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 studySocial 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 periodInterviewsEviction, Health Inequity, and the Spread of COVID-19: Housing Policy as a Primary Pandemic Mitigation Strategy
Benfer EA, Vlahov D, Long MY, Walker-Wells E, Pottenger JL, Gonsalves G, Keene D. Eviction, Health Inequity, and the Spread of COVID-19: Housing Policy as a Primary Pandemic Mitigation Strategy. Journal Of Urban Health 2021, 98: 1-12. PMID: 33415697, PMCID: PMC7790520, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-020-00502-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-Hispanic whitesHealth inequitiesPandemic mitigation strategiesInfection rateCOVID-19COVID-19 infectionCOVID-19 infection ratesRacial health inequitiesNegative health effectsSupportive measuresHealth outcomesLow-income populationsHealth effectsUnprecedented unemployment ratesPandemic control strategiesDecreased abilityCOVID-19 pandemicPublic healthRecent dataCOVID-19 spreadDisproportionate ratesPrevention policiesPreventionDeathRecent studies
2020
My neighborhood has a good reputation: Associations between spatial stigma and health
Tran E, Blankenship K, Whittaker S, Rosenberg A, Schlesinger P, Kershaw T, Keene D. My neighborhood has a good reputation: Associations between spatial stigma and health. Health & Place 2020, 64: 102392. PMID: 32838899, PMCID: PMC7456603, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102392.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychological distressReducing the Justice Gap and Improving Health through Medical–Legal Partnerships
Keene DE, Murillo S, Benfer EA, Rosenthal A, Fenick AM. Reducing the Justice Gap and Improving Health through Medical–Legal Partnerships. Journal Of Legal Medicine 2020, 40: 229-245. PMID: 33137278, DOI: 10.1080/01947648.2020.1816233.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical-legal partnershipsJustice gapLegal needsLegal servicesLegal Services CorporationCivil legal problemsAdvance health equityLegal systemLegal adviceLegal rightsLegal determinantsLegal problemsLegal PartnershipsLegal accessAffordability concernsService CorporationQualitative interviewsHealth equityOngoing relationshipFoster trustU.S. householdsImproving HealthPartnershipLawyersJustice
2019
Eviction From Renter-occupied Households and Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Niccolai LM, Blankenship KM, Keene DE. Eviction From Renter-occupied Households and Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2019, 46: 63-68. PMID: 30148755, PMCID: PMC6289707, DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000904.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedian ratePredictors of STIRates of chlamydiaNumerous health outcomesTertile categoriesPotential confoundersSTI ratesSTI riskCounty-level associationsHealth outcomesInfection rateSimilar associationChlamydiaConfidence intervalsGonorrheaHigh rateLow-income individualsDescriptive statisticsHousing instabilityAssociation
2018
The Effects of Length of Residence and Exposure to Violence on Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety in an Urban Sample
Guo M, O’Connor Duffany K, Shebl FM, Santilli A, Keene DE. The Effects of Length of Residence and Exposure to Violence on Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety in an Urban Sample. Journal Of Urban Health 2018, 95: 245-254. PMID: 29541963, PMCID: PMC5906388, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-018-0229-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeighborhood safetyPhysical activity behaviorNeighborhood violenceLength of residenceEffects of exposureHealth SurveySafety differsActivity behaviorHealth conditionsFeelings of safetyNeighborhood walkabilityLength of timeExposurePotential moderating effectAssociationSafetyExperiences of violenceLong-term residentsResidencePerceptions of safetyAdult samplesFeelings of unsafetyResidentsUrban sampleFindings
2017
“That wasn't really a place to worry about diabetes”: Housing access and diabetes self-management among low-income adults
Keene DE, Guo M, Murillo S. “That wasn't really a place to worry about diabetes”: Housing access and diabetes self-management among low-income adults. Social Science & Medicine 2017, 197: 71-77. PMID: 29222997, PMCID: PMC5771430, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.051.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
“Weathering” HOPE VI: The Importance of Evaluating the Population Health Impact of Public Housing Demolition and Displacement
Keene DE, Geronimus AT. “Weathering” HOPE VI: The Importance of Evaluating the Population Health Impact of Public Housing Demolition and Displacement. Journal Of Urban Health 2011, 88: 417-435. PMID: 21607787, PMCID: PMC3126923, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9582-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHOPE VIAfrican American communityUrban povertyAutonomous institutionsAmerican communityPublic housing demolitionMixed-income communitiesHOPE VI programPublic housing projectsPublic housing developmentsHealth equity perspectiveUrban African-American communityHousing policyPublic housingHousing demolitionPolicy conversationsHousing developmentHousing projectsRelocated residentsBroader discourseEarly health deteriorationMaterial realityMaterial contextSocial resourcesBiosocial processes
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
2007
Black-white differences in age trajectories of hypertension prevalence among adult women and men, 1999-2002.
Geronimus AT, Bound J, Keene D, Hicken M. Black-white differences in age trajectories of hypertension prevalence among adult women and men, 1999-2002. Ethnicity & Disease 2007, 17: 40-8. PMID: 17274208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexHypertension prevalencePoverty income ratioBlood pressureHypertension riskCurrent antihypertensive medication useNutrition Examination Survey IVAge 15Antihypertensive medication useHigher hypertension ratesWhite odds ratioDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureRace/sex groupsUS black womenMultiple logistic regressionBlack womenMiddle-aged adultsHypertension screeningHypertension ratesMedication useNHANES cohortMass indexPrimary preventionInfant health
2005
"Weathering" and age patterns of allostatic load scores among blacks and whites in the United States.
Geronimus AT, Hicken M, Keene D, Bound J. "Weathering" and age patterns of allostatic load scores among blacks and whites in the United States. American Journal Of Public Health 2005, 96: 826-33. PMID: 16380565, PMCID: PMC1470581, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2004.060749.Peer-Reviewed Original Research