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Dina M. Jones
Federal Grant PI
Assistant Professor
Also affiliated: University of Minnesota (2014); Georgia State University (2016–2019); Virginia Commonwealth University (2021–2025); East Carolina University (2025); Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (2018); Agnes Scott College (2014)
Health Behavior & Health Education, College of Public Health
15 h-index
36 pubs
580 cited
Research Areas
Biomedical Subjects
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Dina M. Jones, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior & Health Education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, studies the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and their association with mental health conditions. Her work also investigates healthcare providers' perceptions of racial healthcare disparities and the communication surrounding them.
Jones's research has been supported by a $29,478 NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse grant for a project examining predictors of momentary smoking lapse among adults who smoke menthol cigarettes. She has published over 40 articles, with a current h-index of 16 and more than 600 citations. Her key collaborators include Pebbles Fagan, Mohammed S. Orloff, Sandilyn Bullock, and Carol E. Cornell, all from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications.
Metrics
- h-index: 15
- Publications: 36
- Citations: 580
Positions
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Assistant Professor 2025–presentUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Global and Rural Health ORCID
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Assistant Professor 2021–presentUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Health Behavior & Health Education, College of Public Health Institutional directory
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2019–2021University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Center for the Study of Tobacco ORCID
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Graduate Research Assistant 2015–2019Georgia State University School of Public Health Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) ORCID
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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What is Social Justice? An Important Approach to Public Health Research, Practice, and Health Care Solutions (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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Home environment and cigarette quitting behaviors among rural Black/African American women caregivers. (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
Contact PI
Aug 2022 - Sep 2025
Predictors of Momentary Smoking Lapse Among Adults Who Smoke Menthol Cigarettes
Grants & Funding
As listed on this researcher's institutional profile. Federal awards with verified records are shown above.
- Minority Research Center Pilot Arkansas Department of Health via 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 via Virginia Commonwealth University Co-Investigator
- Minority Research Center Pilot - Continuation Year 2020-2021 Arkansas Department of Health via University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Principal Investigator
- Predictors of Momentary Smoking Lapse Among Menthol Cigarette Smokers NIH Select
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Pebbles Fagan
Arkansas Department of Health
11 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
- Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
Mignonne C. Guy
University of Richmond (US)
7 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 7 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
Arkansas Department of Health
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
Claire A. Spears
Georgia State University (US)
5 shared publications
- Discrimination, psychological functioning, and substance use among U.S. young adults aged 18–28, 2017.
- Use of and perceptions about electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) among people with mental health conditions or serious psychological distress, 2018
- Associations among discrimination, psychological functioning, and substance use among US Black adults aged 18–28: Moderation by racial attribution and sex
- “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
- Mindfulness and Mobile Health for Quitting Smoking: A Qualitative Study Among Predominantly African American Adults with Low Socioeconomic Status
Eric K. Soule
East Carolina University (US)
4 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
Elizabeth Taylor
Arkansas Department of Health (US)
4 shared publications
- Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 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
Carol E. Cornell
Arkansas Department of Health
4 shared publications
In database
- Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 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
Arkansas Department of Health
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
Scott R. Weaver
Georgia State University (US)
3 shared publications
- Flavored ENDS Use among Adults Who Have Used Cigarettes and ENDS, 2016-2017
- Use of and perceptions about electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) among people with mental health conditions or serious psychological distress, 2018
- “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
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
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
T. Elaine Prewitt
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
3 shared publications
In database
- Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities
- Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 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
3 shared publications
In database
- 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
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