NCID-1111
Lenette Jones
Assistant Professor of Nursing
School of Nursing at the University of Michigan
Education/Degree:
1 Nursing (University of Michigan)
About
Dr. Jones is a behavioral nurse scientist interested in eliminating the health disparities affecting African American women with hypertension. Her program of research is focused on uncovering the mechanisms. biological, psychological, social, and physical self-management interventions. She uses neuroimaging (fMRI) to explore the neuro processes associated with self-management behaviors, such as diet, exercise, and medication-taking. She also examines how health information behavior (seeking, sharing, and using) can be enhanced to support blood pressure self-management. In her current studies, Dr. Jones is designing and pilot-, ing interventions to improve self-management of blood pressure among African American women.
Current Work
Dr. Jones is interested in helping African American women find ways to better control their blood pressure. She studies brain activity and how it related to behaviors need to self-manage hypertension. She also studies how social sharing of health information can be used to support self-management.
Research Area Keyword(s)
brain-behavior connections, Health Disparities, health information behavior, Hypertension, neurobiological mechanisms of interventions