2023
Out-of-Pocket Expenditure for Antenatal Care Amid Free Health Care Provision: Evidence From a Large Pregnancy Cohort in Rural Sri Lanka
Gunarathna S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Out-of-Pocket Expenditure for Antenatal Care Amid Free Health Care Provision: Evidence From a Large Pregnancy Cohort in Rural Sri Lanka. Global Health Science And Practice 2023, 11: e2200410. PMID: 37903576, PMCID: PMC10615247, DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-22-00410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMean OOP expenditureAntenatal careLarge pregnancy cohortPrivate health facilitiesPregnant womenHealth facilitiesOOP expenditureMaternal morbidityIndependent predictorsPrevious pregnancyPregnancy cohortHealth service utilizationInterviewer-administered questionnaireSignificant independent predictorsGovernment health facilitiesGovernment health servicesCare modeLaboratory investigationsHealth care usersSelf-administered questionnaireSri Lankan settingMonthly household incomeHealth care provisionANC visitsThird trimesterImpact of COVID-19 pandemic on health service utilisation and household economy of pregnant and postpartum women: a cross-sectional study from rural Sri Lanka
Gunarathna S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health service utilisation and household economy of pregnant and postpartum women: a cross-sectional study from rural Sri Lanka. BMJ Open 2023, 13: e070214. PMID: 37247958, PMCID: PMC10230333, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCurrent economic crisisHousehold economyFree public health servicesFinancial assistanceNon-parametric analysisEconomic crisisEconomic dataMonthly household incomeSri LankaHealth service utilisationHousehold incomeEconomic componentCOVID-19 pandemicEconomyPovertyIncomeService utilisationRural Sri LankaPostpartum womenCross-sectional studyPregnant womenAnuradhapura districtPublic health servicesLankaHealthcare utilisation
2022
Does Being Diagnosed As Anemic in Early Pregnancy Have an Impact on the Household Expenditure for Food? Evidence From a Maternal Cohort in Rural Sri Lanka
Gunarathne S, Amarasinghe G, Agampodi T, Wickramasinghe N, Mendis V, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Does Being Diagnosed As Anemic in Early Pregnancy Have an Impact on the Household Expenditure for Food? Evidence From a Maternal Cohort in Rural Sri Lanka. Current Developments In Nutrition 2022, 6: 654. PMCID: PMC9193294, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzac061.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-anaemic womenEarly pregnancyPregnant womenRural Sri LankaFirst trimester pregnant womenPublic health midwivesHousehold food expenditureThird of pregnanciesAnemic pregnant womenMann-Whitney U testDiagnosis of anemiaMonthly household incomeLifestyle modificationHemoglobin levelsPregnancy cohortThird trimesterMean ageModerate anemiaMaternal cohortAppropriate treatmentHousehold economic statusNutritional educationSelf-administrated questionnairePregnancyAnemia
2021
Household Food Expenditure Share During Pregnancy: Evidence From Rural Sri Lanka
Gunarathne S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Household Food Expenditure Share During Pregnancy: Evidence From Rural Sri Lanka. Current Developments In Nutrition 2021, 5: 753. PMCID: PMC8181375, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzab046_050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPregnant womenHousehold food expenditureMean monthly household incomeRural pregnant womenIncome quintileSelf-administered questionnaireMonthly household incomeHousehold incomeProspective cohortPregnancy cohortMean ageHighest quintilePositive correlationTrimesterPregnancyRural Sri LankaSignificant positive correlationWeak positive correlationQuintileMeasures ANOVAOne-way ANOVASignificant differencesCohortNutritional Status and Additional Expenditure on Food During Pregnancy: Evidence From the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort
Gunarathne S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Nutritional Status and Additional Expenditure on Food During Pregnancy: Evidence From the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort. Current Developments In Nutrition 2021, 5: 5140754. PMCID: PMC8181471, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzab046_051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPoor nutritional statusNutritional statusPregnancy cohortSignificant differencesMean monthly household incomeSelf-administered questionnaireMonthly household incomeDifferent nutritional statusUnderweight mothersProspective cohortUnderweight groupMean agePregnant womenPregnant mothersUnderweight categoryObjective adherenceTrimesterAnthropometric measurementsFood consumption patternsHousehold economic statusRural Sri LankaCohortIncome quintileMothersPregnancy