Regents Professor Emerita
Senior Professor
Campus/location: Bryan-College Station 8447 John Sharp Pkwy Bryan, TX 77807 jbolin@tamu.edu Phone: 979.436.0137
Yaemsiri S, Alfier J, Moy E, Rossen L, Bastian B, Bolin J, Ferdinand A, Callaghan T, Heron M. Healthy People 2020: Urban and Rural Progress Toward National Targets for Major Causes of Death. Health Affairs Accepted 10/3/19: Scheduled for publication in December 2019.
Primm K, Akinlotan M, Callaghan T, Towne S, Ferdinand A, Bolin J. (2019). Congestive heart failure-related hospital deaths across the urban-rural continuum in the United States., Preventive Medicine Reports, 101007.
Lee, J., Callaghan, T., Ory, M., Zhao, H., & Bolin, J. N. (2019). The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Diabetes Management. Diabetes care, dc191173.
Callaghan T, Ferdinand AO, Akinlotan MA, Towne SD, Bolin JN. (2019). The changing landscape of diabetes mortality in the United States across region and rurality, 1999-2016, J Rural Health, Vol X, pg 1-6. Feb 25 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12354
Ferdinand AO, Akinlotan MA, Callaghan T, Towne SD Jr, Bolin JN. (2019). Diabetes-related hospital mortality in the U.S.: A pooled cross-sectional study of the National Inpatient Sample. Accepted January 2019. J Diabetes Complications, 33(5), 350-355.
Weston C, Akinlotan M, Lichorad A, McClellan D, Helduser J, Ojinnaka C, Holland B, Bolin JN. (2018). The impact of interprofessional education on family nurse practitioner students' and family medicine residents' knowledge and confidence in screening for breast and cervical cancer. J Am Assoc. Nurse Pract. Sep 30(9):511-518. PMID: 30113532 DOI:
Akinlotan MA, Weston C, Bolin JN. (2018). Individual and county-level predictors of cervical cancer screening: a multi-level analysis, Public Health, 160:1-9.
Towne SD Jr, Bolin J, Ferdinand A, Nicklett EJ, Smith ML, Ory MG. (2017). Assessing diabetes and factors associated with foregoing medical care among persons with diabetes: Disparities facing American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, Hispanic, low income, and southern adults in the U.S. (2011–2015). Intl J Environ Res Public Health. 14(5):464. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14050464 Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28445431
Towne SD Jr, Callaghan TH, Cai Y, Smith ML, Ferdinand AO, Ory MG, Bolin JN. (2017). Regional, rural, and sociodemographic inequities in exposure to diabetes education and diabetes-related clinical preventative measures in the US (2011-2015). (Submitted August 2017: Health Services Research).
Towne SD Jr, Bolin J, Ferdinand A, Nicklett EJ, Smith ML, Callaghan TH, Ory MG. (2017). Diabetes and forgone medical care due to cost in the US (2011-2015): Individual-level & placed-based disparities. Policy Brief. Southwest Rural Health Research Center. Available at: https://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/centers/southwest
Akinlotan MA, Bolin JN, Helduser JW, Ojinnaka C O, Lichorad A, McClellan DA. Cervical cancer screening barriers and risk factor knowledge among uninsured women. Journal of Community Health. Jan 20, 2017. DOI: 10.1007/s10900-017-0316-9. (Accepted 1-16-2017, available online).
McMaughan DK, Huber JC, Forjuoh SN, Vuong AM, Helduser J, Ory MG, Bolin JN. Physician recommendation of diabetes clinical protocols. Hospital Topics. 2016; 94(1):15-21. [PMID: 26980203]
Ojinnaka CO, Luo W, Ory MG, McMaughan D, Bolin JN. Disparities in surgical treatment of early-stage breast cancer among female residents of Texas: The role of racial residential segregation. Clinical Breast Cancer. 2016; Oct 19. [PMID: 27889438].
Ojinnaka CO, McClellan DA, Weston C, Pekarek K, Helduser JW, Bolin JN. (2017). Determinants of HPV vaccine awareness and healthcare providers’ discussion of HPV vaccine among females. Preventive Medicine Reports. 5:257-262. [PMID: 28133601]
Edwardson N, Bolin JN, McClellan DA, Nash PP, Helduser JW. The cost-effectiveness of training US primary care physicians to conduct colorectal cancer screening in family medicine residency programs, Preventive Medicine (2016), 85:98-105. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.02.007.
