Scientific Interest(s):
Dr. Richard Brown's recent research focuses on health insurance coverage, the lack of coverage and the effects of public policies, managed care and market conditions on access to cancer screening and other health services, particularly for disadvantaged populations, ethnic minorities and immigrants.
Brown is the principal investigator for the new California Health Interview Survey, one of the nation's largest ongoing health surveys, which will generate statewide and local-level estimates for California's diverse population and cover a broad range of health issues, including health status and conditions and access to health care.
Selected Cancer-Related Publications:
Goldstein MS, Lee JH, Ballard-Barbash R, Brown ER. The use and perceived benefit of complementary and alternative medicine among Californians with cancer. Psychooncology. 2007.
Hastert TA, Babey SH, Brown ER, Meng YY. Pets and smoking in the home associated with asthma symptoms and asthma-like breathing problems. Policy Brief UCLA Cent Health Policy Res. 2007(PB2007-2): 1-7.
Kincheloe J, Frates J, Brown ER. Determinants of children's participation in California's Medicaid and SCHIP programs. Health Serv Res. 2007; 42(2): 847-66.
Meng YY, Babey SH, Hastert TA, Brown ER. California's racial and ethnic minorities more adversely affected by asthma. Policy Brief UCLA Cent Health Policy Res. 2007(PB2007-3): 1-7.
Spencer BA, Babey SH, Etzioni DA, Ponce NA, Brown ER, Yu H, Chawla N, Litwin MS. A population-based survey of prostate-specific antigen testing among California men at higher risk for prostate carcinoma. Cancer. 2006; 106(4): 765-74.