Pramilla Senanayake
Biographic Data
| ID | 5990871 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pramilla Senanayake |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pramilla |
| FAMILY NAME | Senanayake |
| SIGNATURE | SENANAYAKE P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Family Responses to Youth Who Have Engaged in Deliberate Self-Harm
Like in the global context, suicide and deliberate self-harm (DSH) among youth are critical public health concerns in Sri Lanka. However, studies have mainly focused on the risk factors of suicide and deliberate self-harm with limited attention to examining the family responses to youth who have engaged in deliberate self-harm, which is vital in developing aftercare plans for prevention. This study, derived from the constructive grounded theory m…
Expanding Access to Emergency Contraception in Developing Countries
Breastfeeding, Fertility and Contraception
This booklet for health care workers in developing countries reviews the fertility-controlling effects of breastfeeding its strengths and limitations as an element in family planning and how to provide modern methods of contraception to lactating women. Breastfeeding currently provides about 30% more protection against pregnancy in developing countries than all of the organized family planning programs. The recent trend toward a falling off in th…
Problems of Adolescent Sex
Four issues concerning adolescent sexuality are reviewed — the counselling needs of teenagers, the risks of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, the controversy over contraception for adolescents, and the consequences of pregnancy in adolescence — in terms of their effect on the adolescent as an individual, and on the community of which he/she belongs. The need for services specifically designed for adolescents is stressed, demonstrating that many of t…
Sterilization-associated deaths
Except for data from several geographically limited studies, little is known globally about the number and causes of death associated with surgical sterilization. To identify clinical characteristics and problems leading to deaths related to the procedures, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the United States collaborated in a global mail survey of 4642 physicians. Usable responses …
The Human Problem of Abortion
Opening of Workshop
Opening of Workshop
The Human Problem of Abortion
Sterilization-associated deaths
Except for data from several geographically limited studies, little is known globally about the number and causes of death associated with surgical sterilization. To identify clinical characteristics and problems leading to deaths related to the procedures, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the United States collaborated in a global mail survey of 4642 physicians. Usable responses …
Breastfeeding, Fertility and Contraception
This booklet for health care workers in developing countries reviews the fertility-controlling effects of breastfeeding its strengths and limitations as an element in family planning and how to provide modern methods of contraception to lactating women. Breastfeeding currently provides about 30% more protection against pregnancy in developing countries than all of the organized family planning programs. The recent trend toward a falling off in th…
Problems of Adolescent Sex
Four issues concerning adolescent sexuality are reviewed — the counselling needs of teenagers, the risks of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, the controversy over contraception for adolescents, and the consequences of pregnancy in adolescence — in terms of their effect on the adolescent as an individual, and on the community of which he/she belongs. The need for services specifically designed for adolescents is stressed, demonstrating that many of t…
Expanding Access to Emergency Contraception in Developing Countries
Family Responses to Youth Who Have Engaged in Deliberate Self-Harm
Like in the global context, suicide and deliberate self-harm (DSH) among youth are critical public health concerns in Sri Lanka. However, studies have mainly focused on the risk factors of suicide and deliberate self-harm with limited attention to examining the family responses to youth who have engaged in deliberate self-harm, which is vital in developing aftercare plans for prevention. This study, derived from the constructive grounded theory m…
Environmental health (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Population (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Developing country (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Family planning (2 works)