Centre for Health Services Research

Dr Sisira Edirippulige

Telehealth (COH)
Associate Professor
Centre for Health Services Research
+61 7 3176 7403
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Qualifications

PhD (Moscow), PhD (Auckland), MSc (Moscow), GradCert in Higher Ed (UQ)

Biography

Sisira's main responsibilities at the COH involve teaching and coordinating undergraduate and postgraduate courses in e-Healthcare. His research interests include the development, promotion and integration of e-health education in Health care sector. With the conviction that training and education is a key component in promoting the use of e-Health, Sisira has involved in designing, and developing education and training of e-Health for different groups of health professionals. Before joining the University of Queensland, Sisira taught at Kobe Gakuin University in Japan and at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.  He has extensive experience in development studies working in number of countries including Russia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Japan and New Zealand.

Publications

Book (1)
Book Chapters (21)
Journal Articles (86)
Conference Papers (31)

Book

Edirippulige, Sisira (2004). Sri Lanka's twisted path to peace: Some domestic and international obstacles to the peace process. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Resource Management Foundation.

Book Chapters

Senanayake, Buddhika, Tyagi, Nirupama, Zhou, Xiaoyun and Edirippulige, Sisira (2020). Workforce readiness and digital health integration. Opportunities and challenges in digital healthcare innovation. (pp. 170-185) edited by Kamaljeet Sandhu. Hershey, PA, United States: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3274-4.ch010
Edirippulige, Sisira and Senanayake, Buddhika (2020). Education and training for digital health: establishing evidence relating to digital health education and training (EandT). Leadership, management, and adoption techniques for digital service innovation. (pp. 207-222) edited by Kamaljeet Sandhu. Hershey, PA, United States: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2799-3.ch011
Edirippulige, Sisira and Senanayake, Buddhika (2020). Professional practices for digital healthcare. Opportunities and challenges in digital healthcare innovation. (pp. 97-112) edited by Kamaljeet Sandhu. Hershey, PA United States: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3274-4.ch006
Edirippulige, Sisira, Smith, Anthony C., Bensink, Mark, Armfield, Nigel R. and Wootton, Richard (2018). Nurses and telehealth: current practice and future trends. Health information systems: concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications. (pp. 323-338) Hershey, PA, United States: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-60566-988-5.ch022
Edirippulige, Sisira, Bambling, Matthew and Fernandez, Pablo (2017). Telemental Health Services for Indigenous communities in Australia: a work in progress?. Telemental Health in resource-limited global settings. (pp. 131-144) edited by Hassam Jefee-Bahloul, Andres Barkil-Oteo and Eugene F. Augusterfer. London, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/med/9780190622725.003.0009
Edirippulige, Sisira and Marasinghe, Rohana B. (2017). Telemental Health Services in Sri Lanka. Telemental health in resource-limited global settings. (pp. 105-116) edited by Hassam Jefee-Bahloul, Andres Barkil-Oteo and Eugene F. Augusterfer. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/med/9780190622725.003.0007
Edirippulige, Sisira, Armfield, Nigel R., Caffery, Liam and Smith, Anthony C. (2016). Education and training for supporting practitioners in the use of clinical telehealth: a needs analysis. Telehealth and mobile health. (pp. 319-328) edited by Halit Eren and John G. Webster. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b19147-19
Edirippulige, Sisira, Armfield, Nigel R., Caffery, Liam and Smith, Anthony C. (2016). Education and training for supporting general practitioners in the use of clinical telehealth: A needs analysis. Telehealth and Mobile Health. (pp. 319-328) edited by Halit Eren and John G. Webster. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.
Fujisawa, Yoshikazu, Hamano, Tsuyoshi, Ishida, Yu and Edirippulige, Sisira (2013). What means "participation" as a measure of social capital in Japanese Neighborhoods context?. Social capital: theory, measurement and outcomes. (pp. 171-184) edited by C. Douglas Johnson. New York, United States: Nova Science Publishers.
Edirippulige, Sisira (2011). Telenursing: Nursing informatics in practice. Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Informatics. (pp. 150-161) edited by Andrew Cashin and Robyn Cook. New York: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/9781609600341.ch012
Edirippulige, Sisira and Marasinghe, Rohana B. (2011). Fostering self regulated learning (SRL) in e-health. Fostering Self-regulated learning through ICTs. (pp. 352-363) edited by Giuliana Dettori and Donatella Persico. New York, NY, United States: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-61692-901-5.ch021
Edirippulige, Sisira and Marasinghe, Rohana (2011). Telenursing in aged care: Systematic evidence of practice. Intelligent Technologies for Bridging the Grey Digital Divide. (pp. 269-281) edited by Jeffrey Soar, Rick Swindell and Philip Tsang. New York: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-61520-825-8.ch017
Edirippulige, Sisira, Marasinghe, Rohana, Maon, Siti and Fujisawa, Yoshikazu (2011). The impact of telehealth on health care workforce: Global perspective. Human resources in healthcare, health informatics and healthcare systems. (pp. 180-192) edited by Stéfane M. Kabene, Anupam Shukla and Ritu Tiwari. Hershey, PA, U.S.A.: Medical Information Science Reference.
Smith, Anthony C. and Edirippulige, Sisira (2010). Extending health services to rural communities: Telepediatrics in Queensland. Healthcare and the effect of technology: Developments, challenges and advancements. (pp. 101-111) edited by Stefane M. Kabene. Hershey, PA, U.S.A.: IGI Global.
Edirippulige, Sisira and Smith, Anthony C. (2010). Telepaediatrics in Queensland: Evidence for quality, reliability and sustainability. E-Health Systems Quality and Reliability: Models and Standards. (pp. 253-262) HERSEY: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-61692-843-8.ch019
Edirippulige, Sisira and Marasinghe, Rohana (2010). Applicability of transformative learning theory in e-health teaching. Transformative learning and online education: Aesthetics, dimensions and concepts. (pp. 374-385) edited by T. Volkan Yuzer and Gulsun Kurubacak. Hershy, Pennsylvania: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-61520-985-9.ch023
Edirippulge, S (2009). Changing role of Nurses in the Digital Era: Nurses and Telehealth.. Series in Biomedical Engineering Handbook of Digital Homecare. (pp. 269-285) edited by Joachim H Nagel. Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-01387-4_13
Edirippulige, S, Marasinghe RB, Dissanayake VHW, Abeykoon P and Wootton R (2009). Strategies to promote e-health and telemedicine activities in developing countries. Telehealth in the developing world.. (pp. 79-87) edited by Wootton R, Patil NG, Scott RE and Ho K. United Kingdom: Royal Society of Medicine Press.
Edirippulige, S, Smith, A.C., Bensink, M.E., Armfield, N.R. and Wootton R (2009). Nurses and Telehealth, Current Practice and Future Trends.. Nursing and Clinical Informatics: Socio-Technical Approaches. (pp. 94-109) edited by Bettina Staudinger, Victoria Hob and Herwig Osterman. USA / UK: Information Science Reference, Idea Group Inc (IGI). doi: 10.4018/978-1-60566-234-3.ch007
Edirippulige, S K and Wootton, R (2006). Telehealth and communication. Health Informatics: Transforming Healthcare with Technology. (pp. 266-278) edited by Moya Conrick. Australia: Thomson Social Science Press.
Conrick,, Ribbons,, Edirippulige, S K and Wootton, R (2006). Gazing into the crystal ball. Health Informatics: Transforming Healthcare with Technology. (pp. 417-423) edited by Moya Conrick. Australia: Thomson Social Science Press.

