Wikum Jayatunga
University College London
8 Papers
Wikum Jayatunga is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Systematic review. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 8 publications. Previous affiliations of Wikum Jayatunga include Imperial College London & University of London.
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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): What do we know about children? A systematic review.
Nisha Mehta,Oliver T Mytton,Edward Mullins,Tom Fowler,Catherine Falconer,Orla Murphy,Claudia Langenberg,Claudia Langenberg,Claudia Langenberg,Wikum Jayatunga,Danielle H Eddy,Jonathan S. Nguyen-Van-Tam +11 more
TL;DR: Children appear to have a low observed case rate of COVID-19 but may have rates similar to adults of infection with SARS-CoV-2, while adults are just as susceptible to infection with other coronaviruses.
Going upstream – an umbrella review of the macroeconomic determinants of health and health inequalities
Yannish Naik,Yannish Naik,Peter Baker,Sharif Ismail,Sharif Ismail,Taavi Tillmann,Kristin Bash,Darryl Quantz,Frances Hillier-Brown,Wikum Jayatunga,Gill Kelly,Michelle Black,Anya Gopfert,Peter Roderick,Ben Barr,Clare Bambra +15 more
TL;DR: Evidence suggests that action to promote employment and improve working conditions can help improve health and reduce gender-based health inequalities, and market regulation of tobacco, alcohol and food is likely to be effective at improving health and reducing inequalities in health.
Code sets for respiratory symptoms in electronic health records research: a systematic review protocol
Wikum Jayatunga,Philip W Stone,Philip W Stone,Robert W Aldridge,Jennifer K Quint,Julie George +5 more
TL;DR: The aim of this protocol is to specify a systematic review to identify code sets for respiratory symptoms in EHRs research, and the results can be used in future research into respiratory symptoms that uses electronic healthcare databases.
Premature mortality attributable to socioeconomic inequality in England between 2003 and 2018: an observational study.
Dan Lewer,Wikum Jayatunga,Robert W Aldridge,Chantal Edge,Michael Marmot,Alistair Story,Andrew Hayward +6 more
TL;DR: The proportion of deaths attributable to inequality increased during the study period, particularly for women, because mortality rates among the most deprived women (excluding cardiovascular diseases) plateaued, and for some diseases increased.
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): What Do We Know About Children? A Systematic Review
Nisha Mehta,Oliver T Mytton,Edward Mullins,Edward Mullins,Edward Mullins,Tom Fowler,Catherine Falconer,Orla Murphy,Claudia Langenberg,Claudia Langenberg,Claudia Langenberg,Wikum Jayatunga,Danielle H Eddy,Jonathan S. Nguyen-Van-Tam +13 more
TL;DR: There is an emerging discrepancy between observed case rate of COVID-19 and infection rate of SARS-CoV-2 in children in China, highlighting the importance of evidence generation in paediatric populations, equivalent to that in adults, as part of the current pandemic response.