SarahAnn M. McFadden, PhD, RN, CPN
Assistant Professor
- Professional
- Biography
Education
- PhD, Nursing Science, University of Washington
- BSN, Nursing, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
- BS, Psychology, Pacific Lutheran University
Selected Publications
- McFadden, S. M., Nur, J., Dada, D., Wilton, L., Wang, M., Vlahbov, D., & Nelson, L. E. (2021). Confidence and hesitancy during the early roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine among Black, Hispanic, and undocumented immigrant communities: A review, Journal of Urban Health, in press.
- Commissioners of the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA. (2021). Promoting COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: Recommendations from the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance and Demand in the United States. The Lancet, 2021 Nov 15:S0140-6736. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02507-1
- AlKetbi, L., Elharake, J. A., Memari, S. A., Mazrouei, S. A., Shehhi, B. A., Malik, A. A., McFadden, S. M., Galal, B., Yildirim, I., Khoshnood, K., Omer, S. B., Memish, Z. A., AlZarouni, A. A., AlNeyadi, A. M., & Hosani, F. A. (2021). COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers in the United Arab Emirates. IJID Regions, 1, 20–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2021.08.003
- Elharake, J. A., Galal, B., Alqahtani, S. A. Kattan, R. F., Barry, M. A., Temsah, M. H., Malik, A. A., McFadden, S. M., … Memish, Z. A. (2021). COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among health care workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, International Journal of Infectious Disease, 109, 286-293. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.07.004
- McFadden, S. M., Malik, A. M., Aguolu, O. G., Willebrand, K. S., & Omer, S. B. (2020). Perceptions of the adult US population regarding the novel coronavirus outbreak, PLoS One, 15(4): e0231808. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231808
- Patel, K. M., McFadden, S. M., Mohanty, S., Joyce, C. M., Delamater, P. L., Klein, N. P., Salmon, D. A., Omer, S. B., & Buttenheim, A. M. (2022). Evaluation of Trends in Homeschooling Rates After Elimination of Nonmedical Exemptions to Childhood Immunizations in California, 2012-2020. JAMA network open, 5(2), e2146467. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.46467
- Demeke, J., McFadden, S. M., Dada, D., Djiometio, J. N., Vlahov, D., Wilton, L., Wang, M., & Nelson, L. E. (2022). Strategies that Promote Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake for Undocumented Immigrants: A Review. Journal of community health, 1–9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-022-01063-x
- Dada, D., Djiometio, J. N., McFadden, S. M., Demeke, J., Vlahov, D., Wilton, L., Wang, M., & Nelson, L. E. (2022). Strategies That Promote Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake for Black Communities: a Review. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1–13. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-021-00594-3
- Sharfstein, J. M., Callaghan, T., Carpiano, R. M., Sgaier, S. K., Brewer, N. T., Galvani, A. P., Lakshmanan, R., McFadden, S. M., … Hotez, P. J. on behalf of the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA (2021). Uncoupling vaccines from politics: A call to action. The Lancet, 398(10307), 1211-1212. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02099-7
- Elharake, J. A., Shafiq, M., McFadden, S. M., Malik, A. M., & Omer, S. B. (2021). The association of COVID-19 risk perception, county death rates, and voluntary health behaviors among the U.S. adult population, Journal of Infectious Diseases. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab131
- McFadden, S. M., Ko, L. K., Ibrahim, A., Berliner, D., Lin, J., Shankar, M., Mohamed, F. B., Amasalu, F., Ali, A., & Winer, R. L. (2021). Development and evaluation of an online continuing education course to increase healthcare provider self-efficacy to make strong HPV vaccine recommendations to East African immigrant families, Tumor Virus Research, 11. doi: 10.1016/j.tvr.2021.200214
- Shafiq, M., Elharake, J. A., Malik, A. M., McFadden, S. M., Aguolu, O. G., & Omer, S. B. (2021). COVID-19 Sources of Information, Knowledge, and Preventative Behaviors among U.S. Adult Population, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 27(3), 278-284. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001348
- Shadab, R., Lavery, J. V., McFadden, S. M., Elharake, J. A., Malik, F., & Omer, S. B. (2021). Key ethical considerations to guide the adjudication of a single-dose HPV vaccine schedule, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1917231
- Malik, A. A.*, McFadden, S. M.*, Elharake, J. E., & Omer, S. B. (2020). Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the US, EClinicalMedicine, 26. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100495
Selected Presentations
- International Papillomavirus Conference, Development and evaluations of an online continuing education module to increase healthcare provider self-efficacy to make strong HPV vaccine recommendations to East African immigrant families. , Barcelona, Spain (July 2020)
- APHA Annual Meeting and Expo, Trends in homeschooling rates following elimination of nonmedical exemptions to childhood immunizations., Denver, CO (October 2021)
- APHA Annual Meeting and Expo, State-level policies and toddler immunization completion: A secondary data analysis., Philadelphia, PA (November 2019)
- Academy Health Research Conference, Exploration of data collection methods for county-level toddler immunization coverage, Washington, DC (June 2019)
- Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference, Inconsistency in toddler immunization completion coverage data, San Diego, CA (April 2019)
Biography
Dr. McFadden is a registered nurse with experience in both public health and pediatrics. She is passionate about vaccination and has spent the last 5 years researching vaccine acceptance and policy as well as COVID-19. She is a PLU alum and is excited to work with PLU students, sharing her experiences as both a nurse and a researcher.
Scholarly Interests
Vaccine Acceptance, Vaccine Policy, Public Health, COVID-19, Health Equity
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