Journal Articles

Chakraborty, Imon, Nandhini, K., Ilavarasan, P. Vigneswara and Edirippulige, Sisira (2024). Factors of front-end innovation in fem-tech startups: An empirical study. Technology in Society, 76 102410, 102410. doi: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102410
Venkataraman, Aparna, Fatma, Najiya, Edirippulige, Sisira and Ramamohan, Varun (2024). Facilitators and Barriers for Telemedicine Systems in India from Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives and Settings: A Systematic Review. Telemedicine and e-Health. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2023.0297
Zhou, Xiaoyun, Edirippulige, Sisira, Jones, Andrew, Bai, Xuejun, Smith, Anthony C. and Bambling, Matthew (2023). The feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of an app-based intervention (the Coping Camp) in reducing stress among Chinese school adolescents: a cluster randomised controlled trial. PLoS One, 18 (11) e0294119, 1-20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294119
Zhou, Xiaoyun, Bambling, Matthew, Bai, Xuejun, Smith, Anthony C. and Edirippulige, Sisira (2023). Exploring factors affecting Chinese adolescents’ perceived usefulness and engagement with a stress management app: a qualitative study. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 1249093, 1249093. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1249093
Himawan, Karel Karsten, Bambling, Matthew, Underwood, Mair and Edirippulige, Sisira (2023). In the absence of marriage: social and religious-based relationships as alternatives to marriage for never-married adults in Indonesia. Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health. doi: 10.1080/19349637.2023.2253443
Chakraborty, Imon, Ilavarasan, P.Vigneswara and Edirippulige, Sisira (2023). Critical success factors of startups in the e-health domain. Health Policy and Technology, 12 (3) 100773, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2023.100773
Takizawa, Yu, Bambling, Matthew, Matsumoto, Yuki, Ishimoto, Yuma and Edirippulige, Sisira (2023). Effectiveness of universal school-based social-emotional learning programs in promoting social-emotional skills, attitudes towards self and others, positive social behaviors, and improving emotional and conduct problems among Japanese children: a meta-analytic review. Frontiers in Education, 8 1228269, 1-20. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1228269
Chakraborty, Imon, Edirippulige, Sisira and Vigneswara Ilavarasan, P. (2023). The role of telehealth startups in healthcare service delivery: a systematic review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 174 105048, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105048
Zhou, Xiaoyun, Bambling, Matthew, Bai, Xuejun and Edirippulige, Sisira (2023). Chinese school adolescents' stress experience and coping strategies: a qualitative study. BMC Psychology, 11 (1) 91, 91. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01137-y
Chakraborty, Imon, Edirippulige, Sisira and Ilavarasan, P. Vigneswara (2023). What is coming next in health technology startups? Some insights and practice guidelines. Digital Health, 9 ARTN 20552076231178435, 20552076231178435. doi: 10.1177/20552076231178435
Himawan, Karel Karsten, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2022). Motivations and reactions to social undervaluation of single people in married society: an Indonesian perspective. Families, Relationships and Societies, 11 (4), 569-589. doi: 10.1332/204674321X16316940998258
Bastani, Peivand, Niknam, Fatemeh, Rezazadeh, Mahboobeh, Rossi-Fedele, Giampiero, Edirippulige, Sisira and Samadbeik, Mahnaz (2022). Dentistry website analysis: an overview of the content of formulated questions and answers. Heliyon, 8 (8) e10250, e10250. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10250
Ramakrishna, Madhumita, Singh, Purnima, Bambling, Matthew, Edirippulige, Sisira and Teoh, Hsien Jin (2022). Behavioural concerns in the classrooms in Delhi NCR, India: An explorative study through the lens of parents and teachers. Current Psychology, 42 (25), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03251-3
Sarikhani, Yaser, Ghahramani, Sulmaz, Edirippulige, Sisira, Fujisawa, Yoshikazu, Bambling, Matthew and Bastani, Peivand (2022). What do Iranian physicians value most when choosing a specialty? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 20 (1) 23, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12962-022-00358-z
Shafaghat, Tahereh, Bastani, Peivand, Nasab, Mohammad Hasan Imani, Bahrami, Mohammad Amin, Montazer, Mahsa Roozrokh Arshadi, Zarchi, Mohammad Kazem Rahimi and Edirippulige, Sisira (2022). A framework of evidence-based decision-making in health system management: a best-fit framework synthesis. Archives of Public Health, 80 (1) 96, 96. doi: 10.1186/s13690-022-00843-0
Takizawa, Yu, Murray, Judith, Bambling, Matthew, Matsumoto, Yuki, Ishimoto, Yuma, Yamane, Takahiro and Edirippulige, Sisira (2022). Integrating neuroscientific knowledge into psychotherapy amongst Japanese psychotherapists: presence, benefits, needs and cultural barriers. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 13 (1), 81-100. doi: 10.1080/21507686.2022.2035783
