Keshia M Pollack Porter
Biographic Data
| ID | 1727504 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keshia M Pollack Porter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keshia M Pollack |
| FAMILY NAME | Porter |
| SIGNATURE | PORTER K M P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5363-5462 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Past to Present
Relationships Matter
Caregiver Perceptions and Experiences of the Child Tax Credit Expansion
Exploring the Role of Health in Corporate Reporting
Training Doctoral Students to Advance Health Equity Through Policy Leadership
Health Policy Research Scholars (HPRS) is an innovative, equity-focused leadership program for doctoral students from marginalized backgrounds and identities. HPRS trains scholars from various disciplines to apply their research while engaging in policy to advance health equity. The HPRS logic model illustrates that training will lead to short-term changes including increased knowledge and skills; an interdisciplinary mindset; and increased sense…
Vaccines and the 2024 US Presidential Election
This survey study reports on the vaccine-related views of voters surveyed soon after the 2024 US presidential election
Why Building Power Is Key to Protecting Academic Public Health and Advancing Health Equity
More money, more questions
Can technology be good for health? Investigating health-promoting strategies in the private sector
Introduction: This research investigates what might motivate tech companies and impact-driven investors to adopt a health-promoting strategy in their product development and capital allocation strategies. Methods: Participants were recruited for semi-structured interviews through purposive and snowball sampling. From 83 outreach attempts, thematic saturation required 19 completed interviews out of the 46 consumer technology executives and impact-…
Inclusive and intersectoral
Although local health departments can leverage CHIPs to improve population health and address health disparities, they face a range of challenges to including the social determinants of health in CHIPs. Additional resourcing and improved data are needed to facilitate broader inclusion of these determinants, and more work is needed to elevate equity throughout these planning processes
Racial capitalism and firearm violence
Despite the early promise of centering structural racism in explanatory models of firearm violence, there are noticeable gaps in what's been produced thus far; in particular, a deeper and more serious engagement with long-standing theories of racism is needed to further enrich our understanding of how structural inequalities produce unequal burdens of firearm-related harms. Thus, building on theories and concepts from a range of academic fields a…
Power Up
Power Up: A Call for Public Health to Recognize, Analyze, and Shift the Balance in Power Relations to Advance Health and Racial Equity, an article from American Journal of Public Health, Vol 113 Issue 10
A consequence of mass incarceration
Structural Racism, Place, and Covid-19
The Effects of Play Streets on Social and Community Connectedness in Rural Communities
Promoting physical activity (PA) is a long-standing public health initiative to improve overall health and wellbeing. Innovative strategies such as Play Streets, temporary activation of public spaces to provide safe places for active play, are being adopted in urban and rural communities to increase PA among children. As part of these strategies, aspects of social and community connectedness may be strengthened. This study analyzes focus groups a…
Use of health impact assessments in the housing sector to promote health in the United States, 2002–2016
Recent Advances in Health Impact Assessment and Health in All Policies Implementation
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and Health in All Policies (HiAP) are policy tools used to include health considerations in decision-making processes across sectors such as transportation, education, and criminal justice that can play a role in improving health and equity. This article summarizes proceedings from an international convening of HIA and HiAP experts held in July 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. The presentations and panel discussions includ…
The relationship between joining a US free trade agreement and processed food sales, 2002–2016
Objective: To examine changes in sales of highly processed foods, including infant formulas, in countries joining free trade agreements (FTAs) with the US. Design: Annual country-level data for food and beverage sales come from Euromonitor International. Analyses are conducted in a comparative interrupted time-series (CITS) framework using multivariate random-effects linear models, adjusted for key confounders: gross domestic product (GDP) per ca…
Surveillance of Physical Activity
Impact of The Community Eligibility Provision of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act on Student Nutrition, Behavior, and Academic Outcomes
The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) allows high-poverty schools participating in US Department of Agriculture meal programs to offer universal free breakfast and lunch. Authorized as part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, CEP became available to eligible schools nationwide in 2014. Emerging evidence suggests that schools that provide universal free meals experience positive impacts on student nutrition, behavior, and academic pe…
Considering health and health disparities during state policy formulation
