Laura Jones

Contact

• workRoom B116 Clinical Sciences Building
  Nottingham City Hospital
  Hucknall Road
  Nottingham
  NG5 1PB
  UK
• work0115 823 1348
• laura.jones@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Laura Jones graduated with a first class honours degree in Human Biology from Loughborough University, staying on to successfully gain her PhD in 2008 and become a Research Associate. In 2009, she began her work at the University of Nottingham as a Research Fellow. Her Fellowship was initially funded by the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies and is now funded by the National Institute for Health Research.

Expertise Summary

Keywords:

Tobacco smoke harm reduction, child health, qualitative research methods, health inequalities, reducing second-hand smoke exposure

Teaching Summary

Dr Jones gives occasional lectures in EPH and teaches on the continued professional development for health care professionals working in tobacco. These are run by UK Centre for Tobacco Control… read more

Research Summary

Dr Jones' main areas of research interest include reducing infant and childhood exposure to second hand tobacco smoke, maternal smoking behaviours, influence of smoking-related inequalities in… read more

Selected Publications

• JONES LL, HASSANIEN A, COOK DG, BRITTON J and LEONARDI-BEE J, 2011. Parental Smoking And The Risk Of Middle Ear Disease In Children: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis. Archives Of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. (In Press.)
• DEMERATH, ELLEN W, JONES, LAURA L, HAWLEY, NICOLA L, NORRIS, SHANE A, PETTIFOR, JOHN M, DUREN, DANA, CHUMLEA, W CAMERON, TOWNE, BRADFORD and CAMERON, NOEL, 2009. Rapid infant weight gain and advanced skeletal maturation in childhood. The Journal of pediatrics. 155(3), 355-61
• JONES, LAURA L, ATKINSON, OLESYA, LONGMAN, JO, COLEMAN, TIM, MCNEILL, ANN and LEWIS, SARAH A, 2011. The Motivators and Barriers to a Smoke-Free Home Among Disadvantaged Caregivers: Identifying the Positive Levers for Change. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.
• JONES, LAURA L, HASHIM, AHMED, MCKEEVER, TRICIA, COOK, DEREK G, BRITTON, JOHN and LEONARDI-BEE, JO, 2011. Parental and household smoking and the increased risk of bronchitis, bronchiolitis and other lower respiratory infections in infancy: systematic review and meta-analysis. Respiratory research. 12, 5

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• Co-applicant and work stream lead on "Smoking: new approaches to cessation service delivery, prevention of passive smoke exposure in children, and healthcare cost estimation" NIHR programme grants for applied research (£2.1million)
• Co-applicant and member of advisory steering committee on "Tobacco control health inequalities pilot on children's centre workforces and smoking cessation services" Department of Health (£186,192 - overall award £1.2 million)

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Smoke-free homes academic advisor for:

• Derbyshire County PCT
• Nottingham City PCT
• Lincolnshire PCT

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Membership:

Society for the Study of Human Biology: Committee Member (2010 - present)

Dr Jones gives occasional lectures in EPH and teaches on the continued professional development for health care professionals working in tobacco. These are run by UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies. She also lectures on the Human Biology BSc degree course at Loughborough University.

Current Research

Dr Jones' main areas of research interest include reducing infant and childhood exposure to second hand tobacco smoke, maternal smoking behaviours, influence of smoking-related inequalities in health, strategies for harm reduction and sustainable tobacco substitutes.

Main research project: Smoke-free Homes Trial.

• This is a mixed method research project with four main phases: two qualitative, a feasibility stage and then an exploratory randomised controlled trial.
• The trial exists to try and develop an intervention to help families to stop smoking in the home, in order to protect children from second hand smoke exposure.

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Other research projects:

• Action research: smoking in a disadvantaged community in Nottingham
• Department of Health Inequalities Pilot: Children's Centre Workforces and Smoking Cessation Services
• Developing and assessing a mobile, community based smoking cessation service, for disadvantaged smokers

• JONES, LAURA L, HASHIM, AHMED, MCKEEVER, TRICIA, COOK, DEREK G, BRITTON, JOHN and LEONARDI-BEE, JO, 2011. Parental and household smoking and the increased risk of bronchitis, bronchiolitis and other lower respiratory infections in infancy: systematic review and meta-analysis. Respiratory research. 12, 5
• JONES, LAURA L, ATKINSON, OLESYA, LONGMAN, JO, COLEMAN, TIM, MCNEILL, ANN and LEWIS, SARAH A, 2011. The Motivators and Barriers to a Smoke-Free Home Among Disadvantaged Caregivers: Identifying the Positive Levers for Change. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.
• JONES LL, HASSANIEN A, COOK DG, BRITTON J and LEONARDI-BEE J, 2011. Parental Smoking And The Risk Of Middle Ear Disease In Children: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis. Archives Of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. (In Press.)
• BAINS M, VENN A, MURRAY RL, MCNEILL A and JONES LL, 2011. A Qualitative Exploration Of Smokers' Views Regarding Aspects Of A Community-Based Mobile Stop Smoking Service In The United Kingdom. Bmc Public Health. 11(1), 873 (In Press.)
• CAMERON, NOEL & JONES, LAURA L, 2010. History, methods, and general applications of anthropometry in Human Biology. In: MUEHLENBEIN, MICHAEL, ed., Human Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• CAMERON, NOEL & JONES, LAURA L, 2010. Growth, maturation, and age. In: BLACK, SUE, AGGRAWAL ANIL and PAYNE-JAMES, JASON, eds., Age Estimation in the Living: The Practitioner's Guide Wiley.
• CAMERON, N, JONES, L L, GRIFFITHS, P L, NORRIS, S A and PETTIFOR, J M, 2009. How well do waist circumference and body mass index reflect body composition in pre-pubertal children? European journal of clinical nutrition. 63(9), 1065-70
• JONES, LAURA L, GRIFFITHS, PAULA L, NORRIS, SHANE A, PETTIFOR, JOHN M and CAMERON, NOËL, 2009. Is puberty starting earlier in urban South Africa? American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. 21(3), 395-7
• JONES, LAURA L, GRIFFITHS, PAULA L, NORRIS, SHANE A, PETTIFOR, JOHN M and CAMERON, NOËL, 2009. Age at menarche and the evidence for a positive secular trend in urban South Africa. American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. 21(1), 130-2
• DEMERATH, ELLEN W, JONES, LAURA L, HAWLEY, NICOLA L, NORRIS, SHANE A, PETTIFOR, JOHN M, DUREN, DANA, CHUMLEA, W CAMERON, TOWNE, BRADFORD and CAMERON, NOEL, 2009. Rapid infant weight gain and advanced skeletal maturation in childhood. The Journal of pediatrics. 155(3), 355-61
• JONES, LAURA L, GRIFFITHS, PAULA L, ADAIR, LINDA S, NORRIS, SHANE A, RICHTER, LINDA M and CAMERON, NOËL, 2008. A comparison of the socio-economic determinants of growth retardation in South African and Filipino infants. Public health nutrition. 11(12), 1220-8