Dina M. Jones
Federal Grant PI
Assistant Professor
faculty
Health Behavior & Health Education, College of Public Health
15 h-index
41 pubs
588 cited
Research Areas
Biography and Research Information
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Dina M. Jones's research focuses on understanding health behaviors and disparities, particularly concerning tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) use among diverse adult populations. Her work investigates the predictors of smoking lapse, factors associated with smokefree home rules, and the relationship between discrimination, psychological functioning, and substance use.
Jones has published on the characterization of ENDS warning statements in media, nicotine dependence among users of cigarettes, ENDS, and cannabis, and qualitative studies exploring ENDS use among low-income smokers. Her research also examines menthol smoking and nicotine dependence in Black/African American women smokers in rural communities and explores mindfulness and mobile health interventions for smoking cessation in predominantly African American adults with low socioeconomic status. She has also investigated associations between discrimination, psychological functioning, and substance use among US Black adults, considering moderation by racial attribution and sex.
Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 15, 41 total publications, and 580 total citations. Jones serves as Principal Investigator on a National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded grant totaling $29,478, which examines predictors of momentary smoking lapse among adults who smoke menthol cigarettes. She leads a research group and collaborates with several researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Pebbles Fagan, Mohammed S. Orloff, Sandilyn Bullock, and Carol E. Cornell.
Metrics
- h-index: 15
- Publications: 41
- Citations: 588
Selected Publications
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Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States (2025)
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Evidence-based practices are effective in increasing smoke-free home rules among Black women who smoke (2025)
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Caregiver restrictions on child access to tobacco in the home and home Smoking/Vaping bans among Black/African American women caregivers who smoke and live in Resource-limited, rural areas (2024)
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Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities (2024)
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Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities (2024)
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Associations among discrimination, psychological functioning, and substance use among US Black adults aged 18–28: Moderation by racial attribution and sex (2023)
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Nicotine Dependence among Current Cigarette Smokers Who Use E-Cigarettes and Cannabis (2023)
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Factors associated with smokefree rules in the homes of Black/African American women smokers residing in low-resource rural communities (2022)
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“When I Don’t Have a Cigarette It’s Helpful, but It Really Don’t Satisfy:” Qualitative Study of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Use among Low-Income Smokers (2022)
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Mindfulness and Mobile Health for Quitting Smoking: A Qualitative Study Among Predominantly African American Adults with Low Socioeconomic Status (2021)
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Menthol Smoking and Nicotine Dependence among Black/African American Women Smokers Living in Low-Resource, Rural Communities (2021)
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Discrimination, psychological functioning, and substance use among U.S. young adults aged 18–28, 2017. (2021)
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Characterization of Electronic Cigarette Warning Statements Portrayed in YouTube Videos (2021)
Federal Grants 1 $29,478 total
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Contact PI
Aug 2022 - Sep 2025
Predictors of Momentary Smoking Lapse Among Adults Who Smoke Menthol Cigarettes
Grants & Funding
- Minority Research Center Pilot Arkansas Department of Health - Pass Through: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Principal Investigator
- Predictors of Momentary Smoking Lapse Among African American Menthol Cigarette Smokers NIH/Nat. Inst. on Drug Abuse Principal Investigator
- A Mixed-Methods Examination of Risk Perceptions, Cessation, and Harm Reduction Among Young Adult Smokers (Pilot Study) NIH Principal Investigator
- Pilot Study Center for the Study of Tobacco, UAMS Principle Investigator
- Center for Research, Health and Society NIH Co-Investigator
- Arkansas Center for Health Disparities (ARCHD): An NIMHD COE NIH Co-Investigator
- Center for the Study of Tobacco Products - Continuation Year 2019-2020 NIH/Nat. Inst. on Drug Abuse - Pass Through: Virginia Commonwealth University Co-Investigator
- Minority Research Center Pilot - Continuation Year 2020-2021 Arkansas Department of Health - Pass Through: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Principal Investigator
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Pebbles Fagan
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
9 shared publications
In database
- Characterization of Electronic Cigarette Warning Statements Portrayed in YouTube Videos
- Nicotine Dependence among Current Cigarette Smokers Who Use E-Cigarettes and Cannabis
- Menthol Smoking and Nicotine Dependence among Black/African American Women Smokers Living in Low-Resource, Rural Communities
- Factors associated with smokefree rules in the homes of Black/African American women smokers residing in low-resource rural communities
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Mignonne C. Guy
University of Richmond (US)
8 shared publications
- Characterization of Electronic Cigarette Warning Statements Portrayed in YouTube Videos
- Nicotine Dependence among Current Cigarette Smokers Who Use E-Cigarettes and Cannabis
- Menthol Smoking and Nicotine Dependence among Black/African American Women Smokers Living in Low-Resource, Rural Communities
- Factors associated with smokefree rules in the homes of Black/African American women smokers residing in low-resource rural communities
- Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Mohammed S. Orloff
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
7 shared publications
In database
- Characterization of Electronic Cigarette Warning Statements Portrayed in YouTube Videos
- Factors associated with smokefree rules in the homes of Black/African American women smokers residing in low-resource rural communities
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities
- Home environment and cigarette quitting behaviors among rural Black/African American women caregivers.
