SELECT PUBLICATIONS/PROJECTS

Journal Articles

  • Garcia, T.J., & Brown, S.A. (2011). Diabetes management in the nursing home: a systematic review of the literature. The Diabetes Educator, 37, 167-187.
  • Brown, S.A., García, Alexandra A., Winter, M., Kouzekanani, K., Brown, A., & Hanis, C.L. (2011). Integrating education, group support and case management for diabetic Hispanics: The Starr County Border Health Initiative. Ethnicity & Disease, 21, 20-26.
  • Wang, Y.L., Brown, S.A., & Horner, S.D. (2010). The school-based lived experiences of adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A preliminary study. Journal of Nursing Research, 18, 258-65.
  • Benavides-Vaello, S., & Brown, S.A. (2010). Evaluating guiding questions for an ethnographic study of Mexican American women with diabetes. Hispanic Health Care International, 8, 77-84(8).
  • Steinhardt, M.A., Mamerow, M.M., Brown, S.A., & Jolly, C.A. (2009). A resilience intervention in African American adults with type 2 diabetes: A pilot study of efficacy. The Diabetes Educator, 35, 274-284.
  • Conn, V.S., Hafdahl, A.R., Brown, S.A., & Brown, L.M. (2008). Meta-analysis of patient education interventions to increase physical activity among chronically ill adults. Patient Education and Counseling, 70, 157-172.
  • Brown, S.A., Blozis, S.A., Kouzekanani, K., García, A.A., Winchell, M., & Hanis, C.L. (2007). Health beliefs of Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes: The Starr County Border Health Initiative. The Diabetes Educator, 33, 300-308.
  • Conn, V., Hafdahl, A., Mehr, D., LeMaster, J., Brown, S., & Nielsen, P. (2007). Metabolic effects of interventions to increase exercise among adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia, 50, 913-921.
  • Nielsen, P.J., Hafdahl, A.R., Conn, V.S., LeMaster, J.W., & Brown, S.A. (2006). Meta-analysis of the effect of exercise interventions on fitness outcomes among adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 74, 111-120.
  • Brown, S.A., Blozis, S.A., Kouzekanani, K., Garcia, A.A., Winchell, M., & Hanis, C.L. (2005). Dosage effects of diabetes self-management education for Mexican Americans: The Starr County Border Health Initiative. Diabetes Care, 28, 527-532.
  • Benavides-Vaello, S., Garcia, A.A.,Brown, S.A., & Winchell, M. (2004). Using focus groups to plan and evaluate diabetes self-management interventions for Mexican Americans. The Diabetes Educator, 30, 238, 242, 244, 247-250, 252, 254, 256.
  • Garcia, A.A.,Brown, S.A., Winchell, M., & Hanis, C.L. (2003). Using the Behavioral Checklist to document diabetes self-management behaviors in the Starr County Diabetes Education Study. The Diabetes Educator, 29, 758-766.
  • Brown, S.A., Upchurch, S.L., & Acton, G.J. (2003). A framework for developing a valid and reliable coding scheme for meta-analysis. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 25, 205-222.
  • Brown, S.A., Garcia, A.A., & Winchell, M. (2002). Reaching underserved populations and cultural competence in diabetes education. Current Diabetes Reports, 2,166-176. (invited paper)
  • Brown, S.A., Becker, H.A., Garcia, A.A., Barton, S.A., & Hanis, C.L. (2002). Measuring health beliefs in Spanish-speaking Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes: Adapting an existing instrument. Research in Nursing & Health, 25, 145-158.
  • Brown, S.A., Garcia, A.A., Kouzekanani, K., & Hanis, C.L. (2002). Culturally competent diabetes self-management education for Mexican Americans: The Starr County Border Health Initiative. Diabetes Care, 25(2), 259-268.
  • Garcia, A.A., Villagomez, E.T., Brown, S.A., Kouzekanani, K., & Hanis, C.L. (2001). The Starr County diabetes education study: Development and testing of a Spanish-language diabetes knowledge questionnaire. Diabetes Care, 24(1), 16-21. [Erratum published in Diabetes Care, 24(5), 972.]
  • Brown, S.A., Harrist, R.B., Villagomez, E.T., Segura, M., Barton, S.A., & Hanis, C.L. (2000). Gender and treatment differences in knowledge, health beliefs, and metabolic control in Mexican Americans with Type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Educator, 26(3), 425-438.
  • Brown, S.A. (1999).Interventions to promote diabetes self-management: State of the Science. The Diabetes Educator, 25(6), 52-61. (invited paper)
  • Upchurch, S., Anding, R., & Brown, S.A. (1999). Promoting weight loss in persons with type 2 diabetes: What do we know about the most effective dietary approaches? Practical Diabetology, 18(3), 22-28.
  • Brown, S.A., & Hanis, C.L. (1999). Culturally competent diabetes education for Mexican Americans: The Starr County Study. The Diabetes Educator, 25(2), 226-236.
  • Brown, S.A. (1998). Diabetes interventions for minority populations: "We're really not that different, you and I." Diabetes Spectrum, 11(3), 145-149. (invited paper)
  • Brown, S.A., Upchurch, S., Garcia, A., Barton, S.A., & Hanis, C. (1998). Symptom-related self-care of Mexican Americans with NIDDM: Preliminary findings of the Starr County Diabetes Education Study. The Diabetes Educator, 24(3), 331-339.
  • Brown, S.A., Upchurch, S., Anding, R., Winter, M., & Ram’rez, G. (1996). Promoting weight loss in type II diabetes. Diabetes Care, 19(6), 613-624.
  • Quackenbush, P.A., & Brown, S.A. (1996). The influence of demographic and treatment variables on health beliefs of diabetic adults. The Diabetes Educator, 22(3), 231-236.
  • Brown, S.A., Cohen, S.M., Kaeser, L., Levine, C.D., Littleton, L.Y., Meininger, J.C., Otto, D.A., & Rickman, K.J. (1995). Nursing perspective of Boyer's Scholarship Paradigm. Nurse Educator, 20(5), 26-30.
  • Brown, S.A., & Grimes, D.E. (1995). A meta-analysis of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives in primary care. Nursing Research, 44(6), 332-339.
  • Brown, S.A., & Hanis, C.L. (1995). A community-based, culturally-sensitive education and group support intervention for Mexican-Americans with NIDDM: A pilot study of efficacy. The Diabetes Educator, 21(3), 203-210.

Commentaries and Editorials

  • Brown, S.A. (1998). Commentary on "Injecting insulin through clothing was safe and convenient." Evidence-Based Nursing, 1(1), 12. Comment on: Fleming, D.R., Jacober, S.J., Vandenberg, M.A., et al. (1997). The safety of injecting insulin through clothing. Diabetes Care, 20, 244-247.

Books/Book Chapters

  • Brown, S.A. (2007). Cultural myths and other fables about promoting health in Mexican Americans: Lessons learned from Starr County border health intervention research. In J. Angel & K. Whitfield (Eds.), The Health of Aging Hispanics: The Mexican-Origin Population. New York, NY: Springer Publishing. (invited chapter)