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Tiffany F. Haynes

Associate Professor

Also affiliated: University of California, Riverside (2017); United States Department of Veterans Affairs (2012); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2013–2017); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2012–2014); Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (2012); South Central VA Health Care Network (2014)

Health Behavior & Health Education, College of Public Health

12 h-index 33 pubs 731 cited

  • Humans
  • Male
  • Rural Population
  • Black or African American
  • Female
  • Adult
  • Middle Aged
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mental Health
  • Social Stigma
  • United States
  • Arkansas
  • Qualitative Research

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Tiffany F. Haynes investigates mental health stigma and its impact on healthcare decisions, particularly within rural African American communities. Her work has explored the relationship between mental health and faith communities, examining how these partnerships can promote mental well-being, especially among veterans. Haynes has also studied the influence of specific diagnoses, such as schizophrenia, on healthcare providers' practice decisions. Her research has highlighted national trends in mental health treatment accessibility, noting a decrease in Spanish-language services correlated with Hispanic population proportions in various states.

Her scholarship includes publications on mental health stigma among healthcare providers and the perspectives of African Americans in the rural South regarding mental health needs. Haynes also has a research interest in community-based participatory research, as evidenced by her work with rural faith communities to address veterans' mental health. Her work is supported by a strong publication record and collaborations with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

  • h-index: 12
  • Publications: 33
  • Citations: 731

Positions

  • Associate Professor publications 2013–2026
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Health Behavior & Health Education, College of Public Health Institutional directory

Selected Publications

  • Barbershop talk: a hybrid-2 trial examining the effectiveness of a barbershop-placed screening, brief intervention, and referral (SBIRT) intervention (2026)
    BMC Public Health DOI OpenAlex
  • Enhancing Community Engagement in Research: A Premortem Analysis for Community-Engaged Research (2025)
    American Journal of Public Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Place-based access to integrated mental health services within substance use disorder treatment facilities in the US (2025)
    Social Science & Medicine 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Downward National Trends in Mental Health Treatment Offered in Spanish: State Differences by Proportion of Hispanic Residents (2022)
    Psychiatric Services 40 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Formative evaluation of Zero Suicide in the emergency department: Identifying strategies to overcome implementation barriers (2022)
    Evaluation and Program Planning 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Identifying community needs of the Hispanic faith community to develop a research agenda (2021)
    Public Health Nursing 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • African American Clergy Recommendations to Enhance the Federal Plan to End the HIV Epidemic: A Qualitative Study (2021)
    AIDS and Behavior 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Characterizing Firearm Assault Injury Among Young Black Men Using Arkansas Hospital Discharge Data (2021)
    Journal of Interpersonal Violence 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • An Exploratory Study of the Acceptability and Feasibility of Yoga Among Women in Substance Use Disorder Recovery (2020)
    The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract A018: Using qualitative methods to develop health messages aimed to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among African American breast cancer survivors in a rural state (2020)
    Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention DOI OpenAlex
  • Lessons learned from using an audience response system in a community setting for research data collection (2018)
    Public Health Nursing 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Using Deliberative and Qualitative Methods to Mobilize Community Around the Mental Health Needs of Rural African Americans (2017)
    Health Systems & Reform 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Reducing depressive symptoms through behavioral activation in churches: A Hybrid-2 randomized effectiveness-implementation design (2017)
    Contemporary Clinical Trials 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Measuring HIV-related stigma among healthcare providers: a systematic review (2017)
    AIDS Care 73 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Women's Perceptions of Provider Empathy in the Context of Healthcare Disparities. (2015)
    PubMed 3 citations OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.

  • Rural Stakeholders Building Competence and Capacity to Mitigate Pressing Mental Health Issues through CER Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute via Northern Neck Health, Inc. Principal Investigator
  • Development of the Arkansas Faith-Academic Initiatives for Transforming Health (FAITH) Network Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Co-Investigator
  • Arkansas Center for Health Disparities (ARCHD): An NIMHD COE NIH Co-Investigator
  • The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of High-Risk Populations Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Principal Investigator
  • Engage for Equity PLUS Subaward UNM Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute via University of New Mexico Principal Investigator
  • Community network driven COVID-19 testing among most vulnerable populations in the Central United States NIH/Nat. Inst. on Drug Abuse via University of Chicago Principal Investigator
  • FAITH Network Research Advocates - COVID-19-Related Enhancement Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Co-Investigator
  • Addressing Mental Health Needs of Rural African Americans Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Principal Investigator

Collaboration Network

93 Collaborators 32 Institutions 1 Country

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