Meghan E Shanahan

Biographic Data

ID	4430163
NAME	Meghan E Shanahan
GIVEN NAMES	Meghan E
FAMILY NAME	Shanahan
SIGNATURE	SHANAHAN M E
AFFILIATIONS	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ORCID	0000-0001-5784-8203
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	20
TOTAL CITATIONS	23
AUTHOR COUNT	20
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	4

The impact of social safety net policies on mental health and suicide outcomes in the United States
Open AccessAnna E Austin, Laura C Hergenrother et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2026
Intimate Partner Violence in Mid‐Adulthood in the United States
Open AccessCarolyn T Halpern, Meghan E Shanahan et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Sexual and…2025References: 3
Even into mid-adulthood, sexually minoritized groups have a disproportionate likelihood of experiencing both IPV perpetration and victimization compared to heterosexual peers. More work is needed to understand and address sources of these disparities
Association of Food Insecurity With Multiple Forms of Interpersonal and Self-Directed Violence
Open AccessMadeline Frank, Leah Daniel et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2024
Economic stress, broadly defined, is associated with an increased likelihood of multiple forms of violence. Food insecurity is a distinct economic stressor and material hardship that is amenable to programmatic and policy intervention. To inform intervention and identify gaps in the current evidence base, we conducted a systematic review to synthesize and critically evaluate the existing literature regarding the association between food insecurit…
Identifying Facilitators and Barriers to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Visitation in Mothers of Low Socioeconomic Status
Open AccessDana McCarty, Renée M Ferrari et al.ARTICLEChildren2024
Hospitals can support families with infants in an NICU by providing free or inexpensive short-term sibling support, alleviating the burden of parking costs, and communicating early and frequently about available institutional resources during the hospital stay
The Association of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program and Intimate Partner Violence Related Emergency Department Visits
Open AccessMeghan E Shanahan, Anna E Austin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2024References: 2
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10896-024-00750-8
Do cash transfer programs have different effects on children based on household disability status? Evidence from Malawi and Zambia
Open AccessHannah Silverstein, Gustavo Angeles et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2024References: 3
Globally, about 1 billion people have disabilities. Cash transfers (CTs) are social protection programs often explicitly including people with disabilities. There is little research differentiating CT impacts by disability status. We used a triple difference estimation strategy with three‐way interaction terms to estimate disability‐differential impacts of CTs in Malawi and Zambia on material needs, physical health, and nutritional status among c…
Association of Housing Stress With Child Maltreatment
Open AccessCaroline Chandler, Caroline E Chandler et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2022
Child maltreatment is a significant public health issue in the United States. Understanding key risk factors for child maltreatment is critical to informing effective prevention. Poverty is an established risk factor for child maltreatment. However, recent research indicates that material hardship (i.e., difficulties meeting basic needs) may serve as a more direct measure of the way in which poverty affects daily life. One form of material hardsh…
Associations Among Violence Victimization and/or Exploitation of Minors and Later Young Adulthood Violence
Open AccessHannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Sandra L Martins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2022References: 1
Little is known about how minor sex exchange (MSE) may impact violence victimization during adulthood. This study investigates potential associations between MSE and forms of interpersonal violence victimization in young adulthood, while controlling for additional forms of violence experienced in childhood and adolescence. Data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( n = 11,500 ) were used in this analysis. Multivaria…
Risk and Protective Factors for Child Maltreatment
Open AccessAnna E Austin, Alexandria M Lesak et al.ARTICLECurrent Epidemiology Reports2020
Patterns of Risk and Protective Factors Among Alaska Children
Open AccessAnna E Austin, Nisha C Gottfredson et al.ARTICLEChild Development2020
This study used population-representative data to examine associations of risk and protective factor patterns among Alaska Native/American Indian (AN/AI; N = 592) and non-Native (N = 1,018) children with maternal and child outcomes at age 3 years. Among AN/AI children, a high risk/moderate protection class was associated with child developmental risk and mothers being less likely to feel comfortable asking for help or knowing where to go for pare…
A Systematic Review of Interventions for Women Parenting in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence
Open AccessAnna E Austin, Meghan E Shanahan et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2019
Intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization is widespread among women with children and has negative consequences for both women’s and children’s well-being. Despite mixed evidence regarding the effect of IPV on women’s parenting ability and behaviors, there is an increasing focus on mothering in the context of IPV, particularly among the child welfare and child protection systems. To help respond to this increasing focus, several interventions…
