Jessica M Robbins
Biographic Data
| ID | 4881582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica M Robbins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica M |
| FAMILY NAME | Robbins |
| SIGNATURE | ROBBINS J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Philadelphia Department of Public Health |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Demographic Characteristics and Prescription Drug Histories of Unintentional Overdose Decedents in Philadelphia, PA
Background Philadelphia’s opioid overdose crisis has reached unprecedented levels. However, overdose deaths involving non-opioids have also increased in recent years. As overdose deaths continue to increase, this study describes and compares the demographic characteristics, prescription drug histories, and exposure to potentially inappropriate prescribing practices (PIPPs), in the year before death of three groups of overdose decedents: (1) only …
Excess Mortality During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Philadelphia
Objectives. To estimate excess all-cause mortality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the COVID-19 pandemic and understand the distribution of excess mortality in the population. Methods. With a Poisson model trained on recent historical data from the Pennsylvania vital registration system, we estimated expected weekly mortality in 2020. We compared these estimates with observed mortality to estimate excess mortality. We further examined the d…
Age, Isolation and Inequality in the Time of Covid-19
Notes1 Adrianna Rodriguez, “Texas’ Lieutenant Governor Suggests Grandparents Are Willing to Die for US Economy,” USA Today, March 24, 2020, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/24/covid-19-texas-official-suggests-elderly-willing-die-economy/2905990001/.2 Keith Eldridge, “‘We Can’t Rule Anything In or Out,’ Inslee Says for COVID-19 Outbreak Measures,” KOMO News, March 17, 2020, https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/we-cant-rule-anyth…
Hospital Admission Rates for a Racially Diverse Low-Income Cohort of Patients With Diabetes: The Urban Diabetes Study
Objective. We sought to determine the frequency and costs of hospitalization and to assess possible racial/ethnic disparities in a large cohort of low-income patients with diabetes who had received primary care at municipal health clinics. Methods. Administrative data from Philadelphia Health Care Centers were linked with discharge data from Pennsylvania hospitals for March 1993 through December 2001. We tested differences in hospitalization rate…
Diagnosing Diabetes and Preventing Rehospitalizations: The Urban Diabetes Study
BACKGROUND: Patients with diabetes frequently are hospitalized, and quality of inpatient care for diabetes is of great concern. Rehospitalization after hospital discharge is a frequent adverse outcome experienced by patients with diabetes. OBJECTIVES: We assessed the frequency of and risk factors for rehospitalization among all Philadelphia residents with diabetes. METHODS: Individual histories of hospitalization were ascertained from hospital di…
Cardiovascular comorbidities among public health clinic patients with diabetes: The Urban Diabetics Study
Cardiovascular comorbidities were common both before and after diabetes diagnosis in this low-income cohort, but not substantially different from mixed-income managed care populations, perhaps as a consequence of access to primary care and pharmacy services
Prevalence of Episodic Homelessness Among Adult Childbearing Women in Philadelphia, Pa
Pregnancy and the responsibilities of caring for children create additional barriers for low-income women and families seeking adequate and affordable housing, yet few studies have assessed the relative risk or prevalence of homelessness among pregnant or parenting women in the United States.1 The economic, social, and psychological dislocations associated with housing instability and homelessness may have particularly serious negative consequenc…
Excess type 2 diabetes in African-American women and men aged 40–74 and socioeconomic status: Evidence from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether socioeconomic status (SES) explains differences in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes between African-American and non-Hispanic white women and men. DESIGN: Cross sectional study of diabetes prevalence, SES, and other risk factors ascertained by physical examination and interview. SETTING: Interviews were conducted in subjects' homes; physical examinations were conducted in mobile examination centres. PARTICIPANTS: 96…
Class Struggles in the Tubercular World: Nurses, Patients, and Physicians, 1903- 1915
Bulletin of the History of Medicine - Volume 71, Number 3, Fall 1997
Prevalence of Episodic Homelessness Among Adult Childbearing Women in Philadelphia, Pa
Pregnancy and the responsibilities of caring for children create additional barriers for low-income women and families seeking adequate and affordable housing, yet few studies have assessed the relative risk or prevalence of homelessness among pregnant or parenting women in the United States.1 The economic, social, and psychological dislocations associated with housing instability and homelessness may have particularly serious negative consequenc…
Excess type 2 diabetes in African-American women and men aged 40–74 and socioeconomic status: Evidence from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether socioeconomic status (SES) explains differences in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes between African-American and non-Hispanic white women and men. DESIGN: Cross sectional study of diabetes prevalence, SES, and other risk factors ascertained by physical examination and interview. SETTING: Interviews were conducted in subjects' homes; physical examinations were conducted in mobile examination centres. PARTICIPANTS: 96…
