A5064215668- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Cleft Lip and Palate Research
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
- Immune responses and vaccinations
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
2020-2023
University of Kelaniya
2011-2019
Colombo North Teaching Hospital
2014
Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children
2013
United Nations Children's Fund
2013
Household air pollution from combustion of solid fuels for cooking and space heating is one the most important risk factors global burden disease. This study was aimed to determine association between household due biomass fuel in Sri Lankan households self-reported respiratory symptoms children under 5 years. A prospective conducted Ragama Medical Officer Health area Lanka. Children years were followed up 12 months. Data on extracted a symptom diary. Socioeconomic data main type used...
Objectives To assess behavioral and emotional problems in children adolescents with functional constipation their relationship psychological maladjustment health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Design A school-based cross-sectional survey conducted 8 randomly selected schools from 4 districts Sri Lanka. previously validated questionnaire was used for data collection. Behavioral were assessed using the Sinhala version Child Behavior Check List (CBCL-S/4-18). Constipation diagnosed by...
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) during the early months of life reduce infant morbidity and mortality. Current recommendation in Sri Lanka is to continue exclusive up six age. rates are generally assessed by 24 recall method which overestimates actual rates. The objective this study was determine breast feeding a cohort Lankan children reasons that lead cessation before From 2215 babies born Gampaha district, 500 were randomly selected invited for study. They followed at two (n = 404), four...
Feeding practices during early childhood play an important aetiological role in caries (ECC). The of feeding causation ECC is debated. objective this study was to assess the on ECC. A descriptive cross sectional conducted at a paediatric unit Sri Lanka. Two hundred and eighty-five children between 36 60 months, admitted were randomly selected for study. An interviewer administered questionnaire asked about socio-demographic characteristics practices. mouths examined dental caries. Out 285...
Dental caries among young children are a global problem. Scant attention is paid towards primary teeth, leading to high prevalence of dental caries. There only few studies done in Sri Lanka, addressing oral hygiene preschool children. Scientific evidence need persuade authorities establish programme promoting A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted Ragama Medical officer Health area. Consecutive between 2 – 5 years age, attending child welfare clinics were recruited for the study....
Introduction: A woman’s nutrition during pregnancy and nursing affects the mother growing child. Similarly, first two years of a child’s life are critical to their growth development facilitated by optimum nutrition. Women’s nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes, practices influence household food security. Mobile health (mHealth) is potentially effective intervention in pandemic situations when physical gatherings restricted. Objectives: To examine effectiveness mobile phone-based...
Feeding during early childhood is important for normal physical and mental growth as well health in later life. Currently, Sri Lanka has adopted the WHO recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding six months, followed by addition complementary feeds thereafter, with continuation up to or beyond two years. This study was conducted evaluate current feeding practices among Lankan children childhood.This a descriptive cross-sectional Ragama Medical Officer Health (MOH) area. It between 10 August...
Assessing the anterior fontanelle size is an important component of routine neonatal examination. For meaningful interpretation size, normal reference values are essential. Normal for in Sri Lankan newborns not available.To investigate characteristics at birth babies.A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out between October and November 2010. Horizontal vertical dimensions were measured 2215 term babies, 12 to 24 hours after birth. A practical simple method used measure size....
Solid fuel combustion is an important risk factor of morbidity. This study was conducted to determine the effect indoor air pollution (IAP) due solid on physical growth in 262 Sri Lankan children under five. Exposure defined by type used for cooking. Pollutant levels were measured a subsample households. “High” exposure group (households using biomass fuel/kerosene oil cooking) comprised 60% population; prevalence wasting 19.7% and underweight 20.4% entire population where 68% from high...
Objectives: growth monitoring (GM) is an important intervention ensuring wellbeing of children. If GM to be meaningful it essential have reference standards appropriate for that population. In Sri Lanka charts based on WHO multi centre study (MGRS) are used GM. This was carried out ascertain the appropriateness MGRS in Lankan Methods: a birth cohort 2215 children, 250 from each sex were invited fora followed up. Children examined at 2, 4, 6, 9 and 12 months, measure weight length....
Background: Growth parameters at birth are important for clinical decision-making. In Sri Lanka, the data from World Health Organization (WHO) Multicentre Reference Study (MGRS) used to interpret these measurements. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between September October 2010 in hospitals of Gampaha district, Lanka. The weight, length head circumference all normal-term babies born district during this period were measured within 8 h using standard...
Air pollution is a multifaceted environmental toxin affecting the Central Nervous System (CNS) through diverse pathways. The CNS of young children particularly susceptible to detrimental effects toxins, as brain development continues postnatally with formation interneuronal connections, glial cell proliferation and myelination axons. Indoor air (IAP) from solid fuel combustion more harmful than outdoor pollution. Numerous pollutants hazardous health are released during burning unprocessed...