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Arleen F. Brown
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 147
Citations - 6899
Arleen F. Brown is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Population. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 124 publications receiving 6043 citations. Previous affiliations of Arleen F. Brown include Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science & University of California, Berkeley.
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Effect of preoperative chemotherapy on local-regional disease in women with operable breast cancer: findings from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-18.
Bernard Fisher,Arleen F. Brown,Eleftherios P. Mamounas,S. Wieand,André Robidoux,Richard G. Margolese,A B Cruz,Edwin R. Fisher,Wickerham Dl,Norman Wolmark,Arthur DeCillis,James L. Hoehn,A W Lees,N V Dimitrov +13 more
TL;DR: Preoperative therapy reduced the size of most breast tumors and decreased the incidence of positive nodes in women with primary breast cancer and should be considered for the initial management of breast tumors judged too large for lumpectomy.
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Socioeconomic Position and Health among Persons with Diabetes Mellitus: A Conceptual Framework and Review of the Literature
Arleen F. Brown,Susan L. Ettner,John D. Piette,Morris Weinberger,Edward W. Gregg,Martin F. Shapiro,Andrew J. Karter,Monika M. Safford,Beth Waitzfelder,Patricia A. Prata,Gloria L. Beckles +10 more
TL;DR: Although some compelling evidence exists for an association between low SEP and adverse health outcomes for persons with diabetes and other chronic conditions, the pathways through whichSEP and health are related in persons with chronic illness are poorly understood.
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Health Disparities in Endocrine Disorders: Biological, Clinical, and Nonclinical Factors—An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement
Sherita Hill Golden,Arleen F. Brown,Jane A. Cauley,Marshall H. Chin,Tiffany L. Gary-Webb,Catherine Kim,Julie Ann Sosa,Anne E. Sumner,Blair Anton +8 more
TL;DR: Several themes emerged in the statement, including a need for basic science, population-based, translational and health services studies to explore underlying mechanisms contributing to endocrine health disparities, suggesting that population interventions targeting weight loss may favorably impact a number of endocrine disorders.
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Race, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and quality of care for adults with diabetes enrolled in managed care: the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study.
Arleen F. Brown,Edward W. Gregg,Mark R. Stevens,Andrew J. Karter,Morris Weinberger,Monika M. Safford,Tiffany L. Gary,Dorothy A. Caputo,Beth Waitzfelder,Catherine Kim,Gloria L. Beckles +10 more
TL;DR: In these managed-care settings, minority race/ethnicity was not consistently associated with worse processes or outcomes, and not all differences favored whites.
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Structural Interventions to Reduce and Eliminate Health Disparities.
Arleen F. Brown,Grace X. Ma,Jeanne Miranda,Eugenia Eng,Dorothy Castille,Teresa Brockie,Patricia Jones,Collins O. Airhihenbuwa,Tilda Farhat,Lin Zhu,Chau Trinh-Shevrin +10 more
TL;DR: Highlights structural interventions that have yielded health benefits, discusses challenges and opportunities for accelerating improvements in minority health, and proposes recommendations to foster the development of structural interventions likely to advance health disparities research.