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Publications

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Cross-National Differences in Older Men’s Hearing Difficulty Disadvantage

Shane D. Burns & Jessica S. West (2024) Journal of Aging and Health.

 

doi: ​10.1177/08982643241251939

20

A Pragmatic Clinical Trial of Hearing Screening in Primary Care Clinics: Effect of Setting and Provider Encouragement

Smith, Sherri L., Howard W. Francis, David L. Witsell, Judy R. Dubno, Rowena J. Dolor, Janet Prvu Bettger, Mina Silberberg, Carl F. Pieper, Kristine A. Schulz, Pranab Majumder, Amy R. Walker, Victoria Eifert, Jessica S. West, Anisha Singh, & Debara L. Tucci (2023) Ear and Hearing.

 

doi: ​10.1097/AUD.0000000000001418

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

Copeland, Molly, Christina Kamis, & Jessica S. West (2023) Social Networks.

 

doi: ​10.1016/j.socnet.2023.04.005

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The Impact of Hearing Loss on Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms in Married Couples

West, Jessica S., Sherri L. Smith, & Matthew E. Dupre (2023) Social Science & Medicine.

 

doi:​ 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115780

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

West, Jessica S. & Christina Kamis. (2021) Journal of Aging and Health.

 

doi: 10.1177/08982643211066184.

12

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.

10

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

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Demographic and Socioeconomic Disparities in life Expectancy with Hearing Impairment in the United State

West, Jessica S. & Scott M. Lynch (2021) Journals of Gerontology Series B.

 

doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa166​

06

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

Zang, Emma, Scott M. Lynch, & Jessica S. West (2020) Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

 

doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-214267

04

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

02

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

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The Association of Vision and Hearing Impairment on Cognitive Function and Loneliness: Evidence from the Mexican Health and Aging Study

Kimberly Hreha, Rafael Samper-Ternent, Heather E. Whitson, L. Paige Downer, Jessica S. West, & Brian Downer (2024) Journal of Aging and Health.

 

doi: ​10.1177/08982643241247583

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Association Between Perceived Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias and Cognitive Function Among U.S. Older Adults

Wang, Nan, Hanzhang Xu, Jessica S. West, Truls Østbye, Bei Wu, Ying Xian, & Matthew E. Dupre (2023) Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics.

 

doi: ​10.1016/j.archger.2023.105126

17

Association Between Life Space Mobility and Hearing Handicap Using a Mail-In Format of the Life Space Questionnaire (LSQ)

Oliva, Allison, Jessica S. West, Sherri L. Smith, Ryan J. Huang, & Kristal M. Riska (2023) American Journal of Audiology.

 

doi:​ 10.1044/2023_AJA-22-00052

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Self-Reported Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use, and Cognitive Function among U.S. Older Adults

West, Jessica S., Sherri L. Smith, & Matthew E. Dupre (2022) International Journal of Population Studies.

doi: 10.18063/ijps.v8i1.1308

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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 (2021) PLOS ONE.

 

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259665

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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

09

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

07

Hearing Impairment and Mental Health Among Married Couples

West, Jessica S. (2021) Journals of Gerontology Series B.

doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa023

05

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

03

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

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West, Jessica S., Jacob C.M. Low, & Konstantina M. Stankovic (2016) Ear and Hearing.

doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000238

M.P.H. Thesis

"Exploring Strategies for Telling Others About Hearing Loss."

Undergraduate Honors Thesis

"The Everyday Management of a Hard of Hearing Identity."

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