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Publications: Dr Melanie Ramasawmy

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( 2025 ) . A Design Framework for Microintervention Software Technology in Digital Health: Critical Interpretive Synthesis . Journal of Medical Internet Research vol. 27 ,
( 2025 ) . Mental health among British South Asians: reflecting on granularity . The British Journal of Psychiatry vol. 227 , ( 3 ) 637 - 638 .
Poole L, Ronaldson A, Frith H, Gill P, Martinez A ( 2025 ) . The paper study (prescribing antidepressants in primary care: ethnic inequalities in treatment). A study protocol . BJGP Open
Ramasawmy M, Sunkersing D, Poole L, Blandford A, Gill P, Khunti K, Modha S, Patel K et al. ( 2025 ) . Healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards digital health interventions and perspectives on digital health inequalities in cardiometabolic care: a qualitative study . BMJ Open vol. 15 , ( 2 )
Ramasawmy M, Khan N, Sunkersing D, Sajid M, Modha SH, Mistry M, Hanif W, Stevenson F et al. ( 2025 ) . Recommendations for improving accessibility of digital health interventions for cardiometabolic disease for ethnically diverse populations . Digital Health vol. 11 ,
Ramasawmy M, Persson DR, Sunkersing D, Gill P, Khunti K, Poole L, Hanif W, Blandford A et al. ( 2024 ) . Uptake of Digital Health Interventions for Cardiometabolic Disease in British South Asian Individuals: Think Aloud Study . JMIR Human Factors vol. 11 ,
Sunkersing D, Goodfellow H, Mu Y, Ramasawmy M, Murali M, Adams L, FitzGerald TJ, Blandford A et al. ( 2024 ) . Long COVID symptoms and demographic associations: A retrospective case series study using healthcare application data . JRSM Open vol. 15 , ( 7 )
Ramasawmy M, Sunkersing D, Persson DR, Poole L, Patel K, Modha S, Sajid M, Gill P et al. ( 2024 ) . “If it all goes digital, we’ll have to learn”: facilitators and barriers to uptake of digital health in British South Asians with cardiometabolic disease . BMC Digital Health vol. 2 , ( 1 )
Sunkersing D, Ramasawmy M, Alwan NA, Clutterbuck D, Mu Y, Horstmanshof K, Banerjee A, Heightman M ( 2024 ) . What is current care for people with Long COVID in England? A qualitative interview study . BMJ Open vol. 14 , ( 5 )
Clutterbuck D, Ramasawmy M, Pantelic M, Hayer J, Begum F, Faghy M, Nasir N, Causer B et al. ( 2024 ) . Barriers to healthcare access and experiences of stigma: Findings from a coproduced Long Covid case‐finding study . Health Expectations vol. 27 , ( 2 )
Volsche S, Wathan J, Abbas N, Kimwele LK, Ontillera-Sánchez RR, Ramasawmy M ( 2024 ) . Cross-Cultural Variation in Human–Animal Interaction . Introduction to Human-Animal Interaction , Taylor & Francis
Ramasawmy M, Khan N, Sunkersing D, Banerjee A ( 2023 ) . Understanding ethnic inequalities in the design and implementation of digital health interventions for cardiometabolic disease: a qualitative study . The Lancet vol. 402 ,
Alwan NA, Clutterbuck D, Pantelic M, Hayer J, Fisher L, Hishmeh L, Heightman M, Allsopp G et al. ( 2023 ) . Long Covid active case finding study protocol: A co-produced community-based pilot within the STIMULATE-ICP study (Symptoms, Trajectory, Inequalities and Management: Understanding Long-COVID to Address and Transform Existing Integrated Care Pathways) . PLOS ONE vol. 18 , ( 7 )
Thorlu-Bangura Z, Poole L, Sood H, Khan N, Stevenson F, Khunti K, Sajid M, Hanif W et al. ( 2023 ) . Correction to: Digital health, cardiometabolic disease and ethnicity: an analysis of United Kingdom government policies from 2010 to 2022 . Journal of Public Health Policy vol. 44 , ( 2 ) 336 - 337 .
Thorlu-Bangura Z, Poole L, Sood H, Khan N, Stevenson F, Khunti K, Gill P, Sajid M et al. ( 2023 ) . Digital health, cardiometabolic disease and ethnicity: an analysis of United Kingdom government policies from 2010 to 2022 . Journal of Public Health Policy vol. 44 , ( 2 ) 179 - 195 .
