Publications by authors named "Rowana Ahmed"
In this study we examine associations between substandard housing and the risk of COVID-19 infection and severity during the first year of the pandemic by linking individual-level housing and clinical datasets. Residents of Chelsea, Massachusetts who were tested for COVID-19 at any Mass General Brigham testing site and who lived at a property that had received a city housing inspection were included (N = 2873). Chelsea is a densely populated city with a high prevalence of substandard housing.
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- The Apple Women's Health Study aims to better understand the connections between women's health, menstrual cycles, and behavior by utilizing a mobile app to gather data from 10,000 participants.
- The study, which began enrollment between November 2019 and May 2020, requires participants to use the Apple Research app and engage in monthly surveys for a year, with eligibility criteria including age and language proficiency.
- Initial results show a mean participant age of 33.6 years, a racial and ethnic makeup reflective of the US population, and varying response rates to follow-up surveys, with 82.7% of participants remaining in the study at the six-month mark.