Karen A Mcdonnell
Biographic Data
| ID | 380146 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen A Mcdonnell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen A |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcdonnell |
| SIGNATURE | MCDONNELL K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3700-5695 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 129 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Investing in the development of the next generation of MCH leaders
The public health landscape is constantly evolving to address the strengths and needs of the community. Training for the public health workforce is leading the way, establishing an ecosystem approach that integrates individuals within social, political, and environmental contexts to promote health equity within a framework of social justice. One area of public health that is innovatively preparing the next generation of leaders is maternal and ch…
How maternal morbidities impact women’s quality of life during pregnancy and postpartum in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Maternal morbidities present a major burden to the health and well-being of childbearing women. However, their impacts on women’s functional health are not well understood. This work aims to describe how maternal morbidities affect women’s quality of life (QoL) in pregnancy and the postpartum period . This qualitative study involved 118 pregnant and 135 postpartum women at six study sites in Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Pakistan, and India. Data were co…
Improving Access and Equity in a Post-Dobbs World
Is There a Link Between Childhood Family Violence and Adult Health? Understanding Family Violence Amongst South Asian American Women
Understanding Health, Violence, and Acculturation Among South Asian Women in the US
Women’s Perceptions of Their Community’s Social Norms Towards Assisting Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence
Profiling Abusive Men Based on Women’s Self-Reports
Understanding abusive behaviors among nonclinical samples of men is important to help women in the community understand the risks they may face. The purpose of the current study is to identify abusive profiles and subgroups of non-treatment-seeking men using women’s self reports. Of the sample of 611 women, 43% reported current abuse; chronicity of psychological aggression was the highest. Cluster analysis results revealed three different types o…
HIV/Aids and Intimate Partner Violence
This article reviews 35 U.S. studies on the intersection of HIV and adult intimate partner violence (IPV). Most studies describe rates of IPV among women at risk or living with HIV/AIDS and identify correlates, using multiple types of convenience samples (e.g., women in methadone treatment, women in shelters or clinics), cross-sectional designs, and self-reported risk behaviors. HIV-positive women appear to experience any IPV at rates comparable …
Suicide risk and mental health indicators
Abuse, HIV status and health-related quality of life among a sample of HIV positive and HIV negative low income women
Intimate Partner Violence, Substance Use, and HIV Among Low-Income Women
This article focuses on the intersection of intimate partner violence (IPV), substance use, and HIV status among a sample of low-income urban women (n = 611). Differences emerged by drug type, categorization of IPV, and HIV status. Rates of IPV did not differ between HIV-negative and HIV-positive women, but differing rates of substance use were found to be highly significant. The relationship between IPV and drug use appeared to be stronger for H…
Uncovering neighbourhood influences on intimate partner violence using concept mapping
While neighbourhood influences on the risk of intimate partner violence have been reported, this body of research has suffered from a lack of strong theoretical and conceptual guidance, and few studies have examined the potential pathways from neighbourhoods to intimate partner violence. This paper used concept mapping methods with 37 women who were residents of Baltimore City to obtain cluster maps representing the important neighbourhood domain…
An Introduction to Concept Mapping as a Participatory Public Health Research Method
In this article, the authors introduce concept mapping as a useful participatory research method for public health researchers interested in generating hypotheses and developing theory. The authors first provide an overview of concept mapping, which combines qualitative approaches with quantitative analytical tools to produce visual displays of the relationship between ideas. Then, they present an illustrative research application of the method t…
Comparison of Fimr Programs with Other Perinatal Systems Initiatives
The Relation of Fimr Programs and Other Perinatal Systems Initiatives with Maternal and Child Health Activities in the Community
Ending Intimate Partner Violence
Women ending IPV do use the TM processes and constructs of change. These findings support the development and evaluation of a TM stage-based IPV intervention
Can a brief video intervention improve breast cancer clinical trial knowledge and beliefs
Does HIV Status Make a Difference in the Experience of Lifetime Abuse? Descriptions of Lifetime Abuse and Its Context Among Low-Income Urban Women
Development of the Work–Family Interface Scale
Intimate Partner Violence, HIV Status, and Sexual Risk Reduction
The Process of Ending Abuse in Intimate Relationships
This article explores the suggestion that the transtheoretical model of behavior change is a promising conceptual framework for understanding how women end abuse in their intimate relationships. In-depth interviews were conducted with 78 women who were either currently in or had recently left abusive relationships. These results suggest that the model is consistent with how women describe surviving their abusive situations, and they have implicat…
Quality of life among women living with HIV
Women's Lives After an HIV-Positive Diagnosis
Measuring health related quality of life among women living with HIV
Development of the child care worker job stress inventory
Quality of life among women living with HIV
An Introduction to Concept Mapping as a Participatory Public Health Research Method
In this article, the authors introduce concept mapping as a useful participatory research method for public health researchers interested in generating hypotheses and developing theory. The authors first provide an overview of concept mapping, which combines qualitative approaches with quantitative analytical tools to produce visual displays of the relationship between ideas. Then, they present an illustrative research application of the method t…
Development of the child care worker job stress inventory
Uncovering neighbourhood influences on intimate partner violence using concept mapping
While neighbourhood influences on the risk of intimate partner violence have been reported, this body of research has suffered from a lack of strong theoretical and conceptual guidance, and few studies have examined the potential pathways from neighbourhoods to intimate partner violence. This paper used concept mapping methods with 37 women who were residents of Baltimore City to obtain cluster maps representing the important neighbourhood domain…
