Publications and Presentations
Hastings, RJ, "Health Career Horizons," Life Works Student Conference, Ysleta ISD Academy of Sciences and Technology, El Paso, Texas, October 17, 1996
Williams, DM; Hastings, RJ: "Research and Technology in the Underserved Populations of the Border: A Description of Technological Needs of Border Communities and Methods to Address those Needs," Border Vision Fronteriza US-Mexico Border Health Collaborative Outreach Demonstration Project mini-
forum series - April 25-27, Tucson, AZ; May 8-10, 1996, Las Cruces, forum NM; May 22-23, San Diego, CA; May 30 - June 1, 1996, South Padre Island, TX;
Lowenberg, JA, and Hastings, RJ: "Parents and Partners: Parent Mentoring in Health Professions Recruitment," poster presentation at the Second Annual Rural Health Conference, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, April 19-20, 1996.
Hastings, RJ; Mendez, JE; and Jordan, L: "Rural Recruitment/Rural Scholars," panel discussion moderator and participant, at the Second Annual Rural Health Conference, Texas of the Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, April 19-20, 1996.
Hastings, RJ: Sistemas de Salud and Carreras en Salud, presentations in Spanish to volunteer community health worker training project students at the WK Kellogg Community Partnerships. April 1, 1996, at Socorro, Texas.
Hastings, RJ: Presentations at National AHEC Workshop: "Health Professions Orientation for Academic Track Teachers and Guidance Counselors: a Health Career Camp;" " Bringing Pre-Health Care Professions Students Back Home: an Innovative Retention Program;" " Parents and Partners for Students in Health Professions," " Training Volunteer Community Health Workers in an Isolated Community;" "Border EMS Instructor Development," poster presentation, August 10-14, San Antonio, Texas.
Rice, C; Casner, P; Hastings RJ: "Self-Managed Care, Can it Reduce Health Costs", presentation at the 13th annual Texas Rural Health Association Conference, September 12, 1997, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Hastings, RJ; "Borders Without Boundaries," University of North Texas Health Sciences Center lecture for MPH students, January 26, 1998, Ft. Worth, Texas.
Hastings, RJ; "Building Linkages Helth Sciences Career Pathway Pilot Test in Texas," Texas Education Agency Career and Technology Conference, July 22, 1998, Austin, Texas
Adams, B; Hastings, R.J.; Marshall, M.; Coggins, C; "Borders Without Boundaries: A Border Health Experience," Texas Rural Health Association Annual Conference, September 17, 1998, Austin, Texas.
Migala, H.; Shelton, S.; Hastings, RJ; Holguin, AM; "Statewide Programs for Addressing Primary Healthcare Workforce Supply," Texas Rural Health Association Annual Conference, September 17, 1998, Austin, Texas.
Roberts, A; Hastings, RJ; "H.O.T. Jobs - Health Opportunities in Texas," South Plains Tech Prep and School to Careers Regional Conference, September 22, 1998, Lubbock, Texas.
Hastings, RJ, "Health Opportunities in Texas," Panhandle Tech Prep/School to Careers Regional Conference, September 30 1998, Amarillo, Texas.
Zuniga, L; Hastings, RJ; Hines, T; Williams DM, "Development of a Job Market for Promotoras in the Border Region of Texas," Minority Health Are We Meeting the Needs? Conference, Oct. 14, 1998, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
Williams, DM; de la Rosa, JM; Hastings, RJ; "Colonias-Based Clinics as a Recruitment Tool for Mexican-American Health Care Professionals," Minority Health Are We Meeting the Needs? Conference, Oct. 15, 1998, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
Hastings, RJ; Roberts, A; Hines, TM; "Hot Jobs," Fifth Biennial University of Texas System Texas-Mexico Border Health Symposium, October 28-31, 1998, South Padre Island, TX.
Hastings, RJ; Hines, TM; Zuniga, L; "Community Health Worker Academy," 6th Texas Department of Health Minority Health Conference , 9-11 December, 1998, San Antonio, TX.
