By Dr Padmanesan Narasimhan

Journal articles

Thapa P; Narasimhan P; Beek K; Hall JJ; Jayasuriya R; Mukherjee PS; Sheokand S; Heitkamp P; Shukla P; Klinton JS; Yellappa V; Mudgal N; Pai M, 2024, 'Unlocking the potential of informal healthcare providers in tuberculosis care: Insights from India', BMJ Global Health, 9, pp. e015212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015212

Thapa P; Narasimhan P; Jayasuriya R; Hall JJ; Mukherjee PS; Das DK; Beek K, 2023, 'Barriers and facilitators to informal healthcare provider engagement in the national tuberculosis elimination program of India: An exploratory study from West Bengal', PLOS Global Public Health, 3, pp. e0001390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001390

Bhattarai BB; Narasimhan P; Jayasuriya R; Vaidya A; Schutte AE, 2023, 'S-21-3: EFFECTIVENESS AND ACCEPTABILITY OF MOBILE PHONE TEXT MESSAGING INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL (TEXT4BP) AMONG HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS IN NEPAL', Journal of Hypertension, 41, pp. e51 - e52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000913216.12729.8c

Godinho MA; Ashraf M; Narasimhan P; Liaw S-T; Liaw T, 2023, 'Title: Understanding the convergence of social enterprise, digital health, and citizen engagement for co-producing Integrated Person-Centred Health services: a critical review and theoretical framework', International Journal of Medical Informatics, 178, pp. 105174 - 105174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105174

Thapa P; Hall JJ; Jayasuriya R; Mukherjee PS; Beek K; Das DK; Mandal T; Narasimhan P, 2022, 'What are the tuberculosis care practices of informal healthcare providers? A cross-sectional study from Eastern India', Health policy and planning, 37, pp. 1158 - 1166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czac062

Thapa P; Jayasuriya R; Hall JJ; Mukherjee PS; Beek K; Briggs N; Das DK; Mandal T; Narasimhan P, 2022, 'Are informal healthcare providers knowledgeable in tuberculosis care? A cross-sectional survey using vignettes in West Bengal, India.', International Health, 15, pp. 389 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihac051

Bhandari B; Narasimhan P; Jayasuriya R; Vaidya A; Schutte AE; Bhandari Bhattarai B, 2022, 'Effectiveness and Acceptability of a Mobile Phone Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Control (TEXT4BP) among Patients with Hypertension in Nepal: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial', Global Heart, 17, pp. 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/GH.1103

Tesema AG; Peiris D; Abimbola S; Ajisegiri WS; Narasimhan P; Mulugeta A; Joshi R, 2022, 'Community health extension workers’ training and supervision in Ethiopia: Exploring impact and implementation challenges for non-communicable disease service delivery', PLOS Global Public Health, 2, pp. e0001160 - e0001160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001160

Bhandari B; Narasimhan P; Vaidya A; Subedi M; Jayasuriya R; Bhandari Bhattarai B, 2021, 'Barriers and facilitators for treatment and control of high blood pressure among hypertensive patients in Kathmandu, Nepal: a qualitative study informed by COM-B model of behavior change', BMC Public Health, 21, pp. 1524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11548-4

Bhandari B; Schutte AE; Jayasuriya R; Vaidya A; Subedi M; Narasimhan P; Bhandari Bhattarai B, 2021, 'Acceptability of a mHealth strategy for hypertension management in a low-income and middle-income country setting: A formative qualitative study among patients and healthcare providers', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052986

Tesema AG; Abimbola S; Mulugeta A; Ajisegiri WS; Narasimhan P; Joshi R; Peiris D, 2021, 'Health system capacity and readiness for delivery of integrated non-communicable disease services in primary health care: A qualitative analysis of the Ethiopian experience', PLOS Global Public Health, 1, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000026

Thapa P; Jayasuriya R; Hall JJ; Beek K; Mukherjee P; Gudi N; Narasimhan P, 2021, 'Role of informal healthcare providers in tuberculosis care in low- And middle-income countries: A systematic scoping review', PLoS ONE, 16, pp. e0256795, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256795

Tesema A; Joshi R; Abimbola S; Ajisegiri W; Narasimhan P; Peiris D, 2020, 'Addressing barriers to primary health-care services for noncommunicable diseases in the African Region', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 98, pp. 906 - 908, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.271239

Tesema AG; Ajisegiri WS; Abimbola S; Balane C; Kengne AP; Shiferaw F; Dangou JM; Narasimhan P; Joshi R; Peiris D, 2020, 'How well are non-communicable disease services being integrated into primary health care in Africa: A review of progress against World Health Organization's African regional targets', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0240984, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240984

