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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2023

The Chelsea Project: Turning Research and Wastewater Surveillance on COVID-19 Into Health Equity Action, Massachusetts, 2020-2021.

Cristina Alonso, Barry Keppard, Samantha Bates, Dan Cortez, Flor Amaya, Karthik Dinakar

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Article in American journal of public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Cristina AlonsoCristina Alonso is with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; La Colaborativa, Chelsea, MA; and the Center of Complex Interventions, Wellesley, MA. Barry Keppard is with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston. Samantha Bates is with the Center of Complex Interventions, Boston. Dan Cortez is with the Chelsea Police Department, Chelsea. Flor Amaya is with the Chelsea Department of Public Health, Chelsea. Karthik Dinakar is with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, Cambridge.
Barry KeppardCristina Alonso is with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; La Colaborativa, Chelsea, MA; and the Center of Complex Interventions, Wellesley, MA. Barry Keppard is with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston. Samantha Bates is with the Center of Complex Interventions, Boston. Dan Cortez is with the Chelsea Police Department, Chelsea. Flor Amaya is with the Chelsea Department of Public Health, Chelsea. Karthik Dinakar is with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, Cambridge.
Samantha BatesCristina Alonso is with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; La Colaborativa, Chelsea, MA; and the Center of Complex Interventions, Wellesley, MA. Barry Keppard is with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston. Samantha Bates is with the Center of Complex Interventions, Boston. Dan Cortez is with the Chelsea Police Department, Chelsea. Flor Amaya is with the Chelsea Department of Public Health, Chelsea. Karthik Dinakar is with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, Cambridge.
Dan CortezCristina Alonso is with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; La Colaborativa, Chelsea, MA; and the Center of Complex Interventions, Wellesley, MA. Barry Keppard is with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston. Samantha Bates is with the Center of Complex Interventions, Boston. Dan Cortez is with the Chelsea Police Department, Chelsea. Flor Amaya is with the Chelsea Department of Public Health, Chelsea. Karthik Dinakar is with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, Cambridge.
Flor AmayaCristina Alonso is with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; La Colaborativa, Chelsea, MA; and the Center of Complex Interventions, Wellesley, MA. Barry Keppard is with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston. Samantha Bates is with the Center of Complex Interventions, Boston. Dan Cortez is with the Chelsea Police Department, Chelsea. Flor Amaya is with the Chelsea Department of Public Health, Chelsea. Karthik Dinakar is with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, Cambridge.
Karthik DinakarCristina Alonso is with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; La Colaborativa, Chelsea, MA; and the Center of Complex Interventions, Wellesley, MA. Barry Keppard is with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston. Samantha Bates is with the Center of Complex Interventions, Boston. Dan Cortez is with the Chelsea Police Department, Chelsea. Flor Amaya is with the Chelsea Department of Public Health, Chelsea. Karthik Dinakar is with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, Cambridge.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chelsea, Massachusetts, had one of the highest COVID-19 transmission rates in New England in the summer of 2020. The Chelsea Project was a collaborative effort in which government entities, local nonprofit organizations, and startups partnered to deploy wastewater analysis, targeted polymerase chain reaction testing and vaccine outreach, and a community-led communications strategy. The strategy helped increase both testing rates and vaccination rates in Chelsea. Today Chelsea has one of the highest vaccination rates among US cities with comparable demographics. (

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COVID-19Health EquityHumansMassachusettsWastewaterWastewater-Based Epidemiological MonitoringWastewater

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PMID37023385
PMCPMC10186821

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