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
2023
The Affordable Rental Housing Crisis and Population Health Equity: a Multidimensional and Multilevel Framework
Keene D, Blankenship K. The Affordable Rental Housing Crisis and Population Health Equity: a Multidimensional and Multilevel Framework. Journal Of Urban Health 2023, 100: 1212-1223. PMID: 37991605, PMCID: PMC10728029, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-023-00799-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousing insecurityPopulation health equityHousing crisisStructural racismHealth equityUnequal burdenCurrent housing crisisMultilevel frameworkHousing arrangementsRacismInsecurityIndividual householdsHousing conditionsEquityCrisisHousingPolicyPopulation healthMultiple formsCommunityConsiderable bodyInsecure individualsFull impactHomelessnessHouseholdsStructural Racism, the Social Determination of Health, and Health Inequities: The Intersecting Impacts of Housing and Mass Incarceration
Blankenship K, Rosenberg A, Schlesinger P, Groves A, Keene D. Structural Racism, the Social Determination of Health, and Health Inequities: The Intersecting Impacts of Housing and Mass Incarceration. American Journal Of Public Health 2023, 113: s58-s64. PMID: 36696621, PMCID: PMC9877374, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2022.307116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructural racismHealth inequitiesMass incarcerationConceptualization of racismAffordable housing optionsImpact of housingRacist practicesRace inequitiesHousing optionsSegregated neighborhoodsPublic health researchersRacismUS societySocial determinationBlack peopleRacial health disparitiesHealth equityHousingSocial determinantsInequitiesNew formsHealth researchersPolicyIncarcerationHealth disparities
2022
“Police shootings, now that seems to be the main issue” – Black pregnant women’s anticipation of police brutality towards their children
Mehra R, Alspaugh A, Franck LS, McLemore MR, Kershaw TS, Ickovics JR, Keene DE, Sewell AA. “Police shootings, now that seems to be the main issue” – Black pregnant women’s anticipation of police brutality towards their children. BMC Public Health 2022, 22: 146. PMID: 35057776, PMCID: PMC8781435, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12557-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolice brutalitySources of stressBlack pregnant womenSemi-structured interviewsHealth outcomesPositive experiencesInterview questionsSocietal levelPolice shootingsNeighborhood factorsChildrenBlack peopleBrutalityPoliceStressorsMethodsThis qualitative studyWomen’s anticipationAnticipationQualitative studySparse literatureSocioeconomic statusPeopleExperienceDisproportionate numberFear
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
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