Preconception and Prenatal Predictors of Early Experiences of Risk and Protection Among Alaska Children
Open AccessAnna E Austin, Nisha C Gottfredson et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2019
A Quasi-Experimental Effectiveness Study of Triple P on Child Maltreatment
Open AccessSamantha Schilling, Paul Lanier et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2019Cited by: 2References: 2
Child maltreatment and body mass index over time
Open AccessRebeccah L Sokol, Susan T Ennett et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2019References: 25
Ranapurwala et al. Respond
Shabbar I Ranapurwala, Meghan E Shanahan et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2019References: 2
AffiliationsShabbar I. Ranapurwala, Apostolos A. Alexandridis, Rebecca B. Naumann, and Stephen W. Marshall are with the Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Meghan E. Shanahan is with the Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina. Scott Proescholdbell is with the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch, North Carolina Division of Public Health, Raleigh. Daniel Edwards Jr is with the Divi…
Relationship between child maltreatment and adolescent body mass index trajectories
Open AccessRebeccah L Sokol, Nisha C Gottfredson et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2018Cited by: 4References: 38
Opioid Overdose Mortality Among Former North Carolina Inmates
Shabbar I Ranapurwala, Meghan E Shanahan et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2018Cited by: 4References: 23
Objectives. To examine differences in rates of opioid overdose death (OOD) between former North Carolina (NC) inmates and NC residents and evaluate factors associated with postrelease OOD. Methods. We linked NC inmate release data to NC death records, calculated OOD standardized mortality ratios to compare former inmates with NC residents, and calculated hazard ratios to identify predictors of time to OOD. Results. Of the 229 274 former inmates r…
The within poverty differences in the occurrence of physical neglect
Open AccessMeghan E Shanahan, Desmond K Runyan et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2017Cited by: 5References: 36
The Use of a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to Develop Algorithms to Identify Providers With Unusual Prescribing Practices for Controlled Substances
Open AccessChristopher L Ringwalt, Christopher Ringwalt et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Primary Prevention2015
Promoting Supportive Parenting in New Mothers With Substance-Use Problems
Open AccessLisa J Berlin, Meghan E Shanahan et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2014Cited by: 8References: 14
This pilot randomized trial tested the feasibility and efficacy of supplementing residential substance-abuse treatment for new mothers with a brief, yet rigorous, attachment-based parenting program. Twenty-one predominantly (86%) White mothers and their infants living together in residential substance-abuse treatment were randomly assigned to the program (n = 11) or control (n = 10) group. Program mothers received 10 home-based sessions of Dozier…

Promoting Supportive Parenting in New Mothers With Substance-Use Problems
Open AccessLisa J Berlin, Meghan E Shanahan et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2014Cited by: 8References: 14
This pilot randomized trial tested the feasibility and efficacy of supplementing residential substance-abuse treatment for new mothers with a brief, yet rigorous, attachment-based parenting program. Twenty-one predominantly (86%) White mothers and their infants living together in residential substance-abuse treatment were randomly assigned to the program (n = 11) or control (n = 10) group. Program mothers received 10 home-based sessions of Dozier…
The Use of a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to Develop Algorithms to Identify Providers With Unusual Prescribing Practices for Controlled Substances
Open AccessChristopher L Ringwalt, Christopher Ringwalt et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Primary Prevention2015
The within poverty differences in the occurrence of physical neglect
Open AccessMeghan E Shanahan, Desmond K Runyan et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2017Cited by: 5References: 36
Relationship between child maltreatment and adolescent body mass index trajectories
Open AccessRebeccah L Sokol, Nisha C Gottfredson et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2018Cited by: 4References: 38
Opioid Overdose Mortality Among Former North Carolina Inmates
Shabbar I Ranapurwala, Meghan E Shanahan et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2018Cited by: 4References: 23
Objectives. To examine differences in rates of opioid overdose death (OOD) between former North Carolina (NC) inmates and NC residents and evaluate factors associated with postrelease OOD. Methods. We linked NC inmate release data to NC death records, calculated OOD standardized mortality ratios to compare former inmates with NC residents, and calculated hazard ratios to identify predictors of time to OOD. Results. Of the 229 274 former inmates r…
A Systematic Review of Interventions for Women Parenting in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence
Open AccessAnna E Austin, Meghan E Shanahan et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2019
Intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization is widespread among women with children and has negative consequences for both women’s and children’s well-being. Despite mixed evidence regarding the effect of IPV on women’s parenting ability and behaviors, there is an increasing focus on mothering in the context of IPV, particularly among the child welfare and child protection systems. To help respond to this increasing focus, several interventions…
Preconception and Prenatal Predictors of Early Experiences of Risk and Protection Among Alaska Children
