Victoria L Brown

Biographic Data

ID4971045
NAMEVictoria L Brown
GIVEN NAMESVictoria L
FAMILY NAMEBrown
SIGNATUREBROWN V L
AFFILIATIONSDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis Missouri USA
ORCID0000-0002-3662-1226
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1990
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Working through cancer

    Open AccessVictoria L Brown, Lindsey Kaufman et al.ARTICLEMedical Anthropology Quarterly2026References: 59

    While US cancer survival rates have improved in recent years, the rising incidence of early‐onset cancers means cancer is shifting younger, imposing new generational challenges for survivors and their families. This article explores the experience of a cancer diagnosis during one's re/productive years by analyzing how parents with dependent children maintain a future amid heightened economic precarity (e.g., loss of stable employment, downward mo…

  • Bright Girl

    Victoria L Brown, Victoria BrownARTICLECaribbean Quarterly2015

  • The Role of Employment in Preventing Continued Drug Use Among Welfare Recipients

    Victoria L Brown, Vicki Brown et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Service Research2009References: 23

    This article utilized a panel design to analyze the relationship between employment and drug use among low-income women over a 2-year period. Five hundred and thirty four (N = 534) female welfare recipients were recruited as part of a 5-year study designed to examine the effects of chronic drug use on the transition from welfare to work. The prototypical study participant was female, single, African American, had less than a 12th grade education,…

  • The HIV transmission gradient

    Open AccessDavid C Bell, John S Atkinson et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2006

  • Employment and Income Patterns in a Study of a Chronic Drug Using and Non-Drug Using Tanf Population

    John S Atkinson, Donna D Whitsett et al.ARTICLEJournal of Poverty2003Cited by: 1References: 1

    This study examines the employment, welfare, and earnings patterns of 244 current and recent Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients over a two-year period. Thirty-six percent of these individuals were classified as chronic drug users. Significant increases in employment rates and significant decreases in rates of TANF receipt were seen in both groups, but employment was significantly higher in the non-users. While hours worked …

  • Social Work and Social Order

    Victoria Bissell Brown, Victoria L Brown et al.ARTICLEHistory of Education Quarterly1993Cited by: 2

  • The Fear of Feminization

    Victoria Bissell Brown, Victoria L BrownARTICLEFeminist Studies1990