Arleen Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
Titles
Professor, Medicine
General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research
Leader, Community Engagement and Research Program (CERP)
Member, CTSI
Workforce Development
Contact Information
Email
abrown@mednet.ucla.edu Phone
Work Phone Number:
(310) 794-6047
Address
Mailing Address:
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLADepartment of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine/Health Services Research
911 Broxton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Medical Practice:
200 Medical Plaza, Suite 420Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Biography
Dr. Arleen F. Brown is a general internist and health services researcher with expertise in quality of care for older adults and minorities with diabetes. She has focused on health care system, social, and individual level determinants of health for persons with diabetes. She had headed a project, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, on quality of care for older persons with diabetes in fee-for-service and managed Medicare. Dr. Brown was also a co-Principal investigator of a study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to examine the quality of diabetes care for persons with diabetes in managed care. For that project, she chaired the Working Group on Socioeconomic Position and Health and has evaluated racial, ethnic, and language barriers to care for persons with diabetes. She is also working on projects to improve self-management skills in older African Americans and Latinos with diabetes. Dr. Brown?s RCMAR project focused on how neighborhoods may influence health for persons with chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and arthritis.Publications
A selected list of publications:
Brown Arleen F, Vassar Stefanie D, Connor Karen I, Vickrey Barbara G
Collaborative care management reduces disparities in dementia care
quality for caregivers with less education
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,
2013; 61(2):
243-51.
Robinson Paul L, Dominguez Fred, Teklehaimanot Senait, Lee Martin, Brown Arleen, Goodchild Michael
Does distance decay modelling of supermarket accessibility predict
fruit and vegetable intake by individuals in a large metropolitan
area?
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved,
2013; 24(1 Suppl):
172-85.
Yan Tingjian, Escarce José J, Liang Li-Jung, Longstreth W T, Merkin Sharon Stein, Ovbiagele Bruce, Vassar Stefanie D, Seeman Teresa, Sarkisian Catherine, Brown Arleen F
Exploring psychosocial pathways between neighbourhood characteristics
and stroke in older adults: the cardiovascular health study
Age and ageing,
2013; 42(3):
391-7.
Brown Arleen F, Liang Li-Jung, Vassar Stefanie D, Merkin Sharon Stein, Longstreth W T, Ovbiagele Bruce, Yan Tingjian, Escarce José J
Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and mortality after stroke
Neurology,
2013; 80(6):
520-7.
Peek Monica E, Wilson Shannon C, Bussey-Jones Jada, Lypson Monica, Cordasco Kristina, Jacobs Elizabeth A, Bright Cedric, Brown Arleen F
A study of national physician organizations' efforts to reduce racial
and ethnic health disparities in the United States
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges,
2012; 87(6):
694-700.
Walker Kara Odom, Clarke Robin, Ryan Gery, Brown Arleen F
Effect of closure of a local safety-net hospital on primary care
physicians' perceptions of their role in patient care
Annals of family medicine,
2012; 9(6):
496-503.
Lu Shou-En, Beckles Gloria L, Crosson Jesse C, Bilik Dorian, Karter Andrew J, Gerzoff Robert B, Lin Yong, Ross Sonja V, McEwen Laura N, Waitzfelder Beth E, Marrero David, Lasser Norman, Brown Arleen F
Evaluation of risk equations for prediction of short-term coronary
heart disease events in patients with long-standing type 2 diabetes:
the Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study
BMC endocrine disorders,
2012; 12(9):
12.
Golden Sherita Hill, Brown Arleen, Cauley Jane A, Chin Marshall H, Gary-Webb Tiffany L, Kim Catherine, Sosa Julie Ann, Sumner Anne E, Anton Blair
Health disparities in endocrine disorders: biological, clinical, and
nonclinical factors--an endocrine society scientific statement
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism,
2012; 97(9):
E1579-639.
Gore John L, Singer Jennifer S, Brown Arleen F, Danovitch Gabriel M
The socioeconomic status of donors and recipients of living unrelated
renal transplants in the United States
The Journal of urology,
2012; 187(5):
1760-5.
Bharmal Nazleen, Kennedy David, Jones Loretta, Lee-Johnson Charles, Morris D'Ann, Caldwell Ben, Brown Anthony, Houston Tina, Meeks Charlene, Vargas Roberto, Franco Idalid, Razzak A Rab, Brown Arleen F
Through our eyes: exploring African-American men's perspective on
factors affecting transition to manhood
Journal of general internal medicine,
2012; 27(2):
153-9.
