Jennifer C. Robinson
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
Department:
SON-Instruction School Nursing
Email:
jcrobinson@umc.edu
Biography
Dr. Robinson's program of research is in physical activity and neighborhood context. She has also concentrated on health disparities associated with geographic location and socioeconomic position and uses a social epidemiological approach. Currently, she is involved in the Deep South Network for Cancer Control using a transdisciplinary approach to determine the effects of energy balance through diet and exercise interventions on outcomes associated with cancer incidence and progression. She has expertise in the use of geographic information systems (GIS), multilevel statistical modeling, physical activity, working with minority populations, and experience with a large, prospective epidemiological study that is investigating known and novel causes of cardiovascular disease health disparities. Her dissertation research focused on social and contextual determinants of individual and neighborhoods and their effect on individual physical activity using a socio-ecological theoretical approach. Much of Dr. Robinson's research utilizes a GIS to spatially locate individuals within neighborhoods. She has recently begun to utilize a handheld global positioning system (GPS) to add neighborhood spatial features including built environmental factors.
Education
| School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences, PhD, Nursing | 2006 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) | 08/2015 - 12/2020 |
Current Positions
| Associate Dean, School of Nursing | 07/2016 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| School of Nursing, Department of Instruction School Of Nursing |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Intramural, Evaluation Research Workshop and Consultation, UMMC SON | 10/2012 - 04/2013 |
| Extramural, Promoting Weight Loss in African-American Cancer Survivors in the Deep South, NCI | 05/2012 - 03/2017 |
| Intramural, Neighborhood Assessment of the Built and Social Environment in Hinds County, MS, UMMC SOD | 04/2012 - 04/2013 |
| Extramural, Deep South Network for Cancer Control (DSNCC), NCI | 09/2010 - 08/2015 |
| Intramural, Community Resource Mapping in Forrest County, MS, UMMC SON | 04/2010 - 06/2011 |
| Extramural, National Children's Study, Hinds County MS Study Location, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) | 09/2007 - 09/2012 |
| Intramural, Subjective and Objective Measures of Neighborhood Environmental Determinants for Walking in Older Urban African-American Adults, MESA Center for Health Disparities-University of Michigan | 03/2007 - 05/2008 |
| Extramural, Physical Activity as a Function of Social Status and Neighborhood Context in the Jackson Heart Study, T32 | 06/2006 - 05/2008 |
| Extramural, Physical Activity as a Function of Social Status and Neighborhood Context in Year 1 and 2 of the Jackson Heart Study, NINR | 08/2004 - 05/2006 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Robinson JC, Wyatt SB, Dubbert PM, May W, Sims M. The impact of neighborhood on physical activity in the Jackson Heart Study. Preventive Medicine. 2016;90:216-222. | 2016 |
| Vining, D., & Robinson, J.C. Concept Analysis of Illness Engulfment in Schizophrenia Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 2016, 30, 370-374 | 2016 |
| Robinson, J. C., Carson, T. L., Johnson, E. R., Hardy, C. M., Shikany, J. M., Green, E., Lillie M. Willis, L. M., Marron, Jr., J. V., Yufeng L, Y., Lee, C. H., & Monica L. Baskin, M. L. Assessing environmental support for better health: Active living opportunity audits in rural communities in the southern United States. Preventive Medicine, 66, 28-33. DOI 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.05.021. | 2014 |
| Temple, M., & Robinson, J. C. A systematic review of interventions to promote physical activity in the preschool setting. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 19, 274-284. doi: 10.1111/jspn.12081. | 2014 |
| Moore, M. M., Robinson, J. C., Rachel, M. M., & Boss, B. J. Barriers to physical activity and healthy diet among children ages 6 through 13 in a Mississippi elementary school. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 29, 74-82. | 2014 |
| Hand, W., Robinson, J. C., & Creel, E. Ethical issues surrounding weight bias and stigma in healthcare Online Journal of Health Ethics, 8(2). | 2012 |
| Sims, M., Diez Roux, A.V., Dudley, A., Gebreab, S., Wyatt, S., Bruce, M. A., James, S. A., Robinson, J. C., Williams, D. R., & Taylor, H. A. Perceived discrimination and hypertension among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study American Journal of Public Health, 102 (S2), S258-S265. DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300523. | 2012 |
| Cooper, J. R. M., Walker, J. T., Askew, R., & Robinson, J. C., & McNair, M. Students’ perceptions of bullying behaviours by nursing faculty Issues in Educational Research, 21(1), 1-21. | 2011 |
| Creel, E. L., & Robinson, J. C. Ethics in independent nurse consulting: Strategies for avoiding ethical quicksand. Nursing Ethics, 17, 769-776 | 2010 |
| Dubbert, P. M., Robinson, J. C., Sung, J. H., Ainsworth, B. E., Wyatt, S. B., Carithers, T., Newton Jr., R., Rhudy, J. L., Barbour, K., Sternfeld, B., & Taylor Jr., H. Physical activity and obesity in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. Ethnicity & Disease, 20, 383-389 | 2010 |
| Gallagher, N. A., Gretebeck, K. A., Robinson, J. C., Torres, E. R., Murphy, S. L., & Martyn, K. Neighborhood factors relevant for walking in older, urban, African American adults. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 18(1), 99-115. NIHMSID # 182012. | 2010 |
| Lin, S. H., Murphy, S. L., & Robinson, J. C. Putting evidence into occupational therapy practice: Process, strategies, and resources American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(1), 164-171. | 2010 |