HIRs are one strategy to advance HiAP for state policy decisions. HIRs are a potentially effective tool for highlighting how legislative proposals and budgets positively and negatively impact health and health disparities. Future efforts should promote awareness and highlight shared benefits of HIRs among legislators and their staff, as well as their scientific integrity, methodological rigor, and objectivity
Analyzing the impacts of global trade and investment on non-communicable diseases and risk factors
BACKGROUND: A key mechanism through which globalization has impacted health is the liberalization of trade and investment, yet relatively few studies to date have used quantitative methods to investigate the impacts of global trade and investment policies on non-communicable diseases and risk factors. Recent reviews of this literature have found heterogeneity in results and a range of quality across studies, which may be in part attributable to a…
A qualitative study of facilitators and barriers to implementing worksite policies that support physical activity
Most businesses are implementing PA programs with limited policy supports, which was mentioned as a barrier. Successful implementation of workplace wellness programs broadly, and PA initiatives specifically, are achievable through leadership buy-in, employee input, and policy supports, along with highlighting the economic benefits for businesses
The impact of a multilevel childhood obesity prevention intervention on healthful food acquisition, preparation, and fruit and vegetable consumption on African-American adult caregivers
Objective To evaluate the secondary impact of a multilevel, child-focused, obesity intervention on food-related behaviours (acquisition, preparation, fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption) on youths’ primary caregivers. Design B’More Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) group-randomized controlled trial promoted access to healthy foods and food-related behaviours through wholesaler and small store strategies, peer mentor-led nutrition education aim…
Relationships between Vacant Homes and Food Swamps
Research indicates that living in neighborhoods with high concentrations of boarded-up vacant homes is associated with premature mortality due to cancer and diabetes, but the mechanism for this relationship is unclear. Boarded-up housing may indirectly impact residents' health by affecting their food environment. We evaluated the association between changes in vacancy rates and changes in the density of unhealthy food outlets as a proportion of a…
Use of health impact assessments in the housing sector to promote health in the United States, 2002–2016
Racial capitalism and firearm violence
Despite the early promise of centering structural racism in explanatory models of firearm violence, there are noticeable gaps in what's been produced thus far; in particular, a deeper and more serious engagement with long-standing theories of racism is needed to further enrich our understanding of how structural inequalities produce unequal burdens of firearm-related harms. Thus, building on theories and concepts from a range of academic fields a…
Power Up
Power Up: A Call for Public Health to Recognize, Analyze, and Shift the Balance in Power Relations to Advance Health and Racial Equity, an article from American Journal of Public Health, Vol 113 Issue 10
Relationships between Vacant Homes and Food Swamps
Research indicates that living in neighborhoods with high concentrations of boarded-up vacant homes is associated with premature mortality due to cancer and diabetes, but the mechanism for this relationship is unclear. Boarded-up housing may indirectly impact residents' health by affecting their food environment. We evaluated the association between changes in vacancy rates and changes in the density of unhealthy food outlets as a proportion of a…
Risk management of emergency service vehicle crashes in the United States fire service
Proactive RM of ESVCs in three US fire departments was positively received and supported the establishment of interventions tailored to each department's needs and priorities
Analyzing the impacts of global trade and investment on non-communicable diseases and risk factors
BACKGROUND: A key mechanism through which globalization has impacted health is the liberalization of trade and investment, yet relatively few studies to date have used quantitative methods to investigate the impacts of global trade and investment policies on non-communicable diseases and risk factors. Recent reviews of this literature have found heterogeneity in results and a range of quality across studies, which may be in part attributable to a…
A qualitative study of facilitators and barriers to implementing worksite policies that support physical activity
Most businesses are implementing PA programs with limited policy supports, which was mentioned as a barrier. Successful implementation of workplace wellness programs broadly, and PA initiatives specifically, are achievable through leadership buy-in, employee input, and policy supports, along with highlighting the economic benefits for businesses
The impact of a multilevel childhood obesity prevention intervention on healthful food acquisition, preparation, and fruit and vegetable consumption on African-American adult caregivers
Objective To evaluate the secondary impact of a multilevel, child-focused, obesity intervention on food-related behaviours (acquisition, preparation, fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption) on youths’ primary caregivers. Design B’More Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) group-randomized controlled trial promoted access to healthy foods and food-related behaviours through wholesaler and small store strategies, peer mentor-led nutrition education aim…
Considering health and health disparities during state policy formulation