Bastani, Peivand, Mohammadpour, Mohammadtaghi, Mehraliain, Gholamhossein, Delavari, Sajad and Edirippulige, Sisira (2021). What makes inequality in the area of dental and oral health in developing countries? A scoping review. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 19 (1) 54, 54. doi: 10.1186/s12962-021-00309-0
Zhou, Xiaoyun, Edirippulige, Sisira, Bai, Xuejun and Bambling, Matthew (2021). Are online mental health interventions for youth effective? A systematic review. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 27 (10), 638-666. doi: 10.1177/1357633x211047285
Edirippulige, Sisira, Senanayake, Buddhika, Fatehi, Farhad, Hansen, Julie, Bambling, Matthew, Smith, Anthony C and Armfield, Nigel R (2021). Telemedicine: Niche or mainstream? A bibliometric analysis and review of the output of highly ranked clinical journals. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 30 (1) ARTN 1357633X211043376, 1357633X211043376-63. doi: 10.1177/1357633x211043376
Sarikhani, Yaser, Ostovar, Tahereh, Rossi-Fedele, Giampiero, Edirippulige, Sisira and Bastani, Peivand (2021). A protocol for developing a discrete choice experiment to elicit preferences of general practitioners for the choice of specialty. Value in Health Regional Issues, 25, 80-89. doi: 10.1016/j.vhri.2020.12.001
Zhou, Xiaoyun, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2021). A mixed-method systematic review of text-based telehealth interventions in eating disorder management. Journal of Health Research, 36 (6), 1149-1165. doi: 10.1108/jhr-03-2021-0179
Chakraborty, Imon, Ilavarasan, P. Vigneswara and Edirippulige, Sisira (2021). Health-tech startups in healthcare service delivery: a scoping review. Social Science and Medicine, 278 113949, 113949. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113949
Himawan, Karel Karsten, Underwood, Mair, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2021). Being single when marriage is the norm: Internet use and the well-being of never-married adults in Indonesia. Current Psychology, 41 (12), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01367-6
Kim, Emmanuel, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Donovan, Tim, Edirippulige, Sisira and Armfield, Nigel R. (2021). A cost-minimisation analysis comparing alternative telemedicine screening approaches for retinopathy of prematurity. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 29 (3), 1357633X20976028-202. doi: 10.1177/1357633X20976028
Chakraborty, Imon, Ilavarasan, P. Vigneswara and Edirippulige, Sisira (2021). COVID-19 as a catalyst for telehealth growth in India: some insights. Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and EHealth, 9 (3), 1-4. doi: 10.29086/JISfTeH.9.e3
Kamei, Tomoko, Kanamori, Takuya, Yamamoto, Yuko and Edirippulige, Sisira (2020). The use of wearable devices in chronic disease management to enhance adherence and improve telehealth outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 28 (5), 1357633X2093757-359. doi: 10.1177/1357633x20937573
Samadbeik, Mahnaz, Fatehi, Farhad, Braunstein, Mark, Barry, Ben, Saremian, Marzieh, Kalhor, Fatemeh and Edirippulige, Sisira (2020). Education and Training on Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) for health care professionals and students: a scoping review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 142 104238, 104238. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104238
Edirippulige, Sisira, Gong, Sophie, Hathurusinghe, Malshi, Jhetam, Sarah, Kirk, Jasmine, Lao, Henry, Leikvold, Annalise, Ruelcke, Jayde, Yau, Nim Chi, Zhang, Qichen, Armfield, Nigel, Senanayake, Buddhika, Zhou, Xiaoyun, Smith, Anthony C, Judd, Madelaine-Marie and Coulthard, Mark G (2020). Medical students’ perceptions and expectations regarding digital health education and training: A qualitative study. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 28 (4), 1357633X20932436-265. doi: 10.1177/1357633x20932436
Thake, Carol L., Bambling, Matthew, Edirippulige, Sisira and Marx, Eric (2020). Using the importance for survival scale to identify preferred nature scenes with restorative potential: a qualitative study. Health Environments Research and Design Journal, 13 (4), 193758672091008-189. doi: 10.1177/1937586720910082
Zhou, Xiaoyun, Snoswell, Centaine L., Harding, Louise E., Bambling, Matthew, Edirippulige, Sisira, Bai, Xuejun and Smith, Anthony C. (2020). The role of telehealth in reducing the mental health burden from COVID-19. Telemedicine and e-Health, 26 (4) tmj.2020.0068, 377-379. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2020.0068
Senanayake, Buddhika, Wickramasinghe, Sumudu, Edirippulige, Sisira and Arambepola, Carukshi (2020). Stress and its social determinants - a qualitative study reflecting the perceptions of a select small group of the public in Sri Lanka. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 42 (1), 69-79. doi: 10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_482_18
