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Research paper thumbnail of Awareness and oral care provided by intensive care nurses – a multicentred, cross-sectional study

Ceylon Medical Journal

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Li... more This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating the programme and behavior change theories of a community alcohol education intervention in rural Sri Lanka: a study protocol

Research paper thumbnail of Alcohol use, self-harm and suicide: a scoping review of its portrayal in the Sri Lankan literature

Research paper thumbnail of Community-based alcohol education intervention (THEATRE) study to reduce harmful effects of alcohol in rural Sri Lanka: design and adaptation of a mixed-methods stepped wedge cluster randomised control trial

BMJ Open

IntroductionAlcohol consumption is a leading cause of mortality, morbidity and adverse social seq... more IntroductionAlcohol consumption is a leading cause of mortality, morbidity and adverse social sequelae in Sri Lanka. Effective community-based, culturally adapted or context-specific interventions are required to minimise these harms. We designed a mixed-methods stepped wedge cluster randomised control trial of a complex alcohol intervention. This paper describes the initial trial protocol and subsequent modifications following COVID-19.Methods and analysisWe aimed to recruit 20 villages (approximately n=4000) in rural Sri Lanka. The proposed intervention consisted of health screening clinics, alcohol brief intervention, participatory drama, film, and public health promotion materials to be delivered over 12 weeks.Following disruptions to the trial resulting from the Easter bombings in 2019, COVID-19 and a national financial crisis, we adapted the study in two main ways. First, the interventions were reconfigured for hybrid delivery. Second, a rolling pre–post study evaluating chang...

Research paper thumbnail of Outstation state medical faculties in Sri Lanka: nobody’s children when it comes to sustainability!

Anuradhapura Medical Journal

The trend of establishing new outstation MBBS degree programs The extraordinary gazette issued by... more The trend of establishing new outstation MBBS degree programs The extraordinary gazette issued by the Minister of Higher Education of Sri Lanka, on 20 th March 2023 gave clearance to the Uva Wellassa University to establish a Faculty of Medicine under the Universities Act of Sri Lanka, and to run a MBBS degree program. This is the 12 th MBBS degree program in the state university system under the purview of the University Grants Commission (UGC). These 12 MBBS degree programs and the one offered by the Faculty of Medicine of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), which is established under a separate parliamentary Act, are the MBBS degree programs delivered by government institutes in Sri Lanka. Of the 12 MBBS degree programs under the purview of the UGC, six have been established over the last 17 years. Five of the recently-established MBBS degree programs are in 'outstation' universities (Rajarata, Eastern, Wayamba, Sabaragamuwa and Uva Wellassa Universities), and the other is at the University of Moratuwa, located within the Western province.

Research paper thumbnail of Replication Data for: A prospective study of repetition of self-harm following deliberate self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka

Details of deliberate self-poisoning admission in all hospitals (n=46) and suicides reported to a... more Details of deliberate self-poisoning admission in all hospitals (n=46) and suicides reported to all police stations (n=28) in a rural district (Kurunegala District), Sri Lanka were collected for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Research paper thumbnail of Data (Web)_DHS & MH.xlsx

Data of a case-control study (Exploration of associations between deliberate self-poisoning and p... more Data of a case-control study (Exploration of associations between deliberate self-poisoning and psychiatric disorders in rural Sri Lanka: a case-control study). SN, Age, Sex, Ethnic Group, Religion, Education Level & DSM-IV TR Axis I & II Diagnosis of cases (patients admitted with self-poisoning) and controls (age, sex and residential DS division matched).<br>

Research paper thumbnail of Paediatric poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: an epidemiological study

Research paper thumbnail of A prospective study of repetition of self-harm following deliberate self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka.tab

Details of deliberate self-poisoning admission in all hospitals (n=46) and suicides reported to a... more Details of deliberate self-poisoning admission in all hospitals (n=46) and suicides reported to all police stations (n=28) in a rural district (Kurunegala District) Sri Lanka, those were collected for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013. Double counting (due to inter hospital transfers and re-transfers) removed cohort of patients admitted to all hospitals (n=46) in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka, in 2011. (Data sets are in three separate tabs)

