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Callaghan, Timothy Assistant Professor
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- Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health
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Publications
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Haeder, S. F., Sylvester, S. M., & Callaghan, T.
(2023).
More Than Words? How Highlighting Target Populations Affects Public Opinion about the Medicaid Program. 48(5), 713-760.
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Khodakarami, N., Akinlotan, M. A., Callaghan, T., Primm, K. M., Vadali, M., Bolin, J., & Ferdinand, A. O.
(2023).
Factors associated with hospitalizations for co-occurring HIV and opioid-related diagnoses: Evidence from the national inpatient sample, 2009-2017. Preventive Medicine Reports.
34, 102225-102225.
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Nuzhath, T., Spiegelman, A., Scobee, J., Goidel, K., David, W., & Callaghan, T.
(2023).
Primary care physicians strategies for addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Social Science and Medicine.
333, 116150-116150.
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Callaghan, T., Washburn, D. J., Falia, G., Greer, E., & Ramy, M.
(2023).
Opportunities and Challenges of Using Carve-Outs to Fund Rural Public Health Initiatives: Evidence From the COVID-19 Pandemic. Public Health Reports.
333549231176027-003335492311760.
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Goidel, K., Callaghan, T., Washburn, D. J., Nuzhath, T., Scobee, J., Spiegelman, A., & Motta, M.
(2023).
Physician Trust in the News Media and Attitudes toward COVID-19. 48(3), 317-350.
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Callaghan, T., Kassabian, M., Johnson, N., Shrestha, A., Helduser, J., Horel, S., Bolin, J. N., & Ferdinand, A. O.
(2023).
Rural healthy people 2030: New decade, new challenges. 33, 102176-102176.
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Callaghan, T.
(2023).
Vaccine Uptake and Hesitancy in Rural America in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic. American Journal of Public Health.
113(6), 615-617.
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Sylvester, S., Motta, M., Trujillo, K. L., & Callaghan, T.
(2023).
Vaccinating across the aisle: using co-partisan source cues to encourage COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the ideological right. Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
46(1-2), 311-323.
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Carpiano, R. M., Callaghan, T., DiResta, R., Brewer, N. T., Clinton, C., Galvani, A. P., ... Hotez, P. J.
(2023).
Confronting the evolution and expansion of anti-vaccine activism in the USA in the COVID-19 era. The Lancet.
401(10380), 967-970.
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Motta, M., Callaghan, T., Lunz-Trujillo, K., & Lockman, A.
(2023).
Erroneous Consonance. How inaccurate beliefs about physician opinion influence COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. 41(12), 2093-2099.
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Giannouchos, T. V., Beverly, J., Christodoulou, I., & Callaghan, T.
(2023).
Suicide and non-fatal self-injury-related emergency department visits among individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Autism: the international journal of research and practice.
13623613221150089-136236132211500.
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Opel, D. J., Brewer, N. T., Buttenheim, A. M., Callaghan, T., Carpiano, R. M., Clinton, C., ... Omer, S. B.
(2023).
The legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic for childhood vaccination in the USA. The Lancet.
401(10370), 75-78.
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Anyatonwu, S. C., & Callaghan, T.
(2023).
Exploring the role of discretionary income as a social determinant of health. Health Services Research (HSR).
58(1), 78-90.
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Kaur, R., Callaghan, T., & Regan, A. K.
(2023).
Disparities in Prenatal Immunization Rates in Rural and Urban US Areas by Indicators of Access to Care. Journal of Rural Health.
39(1), 142-152.
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Motta, M., Callaghan, T., Sylvester, S., & Lunz-Trujillo, K.
(2023).
Identifying the prevalence, correlates, and policy consequences of anti-vaccine social identity. Politics, Groups and Identities.
11(1), 108-122.
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Kroeger, M. A., Karch, A., & Callaghan, T.
(2022).
Model Bills, State Imitation, and the Political Safeguards of Federalism. LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY.
47(4), 855-884.
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Callaghan, T.
(2022).
Laboratories Against Democracy: How National Parties Transformed State Politics. Publius: the journal of federalism.
52(4), E52-E55.
