Faculty/Staff Jessica Griffin Burke, PhD, MHS

 

Assistant Professor

Graduate School of Public Health
218 Parran Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261

Phone: 412-624-3610
Fax: 412-624-5510
E-mail: jgburke@pitt.edu




RESEARCH

Concentrated on the health of women and children, specifically among vulnerable and disadvantaged populations, my research adopts an ecological perspective in addressing health promotion. My current research employs ethnographic and social epidemiologic techniques to explore the multiple levels of influencing factors associated with maternal and child health problems such as intimate partner violence, youth violence, low birth weight and preterm delivery. I am also interested in the design, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive interventions to address these and other important women's health problems such as HIV/AIDS. I employ a theory-driven, participant-oriented approach to exploring the mechanisms by which cultural and contextual factors influence the health status of women and children, and I use an integration of innovative qualitative and quantitative methodologies in my current research.

TEACHING

I have several years' experience teaching graduate-level courses that adopt an ecological approach in the exploration of health determinants and stress the importance of partnering with communities in needs assessment and intervention development processes.

SERVICE

I am a member of the American Public Health Association, the International Society for Urban Health, the Society for Public Health Education, and the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health. I also serve as a reviewer for the following journals: American Journal of Health Behavior, Journal of Urban Health, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and the American Journal of Epidemiology.

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  • Gielen AC, McDonnell KA, O’Campo P, Burke JG. Intimate partner violence and HIV among low-income women: Is living with these conditions related to risk of suicide, anxiety and depression? Women’s Health Issues. 2005. 15(2): 89-95.

  • McDonnell KA, Gielen AC, O'Campo P, Burke JG.  Abuse, HIV status, and health related quality of life among low income women. Quality of Life Research. 2005. 14: 945-957.

  • Burke JG, Knab LK, Gielen AC, O'Campo P, McDonnell KA. Intimate partner violence, substance abuse and HIV: Talking a closer look. Violence Against Women.  2005. 11(9): 1140-61.

  • O'Campo P, Burke JG, Peak G, McDonnell K, Gielen A Uncovering the neighborhood influences on intimate partner violence using concept mapping. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health  2005.  59(7): 603-8.

  • Burke JG, O'Campo P, Peak G, Gielen A, McDonnell K, Trochim W. An introduction to concept mapping as a participatory public health research methodology. Qualitative Health Research. 2005. Dec; 15(10):1392-410

  • Yonas M, O’Campo P, Burke JG, Peak G, Thomas AL, Gielen A. Interpersonal violence among urban youth: Exploring the role of gender. Journal of Urban Health.  2005. 82(4): 543-551.

  • Burke JG, O’Campo P, Peak GL. Neighborhood influences and intimate partner violence: Does geographic setting matter? Journal of Urban Health.  2006. 83 (2): 182 – 194.

  • Yonas MA, O’Campo, P, Burke JG, Gielen AC. Neighborhood-level factors and youth violence: Giving voice to the perceptions of prominent neighborhood individuals Health Education & Behavior 2007 Aug;34(4):669-85. Epub 2006 Jul 21

  • Messer L, Laraia BA, Kaufman JS, Eyster J, Holzman C, Culhane J, Elo I, Burke JG, O’Campo P.  The development of a standardized neighborhood deprivation index.  Journal of Urban Health.  2006. 83(6):1041-1062.

  • Laughon K, Gielen AC, Campbell JC, Burke J, McDonell K, O’Campo P.   The relationship among sexually transmitted infection, depression and lifetime violence in a simple of Predominately African American women.  Research in Nursing and Health  2007

  • Gielen AC, Ghandour RM, Burke JG, Mahoney R, McDonell KA, O’Campo P.   HIV/AIDS and Intimate Partner Violence: Intersection Women’s Health Issues in the United Status.  Trauma, Violence and Abuse. 2007 Apr;8(2):178-98. Review.

  • Burke JG, Lee L, O’Campo P.   An exploration of maternal experiences of intimate partner violence and infant general health and temperament.  Maternal and Child Health. 2008 Mar;12(2):172-9. Epub 2007 Jun 5.

  • O'Campo P, Burke JG, Culhane J, Elo IT, Eyster J, Holzman C, Messer LC, Kaufman JS, Laraia BA. Neighborhood deprivation and preterm birth among non-Hispanic Black and White women in eight geographic areas in the United States Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Jan 15;167(2):155-63.

  • Brown NA, Hulsey EG, Wing YM, Hall AT, Ramachandran S, Deluca ME, Butler J, Burke JG. Perspectives on a Community-Based Course for Public Health Students. Health Promot Pract. 2008 Apr 30. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Burke JG, Mahoney P, Gielen AC, McDonnell KA, O’Campo P. (In Press) Intimate partner violence survivors: Moving towards defining appropriate stages of change Violence & Victims

  • Yonas, M., O’Campo, P., Burke, JG., Gielen, AC. (In Press)  Exploring Local-Level Dynamics of Community Capacity for Addressing Urban Youth Violence.  Health Promot Pract Mar 28. [Epub ahead of print]

  • O'Campo P, Salmon C, Burke J. (2008) Neighbourhoods and mental well-being: What are the pathways?Health Place. 2008 Feb 23. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Messer L, Laraia BA, Kaufman JS, Eyster J, Holzman C, Culhane J, Elo I, Burke JG and O’Campo P. (In Press) Socioeconomic domains and associations with preterm birth Social Science & Medicine
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