Nisha Fahey
University of Massachusetts Medical School
34 Papers
40 Citations
Nisha Fahey is an academic researcher from University of Massachusetts Medical School. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 22 publications. Previous affiliations of Nisha Fahey include College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific & Des Moines University.
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Papers
Screen time usage among preschoolers aged 2-6 in rural Western India: A cross-sectional study.
TL;DR: More than 80% of children in rural Western India exceeded the advised screen time with television and smartphone being the major contributors.
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Age-and-sex stratified prevalence of atrial fibrillation in rural Western India: Results of SMART-India, a population-based screening study.
Apurv Soni,Sunil Karna,Nisha Fahey,Saket Sanghai,Harshil Patel,Shyamsundar Raithatha,Sunil Thanvi,Somashekhar Nimbalkar,Ben Freedman,Jeroan J. Allison,David D. McManus +10 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation observed in this population-based sample is comparable to rates found in studies from North America and Western Europe and increases similarly with age.
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The presence of physician champions improved Kangaroo Mother Care in rural western India.
Apurv Soni,Amee A Amin,Dipen Patel,Nisha Fahey,Nikhil Shah,Ajay G Phatak,Jeroan J. Allison,Somashekhar Nimbalkar +7 more
TL;DR: The effect of physician champions on the two main components of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC): skin‐to‐skin care and breastfeeding is determined.
Caste matters: perceived discrimination among women in rural India
Jasmine A. Khubchandani,Apurv Soni,Nisha Fahey,Nitin Raithatha,Anusha Prabhakaran,Nancy Byatt,Tiffany A. Moore Simas,Ajay G Phatak,Milagros C. Rosal,Somashekhar Nimbalkar,Jeroan J. Allison +10 more
TL;DR: The differential experience of discrimination by lower caste pregnant women in comparison to upper caste pregnantWomen and their response to such experiences highlight the importance of studying discrimination to understand the root causes of existing caste-based disparities.
Education Mitigates the Relationship of Stress and Mental Disorders Among Rural Indian Women
Nisha Fahey,Apurv Soni,Jeroan J. Allison,Jagdish Vankar,Anusha Prabhakaran,Tiffany A. Moore Simas,Nancy Byatt,Ajay G Phatak,Eileen O'Keefe,Somashekhar Nimbalkar +9 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest a high burden of possible CMD among reproductive-aged women from rural western India and explore how the relationship between perceived stress and CMD screening status varies by sociodemographic characteristics.
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