| Robinson, J. C., Wyatt, S. B, Hickson, D., Gwinn, D., Faruque, F., Sims, M., Sarong, D., & Taylor, H. Methods for retrospective geocoding in population studies: The Jackson Heart Study. Journal of Urban Health, 87(1), 136-150. DOI 10.1007/s11524-009-9403-2. PMCID: PMC2821611. | 2010 |
| Cooper, J. R. M., Walker, J. T., Winters, K., Williams, P. R., Askew, R., & Robinson, J. C. Nursing students’ perceptions of bullying behaviours by classmates. Issues in Educational Research, 19(3), 212-226. | 2009 |
| Murphy, S. L., Robinson, J. C., & Lin, S. H. Conducting systematic reviews to inform occupational therapy practice. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63(3), 363-368. | 2009 |
| Robinson, J.C. Ethics and genetic privacy. Online Journal of Health Ethics, 1(1). | 2004 |
| Duck A, Robinson JC, Stewart, MW Health Care Quality: A Concept Analysis Nursing Forum. In Press. | 2017 |
Abstracts | |
| Sims, M., Wyatt, S. Bruce, M., James, S., Williams, D., Robinson, J., & Taylor, H. The association between perceived discrimination and hypertension status in the Jackson Heart Study. Circulation, 119 | 2009 |
| Gallagher, N. A., Robinson J. C., Gretebeck, K. & Torres, E. Determinants of older, urban African Americans’ neighborhood walking Circulation, 117(11): e200. | 2008 |
| Gallagher, N. A., Gretebeck, K. A., Robinson, J., Torres, E., & Murphy, S. L. Environmental Determinants of Walking for Older African American Adults The Gerontologist, 48(2): S43. | 2008 |
| Robinson J. C., Wyatt S. B., Dubbert P. M., May W. L., Faruque F. S., Sims, M., Sarpong, D., Davis, S. P., & Hewlett, P. O. The impact of neighborhood in determining physical activity in African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study The Journal of Coronary Artery Disease, 7(1): 13-14. | 2007 |
| Robinson J. C., Wyatt S. B., Dubbert P., May W., & Faruque F. Physical activity as a function of neighborhood context in the Jackson Heart Study Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 8 (5; Supplement A): 243. | 2006 |
| Dubbert, P., Ainsworth, B., Carithers, T., Hughes, G., Lesniak, K., Newton, R., Robinson, J., Ross, D., & Wyatt, S. for the Jackson Heart Study Investigators. Physical activity assessment in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 24 (Supplement), S129 | 2002 |
Dissertation | |
| Robinson, J.C. Physical Activity as a Function of Social Status and Neighborhood Context in Year 1 and 2 of the Jackson Heart Study (Doctoral dissertation, University of Mississippi Medical Center). Dissertation Abstracts International, AAT 3228233. | 2006 |
Book Chapter | |
| Robinson, J. C. & McCuistion, L.E. in L. E. McCuistion & K. J. Gutierrez (Eds.) Drugs Affecting the Gastrointestinal System. Real-world nursing survival guide: Pharmacology (2002). | 2002 |
Presentations
| Platform Presentations, Influences of Physical Activity and Healthy Growth in Urban School Children, Sigma Theta Tau International Region 8 Conference, Jackson, MS | 09/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Recommendations for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Immunization Requires Confidence in Knowledge, UMMC and USM Research Day, Hattiesburg, MS | 06/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, A concept analysis of empowerment and its relationship to evidence-based practice, USM/UMMC Summer Seminar Research Day, Hattiesburg, MS | 06/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Comparison of Methods for Spatial Interpolation of PM 2.5, USM and UMMC Joint Summer Seminar Research Day, Hattiesburg, MS | 06/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Recommendations for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Immunization Requires Confidence in Knowledge, USM and UMMC Summer Seminar Research Day, Hattiesburg, MS | 06/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Recommendations for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Immunization Requires Confidence in Knowledge, National Conference for Nurse Practitioners, Orlando, FL | 05/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Assessing environmental support for better health: Active living opportunity audits in rural communities in the southern United States, Southern Nurses Research Society Annual Conference., Tampa, FL | 02/2015 |
| Invited Symposia, Building healthier communities through nursing research: Understanding the role of context on individual health, American Public Health Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA | 11/2014 |
| Invited Symposia, Learning through research: Involving students to increase understanding of the role neighborhoods play in health, International Conference on Nursing & Emergency Medicine., Las Vegas, NV | 12/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, The impact of neighborhood in determining physical activity in African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study, 7th International Congress on Coronary Artery Disease, Venice, Italy | 10/2007 |
| Poster Presentation, Physical activity as a function of neighborhood context in the Jackson Heart Study: A pilot study, American Society of Hypertension, New York, NY | 05/2006 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| 50 for 50-Outstanding graduates for distinguished contributions to nursing, Southeastern Louisiana University | 2014 |
Directed Student Learning
| Dissertation Committee Chair, Advised: Pam Farris | |
| Dissertation Committee Chair, Association between environmental air quality and the incidence of congenital heart defects Advised: Katherine Hall | |
| Dissertation Committee Chair, Hospital nursing units as complex adaptive social systems: Relationships among nurse leaders, staff and unit-level outcomes Advised: James Michael Parnell |