Martha Buchanan

Biographic Data

ID6063969
NAMEMartha Buchanan
GIVEN NAMESMartha
FAMILY NAMEBuchanan
SIGNATUREBUCHANAN M
AFFILIATIONSIllinois State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
H-INDEX0

  • A Case Study of Cross-Jurisdiction Resource Sharing

    Anne Kershenbaum, Margaret Knight et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2015

    Cross-jurisdiction resource sharing is considered a possible means to improve efficiency and effectiveness of public health service delivery. A merger of the Tuberculosis (TB) clinics of a rural and a metropolitan jurisdiction in East Tennessee provided an opportunity to study service provision changes in real time. A mixed methods approach was used, including quantitative data on latent TB treatment outcomes and qualitative data from staff inter…

  • The Effects of the Changes in Section 317 Rules for Administration of Federally Purchased Vaccines

    Margaret Knight, Margaret A Knight et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2014

    Section 317 of the Public Health Services Act is a federal program that provides funds for the purchase of vaccines. These annual Congressional allocations fluctuate from year to year as Congress responds to changes in national needs for immunizations. The Affordable Care Act requires first dollar coverage of immunizations and other preventive care, allowing a reduction in federal funding for vaccine purchase and a reallocation of funds to other …

  • The Effects of the State of Tennessee Immunization Policy Change of 2011–2012 on Vaccination Uptake in East Tennessee

    Margaret Knight, Margaret A Knight et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2014

    In the United States, funding for the purchase of vaccines depend on annual Congressional allocations. These allocations fluctuate from year to year as Congress responds to changes in national needs for immunizations. The Affordable Care Act requires first dollar coverage of immunizations and other preventive care, allowing a reduction in federal funding for vaccine purchase and a reallocation of funds to other uses such as infrastructure develop…

  • Young Adults' Wishful Identification With Television Characters

    Cynthia Hoffner, Cynthia A Hoffner et al.ARTICLEMedia Psychology2005

    In this study, 208 young adults completed questionnaires measuring their perceptions of and responses to their favorite fictional television characters, both male and female. Measures included perceived attitude similarity, perceived character attributes (smart, successful, attractive, funny, violent, admired), and wishful identification with the characters. Wishful identification was defined as the desire to be like or act like the character. Re…

  • Parents' Responses to Television Violence

    Cynthia Hoffner, Cynthia A Hoffner et al.ARTICLEMedia Psychology2002

    Extending prior research on the third-person effect, which has focused on perceived media effects on adults, the present study examined parents' beliefs about the effects of televised violence on their own and other children, and how these perceptions are related to two different behavioral responses: parental mediation of television and support for censorship. Respondents were parents of children aged 3 to 18 (N = 70), who were contacted as part…

  • The Third-Person Effect in Perceptions of the Influence of Television Violence

    Open AccessCynthia Hoffner, Cynthia A Hoffner et al.ARTICLEJournal of Communication2001

    This study examines the third-person effect (the belief that others are more affected by media messages than oneself) for two different effects of televised violence, mean world perceptions and aggression, using attribution theory as an explanatory framework. In telephone interviews with a random sample of 253 community residents, third-person effects, as predicted, were observed for both aggression and mean world perceptions, but were larger for…