Sowmiya Moorthie

Biographic Data

ID7745220
NAMESowmiya Moorthie
GIVEN NAMESSowmiya
FAMILY NAMEMoorthie
SIGNATUREMOORTHIE S
AFFILIATIONSLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
ORCID0000-0002-7790-2630
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Societal views on using risk-based innovations to inform cancer screening and referral policies

    Open AccessRebecca A Dennison, Reanna J Clune et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Informed members of the public supported the concept of using innovations to estimate cancer risk and inform healthcare. Their priorities for accuracy, data security, participation burden, and personal liberty and choice tended to overlap with those of developers and policymakers. Work to ready these innovations for implementation should continue, with the public's priorities accounted for in their development and dissemination in order to addres…

  • A community jury study exploring the public acceptability of using risk stratification to determine eligibility for cancer screening

    Open AccessRebecca A Dennison, Rachel A Boscott et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2022

    INTRODUCTION: Using risk stratification to determine eligibility for cancer screening is likely to improve the efficiency of screening programmes by targeting resources towards those most likely to benefit. We aimed to explore the implications of this approach from a societal perspective by understanding public views on the most acceptable stratification strategies. METHODS: We conducted three online community juries with 9 or 10 participants in …

  • Methods to estimate access to care and the effect of interventions on the outcomes of congenital disorders

    Open AccessHannah Blencowe, Sowmiya Moorthie et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2018

    In the absence of intervention, early-onset congenital disorders lead to pregnancy loss, early death, or disability. Currently, lack of epidemiological data from many settings limits the understanding of the burden of these conditions, thus impeding health planning, policy-making, and commensurate resource allocation. The Modell Global Database of Congenital Disorders (MGDb) seeks to meet this need by combining general biological principles with …

  • Estimating the birth prevalence and pregnancy outcomes of congenital malformations worldwide

    Open AccessSowmiya Moorthie, Hannah Blencowe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2018

    Congenital anomaly registries have two main surveillance aims: firstly to define baseline epidemiology of important congenital anomalies to facilitate programme, policy and resource planning, and secondly to identify clusters of cases and any other epidemiological changes that could give early warning of environmental or infectious hazards. However, setting up a sustainable registry and surveillance system is resource-intensive requiring national…

  • Rare single gene disorders

    Open AccessHannah Blencowe, Sowmiya Moorthie et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2018

    As child mortality rates overall are decreasing, non-communicable conditions, such as genetic disorders, constitute an increasing proportion of child mortality, morbidity and disability. To date, policy and public health programmes have focused on common genetic disorders. Rare single gene disorders are an important source of morbidity and premature mortality for affected families. When considered collectively, they account for an important publi…

  • An overview of concepts and approaches used in estimating the burden of congenital disorders globally

    Open AccessSowmiya Moorthie, Hannah Blencowe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2017

    Congenital disorders are an important cause of pregnancy loss, premature death and life-long disability. A range of interventions can greatly reduce their burden, but the absence of local epidemiological data on their prevalence and the impact of interventions impede policy and service development in many countries. In an attempt to overcome these deficiencies, we have developed a tool-The Modell Global Database of Congenital Disorders (MGDb) tha…

  • Chromosomal disorders

    Open AccessSowmiya Moorthie, Hannah Blencowe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2017

    Chromosomal disorders, of which Down syndrome is the most common, can cause multi-domain disability. In addition, compared to the general population, there is a higher frequency of death before the age of five. In many settings, large gaps in data availability have hampered policy-making, programme priorities and resource allocation for these important conditions. We have developed methods, which overcome this lack of data and allow estimation of…

  • Health needs assessment for congenital anomalies in middle-income countries

    Open AccessLavinia Schuler-Faccini, Maria Teresa Vieira Sanseverino et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2013

  • The use of a Toolkit for health needs assessment on neural tube defects in Argentina

    Open AccessBoris Groisman, Rosa Liascovich et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2012