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Baylor College of Medicine
Department of Physical Medicine and Research
3555 Timmons Lane, Suite 820, Houston, TX 77030 Phone
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Biographical Information
DEGREES: 1961 B.S.Ed. Ohio University
1980 M.A. University of Houston
1982 Ph.D. University of Houston
DOCTORAL Forecasting Behavioral Outcomes: Posthospital
DISSERTATION: Adjustment of Spinal Cord Injured Persons (Ph.D., 1982)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE Functional assessment Rehabilitation outcomes
Social support Community integration
Psychosocial outcomes Aging with a disability
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND:
Jan., 1994 - Director of Researchpresent Research and Training Center on Community Integration for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
July, 1984- Assistant Professor present Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
PUBLICATIONS:
Rintala, D. H.; & Willems, E. P. (1991). Telephone versus face-to-face modes for collecting self-reports of sequences of behavior. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 72(7), 477-481.
Rintala, D. H.; Young, M. E.; Hart, K. A.; Clearman, R. R.; & Fuhrer, M .J. (1992). Social support and the well-being of persons with spinal cord injury living in the community. Rehabilitation Psychology, 37(3), 155-163.
Rintala, D. H.; Young, M. E.; Hart, K. A.; & Fuhrer, M. J. (1994).The relationship between the extent of reciprocity with social supporters and measures of impairment, disability, and handicap in persons with spinal cord injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 39(1), 15-27.
Rintala, D. H.; Young, M. E.; Spencer, J. C.; & Bates, P. S. (in press). Family relationships and adaptation to spinal cord injury: A qualitative study. Rehabilitation Nursing.
Bates, S.; Spencer, J. C.; Young, M. E.; & Rintala, D. H. (1993). Assistive technology and the newly disabled adult: Adaptation to wheelchair use. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 47(11), 1014-1021.
Fuhrer, M. J.; Rintala, D. H.; Hart, K. A.; Clearman, R. & Young, M. E. (1993). Depressive symptomatology in persons with spinal cord injury who reside in the community. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 74(3), 255-260.
Fuhrer, M. J.; Rintala, D. H.; Hart, K. A.; Clearman, R. R.; & Young, M. E. (1992). Relationship of life satisfaction to impairment, disability, and handicap among persons with spinal cord injury living in the community. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 73(6), 552-557.
Fuhrer, M. J.; Garber, S. L.; Rintala, D. H.; Clearman, R. R.; & Hart, K. A. (1993). Pressure ulcers in community-resident persons with spinal cord injury: Prevalence and risk factors. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 74(11), 1172-1177.
Nosek, M.; Fuhrer, M. J.; Rintala, D. H.; & Hart, K. A. (1993). The use of personal assistance services among people with spinal cord injury: Policy issues surrounding reliance on family and paid providers. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 4(1), 89-103.
Nosek, M. A.; Howland, C. A.; Young, M. E.; Georgiou, D.; Rintala, D. H.; Foley, C. C.; Bennett, J. L.; and Smith, Q. (in press). Wellness models and sexuality among women with physical disabilities. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling.
Priebe, M. M.; and Rintala, D. H. (in press). Spinal cord injury. In Arthur E. Dell-Orto and Robert P. Marinelli (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Disability and Rehabilitation. New York: MacMillan.Priebe, M.; and Rintala, D. H. (in press). Functional assessment in a community setting. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation.
Spencer, J.; Young, M. E.; Rintala, D., & Bates, S. (in press). Socialization to the culture of a rehabilitation hospital. American Journal of Occupational Therapy.
White, M. J.; Rintala, D. H.; Hart, K. A.; & Fuhrer, M. J. (1993). Sexual activities, concerns, and interests of women with spinal cord injury living in the community. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 72(6), 372-378.
White, M. J.; Rintala, D. H.; Hart, K. A.; & Fuhrer, M. J. (1994). A Comparison of the sexual concerns of men and women with spinal cord injuries. Rehabilitation Nursing Research, 3(2), 55-61.
White, M. J.; Rintala, D. H.; Hart, K. A.; Young, M. E.; & Fuhrer, M. J. (1992). Sexual activities, concerns, and interests of men with spinal cord injury. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 71(4), 225-231.
Young, M. E.; Alfred, W. G.; Rintala, D. H.; Hart, K. A.; and
Fuhrer, M. J. (1994). Vocational status of persons with spinal
cord injury living in the community. Rehabilitation Counseling
Bulletin, 37(3), 229-243.
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