Sandra Brown

Biographic Data

ID3704748
NAMESandra Brown
GIVEN NAMESSandra
FAMILY NAMEBrown
SIGNATUREBROWN S
AFFILIATIONSWinrock International (United States)
ORCID0000-0001-5146-5973
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS25
TOTAL CITATIONS38
WORKS AS AUTHOR25
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • An Intergenerational Functional Hand Training Program for Older Adults

    Open AccessAnna Schwartz, Rachel N Logue Cook et al.ARTICLEJournal of Intergenerational…2026References: 3

    We recently demonstrated the feasibility of delivering functional hand training using an intergenerational model. The purpose of this study was to describe the updated methodology for Hands and Health at Home. Pre-health students were trained to deliver 8 weeks of functional hand training to local Meals on Wheels clients. Clients completed standardized measures of hand function before and after the program and both groups completed surveys which …

  • Perpetual planning

    Open AccessPatrícia Nogueira Rinaldi, María Cecilia Roa García et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Planning E Nature…2025References: 27

    Perpetually planning the Guayuriba River basin for nearly two decades has allowed mining companies to continue extracting gravel, amidst uncertain flooding dynamics; oil companies to continue discharging production waters, despite uncertain water quality; and palm oil plantations to continue large-scale irrigation, notwithstanding uncertainties in water use and availability. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and semi-structured interviews in the …

  • Advancing Health Equity

    John Mcclure, J H McClure et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2024References: 1

    We assessed the impact of an innovative Louisiana community–academic–public health–practice (CAPP) partnership in addressing COVID-19–associated Black–White vaccination disparities over 19 months. Initially (April 2021), the cumulative vaccinations for Black versus White Louisianans were 54 542 per 100 000 versus 62 435 per 100 000, respectively. By October 2022, cumulative vaccinations for Black versus White Louisianans were 142 437 per 100 000 …

  • Prevalence and Correlates of Unmet Medical and Social Needs in Virginia’s Medicaid Managed Long Term Services and Supports Program

    Sarah J Marks, Heather Saunders et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2024References: 13

    BACKGROUND: Medicaid Long Term Services and Support (LTSS) programs serve individuals with complex medical and social needs. Increasingly, state Medicaid programs are contracting with managed care organizations to administer LTSS programs. OBJECTIVES: Understand the prevalence of and risk factors for unmet medical and social needs among a sample of patients within a Medicaid managed LTSS program. METHODS: We surveyed a cross-sectional random samp…

  • A View from Across the Soursop Tree

    Open AccessSandra BrownARTICLEAnthurium A Caribbean Studies…2019

    A View from Across the Soursop Tree" is a short story about a friendship between two young girls growing up in Jamaica

  • Carbon emissions from tropical forest degradation caused by logging

    Open AccessT PEARSON, Sandra Brown et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2014

    The focus of land-use related efforts in developing countries to reduce carbon emissions has been on slowing deforestation, yet international agreements are to reduce emissions from both deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). The second ‘D’ is poorly understood and accounted for a number of technical and policy reasons. Here we introduce a complete accounting method for estimating emission factors from selective timber harvesting, a substan…

  • Baseline Map of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in Tropical Regions

    Open AccessNancy L Harris, Sandra Brown et al.ARTICLEScience2012

    Tropical Carbon Loss Accurate and precise measures of tropical deforestation and the resulting carbon emissions are needed in order to formulate climate policy. Harris et al. (p. 1573 ; see the Perspective by Zarin ) used satellite observations of deforestation within the tropics of three continents to estimate that gross annual carbon emissions were approximately 0.8 Pg Cyr −2 (Pg = 10 15 g) for the years 2000 to 2005, from the loss of 43 millio…

  • Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents

    Open AccessSassan Saatchi, Sassan S Saatchi et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2011

    Developing countries are required to produce robust estimates of forest carbon stocks for successful implementation of climate change mitigation policies related to reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). Here we present a “benchmark” map of biomass carbon stocks over 2.5 billion ha of forests on three continents, encompassing all tropical forests, for the early 2000s, which will be invaluable for REDD assessments at both pr…

  • Achieving forest carbon information with higher certainty

    Open AccessDavid J Baker, G P Richards et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2010Cited by: 4References: 1