Buddhika Senanake, Madapathage Gayan, Wickramasinghe, Sumudu Indika, Samaraweera, Sudath, De Silva, Pubudu and Edirippulige, Sisira (2019). Examining the social status, risk factors and lifestyle changes of tuberculosis patients in Sri Lanka during the treatment period: a cross-sectional study. Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine, 13 (1). doi: 10.4081/mrm.2018.113
Senanayake, Buddhika, Wickramasinghe, Sumudu I., Chatfield, Mark D., Hansen, Julie, Edirippulige, Sisira and Smith, Anthony C. (2019). Effectiveness of text messaging interventions for the management of depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 25 (9), 513-523. doi: 10.1177/1357633x19875852
McCamley, Jordan, Vivanti, Angela and Edirippulige, Sisira (2019). Dietetics in the digital age: the impact of an electronic medical record on a tertiary hospital dietetic department. Nutrition and Dietetics, 76 (4) 1747-0080.12552, 480-485. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12552
Lyzwinski, Lynnette Nathalie, Edirippulige, Sisira, Caffery, Liam and Bambling, Matthew (2019). Mindful eating mobile health apps: review and appraisal. JMIR Mental Health, 6 (8), e12820. doi: 10.2196/12820
Navarro, Pablo, Sheffield, Jeanie, Edirippulige, Sisira and Bambling, Matthew (2019). Exploring mental health professionals’ perspectives of text-based online counselling effectiveness with young people: mixed methods pilot study (preprint). JMIR Mental Health, 7 (1) e15564, e15564. doi: 10.2196/15564
Navarro, Pablo, Bambling, Matthew, Sheffield, Jeanie and Edirippulige, Sisira (2019). Exploring young people’s perceptions of the effectiveness of text-based online counseling: mixed methods pilot study. JMIR Mental Health, 6 (7) e13152, e13152. doi: 10.2196/13152
Lyzwinski, Lynnette Nathalie, Caffery, Liam, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2019). The mindfulness app trial for weight, weight-related behaviors, and stress in university students: randomized controlled trial. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 7 (4) e12210, e12210. doi: 10.2196/12210
Senanayake, Buddhika, Wickramasinghe, Sumudu I., Eriksson, Lars, Smith, Anthony C. and Edirippulige, Sisira (2018). Telemedicine in the correctional setting: A scoping review. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 24 (10), 669-675. doi: 10.1177/1357633X18800858
Coldebella, Belinda, Armfield, Nigel R., Bambling, Matthew, Hansen, Julie and Edirippulige, Sisira (2018). The use of telemedicine for delivering healthcare to bariatric surgery patients: a literature review. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 24 (10), 651-660. doi: 10.1177/1357633X18795356
Nair, Uthara, Armfield, Nigel R., Chatfield, Mark D. and Edirippulige, Sisira (2018). The effectiveness of telemedicine interventions to address maternal depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 24 (10), 639-650. doi: 10.1177/1357633X18794332
Edirippulige, Sisira, Brooks, Peter, Carati, Colin, Wade, Victoria A., Smith, Anthony C., Wickramasinghe, Sumudu and Armfield, Nigel R. (2018). It's important, but not important enough: eHealth as a curriculum priority in medical education in Australia. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 24 (10), 697-702. doi: 10.1177/1357633X18793282
Edirippulige, Sisira, Smith, Anthony C., Wickramasinghe, Sumudu and Armfield, Nigel R. (2018). Examining the influence of E-health education on professional practice. Journal of Medical Systems, 42 (11) 215, 215. doi: 10.1007/s10916-018-1084-5
Lyzwinski, Lynnette Nathalie, Caffery, Liam, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2018). Relationship between mindfulness, weight, and weight-related behaviors in college students: a systematic review. Alternative and Complementary Therapies, 24 (5), 202-214. doi: 10.1089/act.2018.29182.lnl
Himawan, Karel Karsten, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2018). The Asian single profiles: discovering many faces of never married adults in Asia. Journal of Family Issues, 39 (14), 3667-3689. doi: 10.1177/0192513X18789205
Himawan, Karel Karsten, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2018). What does it mean to be single in Indonesia? Religiosity, social stigma, and marital status among never-married Indonesian adults. Sage Open, 8 (3), 215824401880313. doi: 10.1177/2158244018803132
Nathalie Lyzwinski, Lynnette, Caffery, Liam, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2018). University students’ perspectives on mindfulness and mHealth: a qualitative exploratory study. American Journal of Health Education, 49 (6), 341-353. doi: 10.1080/19325037.2018.1502701
Himawan, Karel Karsten, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2018). Singleness, religiosity, and the implications for counselors: the Indonesian case. Europes Journal of Psychology, 14 (2), 485-497. doi: 10.5964/ejop.v14i2.1530
Lyzwinski, Lynnette Nathalie, Caffery, Liam, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2018). The Relationship Between Stress and Maladaptive Weight-Related Behaviors in College Students: A Review of the Literature. American Journal of Health Education, 49 (3), 166-178. doi: 10.1080/19325037.2018.1449683