Bolin, JN, Bellamy, GR, Ferdinand, AO, Vuong, AM, Kash, BA, Schulze, A, Helduser, JW, (2015), Rural Healthy People 2020: New Decade, Same Challenges, J Rural Health, Summer;31(3):326-33. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12116. Epub 2015 May 7. PMID: 25953431
Ojinnaka CO, Bolin JN, McClellan DA, Helduser JW, Nash PN, Ory MG. The role of health literacy and communication habits on previous colorectal cancer screening among low-income and uninsured patients. Preventive Medicine Reports 2015; 2; 158-163.
McClellan DA, Ojinnaka CO, Pope R, Simmons J, Fuller K, Richardson A, Helduser JW, Nash P, Ory M, Bolin J. (2015). Expanding access to colorectal cancer screening: Benchmarking quality indicators in a primary care colonoscopy program. Journal of American Board of Family Medicine. 28(6):713-721. Doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.06140342
Forjuoh SN, Helduser JW, Bolin JN, Ory MG. (2015). Challenges associated with multi-institutional multi-site clinical trial collaborations: Lessons from a diabetes self-management interventions study in primary care. J Clin Trials 5(3):1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-0870.1000219 doi:10.4172/2167-0870.100021
Ojinnaka CO, Choi Y, Kum HC, Bolin JN. (2015). Predictors of colorectal cancer screening: Does rurality play a role? J Rural Health Jan 19. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12104. [PMID: 25599819]
Johnson CE, Bush RL, Harman J, Bolin J, Evans Hudnall G, Nguyen AM. (2015), Variation in utilization of health care services for rural VA enrollees with mental health-related diagnoses, J Rural Health. 2015 Summer; 31(3):244-53. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12105. Epub 2015 Jan 19. PMID: 25599892
Ojinnaka C, Vuong A, Helduser J, Nash P, Ory MG, McClellan DA, Bolin JN. (August 6, 2014), Determinants of variations in self-reported barriers to colonoscopy among uninsured patients in a primary care setting, J Community Health, PMID DOI 10.1007/s10900-014-9925-8
Adepoju OE, Bolin JN, Phillips CD, Zhao H, Ohsfeldt RL, McMaughan DK, Helduser JW, Forjuoh SN. (2014) Effects of diabetes self-management programs on time-to-hospitalization among patients with type 2 diabetes: A survival analysis model. Patient Educ Couns. Apr; 95(1):111-7. 2014.
Forjuoh SN, Bolin JN, Huber JC, Vuong AM, Adepoju O, Helduser JW, Begaye DS, Robertson A, McMaughan DK, Bonner TJ, McLeroy KR, Ory MG. (2014). Behavioral and technological interventions targeting glycemic control in a racially/ethnically diverse population: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 14:71. [PMID: 24450992]
Ory M, Bolin J, Lopez-Arenas A. (2014). Implementation of a diabetes education kiosk in a low-income clinical setting: a community implementation process. Diabetes Spectrum. (4): 281-288, November doi 10:2337/Diaspect 27(4):281. [PMID: 25647051; PMCID: PMC4231934]
Forjuoh SN, Bolin JN, Vuong AM, Helduser JW, McMaughan DK, Ory MG. (2014). Primary care physicians’ perceptions of diabetes treatment protocols. Tex Med. 110(1):e1. [PMID: 24395516]
Appiah B, Hong Y, Ory MG, Helduser JW, Begaye D, Bolin JN, Forjuoh SN. (2013). Challenges and opportunities for implementing diabetes self-management guidelines. J Am Board Fam Med. 26(1):90-92. [PMID: 23288286].
Adepoju OE, Bolin JN, Ohsfeldt RL, Phillips CD, Zhao H,. (2013). Can chronic disease management programs for patients with type 2 diabetes reduce productivity-related indirect costs of the disease? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Popul Health Manag. Apr;17(2):112-120. [PMID:24152055]
Bolin J, Ory M, Wilson M, Salge L. (2013). Diabetes education kiosks in a Latino community, Diabetes Educator. April 39(2):204-212. 10.1177/0145721713476346.
Helduser JW, Bolin JN, Vuong AM, Moudouni DM, Begaye DS, Huber JC, Ory MG, Forjuoh SN. (2013). Factors associated with successful completion of the chronic disease self-management program by adults with T2DM; Fam. Comm. Health, 36(2):1-11.