2019
How context matters: Demonstrating microgeographical differences in social capital and its implications for mental wellbeing in pregnancy with a novel bubble diagram technique
Agampodi T, Agampodi S, Glozier N, Chithrani W, Warnasekara Y, Siribaddana S. How context matters: Demonstrating microgeographical differences in social capital and its implications for mental wellbeing in pregnancy with a novel bubble diagram technique. Health & Place 2019, 60: 102231. PMID: 31629193, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial capitalSocial capital implicationsSocial capital constructsSri LankaMental wellbeingNeighborhood cohesionCapital implicationsMajor conflictsQualitative approachPolicy makersSpecific communitiesMaternal mental wellbeingQualitative studyContextual levelHealth inequalitiesMental health problemsNorth Central ProvinceDiverse communitiesDifferent communitiesDigestible wayMicrogeographical differencesPoor mental wellbeingMaternal deathsPregnant womenMaternal health
2014
Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka: a missing endemic district in the leishmaniasis surveillance system
Semage SN, Pathirana KP, Agampodi SB. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka: a missing endemic district in the leishmaniasis surveillance system. International Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2014, 25: 53-55. PMID: 24858902, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsGeography, MedicalHumansIncidenceLeishmaniaLeishmaniasis, CutaneousPopulation SurveillanceSri LankaConceptsCutaneous leishmaniasisArmed Forces personnelCumulative annual incidencePublic health surveillance systemsNational surveillance systemSurveillance systemPublic health threatHealth surveillance systemsTime of investigationSri Lanka ArmyAnnual incidenceEndemic districtsEpidemic proportionsReported casesArmy populationLeishmaniasisHealth threatIncidenceDisease surveillanceControl activitiesUrgent attentionSri LankaLesionsMullaitivu