Jennifer M Jabson Tree

Biographic Data

ID1727865
NAMEJennifer M Jabson Tree
GIVEN NAMESJennifer M Jabson
FAMILY NAMETree
SIGNATURETREE J M J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville
ORCID0000-0002-0745-2785
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Psychosocial and Behavioral Correlates of Sleep Duration and Sleep Disturbance Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Women

    Open AccessJennifer M Jabson Tree, Katherine BuchmanARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026

    The findings point to the importance of social strain, social function, negative emotional expressiveness, and optimism in LGB women's sleep. It is possible that LGB women's sleep could be improved with evidence-based interventions that use our findings

  • Heart attack and stroke occurrence at the intersection of race and sexual orientation

    Open AccessPhoebe Tran, Brittany A Shelton et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    MI occurrence is high for all LGB females, we found that MI occurrence is especially high for females with LGB and "another" racial/ethnic identities

  • Informal caregiver quality of life

    Open AccessJennifer M Jabson Tree, Katherine Buchman et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025References: 45

  • Food insecurity and SNAP use among sexual minority people

    Open AccessJennifer M Jabson Tree, Jennifer Russomanno et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Our findings add to the growing empirical evidence documenting food insecurities among sexual minority adults. Our results reiterate the need for sexual orientation to be included in nationally representative federal food security measures

  • Attitudes of East Tennessee residents towards general and pertussis vaccination

    Open AccessCorinne Tandy, Jennifer M Jabson TreeARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    This study identified themes in the attitudes towards vaccination of participants recruited in East Tennessee. We found that risk perception and family and social group attitudes were the primary influences on vaccination decision making. We recommend that future research includes anti-vaccination participants in their research, if possible, and further explore the relationship between perception of one's own knowledge and health behavior outcome…

  • Characteristics of Sexual and Gender Minority Caregivers of People With Dementia

    Open AccessJoel G Anderson, Jason D Flatt et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2021Cited by: 3References: 13

    Objectives: Given what little is known about the experiences of sexual and gender minority (SGM) caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), the aim of the current study was to describe psychosocial measures among these caregivers. Methods: We used an online survey and social media recruitment strategies. Results: Of 286 caregivers, the majority were gay men. Most respondents were white, with a third identifying as…

  • Sexual orientation disparities in food insecurity and food assistance use in U.S. adult women

    Open AccessJoanne G Patterson, Jennifer Russomanno et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    All SMW reported higher prevalence of food insecurity than exclusively heterosexual women. Lesbians and heterosexual WSW were also more likely to rely on emergency food assistance. This is problematic as SNAP use may reduce food insecurity over time, but emergency food resources (e.g., food pantries) do not. More evidence is needed to understand the multilevel factors driving food insecurity in this population to develop policy and community-base…

  • Disparities in food insecurity at the intersection of race and sexual orientation

    Open AccessJoanne G Patterson, Jennifer Russomanno et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2020

    Food insecurity affects 1 in 8 American adults annually, and is more prevalent in Black and sexual minority women. We applied an intersectional approach to investigate food insecurity prevalence in women with intersecting minority race and sexual orientation. We used two United States surveillance systems-National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2013-2018 and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2014, to estimate how race…

  • Food insecurity and food pantry use among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the Southeast United States

    Open AccessJennifer Russomanno, Jennifer M Jabson TreeARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    TGNC people living in the Southeast U.S. experienced food insecurity, unstable housing, low wages, and social stigma that were a barrier to using emergency food resources. Multi-level public health solutions that address discriminatory legislative policies and create linkages between TGNC people and local and federal food assistance are required to address issues of food insecurity in the TGNC population

  • What Is Successful Aging in Lesbian and Bisexual Women? Application of the Aging-Well Model

    Open AccessJennifer M Jabson Tree, Joanne G Patterson et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2020Cited by: 2References: 9

    Aging-well is not the same for all women. Health promotion programs may consider maximizing sexual minority women's internal and external resources-including social supports, self-mastery, and personal growth-to promote wellness in older age