Curriculum Vitae
Johnson, V.A., Powell-Young, Y.M., Torres, E.R. & Spruill, I.J. (2011). A systematic review of strategies that increase the recruitment and retention of African American adults in genetic and genomic studies. Association of Black Nursing Faculty Journal (ABNF), 22(4), 84-88.
**Powell-Young, Y.M. (2009). The mediating effect of global self-worth on physical activity in African-American adolescent females. Journal of the National Black Nurses Association, 20(1), 19-24.
Powell-Young, Y.M., Baker, J.R., & Hogan, J.G. (2006). Disaster Ethics, Healthcare, and Nursing: A model case study to facilitate the decision-making process. Online Journal of Health Ethics. 1(2). http://www.ojhe.org/
Powell-Young, Y.M. (2005). Self-Perception, health promoting behaviors, and obesity among African American adolescent females: A predictive equation. Doctoral dissertation, Southern University and A & M College of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Powell-Young, Y. (2000). The right age for continuous insulin infusions: A meta-analysis. Master's thesis. Northwestern State University of Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Powell-Young, Y. (2000). Confidentiality: Keeping Our Patient's Secrets. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Patient Care Support Quarterly, Winter Edition, 1.
Proceedings refereed
Powell-Young, Y., Sothern, M.S., Zabaleta, J., Ravussin, E., Larson-Meyer, E., Velasco-Gonzalez, C., Pelligrino, N., Augustus, A., Bennett, B., Boulares, H., Estrada, J. (2012, September). Resistin is Associated with Pro-inflammatory Adipokines in Healthy, Pre-pubertal Youth. Proceedings of The Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Zabaleta, J., Estrada, J., Ravussin, E., Larson-Meyer, E., Velasco-Gonzalez, C., Pelligrino, N., Augustus, A., Bennett, B., Powell-Young, Y., Boulares, H., Sothern, M.S. (2012, September). Role of Ghrelin in Inflammation in Healthy Pre-pubertal Children. Proceedings of the Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Powell-Young, Y.M., Sothern, M.S., Velasco-Gonzalez, C., Kamboj, S., Zabaleta, J., & Estrada, J. (2011, October). Risk of overweight and low socioeconomic status on global self-esteem competence among female African American adolescents. Proceedings of the Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL
Clark, M.K., & Powell-Young, Y.M. (2008). Body mass index misclassification of fatness in young women. Obesity, suppl. (16), S257.
Powell-Young, Y.M. & Clark, M.K. (2008). Self-report height and weight accuracy and overweight misclassification among African American Adolescents. Obesity, suppl. (16), S256.
Books, Editorials and Invited Writings
Powell-Young, Y.M., Johnson, V., & Cavanaugh, G. (Spring, 2017 [Special Edition]. The influence of artificial intelligence on precision medicine. National Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NBNA) News
Powell-Young, Y.M. (Winter, 2016). Health equity and health equality: A look back moving forward. Editorial. National Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NBNA) News
Powell-Young, Y.M. and Spruill, I.J. (Spring, 2016). The precision medicine initiative: Black nurses' roles in advancing health equity. National Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NBNA) News.
Powell-Young, Y.M. and Spruill, I.J. (Winter, 2015). Insights into microbiome and environmental contributions to sickle cell disease and leg ulcers study (Insights Study): African Americans Need Apply National Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NBNA) News.
Spruill, I.J. and Powell-Young, Y.M. (Summer, 2013). A brief perspective on advancing the genetics and genomics era among Black Americans. National Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NBNA) News.
Powell-Young, Y.M. and Spruill, I.J. (Winter, 2013). Health Promotion in Genetic Research and Consumer Consent. National Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NBNA) News.