2016
“There's a Difference—I Own This”: Negotiating Social and Financial Services under Threat of Mortgage Foreclosure
Baker A, Keene DE. “There's a Difference—I Own This”: Negotiating Social and Financial Services under Threat of Mortgage Foreclosure. Social Work 2016, 61: 321-330. PMID: 29664259, DOI: 10.1093/sw/sww049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial workersSocial work agenciesSocial service institutionsAsymmetrical power relationshipsCommunities of colorSocial service needsRisk of foreclosurePercent of homeownersNational housing marketThreat of defaultSense of matteringWork agenciesLegal aidDepth interviewsPower relationshipsForeclosure crisisHousing marketService institutionsHousehold budgetingGreat RecessionMortgage foreclosuresFinancial servicesService needsHomeownersForeclosure
2014
Fragile health and fragile wealth: Mortgage strain among African American homeowners
Keene DE, Lynch JF, Baker AC. Fragile health and fragile wealth: Mortgage strain among African American homeowners. Social Science & Medicine 2014, 118: 119-126. PMID: 25112566, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor healthWorking-class African AmericansAfrican American experienceHealth-related eventsConsequences of illnessOngoing historyAmerican experienceRacial inequalityRacial discriminationFragile healthYounger ageDisproportionate burdenHealth inequalitiesAfrican AmericansAmerican homeownersIllnessRisk of foreclosureHealthLived experienceDisabilityRecent studiesRiskParticipantsDownstream consequencesHistory