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 study
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 AmericansHousingTiesChicago