight into how low-socioeconomic status households cope with health shocks experienced by resident adults.
- Utilizing Behavioral Economics to Understand Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines among a Low-Income Urban Community
- This article examines the association between monetary saving behaviors and physical activity among adults of low-income who reside in an urban community.
- Variations in Park Facility Valuations across Neighborhoods
- This article assesses the hedonic valuation of different types of park facilities.
- Who is Food Insecure? Implications for Targeted Recruitment and Outreach, National health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2010
- This article characterizes differences in health among people receiving different types of food assistance and summarizes strategies for targeted recruitment and outreach of various food insecure populations.