By Professor Rohina Joshi

Journal articles

Riddell MA; Mini GK; Joshi R; Thrift AG; Guggilla RK; Evans RG; Thankappan KR; Chalmers K; Chow CK; Mahal AS; Kalyanram K; Kartik K; Suresh O; Thomas N; Maulik PK; Srikanth VK; Arabshahi S; Varma RP; D'Esposito F; Oldenburg B, 2021, 'ASHA-Led Community-Based Groups to Support Control of Hypertension in Rural India Are Feasible and Potentially Scalable', Frontiers in Medicine, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.771822

Firth SM; Hart JD; Reeve M; Li H; Mikkelsen L; Sarmiento DC; Bo KS; Kwa V; Qi JL; Yin P; Segarra A; Riley I; Joshi R, 2021, 'Integrating community-based verbal autopsy into civil registration and vital statistics: Lessons learnt from five countries', BMJ Global Health, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006760

Gamage USH; Adair T; Mikkelsen L; Mahesh PKB; Hart J; Chowdhury H; Li H; Joshi R; Senevirathna WMCK; Fernando HDNL; McLaughlin D; Lopez AD, 2021, 'The impact of errors in medical certification on the accuracy of the underlying cause of death', PLoS ONE, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259667

Vassallo A; Walker K; Georgousakis M; Joshi R, 2021, 'Do mentoring programmes influence women's careers in the health and medical research sector? A mixed-methods evaluation of Australia's franklin women mentoring programme', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052560

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

Adair T; Gamage USH; Mikkelsen L; Joshi R, 2021, 'Are there sex differences in completeness of death registration and quality of cause of death statistics? Results from a global analysis', BMJ Global Health, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006660

Schierhout G; Praveen D; Patel B; Li Q; Mogulluru K; Ameer MA; Patel A; Clifford GD; Joshi R; Heritier S; Maulik P; Peiris D, 2021, 'Why do strategies to strengthen primary health care succeed in some places and fail in others? Exploring local variation in the effectiveness of a community health worker managed digital health intervention in rural India', BMJ Global Health, 6, pp. e005003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005003

Huang L; Yu J; Neal B; Liu Y; Yin X; Hao Z; Wu Y; Yan LL; Wu JHY; Joshi R; Shi J; Feng X; Zhang J; Zhang Y; Zhang R; Zhou B; Li Z; Sun J; Zhao Y; Yu Y; Pearson SA; Chen Z; Tian M, 2021, 'Feasibility and validity of using death surveillance data and SmartVA for fact and cause of death in clinical trials in rural China: A substudy of the China salt substitute and stroke study (SSaSS)', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75, pp. 540 - 549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-214063

Webster R; Usherwood T; Joshi R; Saini B; Armour C; Critchley S; Di Tanna GL; Galgey S; Hespe CM; Jan S; Karia A; Kaur B; Krass I; Laba TL; Li Q; Lo S; Peiris DP; Reid C; Rodgers A; Shiel L; Strathdee J; Zamora N; Patel A, 2021, 'An electronic decision support-based complex intervention to improve management of cardiovascular risk in primary health care: a cluster randomised trial (INTEGRATE)', Medical Journal of Australia, 214, pp. 420 - 427, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51030

Mabunda S; Angell B; Joshi R; Durbach A, 2021, 'Evaluation of the alignment of policies and practices for state-sponsored educational initiatives for sustainable health workforce solutions in selected Southern African countries: A protocol, multimethods study', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e046379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046379

Ghosh A; Bhattacharya A; Jha V; Vijayaraghavan BKT; Bassi A; Rajbhandari D; Donaldson L; Billot L; Kunigari M; Hammond N; John O; Joshi R; Myatra SN; Arfin S; Venkatesh B, 2021, 'Statistical Analysis Plan for the HydrOxychloroquine Prophylaxis Evaluation (HOPE) trial', , http://dx.doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/uw3ed

Ragavan RS; Joshi R; Evans RG; Riddell MA; Thankappan KR; Chow CK; Oldenburg B; Mahal AS; Kalyanram K; Kartik K; Suresh O; Thomas N; Mini GK; Srikanth VK; Maulik PK; Alim M; Guggilla RK; Busingye D; Thrift AG, 2021, 'Additive association of knowledge and awareness on control of hypertension: A cross-sectional survey in rural India', Journal of Hypertension, 39, pp. 107 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002594

