This study aimed at describing the baseline situationof essential newborn care in a district of
Sri Lanka, developing and implementing an intervention, and to evaluate the effectiveness
of it using the quasi-experimental ...
Six species of sandflies belong to two genera of Phlebotomus and Sergentomiya were
reported from Sri Lanka. Out of these only P.argentipes was proven as a vector in the other
parts of the world that was also involved ...
This study was designed to identify the factors that lead to the process of acquiring repeated
STD infections,and to identify the differences in demographic and behavioural
characteristics between repeaters and non ...
The investigator designed a package of intervention from his previous work on
notifications.The intervention had eight components and was implemented for six months in
Matara district which was the experimental area.Result ...
An attempt was made to evaluate the efficiency of the present notification system and it was
found that only 38 per cent of cases had been reported by the lady ridgeway hospital and of
that only 12 per cent had been ...
A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out during the three month period 14th
August to 14th November 2007, among patients with limb fractures admitted to Teaching
Hospital, Karapitiya (THK). An interviewer ...
The study concluded that a fertile ground is laid for the spread of HIV infections in Sri
Lanka with the high prevalence of risky sexual behaviours such as multiple partners, low
level of condom use among the high ...
A comparative study was conducted at obstetric unit Teaching hospital Jaffna during the
period of 10 months from July 2005 to April 2006. Two hundred and sixty one women in
period of gestation between 26 to 28 weeks were ...
Knowledge regarding some aspects of MRI scanning was assessed by a self-administered
questionnaire given to the medical officers of the relevant wards. Patient details were
collected using interviewer-administered pre- ...
A pre tested interview administered questionnaire was used to collect data from drivers of
TWs. The principal investigator with two trained interviewers collected the data. A check
list was used by an expert in the ...
A cross sectional study was carried out in the district of Colombo among 826 teenagers aged
13 - 19 years recruited using cluster sampling techniques where each cluster was identified
using probability proportionate to ...
The study was conducted in three sections which included videotaping prime time hours of
children in mostly visible four channels, Self administered questionnaire for children and
self administered questionnaire for ...
Psychological autopsy method was used to investigate potential risk factors and the
cicumstances that led to completed acts of suicide.From this information,a psychological
tretment package was developed based on cognitive ...
Mental health neglected for far too long and is crucial to the overall well-being of
individual, societies and countries. Many of the patients with mental disorders suffer silently
and alone. Beyond the suffering and ...
This study compares 102 patients with selfpoisoning who were admitted to the Colombo
south general hospital, with a group of patients admitted to the same wards with other
illnesses. Factors associated with selfpoisoning ...
A prospective follow-up study was carried out among different categories of pregnant
women in Sri Lanka,to establish seroprevalence rates in this group,to examine the possible
role of toxoplasma gondii infection among ...
Via a NG tube inserted in to the cord up to 5cm from the vaginal introitus, an IUV injection
of oxytocin in 20ml normal saline was randomly given in a dose of 40 11.
This study was conducted on mothers who delivered low birth weight babies during the
period of 1st February to 15th March 2006 in Teaching Hospital, Kandy. It was carried out
with the aim of determining the risk factors ...
The present study consist of four phases:Phase 1 is a hospital based cross-sectional study
for validation of the western developed CHSA questionnaire. Study population was 100
children who were diagnosed as having .Asthma. ...