Godinho MA; Jonnagaddala J; Gudi N; Islam R; Narasimhan P; Liaw ST; Liaw T, 2020, 'mHealth for Integrated People-Centred Health Services in the Western Pacific: A Systematic Review', International Journal of Medical Informatics, 142, pp. 104259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104259

Gudi N; Godinho MA; Saha D; Narasimhan P, 2020, 'Sociotechnical evaluation of a health management information system in South India', BMJ Innovations, 6, pp. 164 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjinnov-2019-000402

Bhandari B; Narasimhan P; Vaidya A; Jayasuriya R; Bhandari Bhattarai B, 2020, 'Theory-based mobile phone text messaging intervention for blood pressure control (TEXT4BP) among hypertensive patients in Nepal: Study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 10, pp. e040799, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040799

Sil A; Patra D; Dhillon P; Narasimhan P, 2020, 'Co-existence of diabetes and TB among adults in India: A study based on National Family Health Survey data', Journal of Biosocial Science, 53, pp. 758 - 772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021932020000516

Godinho MA; Ashraf MM; Narasimhan P; Liaw ST; Liaw T, 2020, 'Community health alliances as social enterprises that digitally engage citizens and integrate services: A case study in Southwestern Sydney (protocol)', Digital Health, 6, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055207620930118

Hasan MK; Ashraf M; Narasimhan P; Aggarwal R, 2018, 'Expanding Freedoms of People with Visual Impairment Through Information and Communication Technologies: Narratives from Bangladesh', International Journal of Disability Management, 13, pp. e5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/idm.2018.7

Adam DC; Bui CM; Heywood AE; Kunasekaran M; Sheikh M; Narasimhan P; MacIntyre CR, 2018, 'Adherence to anti-vectorial prevention measures among travellers with chikungunya and malaria returning to Australia: Comparative epidemiology', BMC Research Notes, 11, pp. 590, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3695-9

Hasan K; Ashraf MM; Narasimhan PADMA; Aggarwal R, 2018, 'The role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in promoting ‘development as freedom’: Narratives of people with visual impairment in Bangladesh', International Journal of Disability Management Research

Meyers J; Logaraj M; Balaji R; Narasimhan P; MacIntyre RAINA, 2018, 'Epidemic Varicella Zoster Virus among University Students, India', Emerging Infectious Diseases, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.170659.

Meyers J; Logaraj M; Ramraj B; Narasimhan P; Macintyre CR, 2018, 'Epidemic varicella zoster virus among university students, India', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24, pp. 366 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.170659

Narasimhan P; MacIntyre CR; Mathai D; Wood J, 2017, 'High rates of latent TB infection in contacts and the wider community in South India', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111, pp. 55 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trx016

Narasimhan P; Bakshi A; Kittusami S; Prashant S; Mathai D; Bakshi K; MacIntyre CR; Ray P, 2014, 'A customized m-Health system for improving Tuberculosis treatment adherence and follow-up in south India', Health and Technology, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12553-013-0067-2

Narasimhan P; Wood J; Peter R; Ranganathan R; Manoharan A; MacIntyre CR; Mathai D, 2013, 'Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among household contacts and community controls in South India', EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, 42, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000209370402340&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Narasimhan P; Anees MK; MacIntyre CR; Bakshi K; Mathai D; Ray PK, 2013, 'Reasons for refusal to participate in a mobile health study for Tuberculosis drug adherence in south India', Indian Journal of Medical Informatics, 7, pp. 113 - 122

Narasimhan P; Wood JG; MacIntyre CR; Mathai D, 2013, 'Risk Factors for Tuberculosis', Pulmonary Medicine, 2013, pp. 11 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/828939

Narasimhan P; Peter R; Manoharan A; Wood J; MacIntyre R; Mathai D; John K, 2010, 'A retrospective study to assess treatment outcomes among TB patients taking DOTS treatment in South India', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 14, pp. E305 - E305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2164

Solomon SS; Hawcroft CS; Narasimhan P; Subbraman R; Cecelia AJ; Srikrisknan AK; Suresh Kumar M; Solomon S; Gallant JE; Celentano DD, 2008, 'Comorbidities among HIV-infected injection drug users in Chennai, India', Indian Journal of Medical Research, 127, pp. 447 - 452

Kiviat AD; Geary MC; Sunpath H; Moosa MYS; Wilson D; Narasimhan P; Gandhi RT, 2007, 'HIV Online Provider Education (HOPE): The internet as a tool for training in HIV medicine', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/521117

Davies PDO, 2005, 'Risk factors for tuberculosis.', Monaldi Arch Chest Dis, 63, pp. 37 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2005.656

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