Erica I Lubetkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3577200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erica I Lubetkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erica I |
| FAMILY NAME | Lubetkin |
| SIGNATURE | LUBETKIN E I |
| AFFILIATIONS | CUNY School of Law |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9962-7775 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
New York City Faith-Based Leaders’ Views on Covid-19’s Impact on the Mental Health Needs of Black/African American Communities
EuroQol data for assessment of population health needs and instrument evaluation (EQ-DAPHNIE): A study for enhancing population health assessment
The EQ-DAPHNIE project represents a significant advancement in generating large, representative, and comparable population health datasets across multiple countries. By employing precise sampling strategies, robust recruitment and data collection methods, and rigorous quality control measures, the project aims to provide a valuable resource for assessing and understanding population health and evaluating various health-related quality of life (HR…
Design and implementation of data quality controls in the EQ-DAPHNIE study: Insights from the pilot phase and 15-country analysis
The quality control measures implemented throughout the EQ-DAPHNIE project effectively addressed common issues such as bot responses, speeding, and missing data, resulting in generally high-quality and representative datasets. However, variability across countries underscores the need to account for quality indicators when using the data for norm-setting or cross-country comparisons
The performance relationship between the EQ-5D-5L composite “Anxiety/Depression” dimension and anxiety and depression symptoms in a large, general population sample
The A/D dimension captures symptoms of anxiety, depression or both equally well. Performance is worse in the younger population. Interpretation in those with a self-reported anxiety or depression disorder should be further investigated. This is the first-of-its-kind large population sample performance analysis, where we present evidence that the performance of the A/D dimension differs between ages, and thus intra-age comparative results may be f…
The relationship between healthcare access and change in health-related quality-of-life among the general population of five countries during the Covid-19 pandemic
Healthcare access was not associated with cumulative differences in change in HRQoL over a 1-year period in strata of age, gender, SES, and chronic disease status
Construct validity and responsiveness of a health-related symptom index for persons either treated or monitored for anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL): Amc-A01/-A03
Health Inequality Analysis in Europe: Exploring the Potential of the EQ-5D as Outcome
Objective: This study explored the additive value of the multi-item EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level (EQ-5D-5L) as an outcome measure in health inequality analyses, relative to the single-item EuroQol visual analog scale (EQ VAS). Methods: A sample comprising the general population from Italy, the Netherlands, and United Kingdom (UK) completed the EQ-5D-5L and the EQ VAS. The level of education was selected as a proxy for socio-economic status (SES). …
Health-related quality of life and mental well-being of healthy and diseased persons in 8 countries: Does stringency of government response against early Covid-19 matter
The stringency of government response is inversely related to HRQoL and mental well-being with a small positive relation with HRQoL and strong negative relation with mental well-being. The magnitude of effects differed for healthy and diseased persons and by age but was most favourable for diseased and older persons
Life expectancy and active life expectancy by marital status among older U.S. adults: Results from the U.S. Medicare Health Outcome Survey (HOS)
This study provides additional evidence for marriage's protective effect, with the magnitude of protection being greater for younger as compared to older persons. Selection bias was a large contributor to longer life expectancy among married persons
Examining transdiagnostic vulnerabilities among HIV positive smokers seen at three inner city community based organizations
Investigators have proposed a "transdiagnostic vulnerability framework" that examines the relationship between smoking and broader emotional factors, including anhedonia, anxiety sensitivity, and distress tolerance. Because smoking and depression are more common in persons living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) than in the general population, understanding the relationship between smoking and mental health is critical. The following study aims to chara…
Quality-adjusted Life Years (Qaly) for 15 Chronic Conditions and Combinations of Conditions Among US Adults Aged 65 and Older
BACKGROUND: Although the life expectancy for the US population has increased, a high proportion of this population has lived with ≥1 chronic conditions. We have quantified the burden of disease associated with 15 chronic conditions and combinations of conditions by estimating quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) for older US adults. RESEARCH DESIGN: Data were from the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey Cohort 15 (baseline survey in 2012, follow-up su…
Incorporating Spirituality in Primary Care
Examining Intuitive Cancer Risk Perceptions in Haitian-Creole and Spanish-Speaking Populations
Background: There is a developing emphasis on intuition and affect in the illness risk perception process, yet there have been no available strategies to measure these constructs in non-English speakers. This study examined the comprehensibility and acceptability of translations of cancer risk beliefs in Haitian-Creole and Spanish. Method: An established, iterative, team-based translation process was employed. Cognitive interviews ( n = 20 in Hai…
Impact of nine chronic conditions for US adults aged 65 years and older: An application of a hybrid estimator of quality-adjusted life years throughout remainder of lifetime
Health Literacy, Information Seeking, and Trust in Information in Haitians
Constructing a culturally-tailored and appropriate intervention regarding health promotion requires understanding how the population accesses and conveys health information
Health-Related Quality of Life, Quality-Adjusted Life Years, and Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy in New York City from 1995 to 2006
Assessing the Impact of Behavioral Risk Factors and Known-Groups Validity of the SF-12 in a US Chinese Immigrant Population
