2022
Evidence for local transmission and maintenance of schistosomiasis in an urban neighbourhood in Northeast Brazil
Chaves C, Sabino‐Santos G, Cedraz F, Santos‐Muccillo P, Filho J, Zanardi V, Moretto V, Santos A, Simões F, Barbosa L, Silva L, Reis M, Blanton R. Evidence for local transmission and maintenance of schistosomiasis in an urban neighbourhood in Northeast Brazil. Transboundary And Emerging Diseases 2022, 69: 3153-3159. PMID: 36057790, PMCID: PMC11013574, DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14692.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal transmissionSchistosoma mansoni infectionRural-urban migrationImportant demographic shiftPatterns of urbanizationUrban schistosomiasisMansoni infectionEpidemiological dataUrban neighborhoodsDemographic shiftsSchistosomiasisLocal transmission cyclesRural areasTransmission cycleUrban populationMetropolitan areaSame cityNeighborhoodUrbanization
2021
A Spatial Analysis of Alcohol Outlet Density Type, Abandoned Properties, and Police Calls on Aggravated Assault Rates in a Northeastern U.S. City
Lardier D, Opara I, Lin Y, Roach E, Herrera A, Garcia-Reid P, Reid R. A Spatial Analysis of Alcohol Outlet Density Type, Abandoned Properties, and Police Calls on Aggravated Assault Rates in a Northeastern U.S. City. Substance Use & Misuse 2021, 56: 1527-1535. PMID: 34210249, PMCID: PMC8324007, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2021.1942053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAggravated assault ratesAlcohol outlet densityPolice callsAssault ratesOutlet densityCommunity-based researchGreater police presenceNortheastern U.S. cityPolice presenceViolent crimeCommunity violenceUrban neighborhoodsGeographic information system (GIS) mappingU.S. citiesVacant propertiesUrban communitiesPublic health researchAlcohol outletsAbandoned PropertyCrimeViolenceSpatial analysis techniquesNegative binomial regression analysisUrban citiesHealth research
2017
Neighborhood sexual violence moderates women's perceived safety in urban neighborhoods
Hoffman EE, Mair TTM, Hunter BA, Prince DM, Tebes JK. Neighborhood sexual violence moderates women's perceived safety in urban neighborhoods. Journal Of Community Psychology 2017, 46: 79-94. PMID: 30104801, PMCID: PMC6086498, DOI: 10.1002/jcop.21917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexual violenceTypes of violenceNeighborhood violenceNeighborhood safetyUrban neighborhoodsWomen's perceptionsContext of genderHigh crimeNeighborhood assetsViolenceStreet intercept interviewsU.S. citiesMore salientCrimePerceived SafetyNeighborhoodGenderPerceptionModerate perceptionPovertyWomenUnemploymentInterviewsCityRelationship
2010
Leaving Chicago for Iowa’s “Fields of Opportunity”: Community Dispossession, Rootlessness, and the Quest for Somewhere to “Be OK”
Keene DE, Padilla MB, Geronimus AT. Leaving Chicago for Iowa’s “Fields of Opportunity”: Community Dispossession, Rootlessness, and the Quest for Somewhere to “Be OK”. Human Organization 2010, 69: 275-284. PMID: 21037928, PMCID: PMC2964883, DOI: 10.17730/humo.69.3.gr851617m015064m.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPublic housing demolitionHousing demolitionPublic housing developmentsLow-income housingSocial support networksProcesses of dislocationSocial support resourcesMigration experienceAffordable housingField of opportunitiesStructural disadvantageRapid gentrificationHousing developmentParticipant observationEconomic opportunitiesDepth interviewsUrban neighborhoodsSupport networksUrban developmentMajor themesDispossessionLow-income African AmericansHousingTiesChicagoRace, 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
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