2021
How to lead health care workers during unprecedented crises: A qualitative study of the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut, USA
Adeyemo OO, Tu S, Keene D. How to lead health care workers during unprecedented crises: A qualitative study of the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut, USA. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0257423. PMID: 34520505, PMCID: PMC8439455, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care workersCare workersCOVID-19 pandemicHealth care leadersHCl responsesFrontline health care workersPatient care assistantsHealth care systemHCWs' experiencesOutpatient settingRespiratory therapistsQualitative studyCare assistantsHealth systemCare systemFuture pandemicsCare leadersEarly phasePandemicFirst waveSemi-structured interviewsResponseParticipantsEnded semi-structured interviewsInpatients
2020
Ping-Pong Housing: Women’s Post-Incarceration Trajectories
Smoyer A, Keene D, Oyola M, Hampton A. Ping-Pong Housing: Women’s Post-Incarceration Trajectories. Affilia 2020, 36: 336-356. DOI: 10.1177/0886109920954416.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Clinical management of Type II Diabetes among the unstably housed: a qualitative study of primary care physicians
Henry ML, Lichtman JH, Hanlon K, Keene DE. Clinical management of Type II Diabetes among the unstably housed: a qualitative study of primary care physicians. Family Practice 2019, 37: 418-423. PMID: 31781768, PMCID: PMC7377290, DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmz085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType II diabetesPrimary care cliniciansStandard of careII diabetesCare cliniciansDiabetes managementClinical settingPrimary care physiciansOptimal diabetes managementCare physiciansDiabetes patientsType II diabetes managementClinical managementIndividualized carePatient housingUS adultsClinical decisionPatient healthDiabetesPatientsCliniciansCareClinical adjustmentsParticipantsQualitative study
2018
Drug Treatment Accessed through the Criminal Justice System: Participants’ Perspectives and Uses
Rosenberg A, Heimer R, Keene DE, Groves AK, Blankenship KM. Drug Treatment Accessed through the Criminal Justice System: Participants’ Perspectives and Uses. Journal Of Urban Health 2018, 96: 390-399. PMID: 30191511, PMCID: PMC6565777, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-018-0308-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCriminal justice systemJustice systemCriminal justice system involvementJustice system involvementJustice-involved populationsPolicy goalsLongitudinal interviewsDrug offensesCommunity supervisionDiversionary programsWider lensParticipants' perspectivesLife challengesMore effective systemsDrug problemsInterviewsOwn goalsPerspectiveSubstance useTreatment programParticipantsPeopleNew HavenEffective systemJustice
2015
"When you're in a crisis like that, you don't want people to know": mortgage strain, stigma, and mental health.
Keene DE, Cowan SK, Baker AC. "When you're in a crisis like that, you don't want people to know": mortgage strain, stigma, and mental health. American Journal Of Public Health 2015, 105: 1008-12. PMID: 25790383, PMCID: PMC4386521, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2014.302400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental healthStressful life eventsMeaning of homeownershipExperiences of stigmatizationPoor mental healthConcealable stigmaMobile African AmericansEmotional distressLife eventsParticipants' depressionSocial supportNortheastern US citySocial isolationSemistructured interviewsStigmatizationStigmaHealth consequencesParticipantsDepressionAmerican homeownersShameAnxietyDistress
2014
Fragile 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