Publications

Below is a list of my published, under review, and in-progress research projects. Click the title to read the full text.

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Impact of Hearing Aid Use on Falls and Falls Related Injury: Results from the Health and Retirement Study

Riska, Kristal Mills, Sarah B. Peskoe, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, Alexander Gordee, Juliessa Pavon, Se Eun Kim, Jessica S. West, & Sherri L. Smith. (2021) Ear and Hearing. DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001111.

Overcrowding and COVID-19 Mortality Across U.S. Counties:
Are Disparities Growing Over Time?

Kamis, Christina, Allison Stolte, Jessica S. West, Samuel Fishman, Taylor Brown, Tyson Brown, & Heather R. Farmer. (2021) SSM-Population Health. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100845

Hearing Loss

West, Jessica S., Sherri L. Smith, & Matthew E. Dupre. (2021) In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Health. Spring, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_1135-1

Disaggregating Heterogeneity among Non-Hispanic Whites: Evidence and Implications for U.S. Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities

Read, Jen’nan G., Scott M. Lynch, & Jessica S. West. (2021) Population Research and Policy Review. DOI: 10.1007/s11113-020-09632-5

Demographic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Life Expectancy with Hearing Impairment in the United States

West, Jessica S. & Scott M. Lynch. (2020) Journals of Gerontology Series B. DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa166​

Regional Differences in the Impact of Diabetes on Population Health in the United States

Zang, Emma, Scott M. Lynch, and Jessica S. West. (2020) Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. DOI: 10.1136/jech-2020-214267

Providing Health Care to Patients with Hearing Loss During COVID-19 and Physical Distancing

West, Jessica S., Kevin H. Franck, & D. Bradley Welling. (2020) Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology. DOI: 10.1002/lio2.382

Hearing Impairment and Mental Health Among Married Couples

West, Jessica S. (2020) Journals of Gerontology Series B. DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa023

Immigration and Health among Non-Hispanic Whites:
The Impact of Arrival Cohort and Region of Birth

Read, Jen’nan G., Jessica S. West, & Christina Kamis. (2020) Social Science & Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112754

Disparities in Disability among Arab Americans by Nativity, Immigrant Arrival Cohort, and Country of Birth

Read, Jen’nan G., Kristine J. Ajrouch, & Jessica S. West. (2019) SSM - Population Health. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.100325

Hearing Impairment, Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms among U.S. Adults: A Test of the Stress Process Paradigm

West, Jessica S. (2017) Social Science & Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.031

Revealing Hearing Loss:
A Survey of How People Verbally Disclose Their Hearing Loss

West, Jessica S., Jacob C.M. Low, & Konstantina M. Stankovic. (2016) Ear and Hearing. DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000238

"To Make and Keep Friends: The Role of Physical Health in Adolescent Network Tie Formation and Persistence.”

• Copeland, Molly, Christina Kamis, & Jessica S. West

• Revise and resubmit at Journal of Health and Social Behavior, July 30, 2021

"U.S. Regional Disparities in Physical Distancing: Evaluating Racial and Socioeconomic Divides During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”​

• Zang, Emma, Jessica S. West, Nathan Kim, & Christina Pao

• Preprint available. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/e6msz

• Revise and resubmit at PLOS ONE, July 30, 2021

"A Socio-Demographic Overview of Diverse Communities in Arab Detroit."

• Ajrouch, Kristine J., Jessica S. West, & Jen’nan G. Read

• Book chapter

"The Long-Term Impact of Childhood Disability on Mental Health Trajectories in Mid- to Late-Life."

• West, Jessica S. & Christina Kamis

• Under review at Journal of Aging and Health, September 8, 2021