2022
Feasibility of using telephone interviews and internet-based message services during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Sri Lanka: experiences of the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort
Jayasinghe I, Wickramasinghe Y, Kurera DM, Samarakoon N, Rupasinghe I, Ponmalay P, Agampodi SB. Feasibility of using telephone interviews and internet-based message services during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Sri Lanka: experiences of the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort. Rural And Remote Health 2022, 22: 7442. PMID: 35546146, DOI: 10.22605/rrh7442.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTelephone interviewsPregnancy cohortCOVID-19 pandemicTelephone-based strategyHealth message deliveryHealth promotion initiativesLow-resource settingsPregnant womenPopulation health researchersRural Sri LankaPromotion initiativesHealth disparitiesRural areasCohortSelection biasHealth researchersMiddle-income nationsPandemicDeliveryParticipantsLocal settingProper assessmentImplementation of researchSettingSri Lanka
2014
Characteristics of Rural Leptospirosis Patients Admitted to Referral Hospitals During the 2008 Leptospirosis Outbreak in Sri Lanka: Implications for Developing Public Health Control Measures
Agampodi SB, Nugegoda DB, Thevanesam V, Vinetz JM. Characteristics of Rural Leptospirosis Patients Admitted to Referral Hospitals During the 2008 Leptospirosis Outbreak in Sri Lanka: Implications for Developing Public Health Control Measures. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2014, 92: 139-144. PMID: 25331809, PMCID: PMC4347370, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsHospital-based case-control studyPublic health control measuresCase-control studyExposure risk factorsHealth control measuresFebrile patientsReferral hospitalCase patientsLeptospirosis patientsMean ageControl studyTropical settingsPatientsVicinity of homeLeptospirosis outbreaksDog ownershipIndividual exposureLeptospirosisMain predictorsDisease transmissionControl measuresMajor roleHospitalSetting