  • Identifying optimal areas for Redd intervention

    Open AccessNancy L Harris, Silvia Petrova et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2008

    International discussions on reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) as a greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement strategy are ongoing under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the light of these discussions, it behooves countries to be able to determine the relative likelihood of deforestation over a landscape and perform a first order estimation of the potential reduction in GHGs associated with va…

  • Response to South and Radcliffe comments on paper

    Open AccessBrent Sohngen, Sandra BrownARTICLEEcological Economics2008

  • Where the land is greener—case studies and analysis of soil and water conservation initiatives worldwide

    Open AccessSandra BrownARTICLEMountain Research and Development2008

  • Water Resource Research and Education in Mountain Communities

    Open AccessMaría Cecilia Roa García, Clara Eugenia Roa García et al.ARTICLEMountain Research and Development2008

    High elevation páramo (wetland) ecosystems in the Andes are important water sources for local communities and downstream agricultural and urban users. These headwater catchments, however, are often impacted by human activities (eg agricultural production) that affect both stream water quality and flow. Knowledge about water availability, quality, and use is essential for effective management but is often lacking, particularly in smaller mountain …

  • Comparison of registry methodologies for reporting carbon benefits for afforestation projects in the United States

    Open AccessT PEARSON, Timothy R H Pearson et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2008

  • Monitoring and estimating tropical forest carbon stocks

    Open AccessHolly K Gibbs, Holly Gibbs et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2007

    Reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation in developing countries is of central importance in efforts to combat climate change. Key scientific challenges must be addressed to prevent any policy roadblocks. Foremost among the challenges is quantifying nations’ carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, which requires information on forest clearing and carbon storage. Here we review a range of methods available t…

  • Protocol for the Characterization of Carbon and Water Cycles in High-elevation Ecosystems of the Andes

    Open AccessSandra Brown, Clara Roa et al.ARTICLEMountain Research and Development2007

    The government of Colombia has taken a leadership role in facilitating research in high mountain ecosystems to provide a scientific base for understanding climate change and land use impacts on water and carbon cycles. With support from the World Bank and GEF, the Colombian Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) has undertaken a national pilot project on integrated adaptation to climate change (INAP). A key compone…

  • A synopsis of land use, land-use change and forestry (Lulucf) under the Kyoto Protocol and Marrakech Accords

    Open AccessBernhard Schlamadinger, Neil Bird et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2007Cited by: 17

  • Earth observations for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in developing countries

    Open AccessRuth Defries, Franck Achard et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2007Cited by: 5References: 2

  • The influence of conversion of forest types on carbon sequestration and other ecosystem services in the South Central United States

    Open AccessBrent Sohngen, Sandra BrownARTICLEEcological Economics2006

  • Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests

    Open AccessJérôme Chaves, J Chave et al.ARTICLEOecologia2005

  • A case study of cash cropping in Nepal

    Open AccessSandra Brown, George Kennedy et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2005Cited by: 2References: 3

  • Spatial Analysis of Socioeconomic Issues

    Open AccessSandra BrownARTICLEMountain Research and Development2003

    Spatial patterns in socioeconomic data reveal issues and trends that would otherwise be missed by data aggregation to political or other units. Geographic Information System (GIS) tools provide display and analysis capabilities that are underutilized by many social scientists. The present article combines field-based surveys that maintain locational information with GIS tools to examine gender roles, responsibilities, and workloads in a spatial c…

  • Carbon accounting for forest harvesting and wood products

    Open AccessB Lim, Sandra Brown et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy1999Cited by: 10References: 1

  • Root biomass allocation in the world's upland forests

    Open AccessMichael A Cairns, Sandra Brown et al.ARTICLEOecologia1997

  • Carbon Pools and Flux of Global Forest Ecosystems

    Open AccessRobert K Dixon, A M Solomon et al.ARTICLEScience1994

    Forest systems cover more than 4.1 × 10 9 hectares of the Earth's land area. Globally, forest vegetation and soils contain about 1146 petagrams of carbon, with approximately 37 percent of this carbon in low-latitude forests, 14 percent in mid-latitudes, and 49 percent at high latitudes. Over two-thirds of the carbon in forest ecosystems is contained in soils and associated peat deposits. In 1990, deforestation in the low latitudes emitted 1.6 ± 0…