- Evidence-based practices are effective in increasing smoke-free home rules among Black women who smoke
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Sandilyn Bullock
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
6 shared publications
In database
- Characterization of Electronic Cigarette Warning Statements Portrayed in YouTube Videos
- Menthol Smoking and Nicotine Dependence among Black/African American Women Smokers Living in Low-Resource, Rural Communities
- Factors associated with smokefree rules in the homes of Black/African American women smokers residing in low-resource rural communities
- Home environment and cigarette quitting behaviors among rural Black/African American women caregivers.
- Evidence-based practices are effective in increasing smoke-free home rules among Black women who smoke
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Katherine Donald
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
6 shared publications
In database
- Factors associated with smokefree rules in the homes of Black/African American women smokers residing in low-resource rural communities
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities
- Home environment and cigarette quitting behaviors among rural Black/African American women caregivers.
- Evidence-based practices are effective in increasing smoke-free home rules among Black women who smoke
- Caregiver restrictions on child access to tobacco in the home and home Smoking/Vaping bans among Black/African American women caregivers who smoke and live in Resource-limited, rural areas
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Eric K. Soule
East Carolina University (US)
5 shared publications
- Characterization of Electronic Cigarette Warning Statements Portrayed in YouTube Videos
- Nicotine Dependence among Current Cigarette Smokers Who Use E-Cigarettes and Cannabis
- Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities
- What is Social Justice? An Important Approach to Public Health Research, Practice, and Health Care Solutions
- Translating Health Equity Research Findings Into Meaningful Community- and Systems-Level Change, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2022–2023
Carol E. Cornell
Arkansas Department of Health
5 shared publications
In database
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities
- Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities
- What is Social Justice? An Important Approach to Public Health Research, Practice, and Health Care Solutions
- Translating Health Equity Research Findings Into Meaningful Community- and Systems-Level Change, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2022–2023
- Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States
Claire A. Spears
Georgia State University (US)
4 shared publications
- Discrimination, psychological functioning, and substance use among U.S. young adults aged 18–28, 2017.
- “When I Don’t Have a Cigarette It’s Helpful, but It Really Don’t Satisfy:” Qualitative Study of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Use among Low-Income Smokers
- Associations among discrimination, psychological functioning, and substance use among US Black adults aged 18–28: Moderation by racial attribution and sex
- Mindfulness and Mobile Health for Quitting Smoking: A Qualitative Study Among Predominantly African American Adults with Low Socioeconomic Status
Elizabeth Taylor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
4 shared publications
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities
- Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities
- What is Social Justice? An Important Approach to Public Health Research, Practice, and Health Care Solutions
- Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States
Ashley H. Clawson
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4 shared publications
In database
- Home environment and cigarette quitting behaviors among rural Black/African American women caregivers.
- Evidence-based practices are effective in increasing smoke-free home rules among Black women who smoke
- Caregiver restrictions on child access to tobacco in the home and home Smoking/Vaping bans among Black/African American women caregivers who smoke and live in Resource-limited, rural areas
- Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States
Sandra T. Cooper
Arkansas Department of Health
3 shared publications
In database
- Factors associated with smokefree rules in the homes of Black/African American women smokers residing in low-resource rural communities
- Evidence-based practices are effective in increasing smoke-free home rules among Black women who smoke
- Caregiver restrictions on child access to tobacco in the home and home Smoking/Vaping bans among Black/African American women caregivers who smoke and live in Resource-limited, rural areas
Wonda Miller
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
3 shared publications
In database
- Factors associated with smokefree rules in the homes of Black/African American women smokers residing in low-resource rural communities
- Evidence-based practices are effective in increasing smoke-free home rules among Black women who smoke
- Caregiver restrictions on child access to tobacco in the home and home Smoking/Vaping bans among Black/African American women caregivers who smoke and live in Resource-limited, rural areas
T. Elaine Prewitt
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
3 shared publications
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities
- Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities
- What is Social Justice? An Important Approach to Public Health Research, Practice, and Health Care Solutions
Ruofei Du
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
3 shared publications
- Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities
- Caregiver restrictions on child access to tobacco in the home and home Smoking/Vaping bans among Black/African American women caregivers who smoke and live in Resource-limited, rural areas
- Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States
Pebbles Fagan
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
3 shared publications
- Evidence-based practices are effective in increasing smoke-free home rules among Black women who smoke
- Translating Health Equity Research Findings Into Meaningful Community- and Systems-Level Change, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2022–2023
- Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States
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