2025
Race, wealth and health: The role of reparations
Whittaker S, Hyacinthe M, Keene D, Dulin A, Kershaw T, Warren J. Race, wealth and health: The role of reparations. Social Science & Medicine 2025, 373: 117963. PMID: 40168833, PMCID: PMC12147558, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117963.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRacial health gapsGeneral healthHealth gapPredictors of self-rated healthReport adverse health outcomesPredictors of general healthSelf-rated healthBlack respondentsExcellent/very good healthAssociated with healthMulti-level regression modelsAdverse health outcomesJustice interventionsReparation paymentsNational Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979Dismantle systems of oppressionHealth outcomesHealth variablesPhysical healthMental healthAssess raceNational Longitudinal SurveyRacial wealth gapSystems of oppressionHealth measures
2020
Rental Assistance and Adult Self-Rated Health
Keene DE, Niccolai L, Rosenberg A, Schlesinger P, Blankenship KM. Rental Assistance and Adult Self-Rated Health. Journal Of Health Care For The Poor And Underserved 2020, 31: 325-339. PMID: 32037334, PMCID: PMC8969280, DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2020.0025.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Mass incarceration, race inequality, and health: Expanding concepts and assessing impacts on well-being
Blankenship KM, del Rio Gonzalez AM, Keene DE, Groves AK, Rosenberg AP. Mass incarceration, race inequality, and health: Expanding concepts and assessing impacts on well-being. Social Science & Medicine 2018, 215: 45-52. PMID: 30205278, PMCID: PMC6324558, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.08.042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMass incarcerationAdult incarcerationImpact of incarcerationFear of arrestCriminal justice involvementMajor social determinantsRace differencesPrison/jailRace inequalityIncarceration's impactSocial servicesJustice involvementJuvenile facilitiesAdult convictionIncarcerationSocial determinantsAdult facilitiesMultiple formsRaceFamily membersBeingBlacksJobsWhitesNew Haven
2014
Getting sick and falling behind: health and the risk of mortgage default and home foreclosure
Houle JN, Keene DE. Getting sick and falling behind: health and the risk of mortgage default and home foreclosure. Journal Of Epidemiology & Community Health 2014, 69: 382. PMID: 25430548, DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204637.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMortgage defaultChronic conditionsOnset of illnessRisk of defaultHealth limitationsPoor health outcomesYouth 1979 dataMiddle-aged adultsLogistic regression modelsOlder middle-aged adultsMortgage distressForeclosure riskPolicy perspectiveHealth outcomesHealth statusHealth insuranceForeclosureHome foreclosuresFamily incomeDefaultNational Longitudinal StudyLongitudinal studySurvey wavesRiskRegression modelsFragile 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
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