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Patrick Callery

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Patrick Callery
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAcademic, researcher
Known forResearch on adolescent health self-management and pediatric nursing

Patrick Callery is an American academic affiliated with the University of Vermont, where he conducts research in nursing science with a particular emphasis on child and adolescent health. His scholarship spans topics including type 1 diabetes self-management among adolescents, sexual and reproductive health services for young people, childhood nutrition in resource-limited settings, and pediatric feeding and sleep outcomes. Over the course of his career, Callery has authored or co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications, and his work has been cited thousands of times according to bibliometric databases.[1]

Education

Callery received a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Boston University in 1994 and a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1995.[2] He later earned an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2009, and a Ph.D. from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2018.[2]

Career

Patrick Callery holds a faculty position at the University of Vermont, where his affiliation situates his research activity within the broader landscape of American academic nursing and health science scholarship.[3] Over the course of his academic career, Callery has produced a substantial body of published research, totaling 156 papers as catalogued by Semantic Scholar, with an aggregate citation count of 3,821 and an h-index of 31.[4] These metrics indicate a sustained output of research that has been referenced extensively by other scholars working in nursing, pediatrics, public health, and behavioral medicine.

Callery's published work reflects an international scope of collaboration, with studies conducted in settings including Jordan, Malaysia, Ghana, and the United States.[5][6][7] Records indicate a Small Instrumentation Grant totaling $8,069, administered through the University of Maryland Baltimore.[8] His 2022 study published in Current Diabetes Reviews examined how adolescents in Jordan and their parents interpreted diabetes management through religious and cultural frameworks, highlighting the intersection of faith-based coping and clinical self-management practices.[9] A companion study, also from 2022 and published in Clinical Diabetes, investigated barriers adolescents face in diabetes self-management, with particular attention to a desire among young patients to be treated normally by peers and adults rather than singled out because of their condition.[10]

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health

Callery's research has also focused extensively on the delivery of sexual and reproductive health services to young people. A 2021 literature review published in Enfermería clínica examined healthcare professionals' experiences delivering these services to adolescents, synthesizing findings across multiple health systems.[11] Related work published in 2020 explored how religious belief systems influenced healthcare professionals' attitudes toward teenage sexual practices in Malaysia, a study that has been cited 12 times.[12] Callery also contributed to a broader overview of adolescent sexual and reproductive health service provision in Malaysia, published in Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, which has accumulated 26 citations, making it among his most cited works.[13]

Child nutrition and feeding practices

Another strand of Callery's work concerns childhood nutrition, particularly in rural and resource-constrained settings. His 2021 study in Appetite examined factors influencing childhood nutrition through the perspectives of mothers in a rural Ghanaian community.[14] A related 2020 study published in Maternal and Child Nutrition explored how caregivers in rural northern Ghana perceived food and their children's diets, contributing to a broader understanding of childhood feeding practices in low-resource environments.[15]

Pediatric clinical outcomes

Callery has also contributed to research on specific pediatric clinical conditions. A 2021 feasibility study published in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal investigated whether sleep position influences sleep-disordered breathing in infants with cleft palate.[16]

Behavior change and patient engagement

Callery's research has additionally addressed theoretical and applied approaches to behavior change in pediatric and family health contexts. A 2019 proof of concept study published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine tested a new theory-based intervention designed to promote behavior change among both children and adults.[17] Relatedly, a 2019 study published in Patient Education and Counseling examined what factors support the inclusion of children and adolescents in healthcare decisions and self-management processes, a work that has been cited 11 times.[18]

Recognition

Patrick Callery's scholarly output has been recognized primarily through citation metrics that reflect the impact of his research within the fields of nursing, pediatrics, and behavioral medicine. According to Semantic Scholar, his body of work has accumulated 3,821 total citations across 156 publications, yielding an h-index of 31.[19] Several individual studies, including his 2020 overview of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in Malaysia, have been cited more than two dozen times, indicating sustained influence on subsequent research in adolescent health services.[20] Callery's research has also been supported by external funding, including a Small Instrumentation Grant from the National Institutes of Health administered through the University of Maryland Baltimore.[21]

Publications

Selected publications by Patrick Callery include:

