Julie Wijesooriya
Biographic Data
| ID | 7914114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julie Wijesooriya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julie |
| FAMILY NAME | Wijesooriya |
| SIGNATURE | WIJESOORIYA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Graphic-style stories to engage limited resource communities and promote health
Introduction: People with lower health literacy and those living in limited-resource communities often experience poorer health outcomes. Leveraging stories for health promotion can be particularly beneficial as stories are more engaging and memorable than other outreach materials. Co-designing health-promotion stories with representatives from target communities ensures their cultural relevance. Methods: We Engage 4 Health (WE4H), a 20 + member …
Co-Designing a Program to Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Midlife Black Women
Midlife Black women suffer disproportionately from heart disease and stroke in comparison to White women of similar age and demographic. Risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke is largely considered to be modifiable yet CVD prevention and awareness campaigns have been less effective among Black women. Decreased awareness of personal CVD risk is associated with delays in the presentation of women to the emergency room or health care provi…
Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a devastating, global public health crisis. Public health systems in the United States heavily focused on getting people to adhere to preventive behaviors, and later, to get vaccinated. January through May of 2021 was a critical and volatile time period for COVID-19 cases, deaths, and expanding vaccination programs coinciding with important political and social events which will have a lasting impact on how the publ…
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Co-Designing a Program to Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Midlife Black Women
Midlife Black women suffer disproportionately from heart disease and stroke in comparison to White women of similar age and demographic. Risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke is largely considered to be modifiable yet CVD prevention and awareness campaigns have been less effective among Black women. Decreased awareness of personal CVD risk is associated with delays in the presentation of women to the emergency room or health care provi…
Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a devastating, global public health crisis. Public health systems in the United States heavily focused on getting people to adhere to preventive behaviors, and later, to get vaccinated. January through May of 2021 was a critical and volatile time period for COVID-19 cases, deaths, and expanding vaccination programs coinciding with important political and social events which will have a lasting impact on how the publ…
Graphic-style stories to engage limited resource communities and promote health
Introduction: People with lower health literacy and those living in limited-resource communities often experience poorer health outcomes. Leveraging stories for health promotion can be particularly beneficial as stories are more engaging and memorable than other outreach materials. Co-designing health-promotion stories with representatives from target communities ensures their cultural relevance. Methods: We Engage 4 Health (WE4H), a 20 + member …
Medicine (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work) · Best practice (1 work) · Cardiac Health and Mental Health (1 work) · Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors (1 work) · Comics and Graphic Narratives (1 work) · Community health (1 work) · Community Health and Development (1 work)