Coleman, B., Spruill, I.J., Powell-Young, Y.M., Martinez, B., & Wooters, J. (In Press). Exploration of African American nurse's perceptions toward seeking and utilizing genetic information. Journal of the National Black Nurses Association.

Chatman Bryant, D., Hill, L.M., Melvin, C., Powell-Young, Y.M. & Ford, M.E. (In Press). The Community Compass project: A community engagement model targeting African Americans in the low country of South Carolina. The Journal of the National Black Nurses Association.

**Baskin, LaWanda W., Baker, Janelle R., Bryan, Teresa L., Young, Geraldine Q., Powell-Young, Yolanda M. (2015). Rural Health and the Nonemergency Use of Emergency Medical Services. Nursing Clinics of North America, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnur.2015.05.01

**Spruill, I.J., Coleman, B.L., Powell-Young, Y.M., Williams, T., Magwood, G. (2014). Non-Biological (Fictive Kin and Othermothers): Embracing the Need for a Culturally Appropriate Pedigree Nomenclature in African-American Families. Journal of the National Black Nurses Association, 25(2), 23-30.

**Powell-Young, Y.M., Clark, M.K., Dragan, E., Even, D., Murray, J.C. (2014). Supplementing genetic diversity in research: The usefulness of archival serum for SNP genotyping. Journal of the National Black Nurses Association, 25(1), 1-6.

Spruill, I.J., Taylor, J., Ancheta, I.B., Adeyemo, A.A., Powell-Young, Y., & Doswell, W. (2014). Health disparities in genomics and genetics [Editorial]. Nursing Research and Practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/324327

**Zabaleta, J., Velasco-Gonzalez, C., Estrada, J., Ravussin, E., Pelligrino, N., Mohler, M., Larson-Meyer, D., Boulares, H., Powell-Young, Y., Bennett, B., Happel, K., Cefalu, W., Scribner, R., Tseng, T., & Sothern, M. (2013). Inverse correlation of serum inflammatory markers with metabolic parameters in healthy, Black and White pre-pubertal youth. International Journal of Obesity. doi:10.1038/ijo.2013.220

**Johnson, V.A., Powell-Young, Y.M., Brossman, B., Kim, E. & Sherman, S. (2013). A parent-response screening inventory for fragile X syndrome: Development & testing with an international sample. Journal of Theory Construction & Testing, 17(2).

**Powell-Young, Y.M., Zabaleta, J., Valesco-Gonzalez, C. & Sothern, M. (2013). A cohort study evaluating the implications of biology, weight status and socioeconomic level on global self-esteem competence among female African American adolescents. Journal of the National Black Nurses Association, 24(1), 1-8.

**Powell-Young, Y.M. & Spruill, I.J. (2013). Views of Black nurses toward genetic research and testing. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 45(2), 151-159. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12015

**Powell-Young, Y. M. (2012). The validity of self-report weight and height as a surrogate method for direct measurement. Applied Nursing Research, 25(1), 25-30. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2010.06.001

**Powell-Young, Y.M. (2012). Socioeconomic status and spiritual well-being but not overweight as determinants of poor subjective health status among African American adolescents. Research in Nursing and Health, 35(3), 219-230. doi: 10.1002/nur.21473

**Powell-Young, Y.M., Johnson, V.A., Sherman, S.L., & Brossman, B. (2012). Pilot Evaluation of the Biopsychosocial Screening Inventory for Fragile X Syndrome (BIPSSI-FX) with an Extended African American Family. Journal of Theory Construction & Testing, 16(1), 22-28.

**Powell-Young, Y.M. & Spruill, I.J. (2011). Measuring self-concept among African Americans: Exploring the factor structure of the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents. Journal of the National Black Nurses Association, 22(2), 35-43.