Megan E Collins

Biographic Data

ID6924492
NAMEMegan E Collins
GIVEN NAMESMegan E
FAMILY NAMECollins
SIGNATURECOLLINS M E
AFFILIATIONSJohns Hopkins University
ORCID0000-0003-2067-0848
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Maximizing Parental Engagement in School‐Based Vision Programs

    Open AccessConnie Cai, Katherine A Connor et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2025

    The authors declare no conflicts of interest

  • Pediatric Eye Care in Federally Qualified Health Centers

    Open AccessChristina M Ambrosino, Olivia J Killeen et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2025

    This Viewpoint advocates for the use of federally qualified health centers in providing pediatric eye care in the US

  • Global school closures in response to Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessIndira Prihartono, Xinxing Guo et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences & Humanities Open2024

    The global outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic necessitated widespread school closures, however little is known about the preparedness of countries’ educational system in adapting to the pandemic. This study aimed to report initial estimates of school closures by country in comparison to actual length of school closures during the 2019–20 academic year using World Bank and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization data. Among…

  • Maryland School Health partners' Perspectives on the Impact of Covid‐19 on School Health Services for Grades K‐12

    Open AccessChristina Ambrosino, Kelly Beharry et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2024

    BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted routine school operations, including school health programs. This study aims to describe the pandemic's impact on school health service delivery from the perspective of Maryland school health partners. METHODS: We conducted semi-structured interviews with health service representatives from public schools (K-12) between July and December 2021. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and coded through an …

  • Development of a community-informed communication toolkit to prevent spread of viral illness in schools, including Sars-COV-2

    Open AccessAugust Summers, Gabriela V Calderon et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Introduction: Schools were uniquely impacted during the COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) pandemic. We sought to elucidate how parents/guardians of elementary and middle school students in Maryland navigated the return to in-person school following remote instruction. We also sought to understand how they perceived communication about school-based COVID-19 mitigation strategies and their preferences for the content and format of public health communication a…

  • Predictors of student mask mandate policies in United States school districts during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessLauren M Klein, Sara B Johnson et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Introduction: Although factors such as urbanicity, population demographics, and political affiliation have been linked with COVID-19 masking behavior and policy in community settings, little work has investigated factors associated with school mask policies. We sought to characterize United States state and school district student COVID-19 masking policies during the 2021-22 school year and determine predictors of these mandates at four time poin…

  • School‐Based Delivery of Vision Care in Chicago Public Schools

    Open AccessNathan Storey, Katheryn Stafford‐Hudson et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2023

    BACKGROUND: In 2012, Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Department of Public Health partnered together to create the Chicago School-Based Vision Program (CSBVP). This ongoing, city-wide program provides school-based vision services (eye examinations, eyeglasses provision, and eye care referrals) to students with limited access. METHODS: Descriptive analysis of the program operations from 2012 to 2020, including number of students served and e…

  • Identifying and preventing fraudulent responses in online public health surveys

    Open AccessJune Wang, Gabriela Calderon et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Web-based survey data collection has become increasingly popular, and limitations on in-person data collection during the COVID-19 pandemic have fueled this growth. However, the anonymity of the online environment increases the risk of fraudulent responses provided by bots or those who complete surveys to receive incentives, a major risk to data integrity. As part of a study of COVID-19 and the return to in-person school, we implemented a web-bas…

  • Pediatric and School-Age Vision Screening in the United States

    Open AccessChristina Ambrosino, Xi Dai et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    Pediatric vision screening detects children at risk for visual conditions with the goal of connecting those in need with an eye care provider for evaluation and treatment. The primary aim for vision screening in younger children is the detection of those at risk for amblyopia, which can result in irreversible vision loss if left untreated. In older children, screening goals broaden to include the detection of risk for uncorrected refractive error…

  • Parental Trust in School‐Based Health Care

    Open AccessAndrea S Nahum, Hursuong Vongsachang et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2022

  • Reimagining the Role of School‐Based Health Centers During the Covid ‐19 Pandemic

    Open AccessJareatha N Abdul‐Raheem, Alice J Liu et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2021

  • The New Narcissus in the Age of Reality Television

    Megan Collins, Megan E CollinsBOOKNew Narcissus in the Age of…2017

    This book explores the emergence and encouragement of the new narcissus in our society and the ways in which this is portrayed in reality television. Through studies of well-known reality shows, including Toddlers and Tiaras, Hoarders, Sister Wives, Catfish: The TV Show, Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and The Real Housewives, the author examines the combined effects of narcissism and consumerism, shedding light on the ways in which people are push…

  • A Comparative Analysis of Crime Guns

    Open AccessMegan E Collins, Susan T Parker et al.ARTICLERSF The Russell Sage Foundation…2017Cited by: 1References: 6

    Megan E. Collins, Susan T. Parker, Thomas L. Scott, Charles F. Wellford, A Comparative Analysis of Crime Guns, RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 5, The Underground Gun Market: Implications for Regulation and Enforcement (October 2017), pp. 96-127