Hunter Keys
Biographic Data
| ID | 3575813 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hunter Keys |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hunter |
| FAMILY NAME | Keys |
| SIGNATURE | KEYS H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emory University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2906-4804 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 116 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The importance of values in a community-based response to malaria in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
We have to keep moving”
Navigating considerable risk and uncertainty, including high rates of violence and recent tightening of migration policies, People on the Move (PoM) in Latin America face significant mental health challenges and barriers to care. From 2021 to 2025, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided psychological and psychiatric services to PoM in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama, conducting almost 17,000 consultations since 2024 alone…
Following Misdirection and Multiple Malarias in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Misdirection can be understood as a social process of pursuing certain kinds of evidence while drawing attention away from others. This paper explores misdirection in the context of malaria elimination in the Dominican Republic. Malaria has recently exploded in impoverished spaces of the capital, Santo Domingo. Using ethnographic material collected from 2018-19, three perspectives trace the social co-production of misdirection. First, a young man…
Malaria outbreak response in urban Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Community engagement is crucial for public health initiatives, yet it remains an under-studied process within national disease elimination programs. This report shares key lessons learned for community engagement practices during a malaria outbreak response in the Los Tres Brazos neighborhood of urban Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 2015-2016. In this two-year period, 233 cases of malaria were reported—more than seven times the number of c…
Perceived discrimination in bateyes of the Dominican Republic
Cholera control and anti-Haitian stigma in the Dominican Republic
As cholera spread from Haiti to the Dominican Republic, Haitian migrants, a largely undocumented and stigmatized population in Dominican society, became a focus of public health concern. Concurrent to the epidemic, the Dominican legislature enacted new documentation requirements. This paper presents findings from an ethnographic study of anti-Haitian stigma in the Dominican Republic from June to August 2012. Eight focus group discussions (FGDs) w…
Scale properties of the Kreyòl Distress Idioms (KDI) screener
Psychiatric instruments have limitations cross-culturally due to variations in conceptualizations and communication of mental distress. We evaluated a locally-developed screening tool for measuring mental distress in rural Haiti. We employed mixed methods to develop the Kreyòl Distress Idioms (KDI) screening tool. We piloted the KDI in an epidemiologic survey (n = 408) and assessed it using principal component analysis and comparison with the Bec…
Perceived discrimination, humiliation, and mental health
Both qualitative and quantitative methods suggest that perceived discrimination and the experience of humiliation contribute to Haitian migrant mental ill-health and limit access to health care. Future research should evaluate these associations and identify intervention pathways for both improved treatment access and reduction of discrimination-related health risk factors
Reflechi twòp-Thinking Too Much
Strategies for assessing mental health in Haiti
The lack of culturally appropriate mental health assessment instruments is a major barrier to screening and evaluating efficacy of interventions. Simple translation of questionnaires produces misleading and inaccurate conclusions. Multiple alternate approaches have been proposed, and this study compared two approaches tested in rural Haiti. First, an established transcultural translation process was used to develop Haitian Kreyòl versions of the …
Explanatory Models and Mental Health Treatment
Idioms of distress, ethnopsychology, and the clinical encounter in Haiti's Central Plateau
Idioms of distress, ethnopsychology, and the clinical encounter in Haiti's Central Plateau
Strategies for assessing mental health in Haiti
The lack of culturally appropriate mental health assessment instruments is a major barrier to screening and evaluating efficacy of interventions. Simple translation of questionnaires produces misleading and inaccurate conclusions. Multiple alternate approaches have been proposed, and this study compared two approaches tested in rural Haiti. First, an established transcultural translation process was used to develop Haitian Kreyòl versions of the …
Reflechi twòp-Thinking Too Much
Perceived discrimination, humiliation, and mental health
Both qualitative and quantitative methods suggest that perceived discrimination and the experience of humiliation contribute to Haitian migrant mental ill-health and limit access to health care. Future research should evaluate these associations and identify intervention pathways for both improved treatment access and reduction of discrimination-related health risk factors