Palagyi A; Dodd R; Jan S; Nambiar D; Joshi R; Tian M; Abimbola S; Peiris D, 2021, 'Organisation of primary health care in the Asia-Pacific region: Developing a prioritised research agenda', BMJ Global Health, 4, pp. e001467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001467

Dodd R; Palagyi A; Jan S; Abdel-All M; Nambiar D; Madhira P; Balane C; Tian M; Joshi R; Abimbola S; Peiris D, 2021, 'Organisation of primary health care systems in low- and middle-income countries: Review of evidence on what works and why in the Asia-Pacific region', BMJ Global Health, 4, pp. e001487, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001487

Ajisegiri WS; Abimbola S; Tesema AG; Odusanya OO; Ojji DB; Peiris D; Joshi R, 2021, 'Aligning policymaking in decentralized health systems: Evaluation of strategies to prevent and control non-communicable diseases in Nigeria.', PLOS Glob Public Health, 1, pp. e0000050, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000050

Shanthosh J; Durbach A; Joshi R, 2021, 'Charting the Rights of Community Health Workers in India: The Next Frontier of Universal Health Coverage.', Health Hum Rights, 23, pp. 225 - 238, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34966238

Tandon N; Gupta Y; Kapoor D; Lakshmi J; Bhattacharya A; Praveen D; Billot L; Naheed A; Silva AD; Gupta I; Farzana N; John R; Ajanthan S; Divakar H; Bhatla N; Desai A; Pathmeswaran A; Prabhakaran D; Joshi R; Jan S; Teede H; Zoungas S; Patel A, 2021, 'The Effects of a Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Deterioration in Glycaemic Status Among South Asian Women with Recent Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomised Control Trial', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3905922

Shanthosh J; Kapoor D; Josyula LK; Patel A; Gupta Y; Tandon N; Jan S; Teede HJ; Desai A; Joshi R; Praveen D, 2020, 'Lifestyle InterVention in Gestational diabetes (LIVING) in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka: Protocol for process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 10, pp. e037774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037774

Faruqui N; Bernays S; Martiniuk A; Abimbola S; Arora R; Lowe J; Denburg A; Joshi R, 2020, 'Access to care for childhood cancers in India: perspectives of health care providers and the implications for universal health coverage', BMC Public Health, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09758-3

Webster R; Usherwood T; Joshi R; Saini B; Armour C; di Tanna GL; Hespe C; Jan S; Krass I; Laba TL; Li Q; Lo S; Peiris D; Reid C; Rodgers A; Patel A, 2020, 'Abstract 13354: Effectiveness of a Complex Intervention Based on Electronic Decision Support to Improve Management of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Primary Healthcare: A Cluster-randomised Controlled Trial', Circulation, 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/circ.142.suppl_3.13354

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

Karia AM; Balane C; Norman R; Robinson S; Lehnbom E; Durakovic I; Laba TL; Joshi R; Webster R, 2020, 'Community pharmacist workflow: Space for Pharmacy-based Interventions and Consultation TimE study protocol', International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 28, pp. 441 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijpp.12625

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

Mabunda SA; Angell B; Yakubu K; Durbach A; Joshi R, 2020, 'Reformulation and strengthening of return-of-service (ROS) schemes could change the narrative on global health workforce distribution and shortages in sub-Saharan Africa', Family medicine and community health, 8, pp. e000498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2020-000498

Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan BK; Jha V; Rajbhandari D; Myatra SN; John O; Ghosh A; Bassi A; Arfin S; Kunigari M; Joshi R; Donaldson L; Hammond N; Venkatesh B; Vijayaraghavan BKT; Nag SK; Husaini SHM; Kantro V; Singh A; Mathew A, 2020, 'Hydroxychloroquine plus personal protective equipment versus standard personal protective equipment alone for the prevention of COVID-19 infections among frontline healthcare workers: The HydrOxychloroquine Prophylaxis Evaluation(HOPE) trial: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial', Trials, 21, pp. 754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04679-3

Ecker S; Joshi R; Shanthosh J; Ma C; Webster R, 2020, 'Non-Medical prescribing policies: A global scoping review', Health Policy, 124, pp. 721 - 726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.04.015

