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Katie A. Ports
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 55
Citations - 3078
Katie A. Ports is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Child abuse & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 52 publications receiving 1907 citations. Previous affiliations of Katie A. Ports include University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee & Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences From the 2011-2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in 23 States.
TL;DR: This report demonstrates the burden of ACEs among the US adult population using the largest and most diverse sample to date and highlights that childhood adversity is common across sociodemographic characteristics, but some individuals are at higher risk of experiencing ACEs than others.
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Unpacking the impact of adverse childhood experiences on adult mental health
Melissa T. Merrick,Katie A. Ports,Derek C. Ford,Tracie O. Afifi,Elizabeth T. Gershoff,Andrew Grogan-Kaylor +5 more
TL;DR: A graded dose-response relationship between an expanded ACE score that includes being spanked as a child and the likelihood of moderate to heavy drinking, drug use, depressed affect, and suicide attempts in adulthood is indicated.
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Adverse childhood experiences and life opportunities: shifting the narrative
TL;DR: Compared to participants with no ACEs, those with higher ACE scores were more likely to report high school non-completion, unemployment, and living in a household below the federal poverty level, suggesting that preventing early adversity may impact health and life opportunities that reverberate across generations.
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Vital Signs: Estimated Proportion of Adult Health Problems Attributable to Adverse Childhood Experiences and Implications for Prevention - 25 States, 2015-2017.
Melissa T. Merrick,Derek C. Ford,Katie A. Ports,Angie S. Guinn,Jieru Chen,Joanne Klevens,Marilyn Metzler,Christopher M. Jones,Thomas R. Simon,Valerie M. Daniel,Phyllis Ottley,James A. Mercy +11 more
TL;DR: Efforts that prevent adverse childhood experiences could also potentially prevent adult chronic conditions, depression, health risk behaviors, and negative socioeconomic outcomes.
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Adverse childhood experiences and sexual victimization in adulthood
TL;DR: CSA is a significant risk factor for sexual re-victimization in adulthood, and additional early adversities experienced by CSA survivors may heighten adult SV risk above and beyond the risk associated with CSA alone.