Hospital Admission Rates for a Racially Diverse Low-Income Cohort of Patients With Diabetes: The Urban Diabetes Study
Objective. We sought to determine the frequency and costs of hospitalization and to assess possible racial/ethnic disparities in a large cohort of low-income patients with diabetes who had received primary care at municipal health clinics. Methods. Administrative data from Philadelphia Health Care Centers were linked with discharge data from Pennsylvania hospitals for March 1993 through December 2001. We tested differences in hospitalization rate…
Excess Mortality During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Philadelphia
Objectives. To estimate excess all-cause mortality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the COVID-19 pandemic and understand the distribution of excess mortality in the population. Methods. With a Poisson model trained on recent historical data from the Pennsylvania vital registration system, we estimated expected weekly mortality in 2020. We compared these estimates with observed mortality to estimate excess mortality. We further examined the d…
Class Struggles in the Tubercular World: Nurses, Patients, and Physicians, 1903- 1915
Bulletin of the History of Medicine - Volume 71, Number 3, Fall 1997
Excess type 2 diabetes in African-American women and men aged 40–74 and socioeconomic status: Evidence from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether socioeconomic status (SES) explains differences in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes between African-American and non-Hispanic white women and men. DESIGN: Cross sectional study of diabetes prevalence, SES, and other risk factors ascertained by physical examination and interview. SETTING: Interviews were conducted in subjects' homes; physical examinations were conducted in mobile examination centres. PARTICIPANTS: 96…
Prevalence of Episodic Homelessness Among Adult Childbearing Women in Philadelphia, Pa
Pregnancy and the responsibilities of caring for children create additional barriers for low-income women and families seeking adequate and affordable housing, yet few studies have assessed the relative risk or prevalence of homelessness among pregnant or parenting women in the United States.1 The economic, social, and psychological dislocations associated with housing instability and homelessness may have particularly serious negative consequenc…
Cardiovascular comorbidities among public health clinic patients with diabetes: The Urban Diabetics Study
Cardiovascular comorbidities were common both before and after diabetes diagnosis in this low-income cohort, but not substantially different from mixed-income managed care populations, perhaps as a consequence of access to primary care and pharmacy services
Hospital Admission Rates for a Racially Diverse Low-Income Cohort of Patients With Diabetes: The Urban Diabetes Study
Objective. We sought to determine the frequency and costs of hospitalization and to assess possible racial/ethnic disparities in a large cohort of low-income patients with diabetes who had received primary care at municipal health clinics. Methods. Administrative data from Philadelphia Health Care Centers were linked with discharge data from Pennsylvania hospitals for March 1993 through December 2001. We tested differences in hospitalization rate…
Diagnosing Diabetes and Preventing Rehospitalizations: The Urban Diabetes Study
BACKGROUND: Patients with diabetes frequently are hospitalized, and quality of inpatient care for diabetes is of great concern. Rehospitalization after hospital discharge is a frequent adverse outcome experienced by patients with diabetes. OBJECTIVES: We assessed the frequency of and risk factors for rehospitalization among all Philadelphia residents with diabetes. METHODS: Individual histories of hospitalization were ascertained from hospital di…
Age, Isolation and Inequality in the Time of Covid-19
Notes1 Adrianna Rodriguez, “Texas’ Lieutenant Governor Suggests Grandparents Are Willing to Die for US Economy,” USA Today, March 24, 2020, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/24/covid-19-texas-official-suggests-elderly-willing-die-economy/2905990001/.2 Keith Eldridge, “‘We Can’t Rule Anything In or Out,’ Inslee Says for COVID-19 Outbreak Measures,” KOMO News, March 17, 2020, https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/we-cant-rule-anyth…
Excess Mortality During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Philadelphia
Objectives. To estimate excess all-cause mortality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the COVID-19 pandemic and understand the distribution of excess mortality in the population. Methods. With a Poisson model trained on recent historical data from the Pennsylvania vital registration system, we estimated expected weekly mortality in 2020. We compared these estimates with observed mortality to estimate excess mortality. We further examined the d…
Demographic Characteristics and Prescription Drug Histories of Unintentional Overdose Decedents in Philadelphia, PA
Background Philadelphia’s opioid overdose crisis has reached unprecedented levels. However, overdose deaths involving non-opioids have also increased in recent years. As overdose deaths continue to increase, this study describes and compares the demographic characteristics, prescription drug histories, and exposure to potentially inappropriate prescribing practices (PIPPs), in the year before death of three groups of overdose decedents: (1) only …
Medicine (9 works) · Internal Medicine (7 works) · Demography (4 works) · Diabetes mellitus (4 works) · Disease (4 works) · Emergency Medicine (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works)