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Mello, M. M., Opel, D. J., Benjamin, R. M., Callaghan, T., DiResta, R., Elharake, J. A., ... Caplan, A.
(2022).
Effectiveness of vaccination mandates in improving uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in the USA. The Lancet.
400(10351), 535-538.
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Washburn, D. J., Callaghan, T., Schmit, C., Thompson, E., Martinez, D., & Lafleur, M.
(2022).
Community health worker roles and their evolving interprofessional relationships in the United States. Journal of Interprofessional Care.
36(4), 545-551.
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Callaghan, T., Haeder, S. F., & Sylvester, S.
(2022).
Past experiences with surprise medical bills drive issue knowledge, concern and attitudes toward federal policy intervention. Health Economics, Policy and Law.
17(3), 298-331.
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Sylvester, S. M., Haeder, S. F., & Callaghan, T.
(2022).
Just say no? Public attitudes about supportive and punitive policies to combat the opioid epidemic. Journal of Public Policy.
42(2), 270-297.
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Schmit, C. D., Washburn, D. J., LaFleur, M., Martinez, D., Thompson, E., & Callaghan, T.
(2022).
Community Health Worker Sustainability: Funding, Payment, and Reimbursement Laws in the United States. Public Health Reports.
137(3), 597-603.
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Callaghan, T., Washburn, D., Goidel, K., Nuzhath, T., Spiegelman, A., Scobee, J., Moghtaderi, A., & Motta, M.
(2022).
Imperfect messengers? An analysis of vaccine confidence among primary care physicians. Vaccine.
40(18), 2588-2603.
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Brewer, N. T., Buttenheim, A. M., Clinton, C. V., Mello, M. M., Benjamin, R. M., Callaghan, T., ... Opel, D. J.
(2022).
Incentives for COVID-19 vaccination. 8, 100205-100205.
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Lueck, J. A., & Callaghan, T.
(2022).
Inside the 'black box' of COVID-19 vaccination beliefs: Revealing the relative importance of public confidence and news consumption habits. Social Science and Medicine.
298, 114874-114874.
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Callaghan, T., McCord, C., Washburn, D., Goidel, K., Schmit, C., Nuzhath, T., Spiegelman, A., & Scobee, J.
(2022).
The Changing Nature of Telehealth Use by Primary Care Physicians in the United States. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health.
13, 21501319221110418-215013192211104.
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Omer, S. B., Benjamin, R. M., Brewer, N. T., Buttenheim, A. M., Callaghan, T., Caplan, A., ... Hotez, P. J.
(2021).
Promoting COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: recommendations from the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA. The Lancet.
398(10317), 2186-2192.
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Callaghan, T., & Karch, A.
(2021).
Bill Content, Legislative Outcomes, and State-Level Resistance to National Policies. State Politics and Policy Quarterly.
21(4), 380-402.
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Sharfstein, J. M., Callaghan, T., Carpiano, R. M., Sgaier, S. K., Brewer, N. T., Galvani, A. P., ... Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA.
(2021).
Uncoupling vaccination from politics: a call to action. The Lancet.
398(10307), 1211-1212.
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Akinlotan, M. A., Primm, K., Bolin, J. N., Ferdinand Cheres, A. L., Lee, J., Callaghan, T., & Ferdinand, A. O.
(2021).
Racial, Rural, and Regional Disparities in Diabetes-Related Lower-Extremity Amputation Rates, 2009-2017. Diabetes Care.
44(9), 2053-2060.
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Haeder, S. F., Sylvester, S., & Callaghan, T.
(2021).
Shared Stigma: The Effect of LGBT Status on Attitudes About the Opioid Epidemic. World Medical and Health Policy.
13(3), 414-435.
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Nuzhath, T., Ajayi, K. V., Fan, Q., Hotez, P., Colwell, B., Callaghan, T., & Regan, A. K.
(2021).
Childhood immunization during the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas. Vaccine.
39(25), 3333-3337.
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Trujillo, K. L., Motta, M., Callaghan, T., & Sylvester, S.
(2021).
Correcting Misperceptions about the MMR Vaccine: Using Psychological Risk Factors to Inform Targeted Communication Strategies. 74(2), 464-478.
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Kaur, R., Callaghan, T., & Regan, A. K.
(2021).
Disparities in maternal influenza immunization among women in rural and urban areas of the United States. Preventive Medicine.
147, 106531-106531.
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Hotez, P. J., Nuzhath, T., Callaghan, T., & Colwell, B.
(2021).
COVID-19 vaccine decisions: considering the choices and opportunities. 23(4-5), 104811-104811.
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McBain, R. K., Cantor, J. H., Kofner, A., Callaghan, T., Stein, B. D., & Yu, H.
(2021).
Generosity of state insurance mandates and growth in the workforce for autism spectrum disorder. Autism: the international journal of research and practice.
25(4), 921-931.
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Olatunji, E. A., Ogunsola, A. S., Khodakarami, N., & Callaghan, T.
(2021).
Who receives influenza vaccinations at the Pharmacy? An analysis of the Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Vaccine.
39(21), 2857-2866.
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Haeder, S. F., Sylvester, S. M., & Callaghan, T.
(2021).
Lingering Legacies: Public Attitudes about Medicaid Beneficiaries and Work Requirements. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
46(2), 305-355.
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Commissioners of the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA.
(2021).
Announcing the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA. The Lancet.
397(10280), 1165-1167.
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Callaghan, T., Lueck, J. A., Trujillo, K. L., & Ferdinand, A. O.
(2021).
Rural and Urban Differences in COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors. Journal of Rural Health.
37(2), 287-295.
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Callaghan, T., & Sylvester, S.
(2021).
Private Citizens as Policy Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Autism Mandates and Parental Political Mobilization. 49(1), 123-145.
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Callaghan, T., Moghtaderi, A., Lueck, J. A., Hotez, P., Strych, U., Dor, A., Fowler, E. F., & Motta, M.
(2021).
Correlates and disparities of intention to vaccinate against COVID-19. Social Science and Medicine.
272, 113638-113638.
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Beverly, J., Giannouchos, T., & Callaghan, T.
(2021).
Examining frequent emergency department use among children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Autism: the international journal of research and practice.
25(5), 1382-1394.
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Lueck, J. A., Callaghan, T., & Scherr, S.
(2021).
Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Investigating Mental Health, COVID-19 Health Beliefs, and News Media Consumption in the United States Population in the Year 2020. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying.
302228211062361-003022282110623.
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Motta, M., Sylvester, S., Callaghan, T., & Lunz-Trujillo, K.
(2021).
Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Through Effective Health Communication. 3, 630133.
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Ferdinand, A. O., Akinlotan, M. A., Callaghan, T., Towne, S. D., & Bolin, J. N.
(2020).
Factors affecting the likelihood of a hospitalization following a diabetes-related emergency department visit: A regional and urban-rural analysis. Journal of Diabetes.
12(9), 686-696.
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Callaghan, T., Moghtaderi, A., Lueck, J. A., Hotez, P. J., Strych, U., Dor, A., Franklin Fowler, E., & Motta, M.
(2020).
Correlates and Disparities of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
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Callaghan, T., Karch, A., & Kroeger, M.
(2020).
Model State Legislation and Intergovernmental Tensions over the Affordable Care Act, Common Core, and the Second Amendment. 50(3), 518-539.
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Motta, M., & Callaghan, T.
(2020).
The pervasiveness and policy consequences of medical folk wisdom in the U.S. Scientific Reports.
10(1), 10722.
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Lee, J., & Callaghan, T.
(2020).
Response to Comment on Lee et al. The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Diabetes Management. Diabetes Care 2020;43:1094-1101. Diabetes Care.
43(6), e71-E71.
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Callaghan, T., Ferdinand, A. O., Akinlotan, M. A., Towne, S. D., & Bolin, J.
(2020).
The Changing Landscape of Diabetes Mortality in the United States Across Region and Rurality, 1999-2016. Journal of Rural Health.
36(3), 410-415.
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Lee, J., Callaghan, T., Ory, M., Zhao, H., & Bolin, J.
(2020).
Difference in the risk of depressive symptoms associated with physical activity in persons with diabetes: Across age, gender, and race/ethnicity. JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS.
269, 108-116.
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Lee, J., Callaghan, T., Ory, M., Zhao, H., & Bolin, J. N.
(2020).
The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Diabetes Management. Diabetes Care.
43(5), 1094-1101.
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Lee, J., Callaghan, T., Ory, M., Zhao, H., Foster, M., & Bolin, J. N.
(2020).
Effect of Study Design and Survey Instrument to Identify the Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Physical Activity in Type 2 Diabetes, 2000-2018: A Systematic Review. The Diabetes Educator.
46(1), 28-45.
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Primm, K., Ferdinand, A. O., Callaghan, T., Akinlotan, M. A., Towne, S. D., & Bolin, J.
(2019).
Congestive heart failure-related hospital deaths across the urban-rural continuum in the United States. Preventive Medicine Reports.
16, 101007-101007.
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Yaemsiri, S., Alfier, J. M., Moy, E., Rossen, L. M., Bastian, B., Bolin, J., ... Heron, M.
(2019).
Healthy People 2020: Rural Areas Lag In Achieving Targets For Major Causes Of Death. Health Affairs.
38(12), 2027-2031.
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Callaghan, T., Motta, M., Sylvester, S., Lunz Trujillo, K., & Blackburn, C. C.
(2019).
Parent psychology and the decision to delay childhood vaccination. Social Science and Medicine.
238, 112407-112407.
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Callaghan, T., Washburn, D. J., Nimmons, K., Duchicela, D., Gurram, A., & Burdine, J.
(2019).
Immigrant health access in Texas: policy, rhetoric, and fear in the Trump era. BMC Health Services Research.
19(1), 342.
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Callaghan, T., & Sylvester, S.
(2019).
Autism spectrum disorder, politics, and the generosity of insurance mandates in the United States. PLoS ONE.
14(5), e0217064-e0217064.
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Ferdinand, A. O., Akinlotan, M. A., Callaghan, T., Towne, S. D., & Bolin, J.
(2019).
Diabetes-related hospital mortality in the U.S.: A pooled cross-sectional study of the National Inpatient Sample. Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications.
33(5), 350-355.
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Motta, M., Callaghan, T., & Sylvester, S.
(2018).
Knowing less but presuming more: Dunning-Kruger effects and the endorsement of anti-vaccine policy attitudes. Social Science and Medicine.
211, 274-281.
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Olson, A., Callaghan, T., & Karch, A.
(2018).
Return of the "Rightful Remedy": Partisan Federalism, Resource Availability, and Nullification Legislation in the American States. 48(3), 495-522.
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Smith, B. A., Murib, Z., Motta, M., Callaghan, T. H., & Theys, M.
(2018).
"Gay" or "Homosexual"? The Implications of Social Category Labels for the Structure of Mass Attitudes. American Politics Research.
46(2), 336-372.
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Motta, M. P., Callaghan, T. H., & Smith, B.
(2017).
Looking for Answers: Identifying Search Behavior and Improving Knowledge-Based Data Quality in Online Surveys. International Journal of Public Opinion Research.
29(4), 575-603.
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Callaghan, T. H., & Jacobs, L. R.
(2017).
The Future of Health Care Reform: What Is Driving Enrollment?. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
42(2), 215-246.
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Callaghan, T., & Olson, A.
(2017).
Unearthing the Hidden Welfare State: Race, Political Attitudes, and Unforeseen Consequences. The Journal of Race Ethnicity and Politics.
2(1), 63-87.
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Luttig, M. D., & Callaghan, T. H.
(2016).
Is President Obama's Race Chronically Accessible? Racial Priming in the 2012 Presidential Election. Political Communication: an international journal.
33(4), 628-650.
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Callaghan, T., & Jacobs, L. R.
(2016).
Interest Group Conflict Over Medicaid Expansion: The Surprising Impact of Public Advocates. 106(2), 308-313.
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Chen, P. G., Appleby, J., Borgida, E., Callaghan, T. H., Ekstrom, P., Farhart, C. E., ... Williams, A.
(2014).
The Minnesota Multi-Investigator 2012 Presidential Election Panel Study. 14(1), 78-104.
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Callaghan, T., & Jacobsy, L. R.
(2014).
Process Learning and the Implementation of Medicaid Reform. Publius: the journal of federalism.
44(4), 541-563.
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Jacobs, L. R., & Callaghan, T.
(2013).
Why states expand Medicaid: party, resources, and history. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
38(5), 1023-1050.
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Haeder, S. F., Sylvester, S. M., & Callaghan, T.
(2023).
More Than Words? How Highlighting Target Populations Affects Public Opinion about the Medicaid Program. 48(5), 713-760.
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institutional repository document
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Motta, M., Callaghan, T., Trujillo, K. L., & Lockman, A.
(2022).
Erroneous Consonance. How Inaccurate Beliefs about Physician Opinion Influence COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
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Motta, M., Callaghan, T., & Trujillo, K. L.
(2022).
The CDC Wont Let Me Be. The Opinion Dynamics of Support for CDC Regulatory Authority
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Motta, M., Sylvester, S., Callaghan, T., & Trujillo, K. L.
(2020).
Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake through Effective Health Communication
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Callaghan, T., Moghtaderi, A., Lueck, J. A., Hotez, P. J., Strych, U., Dor, A., Fowler, E. F., & Motta, M.
(2020).
Correlates and Disparities of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
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Motta, M., Callaghan, T., Trujillo, K. L., & Lockman, A.
(2022).
Erroneous Consonance. How Inaccurate Beliefs about Physician Opinion Influence COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
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webpage
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Callaghan, T., & Motta, M.
(2021).
Why the next major hurdle to ending the pandemic will be about persuading people to get vaccinated
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Callaghan, T., & Motta, M.
(2019).
Conspiracy theories and fear of needles contribute to vaccine hesitancy for many parents
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Motta, M., Sylvester, S., & Callaghan, T.
(2018).
Why vaccine opponents think they know more than medical experts
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Wendelbo, M., & Callaghan, T.
(2018).
Giving patients the right to try experimental drugs is a political maneuver, not a lifesaver
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Callaghan, T.
(2017).
Why the US does not have universal health care, while many other countries do
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Callaghan, T.
(2016).
Three reasons the US doesn't have universal health coverage
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Callaghan, T. H., & Jacobs, L.
(2016).
Q & A with Timothy Callaghan and Lawrence Jacobs of the University of Minnesota
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Callaghan, T. H., & Jacobs, L.
(2014).
Why Republican Governors Embrace Obamacare
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Callaghan, T. H., & Jacobs, L.
(2012).
Minnesotas Hot Elections: The Legislative Elections to Watch
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Callaghan, T., & Motta, M.
(2021).
Why the next major hurdle to ending the pandemic will be about persuading people to get vaccinated
Research
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Teaching
teaching activities
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Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Minnesota - (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) 2016
- M.A. in Political Science, University of Minnesota - (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) 2014
- B.A. in Political Science, University of Connecticut - (Storrs, Connecticut, United States) 2011
- B.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Connecticut - (Storrs, Connecticut, United States) 2011
Contact
first name
- Timothy
has last name
- Callaghan
mailing address
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Texas A&M Health Science Center
Health Policy And Management
1266 TAMUS
College Station, TX 77843-1266
USA
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In the News
- Anti-vaxxers gain power on right, triggering new fears News Release
- COVID-19 Vaccine Maps Reveal Political Divide, Public Health Service Disparities News Release
- Growing Gaps in U.S. Vaccination Rates Show Regions at Risk News Release
- How Psychological Factors Play Into Vaccine Misinformation News Release
- Medical Folk Wisdom: What Is It, And How Does It Affect Public Health News Release
- Missouri lags Kansas in rural vaccinations. Here’s why and what it means as delta spreads News Release
- NPR Analysis Finds Growing Vaccine Divide Between Urban And Rural America News Release
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- Texas A&M experts weigh in on COVID-19 vaccine developments News Release
- Threat of delta variant looms large in unvaccinated South News Release
- ‘Ridiculous’: Vaccine Myths Cripple U.S. Uptake as Delta Surges News Release
- callaghan@sph.tamhsc.edu