Women’s Perceptions of Their Community’s Social Norms Towards Assisting Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence
The Process of Ending Abuse in Intimate Relationships
This article explores the suggestion that the transtheoretical model of behavior change is a promising conceptual framework for understanding how women end abuse in their intimate relationships. In-depth interviews were conducted with 78 women who were either currently in or had recently left abusive relationships. These results suggest that the model is consistent with how women describe surviving their abusive situations, and they have implicat…
Understanding Health, Violence, and Acculturation Among South Asian Women in the US
Intimate Partner Violence, Substance Use, and HIV Among Low-Income Women
This article focuses on the intersection of intimate partner violence (IPV), substance use, and HIV status among a sample of low-income urban women (n = 611). Differences emerged by drug type, categorization of IPV, and HIV status. Rates of IPV did not differ between HIV-negative and HIV-positive women, but differing rates of substance use were found to be highly significant. The relationship between IPV and drug use appeared to be stronger for H…
Brief Report
Development of the Work–Family Interface Scale
Profiling Abusive Men Based on Women’s Self-Reports
Understanding abusive behaviors among nonclinical samples of men is important to help women in the community understand the risks they may face. The purpose of the current study is to identify abusive profiles and subgroups of non-treatment-seeking men using women’s self reports. Of the sample of 611 women, 43% reported current abuse; chronicity of psychological aggression was the highest. Cluster analysis results revealed three different types o…
Women's Lives After an HIV-Positive Diagnosis
Measuring health related quality of life among women living with HIV
Development of the child care worker job stress inventory
Brief Report
The Process of Ending Abuse in Intimate Relationships
This article explores the suggestion that the transtheoretical model of behavior change is a promising conceptual framework for understanding how women end abuse in their intimate relationships. In-depth interviews were conducted with 78 women who were either currently in or had recently left abusive relationships. These results suggest that the model is consistent with how women describe surviving their abusive situations, and they have implicat…
Quality of life among women living with HIV
Intimate Partner Violence, HIV Status, and Sexual Risk Reduction
Does HIV Status Make a Difference in the Experience of Lifetime Abuse? Descriptions of Lifetime Abuse and Its Context Among Low-Income Urban Women
Development of the Work–Family Interface Scale
Comparison of Fimr Programs with Other Perinatal Systems Initiatives
The Relation of Fimr Programs and Other Perinatal Systems Initiatives with Maternal and Child Health Activities in the Community
Ending Intimate Partner Violence
Women ending IPV do use the TM processes and constructs of change. These findings support the development and evaluation of a TM stage-based IPV intervention
Can a brief video intervention improve breast cancer clinical trial knowledge and beliefs
Suicide risk and mental health indicators
Abuse, HIV status and health-related quality of life among a sample of HIV positive and HIV negative low income women
Intimate Partner Violence, Substance Use, and HIV Among Low-Income Women
This article focuses on the intersection of intimate partner violence (IPV), substance use, and HIV status among a sample of low-income urban women (n = 611). Differences emerged by drug type, categorization of IPV, and HIV status. Rates of IPV did not differ between HIV-negative and HIV-positive women, but differing rates of substance use were found to be highly significant. The relationship between IPV and drug use appeared to be stronger for H…
Uncovering neighbourhood influences on intimate partner violence using concept mapping
While neighbourhood influences on the risk of intimate partner violence have been reported, this body of research has suffered from a lack of strong theoretical and conceptual guidance, and few studies have examined the potential pathways from neighbourhoods to intimate partner violence. This paper used concept mapping methods with 37 women who were residents of Baltimore City to obtain cluster maps representing the important neighbourhood domain…
An Introduction to Concept Mapping as a Participatory Public Health Research Method
In this article, the authors introduce concept mapping as a useful participatory research method for public health researchers interested in generating hypotheses and developing theory. The authors first provide an overview of concept mapping, which combines qualitative approaches with quantitative analytical tools to produce visual displays of the relationship between ideas. Then, they present an illustrative research application of the method t…
HIV/Aids and Intimate Partner Violence
This article reviews 35 U.S. studies on the intersection of HIV and adult intimate partner violence (IPV). Most studies describe rates of IPV among women at risk or living with HIV/AIDS and identify correlates, using multiple types of convenience samples (e.g., women in methadone treatment, women in shelters or clinics), cross-sectional designs, and self-reported risk behaviors. HIV-positive women appear to experience any IPV at rates comparable …
Profiling Abusive Men Based on Women’s Self-Reports
Understanding abusive behaviors among nonclinical samples of men is important to help women in the community understand the risks they may face. The purpose of the current study is to identify abusive profiles and subgroups of non-treatment-seeking men using women’s self reports. Of the sample of 611 women, 43% reported current abuse; chronicity of psychological aggression was the highest. Cluster analysis results revealed three different types o…
Women’s Perceptions of Their Community’s Social Norms Towards Assisting Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence
Understanding Health, Violence, and Acculturation Among South Asian Women in the US
Is There a Link Between Childhood Family Violence and Adult Health? Understanding Family Violence Amongst South Asian American Women
Improving Access and Equity in a Post-Dobbs World
Investing in the development of the next generation of MCH leaders
The public health landscape is constantly evolving to address the strengths and needs of the community. Training for the public health workforce is leading the way, establishing an ecosystem approach that integrates individuals within social, political, and environmental contexts to promote health equity within a framework of social justice. One area of public health that is innovatively preparing the next generation of leaders is maternal and ch…
Medicine (24 works) · Psychology (19 works) · Poison control (15 works) · Domestic violence (14 works) · Environmental health (14 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (14 works) · Suicide prevention (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (10 works)