Jennifer A. Callaghan‐Koru

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Associate Professor

University of Arkansas primary UAMS

Also affiliated: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2023); University of Maryland, Baltimore (2020–2023); Johns Hopkins University (2012–2021); Johns Hopkins Medicine (2019–2021); Ministry of Health (2012); World Health Organization - Malawi (2012); Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (2016); Arkansas Department of Health (2025); University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2016–2023)

Faculty Researcher

17 h-index 58 pubs 1,266 cited

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Jennifer A. Callaghan‐Koru's research focuses on improving maternal and perinatal health outcomes through implementation science and quality improvement methods. She has investigated strategies to reduce Cesarean delivery rates and address the maternal health crisis in the USA. Her work also explores the development of instruments to measure bias in healthcare and factors influencing vaccination uptake in specific adult populations. Callaghan‐Koru has also examined data quality improvement for healthcare administration data.

Metrics

h-index: 17
Publications: 58
Citations: 1,266

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 4 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 1 citation 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 7 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 10 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