Bark P, Ramasawmy M, Hayward A, Luchenski S, Aldridge R, Burridge S, Banerjee A ( 2023 ) . Integrated approach to cardiovascular disease in people experiencing homelessness: a qualitative study . Open Heart vol. 10 , ( 1 )
Goswami A, Poole L, Thorlu-Bangura Z, Khan N, Hanif W, Khunti K, Gill P, Sajid M et al. ( 2023 ) . The Use of Digital Health Interventions for Cardiometabolic Diseases Among South Asian and Black Minority Ethnic Groups: Realist Review . Journal of Medical Internet Research vol. 25 ,
van der Feltz-Cornelis CM, Sweetman J, Allsopp G, Attree E, Crooks MG, Cuthbertson DJ, Forshaw D, Gabbay M et al. ( 2022 ) . STIMULATE-ICP-Delphi (Symptoms, Trajectory, Inequalities and Management: Understanding Long-COVID to Address and Transform Existing Integrated Care Pathways Delphi): Study protocol . PLOS ONE vol. 17 , ( 11 )
Ramasawmy M, Mu Y, Clutterbuck D, Pantelic M, Lip GYH, van der Feltz-Cornelis C, Wootton D, Williams NH et al. ( 2022 ) . STIMULATE-ICP-CAREINEQUAL (Symptoms, Trajectory, Inequalities and Management: Understanding Long-COVID to Address and Transform Existing Integrated Care Pathways) study protocol: Defining usual care and examining inequalities in Long Covid support . PLOS ONE vol. 17 , ( 8 )
Ramasawmy M, Poole L, Thorlu-Bangura Z, Chauhan A, Murali M, Jagpal P, Bijral M, Prashar J et al. ( 2022 ) . Frameworks for Implementation, Uptake, and Use of Cardiometabolic Disease–Related Digital Health Interventions in Ethnic Minority Populations: Scoping Review . JMIR Cardio vol. 6 , ( 2 )
Ramasawmy M, Poole L, Banerjee A ( 2021 ) . Learning our lesson: using past policies to improve digital and ethnic inequalities beyond the pandemic . Archives of Public Health vol. 79 , ( 1 )
Poole L, Ramasawmy M, Banerjee A ( 2021 ) . Digital first during the COVID-19 pandemic: does ethnicity matter? . The Lancet Public Health vol. 6 , ( 9 ) e628 - e630 .
Persson DR, Ramasawmy M, Khan N, Banerjee A, Blandford A, Bardram JE, Bækgaard P . A Design Framework for Microintervention Software Technology in Digital Health: Critical Interpretive Synthesis (Preprint) .
. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY .
. Barriers to healthcare access: findings from a co-produced Long Covid case-finding study .
. Exploring the help-seeking journeys for Long Covid from a health inequalities perspective: a qualitative study in England .
Ramasawmy M, Poole L, Thorlu-Bangura Z, Chauhan A, Murali M, Jagpal P, Bijral M, Prashar J et al. . Frameworks for implementation, uptake and use of digital health interventions in ethnic minority populations: a scoping review using cardiometabolic disease as a case study. (Preprint) .
. Healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards digital health interventions and perspectives on digital health inequalities: a qualitative study .
. STIMULATE-ICP-CAREINEQUAL - Defining usual care and examining inequalities in Long Covid support: protocol for a mixed-methods study (part of STIMULATE-ICP: Symptoms, Trajectory, Inequalities and Management: Understanding Long-COVID to Address and Transform Existing Integrated Care Pathways) .
Goswami A, Poole L, Thorlu-Bangura Z, Khan N, Hanif W, Khunti K, Gill P, Blandford A et al. . The use of digital health interventions for cardiometabolic diseases among South Asian and Black minority ethnic groups: A realist review (Preprint) .
Ramasawmy M, Roland Persson D, Sunkersing D, Gill P, Khunti K, Poole L, Hanif W, Blandford A et al. . Uptake of digital health interventions for cardiometabolic disease: A ‘Think Aloud’ Study with British South Asian individuals (Preprint) .
Ramasawmy M, Sunkersing D, Persson DR, Poole L, Patel K, Modha S, Sajid M, Gill P et al. . “If it all goes digital we’ll have to learn”: Facilitators and barriers to uptake of digital health in British South Asians with cardiometabolic disease .
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