Ajisegiri W; Azeb T; Joshi R; Odusanya O; Peiris D; Abimbola S, 2020, 'Is decentralisation effective for prevention and control of NCDs in Nigeria?', Africa health, https://africa-health.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AH-2020-04-lo-res-16-NCDs.pdf

Hazard RH; Buddhika MPK; Hart JD; Chowdhury HR; Firth S; Joshi R; Avelino F; Segarra A; Sarmiento DC; Azad AK; Ashrafi SAA; Bo KS; Kwa V; Lopez AD, 2020, 'Automated verbal autopsy: From research to routine use in civil registration and vital statistics systems', BMC Medicine, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01520-1

Hart JD; Sorchik R; Bo KS; Chowdhury HR; Gamage S; Joshi R; Kwa V; Li H; Mahesh BPK; McLaughlin D; Mikkelsen L; Miki J; Napulan R; Rampatige R; Reeve M; Sarmiento C; War NS; Richards N; Riley ID; Lopez AD, 2020, 'Improving medical certification of cause of death: Effective strategies and approaches based on experiences from the Data for Health Initiative', BMC Medicine, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01519-8

Gamage DG; Riddell MA; Joshi R; Thankappan KR; Chow CK; Oldenburg B; Evans RG; Mahal AS; Kalyanram K; Kartik K; Suresh O; Thomas N; Mini GK; Maulik PK; Srikanth VK; Arabshahi S; Varma RP; Guggilla RK; D’Esposito F; Sathish T; Alim M; Thrift AG, 2020, 'Effectiveness of a scalable group-based education and monitoring program, delivered by health workers, to improve control of hypertension in rural India: A cluster randomised controlled trial', PLoS Medicine, 17, pp. e1002997, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002997

Ajisegiri WS; Odusanya OO; Joshi R, 2020, 'COVID-19 Outbreak Situation in Nigeria and the Need for Effective Engagement of Community Health Workers for Epidemic Response', Global Biosecurity, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.69

Tewari A; Praveen D; Madhira P; Josyula LK; Joshi R; Kokku SB; Garg V; Rawal I; Chopra K; Chakma N; Ahmed S; Pathmeswaran A; Godamunne P; Lata AS; Sahay R; Patel T; Gupta Y; Tandon N; Naheed A; Patel A; Kapoor D, 2020, 'Feasibility of a Lifestyle Intervention Program for Prevention of Diabetes Among Women With Prior Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (LIVING Study) in South Asia: A Formative Research Study', Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 1, pp. 587607, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2020.587607

Thrift AG; Ragavan RS; Riddell MA; Joshi R; Thankappan KR; Chow C; Oldenburg B; Mahal AS; Kalyanram K; Kartik K; Suresh O; Mini GK; Ismail J; Gamage DG; Hasan A; Srikanth VK; Thomas N; Maulik PK; Guggilla RK; Evans RG, 2020, 'Hypertension in rural India: The contribution of socioeconomic position', Journal of the American Heart Association, 9, pp. e014486, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.014486

BASSI A; John O; Shah D K; Kolli S; Angell B; Jan S; Joshi R; Kotwal S; Gallagher M; Knight J; Jha V, 2020, 'SAT-299 Change in Health-Related Quality of Life over 18 Months among Individuals on Maintenance Haemodialysis in India', Kidney International Reports, 5, pp. S126 - S126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2020.02.318

Bassi A; John MD O; Joshi R; Kotwal S; Angell B; Jan S; Gallagher M; Knight J; Jha V, 2020, 'SUN-180 SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES AT 18 MONTHS OF A COHORT OF ESKD PATIENTS STARTING HEMODIALYSIS IN INDIA', Kidney International Reports, 5, pp. S273 - S274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2020.02.713

Faruqui N; Joshi R; Martiniuk A; Lowe J; Arora R; Anis H; Kalra M; Bakhshi S; Mishra A; Santa A; Sinha S; Siddaiahgari S; Seth R; Bernays S, 2019, 'A health care labyrinth: Perspectives of caregivers on the journey to accessing timely cancer diagnosis and treatment for children in India', BMC Public Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7911-x

