Guruge, Duminda; Perera, Manuja; Peiris, Kalana(Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences, 2020-12)
A community-based health promotion project was piloted in Sri Lanka, aiming to improve the growth and development of children below 5
years from 2010 to 2012 by Plan Sri Lanka in collaboration with Foundation for Health ...
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a ‘health
promotional’ intervention by lay people in
changing determinants of low birth weight, when
added to the existing package of antenatal care
provision.
Method: ...
Perera, K.Manju. N.; Guruge, Duminda; Gunawardena, Nalika S.(Research Gate, 2015)
The Ottawa Charter defines Health Promotion as the „process of enabling people to increase
control over, and to improve, their health‟. The National Health Promotion Policy recognizes
health promotion as an efficient and ...
Guruge, Duminda; Goonasekara, M.; Dharmaratne, S.D.; Gunathunga, W.M.(BIO Med Central, 2017)
Background: Involving communities in identifying and addressing determinants of their own health is effective in
addressing complex problems, such as low birth weight (LBW). LBW is an important public health problem ...
Herath, T.; Guruge, Duminda; Fernando, M.; Jayarathna, S.; Senarathna, L.(BMC Public Health, 2018)
Background: Gender norms practiced by respective societies increase the risk of violence by men against women.
To date, there is a dearth of research evidence on changing gender norms through health promotion approaches
around ...
Physical inactivity is a public health issue and this study was designed to assess the effectiveness of a community
based health promotional intervention to improve physical activity among sample of women in a rural ...