  • "'It [Diabetes] is From God and I Need to Take Care of Myself': Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management Among Adolescents and Their Parents in Jordan." Current Diabetes Reviews (2022).[22]
  • "'I Like People to Treat Me Normally': Barriers to Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management Among Adolescents." Clinical Diabetes (2022).[23]
  • "Healthcare professionals' experiences of delivering sexual and reproductive health services to adolescents: A literature review." Enfermería clínica (2021).[24]
  • "Does Sleep Position Influence Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Infants With Cleft Palate: A Feasibility Study?" The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal (2021).[25]
  • "Factors impacting on childhood nutrition: The experience of mothers in a rural Ghanaian community." Appetite (2021).[26]
  • "Influence of religion on healthcare professionals' beliefs toward teenage sexual practices in Malaysia." (2020).[27]
  • "Child feeding in rural northern Ghana: Carer's perceptions of food and their children's diets." Maternal and Child Nutrition (2020).[28]
  • "An Overview of Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Provision in Malaysia." Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing (2020).[29]
  • "Proof of concept trial for a new theory-based intervention to promote child and adult behavior change." Journal of behavioral medicine (2019).[30]
  • "Supporting children and adolescents inclusion in decisions and self-management: What can help?" Patient Education and Counseling (2019).[31]
  1. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Patrick Callery, accessed 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 ORCID record 0000-0002-3395-0884, education and employment sections, self-maintained by the subject.
  3. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Patrick Callery, accessed 2024.
  4. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Patrick Callery, accessed 2024.
  5. ↑ "'It [Diabetes] is From God and I Need to Take Care of Myself': Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management Among Adolescents and Their Parents in Jordan." Current Diabetes Reviews, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Influence of religion on healthcare professionals' beliefs toward teenage sexual practices in Malaysia." 2020.
  7. ↑ "Factors impacting on childhood nutrition: The experience of mothers in a rural Ghanaian community." Appetite, 2021.
  8. ↑ National Institutes of Health, RePORTER database, Small Instrumentation Grant record, University of Maryland Baltimore.
  9. ↑ "'It [Diabetes] is From God and I Need to Take Care of Myself': Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management Among Adolescents and Their Parents in Jordan." Current Diabetes Reviews, 2022.
  10. ↑ "'I Like People to Treat Me Normally': Barriers to Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management Among Adolescents." Clinical Diabetes, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Healthcare professionals' experiences of delivering sexual and reproductive health services to adolescents: A literature review." Enfermería clínica, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Influence of religion on healthcare professionals' beliefs toward teenage sexual practices in Malaysia." 2020.
  13. ↑ "An Overview of Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Provision in Malaysia." Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Factors impacting on childhood nutrition: The experience of mothers in a rural Ghanaian community." Appetite, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Child feeding in rural northern Ghana: Carer's perceptions of food and their children's diets." Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Does Sleep Position Influence Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Infants With Cleft Palate: A Feasibility Study?" The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Proof of concept trial for a new theory-based intervention to promote child and adult behavior change." Journal of behavioral medicine, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Supporting children and adolescents inclusion in decisions and self-management: What can help?" Patient Education and Counseling, 2019.
  19. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Patrick Callery, accessed 2024.
  20. ↑ "An Overview of Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Provision in Malaysia." Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 2020.
  21. ↑ National Institutes of Health, RePORTER database, Small Instrumentation Grant record, University of Maryland Baltimore.
  22. ↑ "'It [Diabetes] is From God and I Need to Take Care of Myself': Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management Among Adolescents and Their Parents in Jordan." Current Diabetes Reviews, 2022.
  23. ↑ "'I Like People to Treat Me Normally': Barriers to Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management Among Adolescents." Clinical Diabetes, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Healthcare professionals' experiences of delivering sexual and reproductive health services to adolescents: A literature review." Enfermería clínica, 2021.
  25. ↑ "Does Sleep Position Influence Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Infants With Cleft Palate: A Feasibility Study?" The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 2021.
  26. ↑ "Factors impacting on childhood nutrition: The experience of mothers in a rural Ghanaian community." Appetite, 2021.
  27. ↑ "Influence of religion on healthcare professionals' beliefs toward teenage sexual practices in Malaysia." 2020.
  28. ↑ "Child feeding in rural northern Ghana: Carer's perceptions of food and their children's diets." Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2020.
  29. ↑ "An Overview of Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Provision in Malaysia." Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 2020.
  30. ↑ "Proof of concept trial for a new theory-based intervention to promote child and adult behavior change." Journal of behavioral medicine, 2019.
  31. ↑ "Supporting children and adolescents inclusion in decisions and self-management: What can help?" Patient Education and Counseling, 2019.
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