Margaret Mcconnell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4372041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Mcconnell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcconnell |
| SIGNATURE | MCCONNELL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 109 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Enhancing cultural sensitivity in the implementation of the Fertility Quality of Life Tool in Sudan
Background: Infertility is a global health challenge impacting quality of life, particularly in low and middle-income countries such as Sudan. The Fertility Quality of Life (FertiQoL) tool, a standardized questionnaire, is pivotal in assessing fertility-related quality of life. However, existing research on its utility has primarily been conducted in Global North and High-Income Countries, highlighting the need to shift away from neocolonialism t…
“How I wish we could manage such things”
Maternal mortality rates in Kenya have remained high, with the country reporting 342 deaths per 100,000 live births. A major contributor to this is postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), responsible for 40% of maternal deaths in Kenya and the leading cause globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Timely and effective PPH care is crucial; however, challenges arise when referrals between facilities become necessary. Although Primary health…
Effectiveness of WhatsApp based debunking reminders on follow-up visit attendance for individuals with hypertension
The trial began on July 18th. We registered the trial on July 18th (before recruitment began), including the main outcomes, on the German Clinical Trial Register [Identifier: DRKS00029712] and published a pre-analysis plan in the Open Science Framework [osf.io/67g35]
Quality of care for postpartum hemorrhage
Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality in Kenya. The aim of this study was to measure quality and timeliness of care for PPH in a sample of deliveries in referral hospitals in Kenya. We conducted direct observations of 907 vaginal deliveries in three Kenyan hospitals from October 2018 through February 2019, observing the care women received from admission for labor and delivery through hospital discharge. We identi…
Examining the Association Between Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among U.S. Women
Health care provider decision-making and the quality of maternity care
Tying Innovation to Evaluation and Accountability in Programs to Address Intersecting Health and Social Needs
This JAMA Forum advocates for rigorous assessment of the effectiveness of programs and initiatives addressing health-related social needs to improve health outcomes
The role of chicken management practices in children’s exposure to environmental contamination
Clinical trials number: NCT03152227 ; Retrospectively registered at ClinicalTrials.gov on May 12, 2012
Assessing the performance of beneficiary targeting in Brazil’s More Doctors Programme
Many countries employ strategies that rest on the use of an explicitly defined set of criteria to identify underserved communities. Yet, we know relatively little about the performance of community-level targeting in large-scale health programmes. To address this gap, we examine the performance of community targeting in the More Doctors Programme (MDP). Our analysis covers all 5570 municipalities in the period between 2013 and 2017 using publicly…
Bypassing high-quality maternity facilities
Utilization of high-quality maternal care is an important link along the pathway from increased facility-based delivery to improved maternal health outcomes, however women in Nairobi do not all deliver in the highest quality facilities available to them. We explored whether women living in peri-urban Nairobi who live nearby to high-quality facilities bypassed, or travelled farther than, their nearest high technical quality facility using survey d…
Contraceptive Counseling in the Postpartum Period
Financial Support to Medicaid-Eligible Mothers Increases Caregiving for Preterm Infants
HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis for adolescent girls and young women in Africa
The Effect of HIV Self-Testing Delivery Models on Female Sex Workers’ Sexual Behaviors
HIV self-testing increases recent and frequent HIV testing among female sex workers (FSWs) in urban Uganda. Using results from a randomized controlled trial, we aim to establish the effect of HIV self-testing delivery models on FSWs' sexual behaviors in this setting. Clusters of one peer educator and eight participants were 1:1:1 randomized to: (1) direct provision of an HIV self-test, (2) provision of a coupon for facility collection of an HIV s…
Just a bit of cushion
Motivated Reasoning and HIV Risk? Views on Relationships, Trust, and Risk from Young Women in Cape Town, South Africa, and Implications for Oral PrEP
Short-term subsidies and seller type
Difference-in-Differences Analysis of the Association Between State Same-Sex Marriage Policies and Adolescent Suicide Attempts
Importance: Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents between the ages of 15 and 24 years. Adolescents who are sexual minorities experience elevated rates of suicide attempts. Objective: To evaluate the association between state same-sex marriage policies and adolescent suicide attempts. Design, Setting, and Participants: This study used state-level Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) data from January 1, 1999, to…