BACKGROUND: Health status measures are being used in increasingly diverse populations. However, there are no known studies to date that examine the SF-12 in US Chinese populations. This study reports on the performance and validity of the SF-12 among Chinese immigrants residing in New York City, and evaluates the impact of multiple behavioral risk factors on physical and mental health status. METHODS: We used cross-sectional survey data from a mu…
I Think Therefore I Am: Perceived Ideal Weight as a Determinant of Health
Objectives. We examined whether stress related to negative body image perception and the desire to lose weight explained some of the body mass index–health gradient. Methods. We used 2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to examine the impact of desired body weight, independent of actual body mass index, on the amount of physically and mentally unhealthy days by race, ethnicity, and gender. Results. The difference between actual an…
Gender and the Burden of Disease Attributable to Obesity
Objectives. We estimated the burden of disease in the United States attributable to obesity by gender, with life expectancy, quality-adjusted life expectancy, years of life lost annually, and quality-adjusted life years lost annually as outcome measures. Methods. We obtained burden of disease estimates for adults falling into the following body-mass index categories: normal weight (23 to Results. Overweight men and women lost 270 000 and 1.8 mill…
The burden of disease associated with being African-American in the United States and the contribution of socio-economic status
The impact of obesity on health-related quality-of-life in the general adult US population
BACKGROUND: The US Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended screening all adult patients for obesity due in part to the strong association between obesity and numerous chronic diseases. However, how obesity affects health-related quality-of-life (HRQL), particularly for persons without any chronic diseases, is less clear. METHODS: The relationship between obesity and HRQL was examined using data from the 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel …
Relationship Among Sociodemographic Factors, Clinical Conditions, and Health-related Quality of Life: Examining the EQ-5D in the U.S. General Population
The income-associated burden of disease in the United States
Construct Validity of the EQ-5D in Low-Income Chinese American Primary Care Patients
Areas of decrement in health-related quality of life (HRQL): Comparing the SF-12, EQ-5D, and HUI 3
The burden of disease associated with being African-American in the United States and the contribution of socio-economic status
Gender and the Burden of Disease Attributable to Obesity
Objectives. We estimated the burden of disease in the United States attributable to obesity by gender, with life expectancy, quality-adjusted life expectancy, years of life lost annually, and quality-adjusted life years lost annually as outcome measures. Methods. We obtained burden of disease estimates for adults falling into the following body-mass index categories: normal weight (23 to Results. Overweight men and women lost 270 000 and 1.8 mill…
I Think Therefore I Am: Perceived Ideal Weight as a Determinant of Health
Objectives. We examined whether stress related to negative body image perception and the desire to lose weight explained some of the body mass index–health gradient. Methods. We used 2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to examine the impact of desired body weight, independent of actual body mass index, on the amount of physically and mentally unhealthy days by race, ethnicity, and gender. Results. The difference between actual an…
The income-associated burden of disease in the United States
Areas of decrement in health-related quality of life (HRQL): Comparing the SF-12, EQ-5D, and HUI 3
Aligning Quality for Populations and Patients: Do We Know Which Way to Go
Both the medical care and public health systems have invested considerable resources to define, measure, and improve quality and health outcomes. A movement toward accountability has generated performance indicators from the medical arena and “leading health indicators” from the public health arena. The focus on specific conditions by the medical care system has been at odds with public health’s emphasis on improving population health and has per…
Use of the SF-36 in Low-Income Chinese American Primary Care Patients
BACKGROUND: Measures of health status have been increasingly utilized but most research in the United States has been conducted on middle-class, English-speaking white persons. Although Asians reportedly often have a better health status than white persons, previously surveyed samples may not be representative of low-income non-English-speaking Asian immigrant populations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study surveyed a convenience s…
Mapping the SF-12 to Preference-Based Instruments: Convergent Validity in a Low-Income, Minority Population
BACKGROUND: The profile-based SF-12 has a low respondent burden and is used widely in clinical settings to monitor health and evaluate programs. Deriving preference scores for the SF-12 health profile would permit its use in cost-effectiveness analyses. Previous mapping studies of SF family instruments to preference-based instruments have not examined convergent validity or performance in low-income, minority populations. OBJECTIVES: To map the S…
Construct Validity of the EQ-5D in Low-Income Chinese American Primary Care Patients
The impact of obesity on health-related quality-of-life in the general adult US population
BACKGROUND: The US Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended screening all adult patients for obesity due in part to the strong association between obesity and numerous chronic diseases. However, how obesity affects health-related quality-of-life (HRQL), particularly for persons without any chronic diseases, is less clear. METHODS: The relationship between obesity and HRQL was examined using data from the 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel …
Relationship Among Sociodemographic Factors, Clinical Conditions, and Health-related Quality of Life: Examining the EQ-5D in the U.S. General Population
The income-associated burden of disease in the United States
Gender and the Burden of Disease Attributable to Obesity
