Kathryn O'Hara
Project Coordinator - National Center on Child Trafficking- Education
Pennsylvania State University - Human Development and Family Studies, B.S.
Georgia State University - Public Health, MPH
- Specializations
Intervention science, community assessment, program augmentation
- Biography
Kathryn O'Hara, MPH, is a recent graduate of the Georgia State University School of Public Health, focusing on Health Promotion & Behavior. In her graduate studies, she served as a Graduate Research Assistant in the PREVenT Lab, participating in research on augmented parenting programs. Ms. O'Hara graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in Human Development and gained research and academic experience in the field of child maltreatment, specifically in primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of child sexual abuse. She currently serves as the Project Coordinator for the National Center on Child Trafficking.
- Publications
Guastaferro, K., Font, S. A., Miyamoto, S., Zadzora, K. M., Walters, K. E., O’Hara, K., ... & Noll, J. G. (2021). Provider attitudes and self-efficacy when delivering a child sexual abuse prevention module: an exploratory study. Health Education & Behavior, 1090198121997731.Lee, N., Pigott, T. D., Watson, A., Reuben, K., O’Hara, K., Massetti, G., ... & Self-Brown, S. (2022). Childhood polyvictimization and associated health outcomes: a systematic scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 15248380211073847.