Jennifer D Runkle
Biographic Data
| ID | 2121265 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer D Runkle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer D |
| FAMILY NAME | Runkle |
| SIGNATURE | RUNKLE J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nighttime temperature exposure and heat-related illness risk
Help-Seeking Patterns during Weather Events
The 2-1-1 information and referral system connects vulnerable populations to essential services during public health emergencies. However, there is limited evidence examining the specific needs of unhoused populations during these events. This study examines associations between temperature variations, tropical cyclones, and service utilization patterns among unhoused populations using 2-1-1 call data from southern Louisiana (2014-2023). Analyzin…
Disparities in suicide risk trajectories among youth during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
The pandemic contributed to an ongoing youth mental health crisis, though mental health burdens are disproportionately distributed within youth populations. The objective of this study was to identify latent trajectories of youth suicide risk during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine differential risk by demographic subgroups. We leverage a national crisis dataset (n = 6741 youth in crisis) and employ latent Markov models and multinomial logistic …
Spatial analysis of environmental and socioeconomic factors impacting maternal and infant health outcomes in North Carolina
Environmental stressors like high temperatures and pollution, often compounded by socioeconomic factors, have been linked to adverse maternal and birth outcomes. Despite this well-established link, limited studies have examined the spatial relationship between these factors to prioritize community interventions and future research needs. This study examines the spatial trends linking environmental parameters, socioeconomic factors, and adverse ma…
Structural influences on psychiatric emergency department visits among racial and ethnic minority youth in North Carolina
Disparities in spatiotemporal clustering of maternal mental health conditions before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
Short-term changes in mental health help-seeking behaviors following exposure to multiple social stressors and a natural disaster
Mapping high-risk clusters and identifying place-based risk factors of mental health burden in pregnancy
Purpose: Despite affecting up to 20% of women and being the leading cause of preventable deaths during the perinatal and postpartum period, maternal mental health conditions are chronically understudied. This study is the first to identify spatial patterns in perinatal mental health conditions, and relate these patterns to place-based social and environmental factors that drive cluster development. Methods: We performed spatial clustering analysi…
Spatial Analysis of Greenspace and Mental Health in North Carolina
Greenspace positively impacts mental health. Previous research has focused on the greenspace-mental health relationship in urban areas. Yet, little work has looked at rural areas despite rural communities reporting similar rates of poor mental health outcomes and higher rates of suicide mortality compared with urban areas. This ecological research study examined the following research questions: (1) Do public and/or private greenspaces affect the…
Severe Maternal Morbidity in Georgia, 2009–2020
BACKGROUND: The increasing focus of population surveillance and research on maternal-and not only fetal and infant-health outcomes is long overdue. The United States maternal mortality rate is higher than any other high-income country, and Georgia is among the highest rates in the country. Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is conceived of as a "near miss" for maternal mortality, is 50 times more common than maternal death, and efforts to systematic…
Spatial analysis of mental health and suicide clustering among older adults in North Carolina
Late-in-life suicide is a major public health issue, with adults over 65 comprising 18% of all suicide deaths. Yet, little research has identified geographic concentrations of older populations at-risk for the psychological conditions in the pathway of suicide. This research identified spatial clustering of suicide, anxiety, depression, and self-injury among older adults in North Carolina from 2009-18 and the individual and area-level factors inf…
An Exploratory Spatiotemporal Analysis of Socio-Environmental Patterns in Severe Maternal Morbidity
Inequalities in Life Expectancy Across North Carolina
Health inequalities are characterized by spatial patterns of social, economic, and political factors. Life expectancy (LE) is a commonly used indicator of overall population health and health inequalities that allows for comparison across different spatial and temporal regions. The objective of this study was to examine geographic inequalities in LE across North Carolina census tracts by comparing the performance of 2 popular geospatial health in…
Analyzing the spatial determinants of local Covid-19 transmission in the United States
Prediction of Unmet Primary Care Needs for the Medically Vulnerable Post-Disaster
Disasters serve as shocks and precipitate unanticipated disturbances to the health care system. Public health surveillance is generally focused on monitoring latent health and environmental exposure effects, rather than health system performance in response to these local shocks. The following intervention study sought to determine the long-term effects of the 2005 chlorine spill in Graniteville, South Carolina on primary care access for vulnerab…