HIRs are one strategy to advance HiAP for state policy decisions. HIRs are a potentially effective tool for highlighting how legislative proposals and budgets positively and negatively impact health and health disparities. Future efforts should promote awareness and highlight shared benefits of HIRs among legislators and their staff, as well as their scientific integrity, methodological rigor, and objectivity
Recent Advances in Health Impact Assessment and Health in All Policies Implementation
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and Health in All Policies (HiAP) are policy tools used to include health considerations in decision-making processes across sectors such as transportation, education, and criminal justice that can play a role in improving health and equity. This article summarizes proceedings from an international convening of HIA and HiAP experts held in July 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. The presentations and panel discussions includ…
The relationship between joining a US free trade agreement and processed food sales, 2002–2016
Objective: To examine changes in sales of highly processed foods, including infant formulas, in countries joining free trade agreements (FTAs) with the US. Design: Annual country-level data for food and beverage sales come from Euromonitor International. Analyses are conducted in a comparative interrupted time-series (CITS) framework using multivariate random-effects linear models, adjusted for key confounders: gross domestic product (GDP) per ca…
Surveillance of Physical Activity
Impact of The Community Eligibility Provision of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act on Student Nutrition, Behavior, and Academic Outcomes
The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) allows high-poverty schools participating in US Department of Agriculture meal programs to offer universal free breakfast and lunch. Authorized as part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, CEP became available to eligible schools nationwide in 2014. Emerging evidence suggests that schools that provide universal free meals experience positive impacts on student nutrition, behavior, and academic pe…
The Effects of Play Streets on Social and Community Connectedness in Rural Communities
Promoting physical activity (PA) is a long-standing public health initiative to improve overall health and wellbeing. Innovative strategies such as Play Streets, temporary activation of public spaces to provide safe places for active play, are being adopted in urban and rural communities to increase PA among children. As part of these strategies, aspects of social and community connectedness may be strengthened. This study analyzes focus groups a…
Use of health impact assessments in the housing sector to promote health in the United States, 2002–2016
A consequence of mass incarceration
Structural Racism, Place, and Covid-19
Power Up
Power Up: A Call for Public Health to Recognize, Analyze, and Shift the Balance in Power Relations to Advance Health and Racial Equity, an article from American Journal of Public Health, Vol 113 Issue 10
Can technology be good for health? Investigating health-promoting strategies in the private sector
Introduction: This research investigates what might motivate tech companies and impact-driven investors to adopt a health-promoting strategy in their product development and capital allocation strategies. Methods: Participants were recruited for semi-structured interviews through purposive and snowball sampling. From 83 outreach attempts, thematic saturation required 19 completed interviews out of the 46 consumer technology executives and impact-…
Inclusive and intersectoral
Although local health departments can leverage CHIPs to improve population health and address health disparities, they face a range of challenges to including the social determinants of health in CHIPs. Additional resourcing and improved data are needed to facilitate broader inclusion of these determinants, and more work is needed to elevate equity throughout these planning processes
Racial capitalism and firearm violence
Despite the early promise of centering structural racism in explanatory models of firearm violence, there are noticeable gaps in what's been produced thus far; in particular, a deeper and more serious engagement with long-standing theories of racism is needed to further enrich our understanding of how structural inequalities produce unequal burdens of firearm-related harms. Thus, building on theories and concepts from a range of academic fields a…
Caregiver Perceptions and Experiences of the Child Tax Credit Expansion
Exploring the Role of Health in Corporate Reporting
Training Doctoral Students to Advance Health Equity Through Policy Leadership
Health Policy Research Scholars (HPRS) is an innovative, equity-focused leadership program for doctoral students from marginalized backgrounds and identities. HPRS trains scholars from various disciplines to apply their research while engaging in policy to advance health equity. The HPRS logic model illustrates that training will lead to short-term changes including increased knowledge and skills; an interdisciplinary mindset; and increased sense…
Vaccines and the 2024 US Presidential Election
This survey study reports on the vaccine-related views of voters surveyed soon after the 2024 US presidential election
Why Building Power Is Key to Protecting Academic Public Health and Advancing Health Equity
More money, more questions
From Past to Present
Medicine (16 works) · Environmental health (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Public health (11 works) · Economics (8 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Sociology (7 works)