Hastings, RJ; "Border Health Issues," lecture to the International Health Class, MPH program, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 26 January, 1999, Ft. Worth, Texas
Adams, BD; Coggin, C; Sinha, A; Marshall, M; Hastings, RJ; Stehly, C; Migala, H; "Borders Without Boundaries: A Border Health Experiehnce for Students in the Health Professions, Abstract #68 in "Seventh Annual Research Appreciation Day," University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Office of Research and Biotechnology, March 24, 1999.
Adams, BD; Coggin, C; Hastings, RJ; Migala, H; Marshall, M: "The Borders without Boundaries Project: Introducing Health Profession Students to Border Health Concerns and Practices; Texas Journal of Rural Health, Volume XVIII, No. 1, 2000, pp 44-51
de la Rosa JM and Williams DM. Multidisciplinary health care professional education in a rural setting. Presented at Texas Rural Health Association Meeting, 1996.
Williams DM. Postgraduate medical and nursing education in a multidisciplinary setting. Presented at the Fifth Biennial University of Texas Border Health Conference, South Padre Island, Texas, 1998.
Williams DM, de la Rosa JM, Schydlower M and Tenner TE. Multilevel interdisciplinary medical education in a rural colonia. Presented at the 23rd Annual Session of Innovations in Medical Education, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998.
Williams, DM. Community projects as a teaching tool in health care education. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the United States - Mexico Border Health Association, San Antonio, Texas, 1999.
Jordan, B and Williams DM. Clinical experiences in a rural ambulatory clinic. Presented at the 24th Annual Session of Innovations in Medical Education, Washington, D.C., 1999.
Williams, D. Interdisciplinary health care education in the colonias of the Texas-Mexico Border. Presented at a conference of the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Initiative, Tucson, Arizona, 1999.
Williams, DM and Verma, K: E-curriculum: A new curriculum for teaching community medicine. Presented at the Texas Rural Health Association Annual Conference, August 30, 2000, Austin, Texas
Schiffer, R., Williams, DM, Chiodo, L, and Lajara-Nanson, W: Prevalence of neuropsychiatric illness in two colonias populations. Presented at the National Institute of Environmental Health BRIDGE Center Workshop, October 11, 2000, Albuquerque, New Mexico
De la Rosa, JM, Porras, D, and Williams, DM: Geographic preferences as a creative method of recruitment. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education, November 29, 2000, Dallas, Texas
Williams, DM: Changes of body mass index in Mexican-American children exposed to the CATCH intervention program. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2001, 20(5):577, Abstract 57.
Williams, DM: Progression of obesity in Mexican-American children residing in a colonia. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2002, 21(5):483, Abstract 72.
Williams, DM: Obesity in Mexican-American children. Presented at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Texas Community Health Workers, December 8, 2002, Dallas, Texas
Williams DM: Legislative Actions and Health Care Issues in the Colonias. Texas Journal of Rural Health, 15: 44-48, 1997.
Caffrey R and Williams DM: Community Needs Assessment as a Tool for Rural Health Planning. Texas Journal of Rural Health, 17(4): 38-44, 1999.
Williams DM: Special Services and Certification Issues. Texas Journal of Rural Health, 18(1): 3-5, 2000.
Zuñiga L, Ramos G, and Williams DM: Promotora Training as a Preparation for Entry into the Work Force. Texas Journal of Rural Health, 18(1): 30-34, 2000.
Williams, DM: La Promotora: Linking Disenfranchised Residents Along the Border to the U.S. Health Care System. Health Affairs 20(3): 212-218 , 2001
Williams, DM and Homedes, N: The Impact of the Maquiladoras on Health and Health Policy Along the U.S.-Mexico Border. Journal of Public Health Policy 22(3): 320-337, 2001
Williams, DM: Environmental Pollution in the Colonias of the Texas-Mexico Border: Its Potential Effect on Health. Texas Journal of Rural Health 19(4):22-32, 2001
Williams, DM: The "Epidemiological Paradox" of Health Indicators and the Texas-Mexico Border. Texas Journal of Rural Health 20(2): 42-60, 2002