Jennifer A. Callaghan‐Koru

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Associate Professor

University of Arkansas UAMS primary

Also affiliated: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2023); University of Maryland, Baltimore (2020–2023); Children's National (2012); Howard University (2019); Johns Hopkins University (2012–2021); University of Arkansas System (2026); Johns Hopkins Medicine (2019–2021); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2021); World Health Organization (2012); Ministry of Health (2012); World Health Organization - Malawi (2012); Holy Cross Hospital (2019–2021); Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (2016); University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2016–2023)

18 h-index 61 pubs 1,281 cited

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Jennifer A. Callaghan‐Koru's research focuses on global maternal and child health interventions, with a particular emphasis on newborn and child care practices in low-resource settings. Her work has investigated factors influencing antenatal care visits in Tanzania and explored newborn care practices in Ethiopia and Bangladesh. Callaghan‐Koru has also studied the implementation and quality of integrated community case management programs for childhood illnesses in Malawi, examining perspectives from health workers and managers. Her research extends to clinician views on early skin-to-skin contact for newborns and contraceptive side effects in Tanzania.

With 60 publications and an h-index of 18, her work has been cited over 1,200 times. She has collaborated on multiple publications with researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Nirvana Manning, Austin Porter, and Donya Watson, as well as Tanvangi Tiwari from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

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h-index: 18
Publications: 61
Citations: 1,281

Positions

Associate Professor 2022–present

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fay Boozman College of Public Health Health Behavior and Health Education ORCID
Associate Professor publications 2019–2026

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ORCID
Assistant Professor 2016–2021

University of Maryland Baltimore County Sociology, Anthropology, and Health Administration and Policy ORCID

Selected Publications

Personal Birth Experiences and Clinician Attitudes About Cesarean Birth: A Cross‐Sectional Study With Female Labor and Delivery Unit Staff (2026)

Birth DOI OpenAlex
Obstetric Emergency Preparedness in Arkansas Emergency Departments: Results From a Cross-Sectional Survey (2025)

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open DOI OpenAlex
Understanding the influence of staff stress during implementation of an asthma program in early childhood education: a qualitative design (2025)

Journal of Asthma DOI OpenAlex
Disparities in Prenatal Care Utilization in the United States (2025)

Maternal and Child Health Journal 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
The Telehealth MOM Study: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the Telehealth Multi-component Optimal Model (MOM) of postpartum care (2025)

Contemporary Clinical Trials 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Excessive gestational weight gain associated with higher risk of cesarean delivery across body mass index categories in the United States (2025)

Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction DOI OpenAlex
Evaluating the implementation of maternal safety bundles for obstetric hemorrhage and severe hypertension during pregnancy in Arkansas (2025)

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Correction: External relationships as implementation determinants in community-engaged, equity-focused COVID-19 vaccination events (2025)

Frontiers in Health Services DOI OpenAlex
Corrigendum to “Sociodemographic factors associated with prenatal care utilization in Arkansas, United States” [Prev. Med. Rep. 51(2025) 102983] (2025)

Preventive Medicine Reports DOI OpenAlex
Relationships between internal facilitation processes and implementation outcomes among hospitals participating in a quality improvement collaborative to reduce cesarean births: a mixed-methods embedded case study (2025)

Implementation Science Communications 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Sociodemographic factors associated with prenatal care utilization in Arkansas, United States (2025)

Preventive Medicine Reports 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Gestational weight gain and increased risk of cesarean delivery across body mass index categories (2025)

AJOG Global Reports 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
The challenges and opportunities of continuous data quality improvement for healthcare administration data (2024)

JAMIA Open 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
Educating Families on Urgent Maternal Warning Signs: Learning From a Pilot to Improve Training and Tools for Maternal and Child Home Visiting Programs (2024)

Health Promotion Practice 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Public Maternal Health Dashboards in the United States: Descriptive Assessment (2024)

Journal of Medical Internet Research 2 citations DOI OpenAlex