Department of Sociology Faculty

Jennifer Di Noia

Jennifer Di Noia (Assistant Professor) received her M.S. in Social Work from Columbia University School of Social Work in 1997. After completing her training, she held clinical and administrative positions in family services agencies during which time she became credentialed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). She earned her Ph.D. in Social Welfare from Columbia University School of Social Work in 2000, and has since been conducting research under the sponsorship of the National Institutes of Health.

Before coming to William Paterson University, she was an Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University School of Social Work in New York City. Her research focuses on the development of health interventions for minority and underserved adolescents.

Selected publications:

Di Noia, J., & Contento, I.R. (in press). Behavioral predictors of low-fat intake among economically disadvantaged African American adolescents. American Journal of Health Promotion.

Di Noia, J., & Contento, I. R. (in press). Use of a brief food frequency questionnaire for estimating daily number of servings of fruits and vegetables in a minority adolescent population. Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

Di Noia, J., & Prochaska, J. O. (in press). Mediating variables in a Transtheoretical Model dietary intervention program. Health Education & Behavior.

Di Noia, J., & Contento, I. R. (2009). Criterion validity and user acceptability of a CD-ROM-mediated food record for measuring fruit and vegetable consumption among economically disadvantaged African American adolescents. Public Health Nutrition, 12, 3-11.

Di Noia, J., Contento, I. R., & Prochaska, J. O. (2008). Intervention tailored on Transtheoretical Model stages and processes of change increases fruit and vegetable consumption among economically disadvantaged African American adolescents. American Journal of Health Promotion, 22, 336-341.

Di Noia, J., Contento, I. R., & Schinke, S. P. (2008). Fat avoidance and replacement behaviors predict low-fat intake among urban, African American adolescents. Nutrition Research, 28, 358-363.

Di Noia, J., & Schinke, S. P. (2008). HIV risk-related attitudes, interpersonal influences, and intentions among sexually experimenting and at-risk urban, early adolescent girls. American Journal of Health Behavior, 32, 497-507.

Di Noia, J., Schinke, S. P., & Contento, I. R. (2008). Dietary fat intake among urban, African American adolescents. Eating Behaviors, 9, 251-256.

Di Noia, J., Contento, I. R., & Schinke, S. P. (2007). Criterion validity of the Healthy Eating Self-monitoring Tool (HEST) for Black adolescents. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107, 321-324.

Di Noia, J., & Schinke, S. P. (2007). Gender-specific HIV prevention with urban, early adolescent girls: Outcomes of the Keepin’ It Safe program. AIDSEducation and Prevention, 19, 479-488.