New Evidence on the Impact of Large-scale Conditional Cash Transfers on Child Vaccination Rates
Getting to the Top of Mind
We provide evidence from field experiments with three different banks that reminder messages increase commitment attainment for clients who recently opened commitment savings accounts. Messages that mention both savings goals and financial incentives are particularly effective, whereas other content variations such as gain versus loss framing do not have significantly different effects. Nor do we find evidence that receiving additional late remin…
Can cash transfers improve determinants of maternal mortality? Evidence from the household and community programs in Indonesia
Local Canvassing
This article offers empirical evidence supporting a relationship between social influence and voter turnout by comparing the effectiveness of face-to-face get-out-the-vote visits by canvassers living in a voter's local neighborhood against visits by canvassers from other neighborhoods. We analyze data from a randomized campaign conducted by a local community outreach group during the 2006 general election. We utilize natural variations in the ass…
Detecting Spillover Effects
Interpersonal communication presents a methodological challenge and a research opportunity for researchers involved in field experiments. The challenge is that communication among subjects blurs the line between treatment and control conditions. When treatment effects are transmitted from subject to subject, the stable unit treatment value assumption (SUTVA) is violated, and comparison of treatment and control outcomes may provide a biased assess…
Detecting Spillover Effects
Interpersonal communication presents a methodological challenge and a research opportunity for researchers involved in field experiments. The challenge is that communication among subjects blurs the line between treatment and control conditions. When treatment effects are transmitted from subject to subject, the stable unit treatment value assumption (SUTVA) is violated, and comparison of treatment and control outcomes may provide a biased assess…
Local Canvassing
This article offers empirical evidence supporting a relationship between social influence and voter turnout by comparing the effectiveness of face-to-face get-out-the-vote visits by canvassers living in a voter's local neighborhood against visits by canvassers from other neighborhoods. We analyze data from a randomized campaign conducted by a local community outreach group during the 2006 general election. We utilize natural variations in the ass…
Short-term subsidies and seller type
Can cash transfers improve determinants of maternal mortality? Evidence from the household and community programs in Indonesia
Just a bit of cushion
New Evidence on the Impact of Large-scale Conditional Cash Transfers on Child Vaccination Rates
Bypassing high-quality maternity facilities
Utilization of high-quality maternal care is an important link along the pathway from increased facility-based delivery to improved maternal health outcomes, however women in Nairobi do not all deliver in the highest quality facilities available to them. We explored whether women living in peri-urban Nairobi who live nearby to high-quality facilities bypassed, or travelled farther than, their nearest high technical quality facility using survey d…
Detecting Spillover Effects
Interpersonal communication presents a methodological challenge and a research opportunity for researchers involved in field experiments. The challenge is that communication among subjects blurs the line between treatment and control conditions. When treatment effects are transmitted from subject to subject, the stable unit treatment value assumption (SUTVA) is violated, and comparison of treatment and control outcomes may provide a biased assess…
Local Canvassing
This article offers empirical evidence supporting a relationship between social influence and voter turnout by comparing the effectiveness of face-to-face get-out-the-vote visits by canvassers living in a voter's local neighborhood against visits by canvassers from other neighborhoods. We analyze data from a randomized campaign conducted by a local community outreach group during the 2006 general election. We utilize natural variations in the ass…
Getting to the Top of Mind
We provide evidence from field experiments with three different banks that reminder messages increase commitment attainment for clients who recently opened commitment savings accounts. Messages that mention both savings goals and financial incentives are particularly effective, whereas other content variations such as gain versus loss framing do not have significantly different effects. Nor do we find evidence that receiving additional late remin…
Can cash transfers improve determinants of maternal mortality? Evidence from the household and community programs in Indonesia
Difference-in-Differences Analysis of the Association Between State Same-Sex Marriage Policies and Adolescent Suicide Attempts