Perceived discrimination in bateyes of the Dominican Republic
Scale properties of the Kreyòl Distress Idioms (KDI) screener
Psychiatric instruments have limitations cross-culturally due to variations in conceptualizations and communication of mental distress. We evaluated a locally-developed screening tool for measuring mental distress in rural Haiti. We employed mixed methods to develop the Kreyòl Distress Idioms (KDI) screening tool. We piloted the KDI in an epidemiologic survey (n = 408) and assessed it using principal component analysis and comparison with the Bec…
Cholera control and anti-Haitian stigma in the Dominican Republic
As cholera spread from Haiti to the Dominican Republic, Haitian migrants, a largely undocumented and stigmatized population in Dominican society, became a focus of public health concern. Concurrent to the epidemic, the Dominican legislature enacted new documentation requirements. This paper presents findings from an ethnographic study of anti-Haitian stigma in the Dominican Republic from June to August 2012. Eight focus group discussions (FGDs) w…
Explanatory Models and Mental Health Treatment
Idioms of distress, ethnopsychology, and the clinical encounter in Haiti's Central Plateau
Strategies for assessing mental health in Haiti
The lack of culturally appropriate mental health assessment instruments is a major barrier to screening and evaluating efficacy of interventions. Simple translation of questionnaires produces misleading and inaccurate conclusions. Multiple alternate approaches have been proposed, and this study compared two approaches tested in rural Haiti. First, an established transcultural translation process was used to develop Haitian Kreyòl versions of the …
Perceived discrimination, humiliation, and mental health
Both qualitative and quantitative methods suggest that perceived discrimination and the experience of humiliation contribute to Haitian migrant mental ill-health and limit access to health care. Future research should evaluate these associations and identify intervention pathways for both improved treatment access and reduction of discrimination-related health risk factors
Reflechi twòp-Thinking Too Much
Scale properties of the Kreyòl Distress Idioms (KDI) screener
Psychiatric instruments have limitations cross-culturally due to variations in conceptualizations and communication of mental distress. We evaluated a locally-developed screening tool for measuring mental distress in rural Haiti. We employed mixed methods to develop the Kreyòl Distress Idioms (KDI) screening tool. We piloted the KDI in an epidemiologic survey (n = 408) and assessed it using principal component analysis and comparison with the Bec…
Perceived discrimination in bateyes of the Dominican Republic
Cholera control and anti-Haitian stigma in the Dominican Republic
As cholera spread from Haiti to the Dominican Republic, Haitian migrants, a largely undocumented and stigmatized population in Dominican society, became a focus of public health concern. Concurrent to the epidemic, the Dominican legislature enacted new documentation requirements. This paper presents findings from an ethnographic study of anti-Haitian stigma in the Dominican Republic from June to August 2012. Eight focus group discussions (FGDs) w…
Malaria outbreak response in urban Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Community engagement is crucial for public health initiatives, yet it remains an under-studied process within national disease elimination programs. This report shares key lessons learned for community engagement practices during a malaria outbreak response in the Los Tres Brazos neighborhood of urban Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 2015-2016. In this two-year period, 233 cases of malaria were reported—more than seven times the number of c…
Following Misdirection and Multiple Malarias in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Misdirection can be understood as a social process of pursuing certain kinds of evidence while drawing attention away from others. This paper explores misdirection in the context of malaria elimination in the Dominican Republic. Malaria has recently exploded in impoverished spaces of the capital, Santo Domingo. Using ethnographic material collected from 2018-19, three perspectives trace the social co-production of misdirection. First, a young man…
The importance of values in a community-based response to malaria in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
We have to keep moving”
Navigating considerable risk and uncertainty, including high rates of violence and recent tightening of migration policies, People on the Move (PoM) in Latin America face significant mental health challenges and barriers to care. From 2021 to 2025, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided psychological and psychiatric services to PoM in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama, conducting almost 17,000 consultations since 2024 alone…
Medicine (7 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Distress (5 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (5 works) · Psychological intervention (5 works) · Anxiety (4 works)