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Jessica H. Beard
Researcher at Temple University
Publications - 39
Citations - 936
Jessica H. Beard is an academic researcher from Temple University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 30 publications receiving 631 citations. Previous affiliations of Jessica H. Beard include Yale University & University of California, San Francisco.
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The enduring impact of historical and structural racism on urban violence in Philadelphia.
Sara F. Jacoby,Beidi Dong,Jessica H. Beard,Douglas J. Wiebe,Christopher N. Morrison,Christopher N. Morrison +5 more
TL;DR: An empirical spatial analysis of the concentration of firearm assaults and violent crimes in 2013 through 2014 relative to zoning in the 1937 HOLC map of Philadelphia finds firearm injury rates are highest in historically red-zoned areas of Philadelphia.
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Reproductive considerations and pregnancy after bariatric surgery: current evidence and recommendations.
TL;DR: Issues of increased postoperative fertility, nutritional monitoring and supplementation, safety of pregnancy after bariatric surgery, and effect of pregnancy on postoperative weight loss are focused on.
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Depression among women with obstetric fistula in Kenya
Khisa Weston,Stephen Mutiso,Judy W. Mwangi,Zahida Qureshi,Jessica H. Beard,Jessica H. Beard,Pavithra Venkat,Pavithra Venkat +7 more
TL;DR: To establish the prevalence of depression and associated factors among fistula patients attending an obstetric fistula surgical camp in Kenya, a large number of patients attending the camp had a history of depression.
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Quantifying Disparities in Urban Firearm Violence by Race and Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A Cartographic Study
Jessica H. Beard,Christopher N. Morrison,Sara F. Jacoby,Beidi Dong,Randi N. Smith,Carrie A. Sims,Douglas J. Wiebe +6 more
TL;DR: Profound disparity in exposure to firearm violence by race and place exists in Philadelphia and Black people were substantially more likely than White people to sustain firearm assault, regardless of neighborhood income.
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Characterizing the Global Burden of Surgical Disease: A Method to Estimate Inguinal Hernia Epidemiology in Ghana
Jessica H. Beard,Lawrence B. Oresanya,Michael Ohene-Yeboah,Rochelle A. Dicker,Hobart W. Harris +4 more
TL;DR: This approach provides a simple framework for calculating inguinal hernia epidemiology in resource-poor settings that may be used for advocacy and program planning in multiple country contexts.