Senanayake, Madapathage Gayan Buddhika, Wickramasinghe, Sumudu Indika, Samaraweera, Sudath, De Silva, Pubudu and Edirippulige, Sisira (2018). Examining the social status, risk factors and lifestyle changes of tuberculosis patients in Sri Lanka during the treatment period: a cross-sectional study. Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine, 13 (1) 9, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s40248-018-0121-z
Teoh, Hsien-Jin, Cheong, Sau Kuan, Stuart, Lily T., Manorama, Baby, Kisha, Golden, Edirippulige, Sisira and Bambling, Matthew (2018). Brief Online Classroom Behavior Management Training for Teachers to Address Male Student Behavioural Issue in Chennai, India. Creative Education, 09 (01), 26-42. doi: 10.4236/ce.2018.91003
Ito, Jun, Edirippulige, Sisira, Aono, Takeshi and Armfield, Nigel R (2017). The use of telemedicine for delivering healthcare in Japan: Systematic review of literature published in Japanese and English languages. Journal of telemedicine and telecare, 23 (10), 828-834. doi: 10.1177/1357633X17732801
Himawan, Karel Karsten, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2017). Modernization and singlehood in Indonesia: Psychological and social impacts. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences, 40 (2), 499-506. doi: 10.1016/j.kjss.2017.09.008
Lyzwinski, Lynnette Nathalie, Caffery, Liam, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2017). A systematic review of electronic mindfulness-based therapeutic interventions for weight, weight-related behaviors, and psychological stress. Journal of Telemedicine and eHealth, 24 (3), 173-184. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2017.0117
Edirippulige, Sisira (2017). What do people think about their general practitioners? Survey results comparing public opinion over 40 years from a community in Sydney, Australia. Health and Primary Care, 1 (1), 1-8. doi: 10.15761/HPC.1000105
Edirippulige, Sisira, Samanta, Mayukh and Armfield, Nigel R. (2017). Assessment of self-perceived knowledge in e-health among undergraduate students. Telemedicine and e-Health, 24 (2), 139-144. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2017.0056
Thake, Carole L., Bambling, M., Edirippulige, S. and Marx, E. (2017). A psychoevolutionary approach to identifying preferred nature scenes with potential to provide restoration from stress. Health Environments Research and Design Journal, 10 (5), 111-124. doi: 10.1177/1937586717705085
Lyzwinski, Lynnette N., Caffery, Liam J., Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2017). Consumer perspectives on mHealth for weight loss: a review of qualitative studies. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 24 (4), 1357633X17692722-302. doi: 10.1177/1357633X17692722
Edirippulige, Sisira, Armfield, Nigel R., Greenup, Phil and Bryett, Andrew (2016). Telehealth coordinators in hospital based telehealth services: who are they and what do they do?. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 22 (8), 447-452. doi: 10.1177/1357633X16671241
Edirippulige, S. and Armfield, N. R. (2016). Education and training to support the use of clinical telehealth: a review of the literature. Journal of Telemedicine And Telecare, 23 (2), 273-282. doi: 10.1177/1357633X16632968
Hsien-Jin, T., Cheong, J., Maris, H., Edirippulige, S. and Bambling, M. (2016). Teacher perception of classroom challenging behaviours in male students and behaviour management responses: pilot study in Chennai, India. Nazareth Educational, pedagogy and Educational Research, 2 (2), 19-28.
Edirippulige, Sisira, Reyno, John, Armfield, Nigel R., Bambling, Matthew, Lloyd, Owen and McNevin, Elizabeth (2015). Availability, spatial accessibility, utilisation and the role of telehealth for multi-disciplinary paediatric cerebral palsy services in Queensland. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 22 (7), 391-396. doi: 10.1177/1357633X15610720
Deacon, Anthony J. and Edirippulige, Sisira (2015). Using mobile technology to motivate adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review of recent literature. Journal of Telemedicine And Telecare, 21 (8), 431-438. doi: 10.1177/1357633X15605223
Armfield, Nigel R., Edirippulige, Sisira, Caffery, Liam J., Bradford, Natalie K., Grey, Joanne W. and Smith, Anthony C. (2014). Telemedicine – a bibliometric and content analysis of 17,932 publication records. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 83 (10), 715-725. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.07.001
Armfield, Nigel R., Edirippulige, Sisira K., Bradford, Natalie and Smith, Anthony C. (2014). Telemedicine - is the cart being put before the horse?. Medical Journal of Australia, 200 (9), 530-533. doi: 10.5694/mja13.11101
Surka, Sam, Edirippulige, Sisira, Steyn, Krisela, Gaziano, Thomas, Puoane, Thandi and Levitt, Naomi (2014). Evaluating the use of mobile phone technology to enhance cardiovascular disease screening by community health workers. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 83 (9), 648-654. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.06.008
