Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications (last 3 years)
  1. Brannon GE, Kindratt, TB, & Brown KK. (2024). The role of respect and collaborative decision making on diabetes care factors among nonpregnant women of reproductive age with diabetes in the United States. Journal of Patient Experience, 11, 23 
  2. Kindratt TB, Dallo FJ & Brown KK. (2024). Mental health and care seeking patterns of Middle Eastern and North African immigrant children in the United States. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology,  
  3. Smith JG & Brown KK. (2024). Rural hospital and obstetric unit closures as social determinants of racial and ethnic maternal health disparities: A scoping review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80 (8), 3059-3071. DOI: 10.1007/s00127-024-02799-8 
  4. Liao Y, Brothers RM, Brown KK, Lee RE. (2024). A biobehavioral observational study to understand the multilevel determinant sof cardiovascular health in Black women: The BLOOM Study protocol. BMC Women’s Health, 24 (1), 391. 
  5. Brown KK, Thomas SP, Brothers RM, & Liao Y. (2024). “Lord knowls what’s being done with my blood!”: Black women’s perceptions of biospecimen donation for clinical research in the United States. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-10. 
  6. Dallo RJ, Brown KK, Obembe A, & Kindratt TB. (2024). Disparities in health insurance among Middle Eastern and North African American children in the US. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 15, 21501319241255542. 
  7. Kindratt TB, Dallo FJ, Brown KK. (2024). Maternal and perinatal health disparities among Middle Eastern and North African women in children in the United States. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 28 (4), 719-728. 
  8. Brannon GE, Kindratt TB, Boateng GO, Sankuratri BYV, & Brown KK. (2024). Racial and ethnic disparities in patient experience and diabetes self-management among nonpregnant women of childbearing age with diabetes in the United States: A scoping review. Women’s Health Issues, 34 (1), 26-35.  
  9. Kindratt TB, Boateng GO, Brannon, GE, Sankuratri BYV, & Brown KK. (2023). Testing proximal, intermediate and health outcomes of patient-centered communication among non-pregnant women of childbearing age with diabetes mellitus: Findings from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2012-2018. PEC Innovation 3, 100185. 
  10. Martin ZT, Al-dass IO, Cardenas N, Kolade JO, Merlau ER, Vu JK, Brown KK, Brothers RM. (2023). Peripheral and Cerebral Vasodilation in Black and White Women: Examining the Impact of Psychosocial Stress Exposure Versus Internalization and Coping. Hypertension. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.21230
  11. Obasanya M, Igenoza O, Gupta S, McElroy K, Brannon GE, & Brown KK. (2023). Racial and ethnic differences in maternal and child COVID-19 vaccination intent among pregnant and postpartum women in the USA (April-June 2020): An application of the health belief model. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 10 (5), 2540-2551. 
  12. Kindratt TB, Brannon GE, Boateng GO, & Brown KK. (2023). The influence of racial/ethnic and gender concordance on care among non-pregnant women of childbearing age with diabetes mellitus: an analysis of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2010-2019. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Disparities, 1-10.  
  13. Lemke MK, Brown KK, Fallah-Fini S, Hall, A, Obasanya M. (2023). Complex systems and participatory approaches to address maternal health disparities: Findings from a system dynamics group model building project in North Texas. American Journal of Community Psychology, 71 (3-4), 303-316.  
  14. Brown KK, Kindratt TB, Brannon GE, Sankuratri BYV, & Boateng GO. (2023). Patient experience with their health care provider among non-pregnant women of childbearing age with diabetes mellitus by race and ethnicity in the United States. Women’s Health Reports, 4 (1), 20-30.  
  15. Martin ZT, Akins JD, Merlau ER, Kolade JO, Al-Daas IO, Cardenas N, Vu JK, Brown KK, & Brothers RM. (2023). The acute effect of whole-body heat therapy on peripheral and cerebral vascular reactivity in Black and White females. Microvscular Research, 148, 104536.  
  16. Smith JG, Brown KK, & Hutchings M. (2022). “It’s not right”: Nurse perspectives on rural hospital closures: A qualitative study. Public Health Nursing, 39 (6), 1288-1299.  
  17. Kindratt TB, Boateng GO, Brannon GE, Sankuratri BYV, & Brown KK. (2022). The influence of patient-provider communication quality on ratings of healthcare, self-efficacy, and care management among nonpregnant women of childbearing age with diabetes: Does socioeconomic status matter? Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-12. 
  18. Amuta-Jimenez A, Smith GPA, & Brown KK. (2022). Patterns and correlates of cervical cancer prevention among Black immigrant and African American women in the USA: the role of ethnicity and culture. Journal of Cancer Education, 37 (3), 798-805.  
  19. Martin, ZT, aOlvera G, Villegas CA, aCampbell JC, Akins JD, Brown KK, Brothers RM. (2022). The impact of a plant-based diet on indices of cardiovascular health in African Americans: A cross-sectional study. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 47 (9), 903-914. 
  20. Liao Y & Brown KK. (2022). Usage of digital health tools and perception of mHealth intervention for physical activity and sleep in Black women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (3), 1557.  
  21. Brown KK, Lemke MK, Fallah-Fini S, & Obasanya M. (2022). Planning, implementing and evaluating an online group model building workshop during the COVID-19 pandemic: Celebrating successes and learning from shortcomings. System Dynamics Review, 38 (1), 93.  
  22. Boateng GO & Brown KK. (2022). “Go back to your country”: Exploring nurses’ experiences of workplace conflict involving patients and patients’ family members in two Canadian cities. Nursing Inquiry, 29 (1) e12444.