Megan Mchugh

Biographic Data

ID3800931
NAMEMegan Mchugh
GIVEN NAMESMegan
FAMILY NAMEMchugh
SIGNATUREMCHUGH M
AFFILIATIONSNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA
ORCID0000-0001-8101-3441
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS24
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • Communities with an anchor institution have higher coronavirus vaccination rates

    Open AccessAlexandra Harris, Claude R Maechling et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2023

    PURPOSE: Anchor institutions ("anchors") are large employers, rooted in a community by reason of mission, capital, or relationships. Many anchors have encouraged coronavirus vaccination for employees and their families. Our objective was to determine whether the presence of an anchor was associated with a higher county-level vaccination rate. METHODS: A cross-sectional study focused on 745 small- and mid-sized US counties. We used data from the C…

  • Process of Engaging Community and Scientific Partners in the Development of the CIRCL-Chicago Study Protocol

    Justin D Smith, Allison J Carroll et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2023

    The proposed research has the potential to improve identification, diagnosis, and control of blood pressure among under-resourced communities by connecting community entities and healthcare organizations in new ways. Faith-based organizations are a trusted voice in African American communities that could be instrumental for eliminating disparities

  • Planning the Implementation of a Multilevel Blood Pressure Control Intervention in Chicago

    Sarah Philbin, Rebecca Johnson et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2023

    Clinic-level barriers to the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, such as competing priorities and resource constraints, are exacerbated by community-level stressors. Community members and clinicians agreed that it is important to select implementation strategies that leverage and enhance both community- and clinic-based resources

  • Cost-Effectiveness of Hearing Screening in Older Adults

    Open AccessAmber K Hsu, Sarah M Bassett et al.ARTICLEResearch on Aging2022

    OBJECTIVES: Age is the most common predictor of hearing loss; however, many older adults are not screened. Hearing screening could improve healthcare access, participation, and outcomes. Establishing whether hearing screening in older adults is cost-effective could improve the availability and utilization of screening. METHODS: We searched nine databases in January 2020. Studies with populations aged 50+ and provided data on the cost-effectivenes…

  • Impact of emergency department visit on disease self-management in adults with depression

    Open AccessNeeraj Bhandari, Yunfeng Shi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2018Cited by: 1References: 30

    Unexpected health-endangering events that lead to an emergency department visit may be perceived as "wake-up calls" and induce significant changes in health-related behavior ("health shock" effect). This study uses two waves of a survey of 826 adults with depression and finds that having an emergency department visit(s) increased medication adherence by 7.6 percentage points ( p < 0.05) relative to non-emergency department visitors but had no sig…

  • Institutional and Economic Determinants of Public Health System Performance

    Glen P Mays, Megan Mchugh et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2006Cited by: 23References: 24

    Objectives. Although a growing body of evidence demonstrates that availability and quality of essential public health services vary widely across communities, relatively little is known about the factors that give rise to these variations. We examined the association of institutional, financial, and community characteristics of local public health delivery systems and the performance of essential services. Methods. Performance measures were colle…