2023
Trusted residents and housing assistance to decrease violence exposure in New Haven (TRUE HAVEN): a strengths-based and community-driven stepped-wedge intervention to reduce gun violence
Tong G, Spell V, Horton N, Thornhill T, Keene D, Montgomery C, Spiegelman D, Wang E, Roy B. Trusted residents and housing assistance to decrease violence exposure in New Haven (TRUE HAVEN): a strengths-based and community-driven stepped-wedge intervention to reduce gun violence. BMC Public Health 2023, 23: 1545. PMID: 37580653, PMCID: PMC10426138, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15997-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGun violenceHousing assistanceStructural racismHousing stabilityViolence exposureMulti-level interventionsCommunity gun violenceMulti-stakeholder coalitionsRental assistance programsCommunity-based organizationsHousing supportPolicy changesFinancial educationStable housingBeing of individualsViolenceTarget neighborhoodsCommunity membersNew HavenNeighborhood ratesAssistance programsOrganization leadersRacismHavenNeighborhood
2021
Social Determination of HIV: Women’s Relationship Work in the Context of Mass Incarceration and Housing Vulnerability
Blankenship KM, Rosenberg A, Keene DE, Dawson AJ, Groves AK, Schlesinger P. Social Determination of HIV: Women’s Relationship Work in the Context of Mass Incarceration and Housing Vulnerability. AIDS And Behavior 2021, 25: 190-201. PMID: 33796957, PMCID: PMC8484381, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03238-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelationship workMass incarcerationHousing vulnerabilitySocial determinationLongitudinal qualitative interviewsHIV-related riskQualitative interviewsSurveillance stateAbductive approachSexual practicesCommitted relationshipSocial determinantsHIV preventionCase studyIncarcerationSexual riskHIV-negative womenNeighborhoodContextNew HavenVulnerabilityWomenHIVStudy periodInterviews
2010
Race, class and the stigma of place: Moving to “opportunity” in Eastern Iowa
Keene DE, Padilla MB. Race, class and the stigma of place: Moving to “opportunity” in Eastern Iowa. Health & Place 2010, 16: 1216-1223. PMID: 20800532, PMCID: PMC2964645, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrban neighborhoodsHigh-poverty urban neighborhoodsPublic housing demolitionContext of gentrificationSmall town communitiesLow-income African American menHousing demolitionDepth interviewsPervasive stigmatizationChicago NeighborhoodsNew destinationsTown communitiesStigmatizationAfrican American menNeighborhoodAmerican menEastern IowaRacePlaceGentrificationInterviewsWomenCommunityStigmaDemolition