Prediction of Unmet Primary Care Needs for the Medically Vulnerable Post-Disaster
Disasters serve as shocks and precipitate unanticipated disturbances to the health care system. Public health surveillance is generally focused on monitoring latent health and environmental exposure effects, rather than health system performance in response to these local shocks. The following intervention study sought to determine the long-term effects of the 2005 chlorine spill in Graniteville, South Carolina on primary care access for vulnerab…
Analyzing the spatial determinants of local Covid-19 transmission in the United States
Spatial analysis of mental health and suicide clustering among older adults in North Carolina
Late-in-life suicide is a major public health issue, with adults over 65 comprising 18% of all suicide deaths. Yet, little research has identified geographic concentrations of older populations at-risk for the psychological conditions in the pathway of suicide. This research identified spatial clustering of suicide, anxiety, depression, and self-injury among older adults in North Carolina from 2009-18 and the individual and area-level factors inf…
An Exploratory Spatiotemporal Analysis of Socio-Environmental Patterns in Severe Maternal Morbidity
Inequalities in Life Expectancy Across North Carolina
Health inequalities are characterized by spatial patterns of social, economic, and political factors. Life expectancy (LE) is a commonly used indicator of overall population health and health inequalities that allows for comparison across different spatial and temporal regions. The objective of this study was to examine geographic inequalities in LE across North Carolina census tracts by comparing the performance of 2 popular geospatial health in…
Mapping high-risk clusters and identifying place-based risk factors of mental health burden in pregnancy
Purpose: Despite affecting up to 20% of women and being the leading cause of preventable deaths during the perinatal and postpartum period, maternal mental health conditions are chronically understudied. This study is the first to identify spatial patterns in perinatal mental health conditions, and relate these patterns to place-based social and environmental factors that drive cluster development. Methods: We performed spatial clustering analysi…
Spatial Analysis of Greenspace and Mental Health in North Carolina
Greenspace positively impacts mental health. Previous research has focused on the greenspace-mental health relationship in urban areas. Yet, little work has looked at rural areas despite rural communities reporting similar rates of poor mental health outcomes and higher rates of suicide mortality compared with urban areas. This ecological research study examined the following research questions: (1) Do public and/or private greenspaces affect the…
Severe Maternal Morbidity in Georgia, 2009–2020
BACKGROUND: The increasing focus of population surveillance and research on maternal-and not only fetal and infant-health outcomes is long overdue. The United States maternal mortality rate is higher than any other high-income country, and Georgia is among the highest rates in the country. Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is conceived of as a "near miss" for maternal mortality, is 50 times more common than maternal death, and efforts to systematic…
Structural influences on psychiatric emergency department visits among racial and ethnic minority youth in North Carolina
Disparities in spatiotemporal clustering of maternal mental health conditions before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
Short-term changes in mental health help-seeking behaviors following exposure to multiple social stressors and a natural disaster
Spatial analysis of environmental and socioeconomic factors impacting maternal and infant health outcomes in North Carolina
Environmental stressors like high temperatures and pollution, often compounded by socioeconomic factors, have been linked to adverse maternal and birth outcomes. Despite this well-established link, limited studies have examined the spatial relationship between these factors to prioritize community interventions and future research needs. This study examines the spatial trends linking environmental parameters, socioeconomic factors, and adverse ma…
Nighttime temperature exposure and heat-related illness risk
Help-Seeking Patterns during Weather Events
The 2-1-1 information and referral system connects vulnerable populations to essential services during public health emergencies. However, there is limited evidence examining the specific needs of unhoused populations during these events. This study examines associations between temperature variations, tropical cyclones, and service utilization patterns among unhoused populations using 2-1-1 call data from southern Louisiana (2014-2023). Analyzin…
Disparities in suicide risk trajectories among youth during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
The pandemic contributed to an ongoing youth mental health crisis, though mental health burdens are disproportionately distributed within youth populations. The objective of this study was to identify latent trajectories of youth suicide risk during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine differential risk by demographic subgroups. We leverage a national crisis dataset (n = 6741 youth in crisis) and employ latent Markov models and multinomial logistic …
Medicine (9 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (6 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Population (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 works)