Publications
Publications
My research examines how institutional policies and structural conditions shape inequalities in maternal and child health. Below is a selection of published work and ongoing scholarship focused on health equity, administrative data analysis, and policy-relevant research.
Ahmed, M. (2025). "Telling a Data Story: How to Develop a Compelling Data-Driven Narrative." In Sage Research Methods: Data and Research Literacy. Sage Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781036222758.
This chapter outlines strategies for translating complex quantitative findings into accessible, persuasive narratives for policy and public audiences, with emphasis on clarity, visualization, and equity-informed framing.
Statistics Canada (2022). Analysis: Total Population. In Annual Demographic Estimates: Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2022.
Catalogue no. 91-215-X.
Contributed to national demographic analysis supporting Canada’s official population estimates program and public reporting.
Ahmed, M., & Shuey, K. Unequal Risks: Caesarean Deliveries among Marginalized Populations in the U.S. Population Research and Policy Review.
Examines racial and socioeconomic disparities in C-section delivery across clinically stratified birth groups using U.S. natality data.
Ahmed, M., Frank, K., Guevremont, A., Kohen, D., & Yoon, J. Use of Large Language Models for Occupational Classification: Early Learning & Child Care Workers. International Journal of Population Data Science.
Evaluates the application of large language models for occupational coding within population data infrastructure.
Ahmed, M. Governing Birth in a Pandemic: A Policy Analysis of Maternity Hospital Restrictions in Ontario during COVID-19.
(Preparing for submission to BMC Health Services Research.)
Analyzes how institutional maternity-care policies shaped patient experience and equity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ahmed, M. Systemic Bias and Impact on Trust in Public Health: Perspectives from Women’s Birthing Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario.
(Preparing for submission to the Canadian Journal of Public Health.)
Investigates how institutional maternity-care policies influenced interpersonal, institutional, and epistemic trust in public health.
Shuey, K., & Ahmed, M. Context of Disadvantage in Caregiving Families in Canada.
(Drafting; intended submission to the Canadian Journal on Aging.)
Examines how caregiving responsibilities intersect with social class, disability, and visible-minority status to shape cumulative disadvantage.
Ahmed, M. The Pandemic Effect: Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality among Marginalized Populations – A Regression Discontinuity Analysis.
(Data analysis stage.)
Uses quasi-experimental methods to assess shifts in maternal health outcomes associated with pandemic-era policy conditions using data from the Better Outcomes Registry Network (BORN) Ontario.