Clarke Robin M A, Tseng Chi-hong, Brook Robert H, Brown Arleen F
Tool used to assess how well community health centers function as
medical homes may be flawed
Health affairs (Project Hope),
2012; 31(3):
627-35.
McEwen Laura N, Kim Catherine, Ettner Susan L, Herman William H, Karter Andrew J, Beckles Gloria L, Brown Arleen F
Competing demands for time and self-care behaviors, processes of care,
and intermediate outcomes among people with diabetes: Translating
Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD)
Diabetes care,
2011; 34(5):
1180-2.
Walker Kara Odom, Leng Mei, Liang Li-Jung, Forge Nell, Morales Leo, Jones Loretta, Brown Arleen
Increased patient delays in care after the closure of Martin Luther
King Hospital: implications for monitoring health system changes
Ethnicity & disease,
2011; 21(3):
356-60.
Brown Arleen F, Liang Li-Jung, Vassar Stefanie D, Stein-Merkin Sharon, Longstreth W T, Ovbiagele Bruce, Yan Tingjian, Escarce José J
Neighborhood disadvantage and ischemic stroke: the Cardiovascular
Health Study (CHS)
Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation,
2011; 42(12):
3363-8.
Gary-Webb Tiffany L, Baptiste-Roberts Kesha, Pham Luu, Wesche-Thobaben Jacquline, Patricio Jennifer, Pi-Sunyer F Xavier, Brown Arleen F, Jones-Corneille LaShanda, Brancati Frederick L, Brancati Frederick L
Neighborhood socioeconomic status, depression, and health status in
the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) study
BMC public health,
2011; 11(3):
349.
Duru O Kenrik, Bilik Dori, McEwen Laura N, Brown Arleen F, Karter Andrew J, Curb J David, Marrero David G, Lu Shou-En, Rodriguez Michael, Mangione Carol M
Primary language, income and the intensification of anti-glycemic
medications in managed care: the (TRIAD) study
Journal of general internal medicine,
2011; 26(5):
505-11.
Ross Paula T, Wiley Cené Crystal, Bussey-Jones Jada, Brown Arleen F, Blackman Dionne, Fernández Alicia, Fernández Leonor, Glick Susan B, Horowitz Carol R, Jacobs Elizabeth A, Peek Monica E, Wilkerson Luann, Lypson Monica L
A strategy for improving health disparities education in medicine
Journal of general internal medicine,
2010; 25 Suppl 2(11):
S160-3.
Fish Jason S, Ettner Susan, Ang Alfonso, Brown Arleen F
Association of perceived neighborhood safety with [corrected] body
mass index
American journal of public health,
2010; 100(11):
2296-303.
Gregg Edward W, Karter Andrew J, Gerzoff Robert B, Safford Monika, Brown Arleen F, Tseng Chien-Wen, Waitzfielder Beth, Herman William H, Mangione Carol M, Selby Joseph V, Thompson Theodore J, Dudley R Adams
Characteristics of insured patients with persistent gaps in diabetes
care services: the Translating Research into Action for Diabetes
(TRIAD) study
Medical care,
2010; 48(1):
31-7.
Waitzfelder Beth, Gerzoff Robert B, Karter Andrew J, Crystal Stephen, Bair Mathew J, Ettner Susan L, Brown Arleen F, Subramanian Usha, Lu Shou-En, Marrero David, Herman William H, Selby Joseph V, Dudley R Adams
Correlates of depression among people with diabetes: The Translating
Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study
Primary care diabetes,
2010; 4(4):
215-22.
Lypson Monica L, Bussey-Jones Jada, Glick Susan, Brown Arleen F, Jacobs Elizabeth A
Disparities in health and health care across a range of populations
and conditions. Introduction
Journal of general internal medicine,
2010; 25 Suppl 2(11):
S79-81.
Thompson Britta M, Haidet Paul, Casanova Robert, Vivo Rey P, Gomez Arthur G, Brown Arleen F, Richter Regina A, Crandall Sonia J
Medical students' perceptions of their teachers' and their own
cultural competency: implications for education
Journal of general internal medicine,
2010; 25 Suppl 2(11):
S91-4.
