Chester S. Jones, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Science
Health Science, Kinesiology, Recreation and Dance
308K HPER Building
Phone: (479) 575-4009
FAX: (479) 575-5778
ches@uark.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Health Education and Promotions, 1991
B.S.E., Pittsburg State University, Physical Education, 1988
Teaching Areas:
Foundations of Health Education
Human Diseases
Principles of Epidemiology
Health Communication
Research Interests:
Sports and Recreational Injury Prevention
Childhood and Adolescent Injury Prevention
Professional Biography:
Ches Jones received a Joint Ph.D. in Health Education and Health Promotion from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1994. He joined the University of Arkansas as an Assistant Professor in 1994. His membership in professional associations included the American Academy of Health Behavior and the International Society for Childhood and Adolescent Injury Prevention.
Dr. Jones has been an injury control researcher since 1990 and his main areas of research are childhood and adolescent injury with a primary focus on injuries related to occupational and recreational activities. Dr. Jones has served as the American Public Health Association’s Injury Control and Emergency Health Services section Program Chair in 1999 and has served as co-chair of the education and training in 1996 and 1997. Since 1997, Dr. Jones has sustained a local Safe Communities Coalition that focuses on the safety of children riding in vehicles.
Publications/Presentations:
Jones, C. (in press). Epidemiology of weight training equipment-related injuries to young children in the home. Journal of Childrens Health.
Jones, C., & Turner, L. (2005). Non-equipment exercise-related injuries among US women 65 and older: Emergency department visits from 1994-2001. Journal of Women and Aging, 17(1).
Jones, C. (2004). Evaluating the impact of child safety seat check-up events. American Journal of Health Studies, 19(3).
Jones, C., & Bleeker, J. (2004). A Comparison of ATV-related behaviors, exposures, and injuries between farm youth and non-farm youth. Journal of Rural Health. In Press.