Research paper thumbnail of Awareness and oral care provided by intensive care nurses – a multicentred, cross-sectional study

Ceylon Medical Journal

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Li... more This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating the programme and behavior change theories of a community alcohol education intervention in rural Sri Lanka: a study protocol

Research paper thumbnail of Alcohol use, self-harm and suicide: a scoping review of its portrayal in the Sri Lankan literature

Research paper thumbnail of Community-based alcohol education intervention (THEATRE) study to reduce harmful effects of alcohol in rural Sri Lanka: design and adaptation of a mixed-methods stepped wedge cluster randomised control trial

BMJ Open

IntroductionAlcohol consumption is a leading cause of mortality, morbidity and adverse social seq... more IntroductionAlcohol consumption is a leading cause of mortality, morbidity and adverse social sequelae in Sri Lanka. Effective community-based, culturally adapted or context-specific interventions are required to minimise these harms. We designed a mixed-methods stepped wedge cluster randomised control trial of a complex alcohol intervention. This paper describes the initial trial protocol and subsequent modifications following COVID-19.Methods and analysisWe aimed to recruit 20 villages (approximately n=4000) in rural Sri Lanka. The proposed intervention consisted of health screening clinics, alcohol brief intervention, participatory drama, film, and public health promotion materials to be delivered over 12 weeks.Following disruptions to the trial resulting from the Easter bombings in 2019, COVID-19 and a national financial crisis, we adapted the study in two main ways. First, the interventions were reconfigured for hybrid delivery. Second, a rolling pre–post study evaluating chang...

Research paper thumbnail of Outstation state medical faculties in Sri Lanka: nobody’s children when it comes to sustainability!

Anuradhapura Medical Journal

The trend of establishing new outstation MBBS degree programs The extraordinary gazette issued by... more The trend of establishing new outstation MBBS degree programs The extraordinary gazette issued by the Minister of Higher Education of Sri Lanka, on 20 th March 2023 gave clearance to the Uva Wellassa University to establish a Faculty of Medicine under the Universities Act of Sri Lanka, and to run a MBBS degree program. This is the 12 th MBBS degree program in the state university system under the purview of the University Grants Commission (UGC). These 12 MBBS degree programs and the one offered by the Faculty of Medicine of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), which is established under a separate parliamentary Act, are the MBBS degree programs delivered by government institutes in Sri Lanka. Of the 12 MBBS degree programs under the purview of the UGC, six have been established over the last 17 years. Five of the recently-established MBBS degree programs are in 'outstation' universities (Rajarata, Eastern, Wayamba, Sabaragamuwa and Uva Wellassa Universities), and the other is at the University of Moratuwa, located within the Western province.

Research paper thumbnail of Replication Data for: A prospective study of repetition of self-harm following deliberate self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka

Details of deliberate self-poisoning admission in all hospitals (n=46) and suicides reported to a... more Details of deliberate self-poisoning admission in all hospitals (n=46) and suicides reported to all police stations (n=28) in a rural district (Kurunegala District), Sri Lanka were collected for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Research paper thumbnail of Data (Web)_DHS & MH.xlsx

Data of a case-control study (Exploration of associations between deliberate self-poisoning and p... more Data of a case-control study (Exploration of associations between deliberate self-poisoning and psychiatric disorders in rural Sri Lanka: a case-control study). SN, Age, Sex, Ethnic Group, Religion, Education Level & DSM-IV TR Axis I & II Diagnosis of cases (patients admitted with self-poisoning) and controls (age, sex and residential DS division matched).<br>

Research paper thumbnail of Paediatric poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: an epidemiological study

Research paper thumbnail of A prospective study of repetition of self-harm following deliberate self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka.tab

Details of deliberate self-poisoning admission in all hospitals (n=46) and suicides reported to a... more Details of deliberate self-poisoning admission in all hospitals (n=46) and suicides reported to all police stations (n=28) in a rural district (Kurunegala District) Sri Lanka, those were collected for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013. Double counting (due to inter hospital transfers and re-transfers) removed cohort of patients admitted to all hospitals (n=46) in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka, in 2011. (Data sets are in three separate tabs)