Gary-Webb Tiffany L, Baptiste-Roberts Kesha, Pham Luu, Wesche-Thobaben Jacqueline, Patricio Jennifer, Pi-Sunyer F Xavier, Brown Arleen F, Jones LaShanda, Brancati Frederick L, Brancati Frederick L
Neighborhood and weight-related health behaviors in the Look AHEAD
(Action for Health in Diabetes) study
BMC public health,
2010; 10(11):
312.
Schmittdiel Julie A, Steers Neil, Duru O Kenrik, Ettner Susan L, Brown Arleen F, Fung Vicki, Hsu John, Quiter Elaine, Tseng Chien-Wen, Mangione Carol M
Patient-provider communication regarding drug costs in Medicare Part D
beneficiaries with diabetes: a TRIAD Study
BMC health services research,
2010; 10(11):
164.
Odom Walker Kara, Ryan Gery, Ramey Robin, Nunez Felix L, Beltran Robert, Splawn Robert G, Brown Arleen F
Recruiting and retaining primary care physicians in urban underserved
communities: the importance of having a mission to serve
American journal of public health,
2010; 100(11):
2168-75.
Walker Kara Odom, Steers Neil, Liang Li-Jung, Morales Leo S, Forge Nell, Jones Loretta, Brown Arleen F
The vulnerability of middle-aged and older adults in a multiethnic,
low-income area: contributions of age, ethnicity, and health
insurance
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,
2010; 58(12):
2416-22.
Inagami Sanae, Cohen Deborah A, Brown Arleen F, Asch Steven M
Body mass index, neighborhood fast food and restaurant concentration,
and car ownership
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine,
2009; 86(5):
683-95.
Chou Ann F, Brown Arleen F, Jensen Roxanne E, Shih Sarah, Pawlson Greg, Scholle Sarah Hudson
Gender and racial disparities in the management of diabetes mellitus
among Medicare patients
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health,
2009; 17(3):
150-61.
Duru O Kenrik, Gerzoff Robert B, Selby Joseph V, Brown Arleen F, Ackermann Ronald T, Karter Andrew J, Ross Sonja, Steers Neil, Herman William H, Waitzfelder Beth, Mangione Carol M
Identifying risk factors for racial disparities in diabetes outcomes:
the translating research into action for diabetes study
Medical care,
2009; 47(6):
700-6.
Ettner Susan L, Cadwell Betsy L, Russell Louise B, Brown Arleen, Karter Andrew J, Safford Monika, Mangione Carol, Beckles Gloria, Herman William H, Thompson Theodore J, Thompson Theodore J
Investing time in health: do socioeconomically disadvantaged patients
spend more or less extra time on diabetes self-care?
Health economics,
2009; 18(6):
645-63.
Karter Andrew J, Stevens Mark R, Gregg Edward W, Brown Arleen F, Tseng Chien-Wen, Marrero David G, Duru O Kenrik, Gary Tiffany L, Piette John D, Waitzfelder Beth, Herman William H, Beckles Gloria L, Safford Monika M, Ettner Susan L
Educational disparities in rates of smoking among diabetic adults: the
translating research into action for diabetes study
American journal of public health,
2008; 98(2):
365-70.
Gary Tiffany L, Safford Monika M, Gerzoff Robert B, Ettner Susan L, Karter Andrew J, Beckles Gloria L, Brown Arleen F
Perception of neighborhood problems, health behaviors, and diabetes
outcomes among adults with diabetes in managed care: the Translating
Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study
Diabetes care,
2008; 31(2):
273-8.
Duru O Kenrik, Gerzoff Robert B, Brown Arleen F, Karter Andrew J, Kim Catherine, Kountz David, Narayan K M Venkat, Schneider Stephen H, Tseng Chien-Wen, Waitzfelder Beth, Mangione Carol M
Predictors of sustained walking among diabetes patients in managed
care: the Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study
Journal of general internal medicine,
2008; 23(8):
1194-9.
Brown Arleen F, Vargas Roberto B, Ang Alfonso, Pebley Anne R
The neighborhood food resource environment and the health of residents
with chronic conditions: the food resource environment and the health
of residents
Journal of general internal medicine,
2008; 23(8):
1137-44.
