Jo Ann Dotson
Assistant Professor
Nursing
Washington State University Pullman
United States of America
Biography
Jo Ann Dotson’s nursing career includes inpatient and outpatient staff and leadership positions in maternal child health settings. She served as the Title V Maternal Child Health Director for the state of Montana until 2010. Jo Ann was a faculty member at Montana State University and Carroll College in Montana prior to her faculty position at Washington State University. She is part of the research faculty for the Rural Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment program at WSU, which is led by Dr. John Roll. The program’s objective is to develop, modify and implement evidence based treatments for substance abuse and mental illness for use in rural settings. 

Jo Ann’s areas of interests include public health, with a special focus on the maternal child health population and rural health promotion. Her dissertation topic was evaluation of home visiting services for high risk pregnant women.
Research Interest
Public health promotion and access to EBP in rural and frontier settings, with a special focus on the maternal child health population
Publications
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Dotson, J. A. (2013). Improving tobacco cessation for pregnant & postpartum women. Communicating Nursing Research, 46, 606-606.
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Mukakalisa, I., Bindler, R., Allen, C., & Dotson, J. (2014). Cervical cancer in developing countries: effective screening and preventive strategies with an application in Rwanda. Health Care For Women International, 35(7-9), 1065-1080. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2014.909433
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Dotson, J. A. W., Roll, J. M., Packer, R. R., Lewis, J. M., McPherson, S., & Howell, D. (2014). Urban and Rural Utilization of Evidence-Based Practices for Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders. Journal of Rural Health, 30(3), 292-299. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12068
