2023
Structural 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
Association Between Rental Assistance Programs and Hemoglobin A1c Levels Among US Adults
Fenelon A, Lipska KJ, Denary W, Blankenship KM, Schlesinger P, Esserman D, Keene DE. Association Between Rental Assistance Programs and Hemoglobin A1c Levels Among US Adults. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2222385. PMID: 35857325, PMCID: PMC9301513, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.22385.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUS adultsWaitlist groupCohort studyUncontrolled diabetesDiabetes outcomesMean blood glucose levelHemoglobin A1c levelsNutrition Examination SurveyImproved diabetes outcomesBlood glucose levelsOlder US adultsA1c levelsPrimary outcomeDiabetes controlExamination SurveyGlycated hemoglobinBlood glucoseNational HealthGlucose levelsMAIN OUTCOMEHealth StatisticsLogistic regressionCut pointsAdultsOutcomes
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 periodInterviews“I don't know what home feels like anymore”: Residential spaces and the absence of ontological security for people returning from incarceration
Rosenberg A, Keene DE, Schlesinger P, Groves AK, Blankenship KM. “I don't know what home feels like anymore”: Residential spaces and the absence of ontological security for people returning from incarceration. Social Science & Medicine 2021, 272: 113734. PMID: 33601251, PMCID: PMC8942126, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOntological securityResidential experiencesHealth inequitiesResidential spaceHealth equityIntersection of housingIdea of homeWaves of interviewsSense of feelingCarceral stateMass incarcerationHousing vulnerabilityParticipants' narrativesU.S. citiesBasic securityPlace rulesHousingIncarcerationOne's identityUnderstudied aspectPrisonInequitiesSecurityPeopleEquityHousing Instability and HIV Risk: Expanding our Understanding of the Impact of Eviction and Other Landlord-Related Forced Moves
Groves AK, Niccolai LM, Keene DE, Rosenberg A, Schlesinger P, Blankenship KM. Housing Instability and HIV Risk: Expanding our Understanding of the Impact of Eviction and Other Landlord-Related Forced Moves. AIDS And Behavior 2021, 25: 1913-1922. PMID: 33389317, PMCID: PMC7778418, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-03121-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 distressQuantifying the Restrictiveness of Local Housing Authority Policies Toward People With Criminal Justice Histories: United States, 2009–2018
Purtle J, Gebrekristos LT, Keene D, Schlesinger P, Niccolai L, Blankenship KM. Quantifying the Restrictiveness of Local Housing Authority Policies Toward People With Criminal Justice Histories: United States, 2009–2018. American Journal Of Public Health 2020, 110: s137-s144. PMID: 31967881, PMCID: PMC6987923, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2019.305437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCriminal justice historyPolicy provisionsAuthority policiesNeighborhood segregationEthnic diversityCity-level measuresEviction of peopleHousing scarcityPublic housingHousing authoritiesPolicy documentsHealth inequitiesUS citiesPolicyContent analysisProvisionPeopleRestrictivenessIdeologyCircumstancesSame stateHousingEvictionSystematic processInequitiesRental 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