Washington Donna L, Bowles Jacqueline, Saha Somnath, Horowitz Carol R, Moody-Ayers Sandra, Brown Arleen F, Stone Valerie E, Cooper Lisa A, Cooper Lisa A
Transforming clinical practice to eliminate racial-ethnic disparities
in healthcare
Journal of general internal medicine,
2008; 23(5):
685-91.
Beckles Gloria L A, Williamson David F, Brown Arleen F, Gregg Edward W, Karter Andrew J, Kim Catherine, Dudley R Adams, Safford Monika M, Stevens Mark R, Thompson Theodore J
Agreement between self-reports and medical records was only fair in a
cross-sectional study of performance of annual eye examinations among
adults with diabetes in managed care
Medical care,
2007; 45(9):
876-83.
Berg Karina M, Gill Thomas M, Brown Arleen F, Zerzan Judy, Elmore Joann G, Wilson Ira B
Demystifying the NIH grant application process
Journal of general internal medicine,
2007; 22(11):
1587-95.
Karter Andrew J, Stevens Mark R, Brown Arleen F, Duru O Kenrik, Gregg Edward W, Gary Tiffany L, Beckles Gloria L, Tseng Chien-Wen, Marrero David G, Waitzfelder Beth, Herman William H, Piette John D, Safford Monika M, Ettner Susan L
Educational disparities in health behaviors among patients with
diabetes: the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD)
Study
BMC public health,
2007; 7(11):
308.
Brown Arleen F
Patient, system and clinician level interventions to address
disparities in diabetes care
Current diabetes reviews,
2007; 3(4):
244-8.
Brown Arleen F, Ang Alfonso, Pebley Anne R
The relationship between neighborhood characteristics and self-rated
health for adults with chronic conditions
American journal of public health,
2007; 97(5):
926-32.
Selby Joe V, Swain Bix E, Gerzoff Robert B, Karter Andrew J, Waitzfelder Beth E, Brown Arleen F, Ackermann Ronald T, Duru O Kenrik, Ferrara Assiamira, Herman William, Marrero David G, Caputo Dorothy, Narayan K M Venkat, Narayan K M Venkat
Understanding the gap between good processes of diabetes care and poor
intermediate outcomes: Translating Research into Action for Diabetes
(TRIAD)
Medical care,
2007; 45(12):
1144-53.
Ettner Susan L, Thompson Theodore J, Stevens Mark R, Mangione Carol M, Kim Catherine, Neil Steers W, Goewey Jennifer, Brown Arleen F, Chung Richard S, Narayan K M Venkat, Narayan K M Venkat
Are physician reimbursement strategies associated with processes of
care and patient satisfaction for patients with diabetes in managed
care?
Health services research,
2006; 41(4 Pt 1):
1221-41.
King William D, Woolhandler Steffie J, Brown Arleen F, Jiang Luohua, Kevorkian Kristine, Himmelstein David U, Bor David H
Brief report: Influenza vaccination and health care workers in the
United States
Journal of general internal medicine,
2006; 21(2):
181-4.
Ackermann Ronald T, Thompson Theodore J, Selby Joseph V, Safford Monika M, Stevens Mark, Brown Arleen F, Narayan K M Venkat, Narayan K M Venkat
Is the number of documented diabetes process-of-care indicators
associated with cardiometabolic risk factor levels, patient
satisfaction, or self-rated quality of diabetes care? The Translating
Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study
Diabetes care,
2006; 29(9):
2108-13.
Duru O Kenrik, Mangione Carol M, Steers Neil W, Herman William H, Karter Andrew J, Kountz David, Marrero David G, Safford Monika M, Waitzfelder Beth, Gerzoff Robert B, Huh Soonim, Brown Arleen F, Brown Arleen F
The association between clinical care strategies and the attenuation
of racial/ethnic disparities in diabetes care: the Translating
Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) Study
Medical care,
2006; 44(12):
1121-8.
Mangione Carol M, Gerzoff Robert B, Williamson David F, Steers W Neil, Kerr Eve A, Brown Arleen F, Waitzfelder Beth E, Marrero David G, Dudley R Adams, Kim Catherine, Herman William, Thompson Theodore J, Safford Monika M, Selby Joe V, Selby Joe V
The association between quality of care and the intensity of diabetes
disease management programs
Annals of internal medicine,
2006; 145(2):
107-16.
