Published Articles

Ory MG, Conkling M, Bolin JN, Prochaska JD, Zhan D, Burdine J, Mier N. (2009) Sociodemographic and health care characteristics of colonia residents: The role of life stage in predicting health risks and diabetes status in a disadvantaged Hispanic population. Ethnicity and Disease. In press.

Mier N, Bolin J, Zhan D, Ory MG. (2009) Racial/Ethnic and health correlates of diabetes-related amputations at the Texas-Mexico border. Journal of Border Health. Accepted for publication.

Mier N, Ory MG, Zhan D, Conkling M, Sharkey JR, Burdine J. (2008). Health-related quality of life among Mexican Americans living in colonias at the Texas-Mexico border. Social Science & Medicine, 66,8, 1760-1771.

Mier N, Bocanegra-Alonso A, Zhan D, Zuniga M, Acosta RI. (2008). Health-related quality of life in a binational population with diabetes at the Texas-Mexico border. Pan American Journal of Public Health, 23, 3, 154-163.

Mier N, Bocanegra-Alonso A, Zhan D, Wang S, Stoltz SM, Acosta-Gonzalez RI, Zuniga MA. (2008) Clinical depressive symptoms and diabetes in a binational border population. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 21, 3, 223-233.

Mier N, Ory MG, Zhan D, Wang S, Burdine JN. (2007) Levels and correlates of exercise in a border Mexican American population. American Journal of Health Behavior; 31(2):159-169

Refereed Presentations:

Mier N, Bolin J, Zhan D, Ory M. Ethnic and health correlates of diabetes-related amputations at the Texas-Mexico border. Presented at the 2009 National Rural Health Association Annual Meeting. Miami Beach, FL. May 7, 2009.

Mier N, Bolin J, Zhan D, Ory MG. Health disparities in diabetes-related lower extremity amputations in the Texas-Mexico border region. Poster presented at the American Public Health Association 135th Annual Meeting, Minority Health Issues Section, November 2007. Washington, DC. Abstract 153076.

Ory MG, Conklin M, Bolin JN, Prochaska J, Zhan D, Burdine JN, Mier N. Sociodemographic and health care characteristics of colonia residents: The role of life stage in predicting health risks and diabetes status in a disadvantaged Hispanic population. American Public Health Association 134th Annual Meeting. Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award honorable mention from the Gerontological Health Section 2006, November 2006. Boston, MA.

Mier N, Bocanegra-Alonso A, Zuniga MA, Zhan D, Acosta-Gonzalez RI, Ramirez-de-Leon JA. (October 2007). Quality of life and diabetes. Second Symposium in Diabetes and Obesity. U.S.-Mexico Binational Health Council. Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas. Reynosa, MX.

Mier N, Bocanegra-Alonso A, Zuniga MA, Wang S, Zhan D, Acosta-Gonzalez RI. (October 2007). Depression and diabetes. First Binational Medicine Congress "Salud Sin Fronteras." Starr County, Miguel Aleman, and Camargo Binational Committee; Centro Asistencial de Salud Miguel Aleman; Texas Department of Human and Health Services; Miguel Aleman Municipality; and Tamaulipas State Health Department. Miguel Aleman, MX.