Faculty Profiles

Hughes, M. J. (2025). Enhancing Public Health Nursing Competencies Through Game-Based Education. Journal of Nursing Education. https://doi.org/DOI:%2010.1097/NNE.0000000000001974

Hughes, M. J., & Kinder, A. M. (2025). Community Collaboration: Increasing Student Population Health Competencies through Community-Embedded Learning. Retrieved from https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/74049/sessions/143465/download

Cropley, S. L., Hughes, M. J., & Belcik, K. D. (2024). Qualitative Analysis of an Integrated Curricular Strategy to Develop Health Policy Advocacy. Nurse Educator. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001715

Hughes, M. J. (2023). Piloting a new instrument for assessing public health workforce capabilities to achieve the foundational public health services. Retrieved from https://apha.confex.com/apha/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/522795

Hughes, M. J., Kuehnert, P., & Swider, S. (2023). A Strategy for Strengthening: Implementation of the Capabilities Opportunities Assessment Tool for the Public Health Workforce. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 29(November/ December 2023), 823–830. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001801

Yeager, V. A., Burns, A., Lang, B., Kronstadt, J., Hughes, M. J., Gutta, J., … Leider, J. P. (2023). What are public health agencies planning for workforce development? A content analysis of workforce development plans of accredited public health departments. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 29(November/ December 2023), 762–774. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001805

Hughes, M. J. (2023). Foundational Public Health Services Framed in Equity: An Essential Lens for Public Health Leadership. Abstract Compendium. Retrieved from https://achne.org/aws/ACHNE/pt/sp/institute

Cropley, S. L., Hughes, M. J., & Belcik, K. D. (2022). Engaging Leadership Competencies Through Population Health Policy Advocacy: A Review of the Evidence. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 23(4), 259–271. https://doi.org/10.1177/15271544221112893

Hughes, M. J. (2022). Public health workforce innovation, development, and evidence-building. Alexandria, VA: Public Health National Center for Innovation. Retrieved from https://phnci.org/journal/public-health-workforce-innovation-development-and-evidence-building

Hughes, M. J. (2021). Students, stress, and pandemic: An occupational health perspective for 2020’s nursing education. Journal of Nursing Education, 60(12), 674–679. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20211004-02

Hughes, M. J., Cropley, S. L., & Belcik, K. D. (2021). Connecting Community Health to Policy: Leading Undergraduate Nursing Students Upstream, 14. Retrieved from https://www.achne.org/aws/ACHNE/asset_manager/get_file/572510?ver=1

Hughes, M. J., & Campbell, L. A. (2020, April). Preparing now for after COVID-19: The need to strengthen public health nursing. Texas Nursing, 2020(2), 116–117. Retrieved from https://issuu.com/texasnurses/docs/tn-issue2-2020-digital

Hughes, M. J. (2019, October). To remind, encourage, and recognize: An open letter to all Texas public health nurses. Texas Public Health Journal. Longview, TX, USA: Texas Public Health Association. Retrieved from https://www.texaspha.org/page/Journal

Hughes, M. J. (2019). The role of nursing in advancing population health. Austin, TX, United States: It’s Time Texas. Retrieved from https://healthiertexassummit.com/role-of-nursing-in-advancing-population-health/