Sri Lanka

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A multistate model of fecundability and sterility. 
  • An under-recognized influenza epidemic identified by rapid influenza testing, southern Sri Lanka, 2013. 
  • Analysis of Dengue Serotype 4 in Sri Lanka during the 2012-2013 Dengue Epidemic. 
  • Antibiotic overuse for acute respiratory tract infections in Sri Lanka: a qualitative study of outpatients and their physicians. 
  • Burden and Seasonality of Viral Acute Respiratory Tract Infections among Outpatients in Southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Cause Unknown, Treatment Uncertain, Outcome Poor: An Encounter With Kidney Failure in the Developing World. 
  • Chikungunya as a cause of acute febrile illness in southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Contribution of generative leisure activities to cognitive function in elderly Sri Lankan adults. 
  • Control of blood pressure and risk attenuation: a public health intervention in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka: feasibility trial results. 
  • Correlates of handgrip strength and activities of daily living in elderly Sri Lankans. 
  • Development of the Sri Lankan early teenagers' violence inventory: an instrument to measure peer violence in schools. 
  • Emergence of Epidemic Dengue-1 Virus in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. 
  • Evaluation of the WHO 2009 classification for diagnosis of acute dengue in a large cohort of adults and children in Sri Lanka during a dengue-1 epidemic. 
  • Factors associated with caregiver burden among caregivers of children with cerebral palsy in Sri Lanka. 
  • Foreword. After the tsunami: mental health challenges to the community for today and tomorrow. 
  • HLA-DQA1 and PLCG2 Are Candidate Risk Loci for Childhood-Onset Steroid-Sensitive Nephrotic Syndrome. 
  • High road utilizers surveys compared to police data for road traffic crash hotspot localization in Rwanda and Sri Lanka. 
  • Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices relating to Leprosy among Public Health Care Providers in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
  • Leptospirosis as frequent cause of acute febrile illness in southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Multicomponent intervention versus usual care for management of hypertension in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. 
  • Musculoskeletal symptoms among female garment factory workers in Sri Lanka. 
  • Neighborhood environment and self-rated health among adults in Southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Nephrotoxic contaminants in drinking water and urine, and chronic kidney disease in rural Sri Lanka. 
  • Occupational risk factors for low back pain among drivers of three-wheelers in Sri Lanka. 
  • Prevalence and Correlates of Leprosy in a High-Risk Community Setting in Sri Lanka. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of clinically significant depressive symptoms among elderly people in Sri Lanka: findings from a national survey. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of physical and emotional abuse among late adolescents. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of sexual abuse reported by late adolescent school children in Sri Lanka. 
  • Prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders among Sri Lankan rubber tappers. 
  • Prevalence of occupational injury and its contributing factors among rubber tappers in Galle, Sri Lanka. 
  • Road traffic crashes and built environment analysis of crash hotspots based on local police data in Galle, Sri Lanka. 
  • Statistical analysis plan for the control of blood pressure and risk attenuation-rural Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (COBRA-BPS) trial: a cluster randomized trial for a multicomponent intervention versus usual care in hypertensive patients. 
  • The assistant medical officer in Sri Lanka: mid-level health worker in decline. 
  • The impact of the Tsunami on hospitalizations at the tertiary care hospital in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. 
  • The reappearance hypothesis revisited: recurrent involuntary memories after traumatic events and in everyday life. 
  • Thirteen dimensions of health in elderly Sri Lankans: results from a National Sri Lanka Aging Survey. 
  • Unsuspected dengue and acute febrile illness in rural and semi-urban southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile illness, Sri Lanka, 2007. 
  • Use of Rapid Influenza Testing to Reduce Antibiotic Prescriptions Among Outpatients with Influenza-Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Use of and attitudes toward tobacco and alcohol among adults in southern Sri Lanka. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Ostbye, Truls, Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health