Edirippulige, Sisira, Levandovskaya, Marina and Prishutova, Anna (2013). A qualitative study of the use of Skype for psychotherapy consultations in the Ukraine. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 19 (7), 376-378. doi: 10.1177/1357633X13506523
Higgins, Hiatt S., Taraporewalla, Kersi, Edirippulige, Sisira, Ware, Robert S., Steyn, Michael and Watson, Marcus O. (2013). Educational support for specialist international medical graduates in anaesthesia. Medical Journal of Australia, 199 (4), 272-274. doi: 10.5694/mja12.11639
Edirippulige, Sisira, Martin-Khan, Melinda, Beattie, Elizabeth, Smith, Anthony C. and Gray, Leonard C. (2013). A systematic review of telemedicine services for residents in long term care facilities. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 19 (3), 127-132. doi: 10.1177/1357633X13483256
Edirippulige, Sisira, Armfield, Nigel R. and Smith, Anthony C. (2013). A qualitative study of the careers and professional practices of graduates from an e-health postgraduate programme. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 18 (8), 455-459. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2012.GTH107
Edirippulige, Sisira, Smith. Anthony C., Armfield, Nigel R., Bensink, Mark and Wootton, Richard (2012). Student perceptions of a hands-on practicum to supplement an online eHealth course. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 14 (6) e182, 290-300. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2029
Gray, Leonard C., Edirippulige, Sisira, Smith, Anthony C., Beattie, Elizabeth, Theodoros, Deborah, Russell, Trevor and Martin-Kahn, Melinda (2012). Telehealth for nursing homes: The utilization of specialist services for residential care. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 18 (3), 142-146. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2012.SFT105
Marasinghe, Rohana B., Edirippulige, Sisira, Kavanagh, David, Smith, Anthony and Jiffry, Mohamad T. M. (2012). Effect of mobile phone-based psychotherapy in suicide prevention: A randomized controlled trial in Sri Lanka. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 18 (3), 151-155. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2012.SFT107
Rodrigo, E. Shan S., Wimalaratne, Samantha R. U., Marasinghe, Rohana B. and Edirippulige, Sisira (2012). A pilot health information management system for public health midwives serving in a remote area of Sri Lanka. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 18 (3), 159-163. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2012.SFT109
Maon, Siti, Edirippulige, Sisira, Ware, Robert and Batch, Jennifer (2012). The use of web-based interventions to prevent excessive weight gain. Journal of Telemedicine And Telecare, 18 (1), 37-41. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2011.110306
Maon, Siti, Edirippulige, Sisira, Batch, Jennifer and Ware, Robert (2011). Development of an intensive web intervention to promote health lifestyles among children and adolescents. World Review of Business Research, 1 (2), 125-135.
Melaka, A and Edirippulige, S (2009). Psych-technology: A Systematic Review of the Telepsychiatry Literature. Psychiatry On Line, The International Forum for Psychiatry, xxx (xxx), xxx-xxx.
Marasinghe, R. B., Edirippulige, S., Smith, A. C., Abeykoon, P., Jiffry, M and Wootton, R. (2007). A snapshot of e-health activity in Sri Lanka. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 13 (3), 53-56. doi: 10.1258/135763307783247266
Edirippulige, S., Smith, A. C., Beattie, H., Davies, E. and Wootton, R. (2007). Evaluation of nursing students' knowledge, understanding and readiness to practice e-health. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 13 (3), 37-39. doi: 10.1258/135763307783247284
Edirippulige, S., Smith, A. C., Beattie, H., Davies, E. and Wootton, R. (2007). Pre-registration nurses: an investigation of knowledge, experience and comprehension of e-health. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 25 (2), 78-83.
Edirippulige, S. K. and Smith, A. C. (2007). Ehealth and healthcare practice. Asian Hospital and Healthcare Management (13), 56-58.
Porter, Ann and Edirippulige, Sisira (2007). Parents of Deaf Children Seeking Hearing Loss-Related Information on the Internet: the Australian Experience. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 12 (4), 518-529. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enm009
Edirippulige, S. K., Hamano, T. and Fujisawa, Y. (2006). E-health: traditional medical practice is in transition. Niigata Journal of Health and Welfare 2006, 6 (1), 44-50.
Edirippulige, Sisira (2005). Australian nurses' perceptions of e-health. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 11 (5), 266-268. doi: 10.1258/1357633054471803
Edirippulige, S. K. (2005). e-Health and nursing. Australian Nursing Journal, 12 (10), 26-26.
Edirippulige, S K, Hamano, and Fujisawa, (2005). An overview of e-Learning and its place in distance education in health. The Niigata Journal of Health and Welfare, 5 (1), 41-48.

