Association between individual-level socioeconomic factors and intimate partner violence victimisation in women: a systematic review protocol.

Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global public health problem. Although both men and women experience IPV, the burden is more on women. To address IPV effectively, it is important to understand the factors that cause IPV including the socioeconomic factors.

Evaluating the programme and behavior change theories of a community alcohol education intervention in rural Sri Lanka: a study protocol.

Risky alcohol use is a major public health problem globally and in Sri Lanka. While a reduction in alcohol consumption can result in physical, mental, and social benefits, behaviour change is difficult to achieve. Effective, context-adapted interventions are required to minimise alcohol-related harm at a community level.

Clinical and psychosocial factors associated with domestic violence among men and women in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Domestic violence (DV) is a violation of human rights with adverse intergenerational consequences on physical and mental health. Clinical and psychosocial correlates of DV have been documented internationally, but evidence from South Asia is limited, especially among men. This is a nested cross-sectional study of the control population (N = 856) of a large case-control study in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Self-Retaining Photography Cheek Retractor as an Excellent Aid for Upper Jaw Surgeries: A Technical Note.

Background: Proper retraction of soft and hard tissues is essential to a successful surgery.

The Technique: The authors wish to report the use of a self-retaining photography cheek retractor during a Le Fort 1 surgery and an alveolar bone graft surgery which proved beneficial by achieving very good retraction.

Conclusion: This is an eye opener to modify the traditional photography retractor to maximise its benefits as a retractor in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery.