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Shepherd-Banigan M, Jones KA, Sullivan C, Wang K, Clark AG, Van Houtven C, Olsen JM. Individual and program Characteristics May Drive Variability in Outcomes After Caregivers Participate in a Tailored Support Intervention. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 2022 Aug 1; 41(8):1960-1970.
Shepherd-Banigan M, Smith VA, Stechuchak KM, Van Houtven CH. Informal Caregiver Support Policies Change Use of Vocational Assistance Services for Individuals With Disabilities. Medical care research and review : MCRR. 2022 Apr 1; 79(2):218-232.
Shepherd-Banigan M, Pogoda TK, McKenna K, Sperber N, Van Houtven CH. Experiences of VA vocational and education training and assistance services: Facilitators and barriers reported by veterans with disabilities. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. 2021 Jun 1; 44(2):148-156.
Shepherd-Banigan M, Smith VA, Lindquist JH, Cary MP, Miller KEM, Chapman JG, Van Houtven CH. Identifying treatment effects of an informal caregiver education intervention to increase days in the community and decrease caregiver distress: a machine-learning secondary analysis of subgroup effects in the HI-FIVES randomized clinical trial. Trials. 2020 Feb 14; 21(1):189.
Van Houtven CH, Sperber NR, Shepherd-Banigan M, Decosimo KP. Function QUERI and iHI-Fives: Briefing before the VA Deputy Chief Patient Care Services Officer for Care Management and Social Work (Lisa Pape, LISW); Acting Director of Caregiver Support Program (Jennifer Perez, LICSW); 2019 Oct 23; Washington, DC.
Shepherd-Banigan M. [ElizabethDoleFoundation]. Moderator@NMFAKelly kicks off panel with Dr. Eric Bui, Dr. Abigail Gewirtz, and Dr. Megan Shepherd-Banigan, subject matter experts in the field of child development, parenting, and military caregiving. Focus of discussion = impact of caregiving on a child's development. Tweet. 2018 Jul 11. Available from: https://twitter.com/DoleFoundation/status/1017074796872589312.
Brancu M, Kabat MB, Shepherd-Banigan M, Williams JW. Interventions to Support Caregivers or Families of Patients with TBI, PTSD, or Polytrauma. Mild TBI Diagnosis and Management Strategies: Spotlight on Evidence-based Synthesis Program [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2017 Dec 13.
Shepherd-Banigan M, Rutledge R, Van Houtven CH, Wells R, Hillemier M, Domino M. Participation in a pregnancy-related care coordination program and behavioral health service use among Medicaid-eligible women in North Carolina. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2016 Jun 26; Boston, MA.
Shepherd-Banigan M, Bell J, Basu A, Booth-LaForce C, Harris J. Mothers Employment Attributes and Use of Preventive Child Health Services. Presented at: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference; 2015 Nov 11; Miami, FL.