Open AccessAnna E Austin, Nisha C Gottfredson et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2019
A Quasi-Experimental Effectiveness Study of Triple P on Child Maltreatment
Open AccessSamantha Schilling, Paul Lanier et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2019Cited by: 2References: 2
Child maltreatment and body mass index over time
Open AccessRebeccah L Sokol, Susan T Ennett et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2019References: 25
Ranapurwala et al. Respond
Shabbar I Ranapurwala, Meghan E Shanahan et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2019References: 2
AffiliationsShabbar I. Ranapurwala, Apostolos A. Alexandridis, Rebecca B. Naumann, and Stephen W. Marshall are with the Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Meghan E. Shanahan is with the Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina. Scott Proescholdbell is with the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch, North Carolina Division of Public Health, Raleigh. Daniel Edwards Jr is with the Divi…
Risk and Protective Factors for Child Maltreatment
Open AccessAnna E Austin, Alexandria M Lesak et al.ARTICLECurrent Epidemiology Reports2020
Patterns of Risk and Protective Factors Among Alaska Children
Open AccessAnna E Austin, Nisha C Gottfredson et al.ARTICLEChild Development2020
This study used population-representative data to examine associations of risk and protective factor patterns among Alaska Native/American Indian (AN/AI; N = 592) and non-Native (N = 1,018) children with maternal and child outcomes at age 3 years. Among AN/AI children, a high risk/moderate protection class was associated with child developmental risk and mothers being less likely to feel comfortable asking for help or knowing where to go for pare…
Association of Housing Stress With Child Maltreatment
Open AccessCaroline Chandler, Caroline E Chandler et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2022
Child maltreatment is a significant public health issue in the United States. Understanding key risk factors for child maltreatment is critical to informing effective prevention. Poverty is an established risk factor for child maltreatment. However, recent research indicates that material hardship (i.e., difficulties meeting basic needs) may serve as a more direct measure of the way in which poverty affects daily life. One form of material hardsh…
Associations Among Violence Victimization and/or Exploitation of Minors and Later Young Adulthood Violence
Open AccessHannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Sandra L Martins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2022References: 1
Little is known about how minor sex exchange (MSE) may impact violence victimization during adulthood. This study investigates potential associations between MSE and forms of interpersonal violence victimization in young adulthood, while controlling for additional forms of violence experienced in childhood and adolescence. Data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( n = 11,500 ) were used in this analysis. Multivaria…
Association of Food Insecurity With Multiple Forms of Interpersonal and Self-Directed Violence
Open AccessMadeline Frank, Leah Daniel et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2024
Economic stress, broadly defined, is associated with an increased likelihood of multiple forms of violence. Food insecurity is a distinct economic stressor and material hardship that is amenable to programmatic and policy intervention. To inform intervention and identify gaps in the current evidence base, we conducted a systematic review to synthesize and critically evaluate the existing literature regarding the association between food insecurit…
Identifying Facilitators and Barriers to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Visitation in Mothers of Low Socioeconomic Status
Open AccessDana McCarty, Renée M Ferrari et al.ARTICLEChildren2024
Hospitals can support families with infants in an NICU by providing free or inexpensive short-term sibling support, alleviating the burden of parking costs, and communicating early and frequently about available institutional resources during the hospital stay
The Association of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program and Intimate Partner Violence Related Emergency Department Visits
Open AccessMeghan E Shanahan, Anna E Austin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2024References: 2
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10896-024-00750-8
Do cash transfer programs have different effects on children based on household disability status? Evidence from Malawi and Zambia
Open AccessHannah Silverstein, Gustavo Angeles et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2024References: 3
Globally, about 1 billion people have disabilities. Cash transfers (CTs) are social protection programs often explicitly including people with disabilities. There is little research differentiating CT impacts by disability status. We used a triple difference estimation strategy with three‐way interaction terms to estimate disability‐differential impacts of CTs in Malawi and Zambia on material needs, physical health, and nutritional status among c…
Intimate Partner Violence in Mid‐Adulthood in the United States
Open AccessCarolyn T Halpern, Meghan E Shanahan et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Sexual and…2025References: 3
Even into mid-adulthood, sexually minoritized groups have a disproportionate likelihood of experiencing both IPV perpetration and victimization compared to heterosexual peers. More work is needed to understand and address sources of these disparities
The impact of social safety net policies on mental health and suicide outcomes in the United States
Open AccessAnna E Austin, Laura C Hergenrother et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2026