Wasantha Jayawardene

Wasantha Jayawardene

Indiana University Bloomington

H-index: 17

North America-United States

About Wasantha Jayawardene

Wasantha Jayawardene, With an exceptional h-index of 17 and a recent h-index of 13 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Indiana University Bloomington, specializes in the field of Obesity, Substance Use, Translational Research.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Work Stress and Psychoactive Substance Use among Correctional Officers in the USA

Adverse Childhood Experience‐Related Conditions and Substance Use in Adolescents: A Secondary Analysis of Cross‐Sectional Survey Data

Developing the Opioid Rapid Response System™ for Lay Citizen Response to the Opioid Overdose Crisis: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluation of unintended consequences of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and obesity prevalence among youths

Retailers’ perspectives on the prevention of underage tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery system sales

Epidemiological associations of asthma status and tobacco use, substance use, and substance misuse among adults in the United States, 2015–2019

Moral injury is a risk factor for substance use and suicidality among US military veterans with and without traumatic brain injury

Other Drugs Oral Session 1: Utilizing Data to Describe the Epidemiology of the Overdose Crisis

Wasantha Jayawardene Information

University

Position

Asst. Research Scientist

Citations(all)

890

Citations(since 2020)

708

Cited By

423

hIndex(all)

17

hIndex(since 2020)

13

i10Index(all)

24

i10Index(since 2020)

17

Email

University Profile Page

Indiana University Bloomington

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Wasantha Jayawardene Skills & Research Interests

Obesity

Substance Use

Translational Research

Top articles of Wasantha Jayawardene

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Work Stress and Psychoactive Substance Use among Correctional Officers in the USA

Psychoactives

Wasantha Jayawardene

Chesmi Kumbalatara

Alsten Jones

Justin McDaniel

2024/2/3

Adverse Childhood Experience‐Related Conditions and Substance Use in Adolescents: A Secondary Analysis of Cross‐Sectional Survey Data

Journal of school health

Wasantha Jayawardene

David Lohrmann

Jon Agley

Mikyoung Jun

Ruth Gassman

2024/1/28

Developing the Opioid Rapid Response System™ for Lay Citizen Response to the Opioid Overdose Crisis: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Prevention Science

Michael L Hecht

Wasantha Jayawardene

Cris Henderson

Annie Pezalla

Elizabeth Flood-Grady

...

2023/10

Evaluation of unintended consequences of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and obesity prevalence among youths

JAMA Network Open

Stella T Lartey

Wasantha P Jayawardene

Stephanie L Dickinson

Xiwei Chen

Nana Gletsu-Miller

...

2023/7/3

Retailers’ perspectives on the prevention of underage tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery system sales

Health Education Journal

Wasantha Jayawardene

Maria Parker

Catherine Blume

Justin McDaniel

Jon Agley

2023/5/9

Epidemiological associations of asthma status and tobacco use, substance use, and substance misuse among adults in the United States, 2015–2019

Journal of Asthma

Abdullah MM Alanazi

Mohammed M Alqahtani

Maher M Alquaimi

Tareq F Alotaibi

Saleh S Algarni

...

2023/1/2

Moral injury is a risk factor for substance use and suicidality among US military veterans with and without traumatic brain injury

Journal of religion and health

Justin T McDaniel

Ryan Redner

Wasantha Jayawardene

Jolie Haun

John Clapp

...

2023/12

Other Drugs Oral Session 1: Utilizing Data to Describe the Epidemiology of the Overdose Crisis

Wasantha Jayawardene

2023/11/13

'eatNplay'A Family-Based Telehealth Intervention for Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Methods RCT Study

Obesity

Britney Arce

Mary Lynn Davis-Ajami

Bailey Ortyl

Kathyrn Hartlieb

Stephanie Dickinson

...

2022/11/1

Air pollutants and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication administration in elementary schools

Biomedical Reports

Rami A Saadeh

Wasantha P Jayawardene

Davide K Lohrmann

Ahmed H Youssefagha

Mohammed Z Allouh

2022/11/1

‘Tracking Together’—Simultaneous Use Of Human And Dog Activity Trackers: A Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial: 1496

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

James McDonnell

Jeanne D Johnston

Lesa Huber

Stephanie Dickinson

Xiwei Chen

...

2022/9/1

Development of opioid rapid response system: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Contemporary clinical trials

Wasantha Jayawardene

Annie Pezalla

Cris Henderson

Michael Hecht

2022/4/1

Analyzing overdose education and naloxone distribution recruitment strategies

APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo

Cris Henderson

Jon Agley

Wasantha Jayawardene

Michael Hecht

2022/11/6

Global perspectives for strengthening health education: a mixed-methods study

Health Behavior Research

Mohammad Torabi

Jayawardene Jayawardene

Wasantha

Dennis Daniels

Tapati Dutta

...

2022

Substance use and misuse among adults with chronic obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States, 2015–2019: Prevalence, Association, and Moderation

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Abdullah MM Alanazi

Mohammed M Alqahtani

Maher M Alquaimi

Tareq F Alotaibi

Saleh S Algarni

...

2021/12/31

Effects of ACT Out! social issue theater on social-emotional competence and bullying in youth and adolescents: Cluster randomized controlled trial

JMIR mental health

Jon Agley

Mikyoung Jun

Lori Eldridge

Daniel L Agley

Yunyu Xiao

...

2021/1/6

Errors in the implementation, analysis, and reporting of randomization within obesity and nutrition research: a guide to their avoidance

Colby J Vorland

Andrew W Brown

John A Dawson

Stephanie L Dickinson

Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo

...

2021/11

Recruitment approaches in an opioid intervention: A case study in rural America

Academia Letters

A Pezalla

C Henderson

W Jayawardene

M Hecht

2021

‘eatNplay’–a rurally-tailored, family-based, telehealth intervention for childhood obesity: Protocol for a mixed-methods randomized newsletter controlled pilot study

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Allisandra G Kummer

Mary Lynn Davis-Ajami

Britney Arce

Kathryn Hartlieb

Stephanie Dickinson

...

2021/10/1

HIV/AIDS and Substance Use Prevention for African American Young Adults: Field Evaluation of “Color it Real”

SAGE Open

Jon Agley

Yunyu Xiao

Wasantha Jayawardene

Albert Gay

Rosemary King

...

2021/5

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Co-Authors

H-index: 92
Steve Sussman

Steve Sussman

University of Southern California

H-index: 62
J. Michael Oakes

J. Michael Oakes

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

H-index: 36
Scott W. Keith, Ph.D.

Scott W. Keith, Ph.D.

Thomas Jefferson University

H-index: 28
Mohammad Torabi

Mohammad Torabi

Indiana University Bloomington

H-index: 27
Andrew W Brown

Andrew W Brown

Indiana University Bloomington

H-index: 27
David K. Lohrmann

David K. Lohrmann

Indiana University Bloomington

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