2023
Rethinking the effects of gentrification on the health of Black communities in the United States: Towards a racialized health framework
Whittaker S, Swope C, Keene D. Rethinking the effects of gentrification on the health of Black communities in the United States: Towards a racialized health framework. Journal Of Urban Affairs 2023, ahead-of-print: 1-23. DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2023.2268761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlack communityBlack AmericansHealth vulnerabilityEffects of gentrificationUnited StatesHousing policyRacial capitalismUneven impactOngoing legacyGentrificationBlack residentsUnique experiencesConceptual frameworkHealth frameworkHealth researchHealth impactsCommunityAmericansCapitalismVulnerabilityPolicyResearchLegacyFrameworkReinvestment“Being homeless can burn you out”: a qualitative study of individuals’ experience of administrative burden when accessing homeless services
Robinson L, Schlesinger P, Rosenberg A, Blankenship K, Keene D. “Being homeless can burn you out”: a qualitative study of individuals’ experience of administrative burden when accessing homeless services. Journal Of Social Distress And The Homeless 2023, 33: 438-447. DOI: 10.1080/10530789.2023.2237242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHomeless servicesAdministrative burdenAffordable housing optionsUnderutilization of servicesRental assistanceHousing resourcesHousing optionsHomelessnessEviction crisisQualitative studyNew formsIndividual experiencesUnited StatesServicesExperienceNew HavenHousingInequitiesCrisisHavenUnmet needAssistanceInvestmentIndividualsSignificant efforts“‘Oh gosh, why go?’ cause they are going to look at me and not hire”: intersectional experiences of black women navigating employment during pregnancy and parenting
Mehra R, Alspaugh A, Dunn J, Franck L, McLemore M, Keene D, Kershaw T, Ickovics J. “‘Oh gosh, why go?’ cause they are going to look at me and not hire”: intersectional experiences of black women navigating employment during pregnancy and parenting. BMC Pregnancy And Childbirth 2023, 23: 17. PMID: 36627577, PMCID: PMC9830615, DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-05268-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily-friendly workplace policiesIntersectional frameworkPregnancy discriminationLived experienceWorkplace policiesUnited StatesSemi-structured interviewsEconomic marginalizationIntersectional experiencesWomen's experiencesWomen's perspectivesRacial inequitiesSocial identityLabor forceEmployment contextSecure futureQualitative dataHealth equityInterview transcriptsI WannaBlack womenLegal protectionPolicyPregnant women's experiencesEmployment
2022
COVID-19 Housing Policy: State and Federal Eviction Moratoria and Supportive Measures in the United States During the Pandemic
Benfer E, Koehler R, Mark A, Nazzaro V, Alexander A, Hepburn P, Keene D, Desmond M. COVID-19 Housing Policy: State and Federal Eviction Moratoria and Supportive Measures in the United States During the Pandemic. Housing Policy Debate 2022, 33: 1390-1414. DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2022.2076713.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEviction moratoriumHousing policy responsesCross-state differencesSource of protectionPolicy responsesEviction processFederal governmentEviction filingsHousing lossTerms of justificationPublic health groundsAmerican territoriesAnalytic frameworkCOVID-19 pandemicDistrict of ColumbiaUnited StatesMoratoriumHealth groundsPandemicGovernmentEvictionStateCommunityTerritoryArticle
2021
Does rental assistance improve mental health? Insights from a longitudinal cohort study
Denary W, Fenelon A, Schlesinger P, Purtle J, Blankenship KM, Keene DE. Does rental assistance improve mental health? Insights from a longitudinal cohort study. Social Science & Medicine 2021, 282: 114100. PMID: 34144434, PMCID: PMC8299474, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRental assistanceUnited StatesHousing costsLow-income individualsUrban developmentMental healthEligible householdsBudgetary constraintsAssistanceFixed-effects analysisPsychological distressHouseholdsFinancial strainLongitudinal dataLongitudinal cohort studyLow-income adultsNew HavenNon-significant decreaseCross-sectional analysisRentersHousingU.S. DepartmentCohort study