Johnson Susan L, Tierney Edward F, Onyemere Kingsley U, Tseng Chien-Wen, Safford Monica M, Karter Andrew J, Ferrara Assiamira, Duru O Kenrick, Brown Arleen F, Narayan K M Venkat, Thompson Theodore J, Herman William H
Who is tested for diabetic kidney disease and who initiates treatment?
The Translating Research Into Action For Diabetes (TRIAD) Study
Diabetes care,
2006; 29(8):
1733-8.
Sarkisian Catherine A, Brown Arleen F, Norris Keith C, Wintz Ruth L, Mangione Carol M
A systematic review of diabetes self-care interventions for older,
African American, or Latino adults
The Diabetes educator,
2005; 29(3):
467-79.
Sarkisian Catherine A, Brusuelas Rebecca J, Steers W Neil, Davidson Mayer B, Brown Arleen F, Norris Keith C, Anderson Robert M, Mangione Carol M
For the patient. Managing diabetes with cultural sensitivity and
self-empowerment
Ethnicity & disease,
2005; 15(2):
351.
Brown Arleen F, Jiang Luohua, Fong Donald S, Gutierrez Peter R, Coleman Anne L, Lee Paul P, Adams John, Mangione Carol M
Need for eye care among older adults with diabetes mellitus in
fee-for-service and managed Medicare
Archives of ophthalmology,
2005; 123(5):
669-75.
Brown Arleen F, Gregg Edward W, Stevens Mark R, Karter Andrew J, Weinberger Morris, Safford Monika M, Gary Tiffany L, Caputo Dorothy A, Waitzfelder Beth, Kim Catherine, Beckles Gloria L
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
Diabetes care,
2005; 28(12):
2864-70.
Washington Donna L, Villa Valentine, Brown Arleen, Damron-Rodriguez JoAnn, Harada Nancy
Racial/ethnic variations in veterans' ambulatory care use
American journal of public health,
2005; 95(12):
2231-7.
Sarkisian Catherine A, Brusuelas Rebecca J, Steers W Neil, Davidson Mayer B, Brown Arleen F, Norris Keith C, Anderson Robert M, Mangione Carol M
Using focus groups of older African Americans and Latinos with
diabetes to modify a self-care empowerment intervention
Ethnicity & disease,
2005; 15(2):
283-91.
Brown Arleen F, Ettner Susan L, Piette John, Weinberger Morris, Gregg Edward, Shapiro Martin F, Karter Andrew J, Safford Monika, Waitzfelder Beth, Prata Patricia A, Beckles Gloria L
Socioeconomic position and health among persons with diabetes
mellitus: a conceptual framework and review of the literature
Epidemiologic reviews,
2004; 26(2):
63-77.
Brown AF, Mangione CM, Saliba D, Sarkisian CC
Guidelines for Care of Older Adults with Diabetes Mellitus. Guidelines for improving the care of the older person with diabetes mellitus,
JAGS,
2003; CHCF/AGS Panel on the Care of Elders with Diabetes:
51:S265-S280.
Brown Arleen F, Gerzoff Robert B, Karter Andrew J, Gregg Edward, Safford Monika, Waitzfelder Beth, Beckles Gloria L A, Brusuelas Rebecca, Mangione Carol M, Mangione Carol M
Health behaviors and quality of care among Latinos with diabetes in
managed care
American journal of public health,
2003; 93(10):
1694-8.
Brown Arleen F, Gross Amy G, Gutierrez Peter R, Jiang Luohua, Shapiro Martin F, Mangione Carol M
Income-related differences in the use of evidence-based therapies in
older persons with diabetes mellitus in for-profit managed care
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,
2003; 51(5):
665-70.
Karter Andrew J, Stevens Mark R, Herman William H, Ettner Susan, Marrero David G, Safford Monika M, Engelgau Michael M, Curb J David, Brown Arleen F, Brown Arleen F
Out-of-pocket costs and diabetes preventive services: the Translating
Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study
Diabetes care,
2003; 26(8):
2294-9.
Brown A F, Pérez-Stable E J, Whitaker E E, Posner S F, Alexander M, Gathe J, Washington A E
Ethnic differences in hormone replacement prescribing patterns
Journal of general internal medicine,
1999; 14(11):
663-9.