Effectiveness of an educational intervention to promote psychosocial well-being of school-going adolescents in Sri Lanka.

Background: One-fifth of the Sri Lankan population consists of adolescents, with 71% of them schooling. An extreme need exists in the country for the introduction of evidence-based interventions for the psychosocial well-being of adolescents. The present study assessed the effectiveness of an educational intervention to promote the psychosocial well-being of school-going adolescents in grade nine in Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Heart disease complicating pregnancy as a leading cause of maternal deaths in LMIC settings: the Sri Lankan experience.

Background: Heart disease (HD) is one of the leading indirect causes of maternal deaths worldwide, both in high- and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aims to describe maternal deaths due to cardiovascular disease complicating pregnancy in Sri Lanka.

Methods: The national Maternal Death Surveillance Response (MDSR) system in Sri Lanka investigates all female deaths during pregnancy and 12 months after delivery.

A comparison of observed feeding practices of infants and young children aged 6-23 months to national responsive feeding recommendations in Sri Lanka.

To describe the extent to which Sri Lankan caregivers follow current national responsive feeding recommendations and the factors limiting and enabling those behaviours. Study design. This ethnographic substudy was conducted using a four-phase, mixed methods formative research design across rural, estate and urban sectors of Sri Lanka.

Educational intervention for the prevention of internet addiction disorder among 15-19-year-old adolescents in Colombo district, Sri Lanka.

Introduction: Internet addiction disorder is growing as a potentially problematic condition, especially among adolescents. Nonetheless, the condition is widespread and problematic, limited scientific evidence is available on the prevention, and efficacy of the treatment globally as well as locally. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the developed educational package for the prevention of Internet addiction disorder among 15-19-year-old adolescents in Colombo district.

Improving access to quality family planning services in Nepal and Sri Lanka: insights from a South-South learning exchange.

Nepal and Sri Lanka ministries of health shared best practices and learnings, in a South-South learning exchange (SSLE) to improve access to quality and rights-based family planning services. The SSLE between the two countries followed a five-step methodology designed by the WHO, under the Family Planning Accelerator project. SSLE between the two countries started in January 2020 and is still continuing.

Decentralizing provision of mental health care in Sri Lanka.

In the past, mental health services in Sri Lanka were limited to tertiary-care institutions, resulting in a large treatment gap. Starting in 2000, significant efforts have been made to reconfigure service provision and to integrate mental health services with primary health care. This approach was supported by significant political commitment to establishing island-wide decentralized mental health care in the wake of the 2004 tsunami.