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Michelle C. Kegler

Michelle C. Kegler

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
48
Citations
9473
World Ranking
3148
National Ranking
1523

Overview

Michelle C. Kegler is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has a research focus predominantly within Health Professions and Medicine. Their scholarly output spans multiple subfields including General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Health, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

Their research topics cover a range of public health themes such as Health Policy Implementation Science, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Community Health and Development, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, and Public Health Policies and Education.

Recent papers authored by Michelle C. Kegler include:

  • Evaluation Methods Commonly Used to Assess Effectiveness of Community Coalitions in Public Health: Results From a Scoping Review, 2020, New Directions for Evaluation
  • Home gardening and associations with fruit and vegetable intake and BMI, 2020, Public Health Nutrition
  • Inequities in Physical Activity Environments and Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Rural Communities, 2022, Preventing Chronic Disease
  • Inner and outer setting factors that influence the implementation of the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR): a qualitative study, 2022, Implementation Science Communications
  • Home food environment and associations with weight and diet among U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study, 2021, BMC Public Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michelle C. Kegler include Regine Haardörfer, Carla J. Berg, Arevik Torosyan, Zhanna Sargsyan, and Varduhi Hayrumyan.

Key publication venues for their work comprise Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, UNC Libraries, Frontiers in Health Services, Public Health Nutrition, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Michelle C. Kegler has contributed to academic literature through book publications as well, including titles published by Cambridge University Press and Rutgers University Press. These include The Cambridge Handbook of Community Empowerment (2024) and Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity, 4th edition (2022).

Best Publications

  • Community-based interventions.

    Kenneth R. McLeroy;Barbara L. Norton;Michelle C. Kegler;James N. Burdine

  • Effects of self-care, self-efficacy, social support on glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes

    Junling Gao;Jingli Wang;Pinpin Zheng;Regine Haardörfer

  • Perceived harm, addictiveness, and social acceptability of tobacco products and marijuana among young adults: marijuana, hookah, and electronic cigarettes win.

    Carla J. Berg;Erin Stratton;Gillian L. Schauer;Michael Lewis

  • Factors That Contribute to Effective Community Health Promotion Coalitions: A Study of 10 Project ASSIST Coalitions in North Carolina:

    Michelle Crozier Kegler;Allan Steckler;Kenneth Mcleroy;Sally Herndon Malek

  • Assessing the overlap between tobacco and marijuana: Trends in patterns of co-use of tobacco and marijuana in adults from 2003-2012.

    Gillian L. Schauer;Carla J. Berg;Michelle C. Kegler;Dennis M. Donovan

  • Developing measures to assess constructs from the Inner Setting domain of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

    Maria E. Fernandez;Timothy J. Walker;Bryan J. Weiner;William A. Calo

  • A Review of Qualitative Data Analysis Practices in Health Education and Health Behavior Research.

    Ilana G. Raskind;Rachel C. Shelton;Dawn L. Comeau;Hannah L. F. Cooper

  • The potential protective effects of youth assets from adolescent sexual risk behaviors

    Sara K Vesely;Vicki H Wyatt;Roy F Oman;Cheryl B Aspy

  • Proceedings from the 9th annual conference on the science of dissemination and implementation

    David Chambers;Lisa Simpson;Felicia Hill-Briggs;Gila Neta

  • The potential of computers in patient education

    Celette Sugg Skinner;Juliette C. Siegfried;Michelle C. Kegler;Victor J. Strecher

  • Attitudes toward E-Cigarettes, Reasons for Initiating E-Cigarette Use, and Changes in Smoking Behavior after Initiation: A Pilot Longitudinal Study of Regular Cigarette Smokers

    Carla J. Berg;Dana Boyd Barr;Erin Stratton;Cam Escoffery

  • An Initial Attempt at Operationalizing and Testing the Community Coalition Action Theory

    Michelle C. Kegler;Deanne W. Swan

  • Relationships Among Youth Assets and Neighborhood and Community Resources

    Michelle Crozier Kegler;Roy F. Oman;Sara K. Vesely;Kenneth R. McLeroy

  • Community coalitions for health promotion: summary and further reflections

    Kenneth R. McLeroy;Michelle Kegler;Allan Steckler;James M. Burdine

  • A multiple case study of implementation in 10 local Project ASSIST coalitions in North Carolina

    Michelle Crozier Kegler;Allan Steckler;Sally Herndon Malek;Kenneth McLeroy

  • Differences in tobacco product use among past month adult marijuana users and nonusers: Findings from the 2003–2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

    Gillian L. Schauer;Carla J. Berg;Michelle C. Kegler;Dennis M. Donovan

  • Balancing fidelity and adaptation: implementing evidence-based chronic disease prevention programs.

    Michelle L. Carvalho;Sally Honeycutt;Cam Escoffery;Karen Glanz

  • How does community context influence coalitions in the formation stage? a multiple case study based on the Community Coalition Action Theory

    Michelle C Kegler;Jessica Rigler;Sally Honeycutt

  • Rules regarding Marijuana and Its Use in Personal Residences: Findings from Marijuana Users and Nonusers Recruited through Social Media

    Carla J. Berg;David B. Buller;Gillian L. Schauer;Michael Windle

  • Defining “smoker”: College student attitudes and related smoking characteristics

    Carla J. Berg;Pratibha P. Parelkar;Laura Lessard;Cam Escoffery

  • Cigarette Users’ Interest in Using or Switching to Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems for Smokeless Tobacco for Harm Reduction, Cessation, or Novelty: A Cross-Sectional Survey of US Adults

    Carla J. Berg;Regine Haardoerfer;Cam Escoffery;Pinpin Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Carla J. Berg
Carla J. Berg George Washington University
Maria E. Fernandez
Maria E. Fernandez The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Kenneth R. McLeroy
Kenneth R. McLeroy Texas A&M University
Matthew W. Kreuter
Matthew W. Kreuter Washington University in St. Louis
Michael Windle
Michael Windle Emory University
Daniela B. Friedman
Daniela B. Friedman University of South Carolina
Bryan J. Weiner
Bryan J. Weiner University of Washington
Cara C. Lewis
Cara C. Lewis Kaiser Permanente
Michael R. Kramer
Michael R. Kramer Emory University
Derek M. Griffith
Derek M. Griffith Georgetown University

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