Conference Papers

Edirippulige, Sisira (2023). WHAT DO MEDICAL STUDENTS THINK ABOUT DIGITAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND TRAINING? INTEGRATING DIGITAL HEALTH TEACHING INTO THE MEDICAL CURRICULUM IN AUSTRALIA. IATED. doi: 10.21125/iceri.2023.0114
Chakraborty, Imon, Ilavarasan, P. Vigneswara, Nandhini, K. and Edirippulige, Sisira (2023). What drives front-end innovation in fem-tech startups? Insights from a quantitative study. IEEE International Conference on Digital Health (IEEE ICDH) at the IEEE World Congress on Services (SERVICES), Chicago, IL United States, 2-8 July 2023. Piscataway, NJ United States: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/icdh60066.2023.00057
Chakraborty, Imon, Edirippulige, Sisira and Ilavarasan, P. Vigneswara (2022). Digital health startups in the time of COVID-19 crisis: Adaptation or Malfunction?. 22nd Successes and Failures in Telehealth Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9-11 November 2022. Brisbane, QLD Australia: SFT22.
Zhou, Xiaoyun, Edirippulige, Sisira, Bai, Xuejun and Bambling, Matthew (2022). Chinese adolescents’ experience and perception of an app-based stress inoculation training intervention for stress management: a qualitative study. 22nd Successes and Failures in Telehealth Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9-11 Nov 2022. Brisbane, QLD Australia: SFT22.
Zhou, Xiaoyun, Edirippulige, Sisira, Bai, Xuejun and Bambling, Matthew (2022). Building a mobile app to deliver stress inoculation training to Chinese adolescents: development, feasibility, and acceptability . 22nd Successes and Failures in Telehealth Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9-11 Nov 2022. Brisbane, QLD Australia: SFT22.
Zhou, Xiaoyun, Bambling, Matthew, Bai, Xuejun and Edirippulige, Sisira (2022). Chinese school adolescents’ stress experience and coping strategies: a focus group interview study. The University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine 2022 HDR Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6-7 October 2022.
Chakraborty, Imon, Vigneswara Ilavarasan, P. and Edirippulige, Sisira (2022). E-Health Startups’ Framework for Value Creation and Capture: Some Insights from Systematic Review. International Conference on Cognitive & Intelligent Computing (ICCIC 2021), Hyderabad, India, 11-12 December-2021. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-2350-0_13
Zhou, Xiaoyun , Edirippulige, Sisira , Bai, Xuejun and Bambling, Matthew (2021). The feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of an app-based intervention (Coping Camp) for stress management among high school students in China. The University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine, 2021 HDR symposium, Herston, QLD, Australia, 1-2 December 2021.
Zhou, Xiaoyun, Edirippulige, Sisira, Bambling, Matthew and Bai, Xuejun (2021). The modalities and effectiveness of telehealth interventions for youth mental health: a systematic review. 2st Successes and Failures in Telehealth Conferenc, Online, 3-5 Nov 2021. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Australian Telehealth Society.
Zhou, Xiaoyun, Edirippulige, Sisira, Bambling, Matthew, Snoswell, Centaine, Liu, Dongying, Smith, Anthony and Bai, Xuejun (2021). Lived experience of frontline nurses supporting two hospitals in Wuhan during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Nursing World Conference 2021, Online, 18-20 Oct 2021.
Zhou, Xiaoyun, Hansen, Julie, Bambling, Matthew and Edirippulige, Sisira (2019). Examining the evidence for online text-based interventions in eating disorders: a systematic review. 19th Successes and Failures in Telehealth Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 21-23 Oct 2019.
Deacon, A. and Edirippulige, S. (2016). Design of an RCT to compare the effectiveness of smartphone and paper-based delivery of a mixed methods intervention for adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Successes and Failures in Telehealth 2016, Auckland, New Zealand, 1 - 3 November 2016.
Martin-Khan, M., Gray, L., Beattie, E., Edirippulige, S., Russell, T. and Smith, A. (2016). Challenges in implementing Randomised Control Trials in Health Service Implementation Research: Protocol issues in a telehealth trial in residential aged care. Successes and Failures in Telehealth 2016, Auckland, New Zealand, 1 - 3 November 2016.
Deacon, Anthony J and Edirippulige, Sisira (2015). Using mobile technology to motivate adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review of recent literature. International Conference on Successes and Failures in Telehealth (SFT-15), Brisbane, Australia, 12-13 November, 2015.
Natarajan, Kannan, Salih, Salih, Martin-Khan, Melinda, Edirippulige, Sisira and Gray, Len (2014). Feasibility Study of Tele-health Services for a Residential Aged Care Facility. ANZSGM Annual Scientific Meeting Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 28 - 30 May 2014. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12178
Fatehi, F., Edirippulige, S. and Gray, L. C. (2013). A systematic review on the use of online support groups for improving diabetes care. International Conference on Successes and Failures in Telehealth 2013 (SFT-13), Brisbane, Australia, 12-13 November 2013.