Importance: Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents between the ages of 15 and 24 years. Adolescents who are sexual minorities experience elevated rates of suicide attempts. Objective: To evaluate the association between state same-sex marriage policies and adolescent suicide attempts. Design, Setting, and Participants: This study used state-level Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) data from January 1, 1999, to…
New Evidence on the Impact of Large-scale Conditional Cash Transfers on Child Vaccination Rates
Motivated Reasoning and HIV Risk? Views on Relationships, Trust, and Risk from Young Women in Cape Town, South Africa, and Implications for Oral PrEP
Short-term subsidies and seller type
HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis for adolescent girls and young women in Africa
The Effect of HIV Self-Testing Delivery Models on Female Sex Workers’ Sexual Behaviors
HIV self-testing increases recent and frequent HIV testing among female sex workers (FSWs) in urban Uganda. Using results from a randomized controlled trial, we aim to establish the effect of HIV self-testing delivery models on FSWs' sexual behaviors in this setting. Clusters of one peer educator and eight participants were 1:1:1 randomized to: (1) direct provision of an HIV self-test, (2) provision of a coupon for facility collection of an HIV s…
Just a bit of cushion
Contraceptive Counseling in the Postpartum Period
Financial Support to Medicaid-Eligible Mothers Increases Caregiving for Preterm Infants
The role of chicken management practices in children’s exposure to environmental contamination
Clinical trials number: NCT03152227 ; Retrospectively registered at ClinicalTrials.gov on May 12, 2012
Assessing the performance of beneficiary targeting in Brazil’s More Doctors Programme
Many countries employ strategies that rest on the use of an explicitly defined set of criteria to identify underserved communities. Yet, we know relatively little about the performance of community-level targeting in large-scale health programmes. To address this gap, we examine the performance of community targeting in the More Doctors Programme (MDP). Our analysis covers all 5570 municipalities in the period between 2013 and 2017 using publicly…
Bypassing high-quality maternity facilities
Utilization of high-quality maternal care is an important link along the pathway from increased facility-based delivery to improved maternal health outcomes, however women in Nairobi do not all deliver in the highest quality facilities available to them. We explored whether women living in peri-urban Nairobi who live nearby to high-quality facilities bypassed, or travelled farther than, their nearest high technical quality facility using survey d…
Tying Innovation to Evaluation and Accountability in Programs to Address Intersecting Health and Social Needs
This JAMA Forum advocates for rigorous assessment of the effectiveness of programs and initiatives addressing health-related social needs to improve health outcomes
Quality of care for postpartum hemorrhage
Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality in Kenya. The aim of this study was to measure quality and timeliness of care for PPH in a sample of deliveries in referral hospitals in Kenya. We conducted direct observations of 907 vaginal deliveries in three Kenyan hospitals from October 2018 through February 2019, observing the care women received from admission for labor and delivery through hospital discharge. We identi…
Examining the Association Between Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among U.S. Women
Health care provider decision-making and the quality of maternity care
Enhancing cultural sensitivity in the implementation of the Fertility Quality of Life Tool in Sudan
Background: Infertility is a global health challenge impacting quality of life, particularly in low and middle-income countries such as Sudan. The Fertility Quality of Life (FertiQoL) tool, a standardized questionnaire, is pivotal in assessing fertility-related quality of life. However, existing research on its utility has primarily been conducted in Global North and High-Income Countries, highlighting the need to shift away from neocolonialism t…
“How I wish we could manage such things”
Maternal mortality rates in Kenya have remained high, with the country reporting 342 deaths per 100,000 live births. A major contributor to this is postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), responsible for 40% of maternal deaths in Kenya and the leading cause globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Timely and effective PPH care is crucial; however, challenges arise when referrals between facilities become necessary. Although Primary health…
Effectiveness of WhatsApp based debunking reminders on follow-up visit attendance for individuals with hypertension
The trial began on July 18th. We registered the trial on July 18th (before recruitment began), including the main outcomes, on the German Clinical Trial Register [Identifier: DRKS00029712] and published a pre-analysis plan in the Open Science Framework [osf.io/67g35]
Medicine (18 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Family medicine (7 works) · Health care (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Medical emergency (5 works)