Objectives. We estimated the burden of disease in the United States attributable to obesity by gender, with life expectancy, quality-adjusted life expectancy, years of life lost annually, and quality-adjusted life years lost annually as outcome measures. Methods. We obtained burden of disease estimates for adults falling into the following body-mass index categories: normal weight (23 to Results. Overweight men and women lost 270 000 and 1.8 mill…
The burden of disease associated with being African-American in the United States and the contribution of socio-economic status
I Think Therefore I Am: Perceived Ideal Weight as a Determinant of Health
Objectives. We examined whether stress related to negative body image perception and the desire to lose weight explained some of the body mass index–health gradient. Methods. We used 2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to examine the impact of desired body weight, independent of actual body mass index, on the amount of physically and mentally unhealthy days by race, ethnicity, and gender. Results. The difference between actual an…
Health-Related Quality of Life, Quality-Adjusted Life Years, and Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy in New York City from 1995 to 2006
Assessing the Impact of Behavioral Risk Factors and Known-Groups Validity of the SF-12 in a US Chinese Immigrant Population
BACKGROUND: Health status measures are being used in increasingly diverse populations. However, there are no known studies to date that examine the SF-12 in US Chinese populations. This study reports on the performance and validity of the SF-12 among Chinese immigrants residing in New York City, and evaluates the impact of multiple behavioral risk factors on physical and mental health status. METHODS: We used cross-sectional survey data from a mu…
Health Literacy, Information Seeking, and Trust in Information in Haitians
Constructing a culturally-tailored and appropriate intervention regarding health promotion requires understanding how the population accesses and conveys health information
Incorporating Spirituality in Primary Care
Examining Intuitive Cancer Risk Perceptions in Haitian-Creole and Spanish-Speaking Populations
Background: There is a developing emphasis on intuition and affect in the illness risk perception process, yet there have been no available strategies to measure these constructs in non-English speakers. This study examined the comprehensibility and acceptability of translations of cancer risk beliefs in Haitian-Creole and Spanish. Method: An established, iterative, team-based translation process was employed. Cognitive interviews ( n = 20 in Hai…
Impact of nine chronic conditions for US adults aged 65 years and older: An application of a hybrid estimator of quality-adjusted life years throughout remainder of lifetime
Examining transdiagnostic vulnerabilities among HIV positive smokers seen at three inner city community based organizations
Investigators have proposed a "transdiagnostic vulnerability framework" that examines the relationship between smoking and broader emotional factors, including anhedonia, anxiety sensitivity, and distress tolerance. Because smoking and depression are more common in persons living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) than in the general population, understanding the relationship between smoking and mental health is critical. The following study aims to chara…
Quality-adjusted Life Years (Qaly) for 15 Chronic Conditions and Combinations of Conditions Among US Adults Aged 65 and Older
BACKGROUND: Although the life expectancy for the US population has increased, a high proportion of this population has lived with ≥1 chronic conditions. We have quantified the burden of disease associated with 15 chronic conditions and combinations of conditions by estimating quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) for older US adults. RESEARCH DESIGN: Data were from the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey Cohort 15 (baseline survey in 2012, follow-up su…
Life expectancy and active life expectancy by marital status among older U.S. adults: Results from the U.S. Medicare Health Outcome Survey (HOS)
This study provides additional evidence for marriage's protective effect, with the magnitude of protection being greater for younger as compared to older persons. Selection bias was a large contributor to longer life expectancy among married persons
Health Inequality Analysis in Europe: Exploring the Potential of the EQ-5D as Outcome
Objective: This study explored the additive value of the multi-item EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level (EQ-5D-5L) as an outcome measure in health inequality analyses, relative to the single-item EuroQol visual analog scale (EQ VAS). Methods: A sample comprising the general population from Italy, the Netherlands, and United Kingdom (UK) completed the EQ-5D-5L and the EQ VAS. The level of education was selected as a proxy for socio-economic status (SES). …
Health-related quality of life and mental well-being of healthy and diseased persons in 8 countries: Does stringency of government response against early Covid-19 matter
The stringency of government response is inversely related to HRQoL and mental well-being with a small positive relation with HRQoL and strong negative relation with mental well-being. The magnitude of effects differed for healthy and diseased persons and by age but was most favourable for diseased and older persons
Construct validity and responsiveness of a health-related symptom index for persons either treated or monitored for anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL): Amc-A01/-A03
The performance relationship between the EQ-5D-5L composite “Anxiety/Depression” dimension and anxiety and depression symptoms in a large, general population sample
The A/D dimension captures symptoms of anxiety, depression or both equally well. Performance is worse in the younger population. Interpretation in those with a self-reported anxiety or depression disorder should be further investigated. This is the first-of-its-kind large population sample performance analysis, where we present evidence that the performance of the A/D dimension differs between ages, and thus intra-age comparative results may be f…
The relationship between healthcare access and change in health-related quality-of-life among the general population of five countries during the Covid-19 pandemic
Healthcare access was not associated with cumulative differences in change in HRQoL over a 1-year period in strata of age, gender, SES, and chronic disease status
Medicine (27 works) · Population (22 works) · Environmental health (21 works) · Gerontology (19 works) · Demography (16 works) · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Public health (10 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (9 works) · Gerontology (8 works)