Martin-Khan, M., Beattie, E., Edirippulige, S., Gray, L. C., Russell, T., Smith, A. C. and Theodoros, D. (2012). Telehealth for nursing homes: utilisation of specialists services. Australian Association of Gerontology, 45th National Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 20–23 November 2012. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00655.x
Maon, Siti and Edirippulige, Sisira (2012). Process Evaluation of Healthy Living Website for Children. International Congress on Interdisciplinary Business and Social Sciences (ICIBSoS), Jakarta Indonesia, 1-2 December 2012. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.11.171
Marasinghe, R. B., Bensink, M., Edirippulige, S., Smith, A. and Kavanagh, D. (2011). Economic evaluation of a clinically effective Brief Mobile Treatment (BMT) on suicide prevention in Sri Lanka. eHealth Sri Lanka 2010, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, 15-16 September 2010. Colombo, Sri Lanka: University of Colombo Postgraduate Institute of Medicine of Sri Lanka. doi: 10.4038/sljbmi.v1i0.3543
Marasinghe, R. B., Edirippulige, S., Smith, A., Kavangh, D., Jiffry, M.T.M. and Kodagoda, G.N. (2011). A Mobile-ICT platform to deliver psychotherapy to prevent suicide. eHealth Sri Lanka 2010, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, 15-16 September 2010. Colombo, Sri Lanka: University of Colombo Postgraduate Institute of Medicine of Sri Lanka. doi: 10.4038/sljbmi.v1i0.3542
Edirippulige, Sisira (2010). Readiness of nurses for practicing telehealth. Global Telehealth 2010 (GT2010) – 15th International Conference of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth and 1st National Conference of the Australasian Telehealth Society, Fremantle, Perth, W.A., Australia, 10-12 November, 2010. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-659-1-49
Maon, Siti N. and Edirippulige, Sisira (2010). An overview of the national telehealth initiative in Malaysia. Global Telehealth 2010 (GT2010), Fremantle, Perth, WA, 10-12 November, 2010. The Netherlands: I O S Press. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-659-1-95
Maon, S. N., Edirippulige, S., Batch, J. and Ware, R. S. (2010). Rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of web intervention for improving the healthy lifestyles of children and adolescence. IADIS International Conference e-Health 2010, Freiburg, Germany, 29 - 31 July 2010. Freiburg, Germany: IADIS Press.
Edirippulige, S., Marasinghe, R. B., Bandara, H. M. S. P. and Jiffry, M. T. M. (2008). A preliminary study to evaluate the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in Sri Lankan primary care practice. 4th Scientific Session of the Health Informatics Society of Sri Lanka (HISSL), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 26 July 2008.
Edirippulige, Sisira, Armfielf, Nigel R., Bensink, Mark E., Marasinghe, Rohana and Wootton, Richard (2008). Preliminary evaluation of a practical program in e-health education. American Telemedicine Association Meeting 2008, Seattle, Washington, USA, 6-8 April 2008. New Rochelle, NY, USA: Mary Ann Liebert. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2008.9983.supp
Edirippulige, Sisira, Marasinghe, Rohana B., Smith, Anthony C., Fujisawa, Yoshikazu, Herath, Walisundara B., Jiffry, Mohamed T. M. and Wootton, Richard (2007). Knowledge and perceptions of e-health: Results of a survey of medical students in Sri Lanka. 2nd International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA 2006), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15-17 December 2006. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICINFA.2006.374093
Edirippulige, S. K., Marasinghe, R., Smith, A. C., Fujisawa, Y., Herath, W. B., Jiffry, M. T. and Wootton, R. (2007). Knowledge and Perceptions of e-Health: Results of a Survey of Medical Students in Sri Lanka. 9th International Conference on E-health networking, Application and Services 2007, Taipei, Taiwan, 19-22 June, 2007. USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Edirippulige, S. K., Marasinghe, R., Smith, A. C., Fujisawa, Y, Herath, W. B., Jiffry, M. and Wootton, R. (2007). Evaluation of E-Learning Practices in Undergraduate Medical Education: Results of a Survey in Sri Lanka. European Conference on eHealth 2007, Bonn, Germany, 11-12 October 2007. Bonn, Germany: Gesellschaft für Informatik.
Edirippulige, Sisira, Fujisawa, Yoshikazu, Marasinghe, Rohana B., Jiffry, Mohamed T. M., Smith, Anthony C. and Wootton, Richard (2007). Medical students' knowledge in e-health in developing countries: A survey in Sri Lanka. 9th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application and Service, Taipei, Taiwan, 19-22 June 2007. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/HEALTH.2007.381612
Edirippulige, Sisira, Marasinghe, Rohana B., Smith, Anthony C., Fujisawa, Yoshikazu, Herath, Walisundara B., Jiffry, M. T. M. and Wootton, Richard (2007). Medical students' knowledge and perceptions of e-health: results of a study in Sri Lanka. 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics – Building Sustainable Health Systems, Brisbane, Australia, 20-24 August 2007. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press.
Edirippulige, S. K., Smith, A. C., Young, J. and Wootton, R. (2006). Knowledge, perceptions and expectations of nurses in e-health: results of a survey in a children's hospital. 6th International Conference on Successes and Failures in Telehealth (SFT-6), Brisbane, Australia, 25-26 August 2006. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press. doi: 10.1258/135763306779380255