Heller DJ; Kumar A; Kishore SP; Horowitz CR; Joshi R; Vedanthan R, 2019, 'Assessment of Barriers and Facilitators to the Delivery of Care for Noncommunicable Diseases by Nonphysician Health Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries A Systematic Review and Qualitative Analysis', JAMA Network Open, 2, pp. E1916545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.16545

Webster R; Parker G; Heritier S; Joshi R; Yeates K; Lopez-Jaramillo P; Miranda JJ; Oldenburg B; Ovbiagele B; Owolabi M; Peiris D; Praveen D; Salam A; Schwalm JD; Thankappan KR; Thomas N; Tobe S; Vedanthan R; Abdul Salam M, 2019, 'Strategic, Successful, and Sustained Synergy: The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Hypertension Program', Global Heart, 14, pp. 391 - 394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2019.09.003

Abdel-All M; Abimbola S; Praveen D; Joshi R, 2019, 'What do Accredited Social Health Activists need to provide comprehensive care that incorporates non-communicable diseases? Findings from a qualitative study in Andhra Pradesh, India', Human Resources for Health, 17, pp. 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-019-0418-9

Chaudhri K; Hayek A; Liu H; Joshi R, 2019, 'General practitioner and pharmacist collaboration: Does this improve risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes? A systematic review protocol', BMJ Open, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027634

Riley ID; Hazard RH; Joshi R; Chowdhury HR; Lopez AD, 2019, 'Monitoring progress in reducing maternal mortality using verbal autopsy methods in vital registration systems: What can we conclude about specific causes of maternal death?', BMC Medicine, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1343-4

Joshi R; Peiris D, 2019, 'Task-sharing for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases', The Lancet Global Health, 7, pp. e686 - e687, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30161-5

Dodd R; Ramanathan S; Angell B; Peiris D; Joshi R; Searles A; Webster J, 2019, 'Strengthening and measuring research impact in global health: Lessons from applying the FAIT framework', Health Research Policy and Systems, 17, pp. 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-019-0451-0

Abdel-All M; Angell B; Jan S; Howell M; Howard K; Abimbola S; Joshi R, 2019, 'What do community health workers want? Findings of a discrete choice experiment among Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in India', BMJ Global Health, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001509

Abdel-All M; Angell B; Jan S; Praveen D; Joshi R, 2019, 'The development of an Android platform to undertake a discrete choice experiment in a low resource setting', Archives of Public Health, 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-019-0346-0

Faruqui N; Martiniuk A; Sharma A; Sharma C; Rathore B; Arora RS; Joshi R, 2019, 'Evaluating access to essential medicines for treating childhood cancers: A medicines availability, price and affordability study in New Delhi, India', BMJ Global Health, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001379

Bassi A; John O; Gallagher M; Kotwal S; Joshi R; Essue B; Jan S; Ramachandran R; Kher V; Knight J; Jha V, 2019, 'Methodological challenges to collecting clinical and economic outcome data: Lessons from the pilot dialysis outcomes India study', Nephrology, 24, pp. 445 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.13257

Peiris D; Praveen D; Mogulluru K; Ameer MA; Raghu A; Li Q; Heritier S; MacMahon S; Prabhakaran D; Clifford GD; Joshi R; Maulik PK; Jan S; Tarassenko L; Patel A, 2019, 'Smarthealth India: A stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial of a community health worker managed mobile health intervention for people assessed at high cardiovascular disease risk in rural India', PLoS ONE, 14, pp. e0213708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213708

Gupta Y; Kapoor D; Josyula LK; Praveen D; Naheed A; Desai AK; Pathmeswaran A; de Silva HA; Lombard CB; Shamsul Alam D; Prabhakaran D; Teede HJ; Billot L; Bhatla N; Joshi R; Zoungas S; Jan S; Patel A; Tandon N, 2019, 'A lifestyle intervention programme for the prevention of Type 2 diabetes mellitus among South Asian women with gestational diabetes mellitus [LIVING study]: protocol for a randomized trial', Diabetic Medicine, 36, pp. 243 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dme.13850

Kapoor D; Gupta Y; Desai A; Praveen D; Joshi R; Rozati R; Bhatla N; Prabhakaran D; Reddy P; Patel A; Tandon N, 2019, 'Lifestyle intervention programme for Indian women with history of gestational diabetes mellitus', Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gheg.2018.18

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