2024
Investigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study
Gunasekara S, Agampodi T, Weerasinghe M, Fernando M, Price H, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi S. Investigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e088714. PMID: 39581720, PMCID: PMC11590865, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecondary outcome measuresAnuradhapura districtOutcome measuresProbability sample of householdsTreatment centresMultistage cluster samplingPublic health interventionsPublic health servicesCross-sectional studyData collection periodExpert consensus approachPrimary disease characteristicsRural Sri LankaPrimary outcome measureSample of householdsHealth interventionsLow disease awarenessHealth servicesPerceived susceptibilityEvidence-basedCommunity awarenessDisease awarenessDivisional Secretariat areaCluster samplingProbability sampleAssessment of the productivity loss due to leading maternal ill-health conditions: a follow-up study of a prospective pregnancy cohort in rural Sri Lanka
Gunarathna S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Assessment of the productivity loss due to leading maternal ill-health conditions: a follow-up study of a prospective pregnancy cohort in rural Sri Lanka. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e082798. PMID: 39477261, PMCID: PMC11529687, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIll-health conditionsRural Sri LankaPregnant womenPregnancy cohortFollow-up study of womenFollow-up studyProspective pregnancy cohortRajarata Pregnancy CohortSecondary outcome measuresMonthly household expenditureVaginal bleedingProductivity lossStudy of womenPrimary outcome measurePregnancy follow-upMedical careOutcome measuresHigher absenteeismNausea and vomitingPresenteeismHighest prevalenceAbsenteeismThird trimesterWomenRecommended priorities
2023
The Effect of Salacia Reticulata Extract Biscuits on Blood Sugar Control of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Two-Period, Two-Sequence, Crossover, Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Clinical Trial
Siribaddana S, Medagama A, Wickramasinghe N, Siribaddana N, Agampodi S, Fernando D. The Effect of Salacia Reticulata Extract Biscuits on Blood Sugar Control of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Two-Period, Two-Sequence, Crossover, Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Clinical Trial. Cureus 2023, 15: e45921. PMID: 37885536, PMCID: PMC10599346, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.45921.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchType 2 diabetesKothala-himbutuPlacebo biscuitsBiscuit groupTwo-sequenceComputer-generated random numbersTeaching Hospital AnuradhapuraMean HbA1c levelBlood sugar controlPrimary outcome measureTwo-periodHbA1c levelsMean HbA1cGlycemic stabilityGlycemic controlMellitus patientsCrossover studyWashout periodSugar controlHeart diseaseTreatment allocationClinical trialsOutcome measuresPlaceboPatients
2008
Effect of low cost public health staff training on exclusive breastfeeding
Agampodi SB, Agampodi TC. Effect of low cost public health staff training on exclusive breastfeeding. Indian Journal Of Pediatrics 2008, 75: 1115. PMID: 18810343, DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0185-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonths exclusive breastfeedingExclusive breastfeedingMother-infant pairsSupportive supervisionIndependent cross-sectional studiesBottle-feeding rateProportion of infantsPublic health midwivesPrimary outcome measureChild welfare clinicsHealth staff trainingPublic health physiciansCross-sectional studyProportion of mothersMethodsA longitudinal studyAnalysis of predictorsPublic health systemLogistic regression modelsEffects of interventionsPublic health infrastructureFormula feedingMedian durationStaff trainingMaternal ageSectional study