2024
Tenant right to counsel and health: Pathways and possibilities
Keene D, Vargas G, Harper A. Tenant right to counsel and health: Pathways and possibilities. SSM - Qualitative Research In Health 2024, 6: 100464. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100464.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
A conceptual understanding of the impact of interconnected forms of racism on maternal hypertension through Black Women’s lived experiences
Francis B, Bosah C, Plaisime M, Ford T, Keene D, Ray N, Sealy-Jefferson S. A conceptual understanding of the impact of interconnected forms of racism on maternal hypertension through Black Women’s lived experiences. SSM - Qualitative Research In Health 2023, 4: 100329. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStructural racismBlack womenLived experienceForms of racismWomen's lived experienceBlack women’s lived experienceWhite supremacyHolistic policiesRacismLarger ideologiesQualitative findingsFocus groupsMultidimensional natureHealth barriersHealth harmsIdeologyPolicyMaternal hypertensionTheory approachRacial disparitiesParticular focusConceptual understandingExperienceNew HavenCapitalismThe 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 impactHomelessnessHouseholdsRethinking the effects of gentrification on the health of Black communities in the United States: Towards a racialized health framework
Whittaker S, Swope C, Keene D. Rethinking the effects of gentrification on the health of Black communities in the United States: Towards a racialized health framework. Journal Of Urban Affairs 2023, ahead-of-print: 1-23. DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2023.2268761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlack communityBlack AmericansHealth vulnerabilityEffects of gentrificationUnited StatesHousing policyRacial capitalismUneven impactOngoing legacyGentrificationBlack residentsUnique experiencesConceptual frameworkHealth frameworkHealth researchHealth impactsCommunityAmericansCapitalismVulnerabilityPolicyResearchLegacyFrameworkReinvestment“‘Oh gosh, why go?’ cause they are going to look at me and not hire”: intersectional experiences of black women navigating employment during pregnancy and parenting
Mehra R, Alspaugh A, Dunn J, Franck L, McLemore M, Keene D, Kershaw T, Ickovics J. “‘Oh gosh, why go?’ cause they are going to look at me and not hire”: intersectional experiences of black women navigating employment during pregnancy and parenting. BMC Pregnancy And Childbirth 2023, 23: 17. PMID: 36627577, PMCID: PMC9830615, DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-05268-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily-friendly workplace policiesIntersectional frameworkPregnancy discriminationLived experienceWorkplace policiesUnited StatesSemi-structured interviewsEconomic marginalizationIntersectional experiencesWomen's experiencesWomen's perspectivesRacial inequitiesSocial identityLabor forceEmployment contextSecure futureQualitative dataHealth equityInterview transcriptsI WannaBlack womenLegal protectionPolicyPregnant women's experiencesEmploymentStructural 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
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 ResearchQuantifying 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 processInequities
2018
Availability, Accessibility, Utilization: In-Depth Interviews with Food Insecure Residents and Emergency Food Providers in New Haven, CT
Carroll G, Keene D, Santilli A, Johannes J, Ickovics J, Duffany K. Availability, Accessibility, Utilization: In-Depth Interviews with Food Insecure Residents and Emergency Food Providers in New Haven, CT. Journal Of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition 2018, 14: 240-251. DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2018.1555072.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
A qualitative analysis of multi-level barriers to HIV testing among women in Lebanon
Clark KA, Keene DE, Pachankis JE, Fattal O, Rizk N, Khoshnood K. A qualitative analysis of multi-level barriers to HIV testing among women in Lebanon. Culture Health & Sexuality 2017, 19: 996-1010. PMID: 28276925, DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2017.1282045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-governmental organizationsCulture of sexNorth Africa (MENA) regionSocial ecological modelSemi-structured interviewsSexual health educationMulti-level barriersKey informantsMiddle EastSexual healthcare providersSexual health interventionsAfrica regionLebanonQualitative analysisFinancial barriersProvider attitudesHigh-risk populationInsurance policiesTheory frameworkMultiple levelsWomenPrimary findingsHIV testingHIV casesPolicy
2014
Spatial stigma and health inequality
Keene D, Padilla M. Spatial stigma and health inequality. Critical Public Health 2014, 24: 392-404. DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2013.873532.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpatial stigmaHealth inequalitiesGeographic health inequalitiesSociocultural meaningsSymbolic dimensionsIdentity formationSocial conditionsEffective policiesBroader literatureNegative representationsConceptual paperConceptual frameworkMaterial resourcesStigmaIdentity managementInequalityNumerous risksPlaceMental health outcomesPolicyResourcesScholarsHealthHealth outcomesCommunity