Anuradhani Kasturiratne
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 7775178 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Anuradhani Kasturiratne |
| PRENOMES | Anuradhani |
| SOBRENOME | Kasturiratne |
| ASSINATURA | KASTURIRATNE A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Kelaniya |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5260-2394 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Happy Village Plus
BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for over 80% of deaths in Sri Lanka. Addressing these diseases is challenging due to their complex social, behavioural, and environmental causes. Community-based health promotion programmes focused solely on single risk factors and education provision show limited effectiveness. This study describes Happy Village Plus (HVP), a grassroots, community-based intervention designed to select and impl…
To eat and to know what you eat”
Improving nutrition through dietary modification is important for prevention of non-communicable diseases. Lack of culturally-apt diet recording tools undermine the accurate assessment of dietary behaviors of a population, in research and practice. This study aimed to explore public perceptions on diet and diet recording in the Sri Lankan setting, as a preliminary step in designing a diet recording tool that reflects local food culture and eating…
Smokeless and combustible tobacco use among 148,944 South Asian adults
In this large population-based study of South Asian adults, rates of smoking and SLT use vary widely by country and gender. Men who use SLT products are more likely to abstain from smoking compared with those who do not
Geographically regulated designs of incidence surveys can match the precision of classical survey designs whilst requiring smaller sample sizes
Background Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease. Data from the worst affected countries are limited because conducting epidemiological surveys is challenging. We assessed the utility of inhibitory geostatistical design with close pairs (ICP) to estimate snakebite envenoming incidence. Methods The National Snakebite Survey (NSS) in Sri Lanka adopted a multistage cluster sampling design, based on population distribution, targeting 1…
Food environments and obesity
The results suggest the availability of fast - food outlets influences obesity, especially among female and lower-income groups. The availability of supermarkets is associated with reduced body size and obesity, but their effects do not outweigh the role of fast-food outlets. Policies should target food environments to promote better diets and reduce obesity
Effects of a lifestyle intervention programme after 1 year of follow-up among South Asians at high risk of type 2 diabetes
INTRODUCTION: South Asians are at high risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We assessed whether intensive family-based lifestyle intervention leads to significant weight loss, improved glycaemia and blood pressure in adults at elevated risk for T2D. METHODS: This cluster randomised controlled trial (iHealth-T2D) was conducted at 120 locations across India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the UK. We included 3684 South Asian men and women, aged 40-70 years, wit…
Low uptake of Covid-19 prevention behaviours and high socioeconomic impact of lockdown measures in South Asia
Our results identified important knowledge, access and uptake barriers to the prevention of COVID-19 in South Asia, and demonstrated major adverse impacts of the pandemic on chronic disease treatment, mental health, health-related behaviours, employment and household finances. We found important sociodemographic differences for impact, suggesting a widening of existing inequalities. Our findings underscore the need for immediate large-scale actio…
SP1-88 Mortality in an urban cohort in Ragama , Sri Lanka
Introduction The leading causes of mortality in Sri Lanka are due to chronic diseases. We describe the mortality patterns in a 35–64-year-old urban cohort resident in Ragama, Sri Lanka and followed over 3 years. Methods A follow-up study was conducted among 2986 35–64 year olds randomly selected from the Ragama Medical Officer of Health area, Sri Lanka. A baseline survey was conducted from January to September 2007 and a follow-up survey was cond…
P2-130 Epidemiology of hypertension in an urban Sri Lankan population
Introduction Hypertension is a common risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In Sri Lanka, despite the existence of a universal free health system, services are not available for routine screening of hypertension in the general population. This paper aims to describe the epidemiology of hypertension in 35–64 year old residents in Ragama Medical Officer of Health area in the Gampaha district, Sri Lanka. Methods An age-stratified random sample of …
P2-326 Comparison of urban diabetics with optimal and suboptimal control
Introduction The prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in Sri Lanka is increasing. We describe the characteristics of patients with optimal and suboptimal control of diabetes among known diabetics in a 35–64-year-old urban population resident in the Ragama Medical Officer of Health (Ragama MOH) area of Sri Lanka. Methods A cross sectional study was conducted among 2986 randomly selected 35–64 year olds in the Ragama MOH area from January to September 2…
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SP1-88 Mortality in an urban cohort in Ragama , Sri Lanka
Introduction The leading causes of mortality in Sri Lanka are due to chronic diseases. We describe the mortality patterns in a 35–64-year-old urban cohort resident in Ragama, Sri Lanka and followed over 3 years. Methods A follow-up study was conducted among 2986 35–64 year olds randomly selected from the Ragama Medical Officer of Health area, Sri Lanka. A baseline survey was conducted from January to September 2007 and a follow-up survey was cond…
P2-130 Epidemiology of hypertension in an urban Sri Lankan population
Introduction Hypertension is a common risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In Sri Lanka, despite the existence of a universal free health system, services are not available for routine screening of hypertension in the general population. This paper aims to describe the epidemiology of hypertension in 35–64 year old residents in Ragama Medical Officer of Health area in the Gampaha district, Sri Lanka. Methods An age-stratified random sample of …
P2-326 Comparison of urban diabetics with optimal and suboptimal control
Introduction The prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in Sri Lanka is increasing. We describe the characteristics of patients with optimal and suboptimal control of diabetes among known diabetics in a 35–64-year-old urban population resident in the Ragama Medical Officer of Health (Ragama MOH) area of Sri Lanka. Methods A cross sectional study was conducted among 2986 randomly selected 35–64 year olds in the Ragama MOH area from January to September 2…
Effects of a lifestyle intervention programme after 1 year of follow-up among South Asians at high risk of type 2 diabetes
INTRODUCTION: South Asians are at high risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We assessed whether intensive family-based lifestyle intervention leads to significant weight loss, improved glycaemia and blood pressure in adults at elevated risk for T2D. METHODS: This cluster randomised controlled trial (iHealth-T2D) was conducted at 120 locations across India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the UK. We included 3684 South Asian men and women, aged 40-70 years, wit…
Low uptake of Covid-19 prevention behaviours and high socioeconomic impact of lockdown measures in South Asia
Our results identified important knowledge, access and uptake barriers to the prevention of COVID-19 in South Asia, and demonstrated major adverse impacts of the pandemic on chronic disease treatment, mental health, health-related behaviours, employment and household finances. We found important sociodemographic differences for impact, suggesting a widening of existing inequalities. Our findings underscore the need for immediate large-scale actio…
Geographically regulated designs of incidence surveys can match the precision of classical survey designs whilst requiring smaller sample sizes
Background Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease. Data from the worst affected countries are limited because conducting epidemiological surveys is challenging. We assessed the utility of inhibitory geostatistical design with close pairs (ICP) to estimate snakebite envenoming incidence. Methods The National Snakebite Survey (NSS) in Sri Lanka adopted a multistage cluster sampling design, based on population distribution, targeting 1…
Food environments and obesity
The results suggest the availability of fast - food outlets influences obesity, especially among female and lower-income groups. The availability of supermarkets is associated with reduced body size and obesity, but their effects do not outweigh the role of fast-food outlets. Policies should target food environments to promote better diets and reduce obesity
Smokeless and combustible tobacco use among 148,944 South Asian adults
In this large population-based study of South Asian adults, rates of smoking and SLT use vary widely by country and gender. Men who use SLT products are more likely to abstain from smoking compared with those who do not
To eat and to know what you eat”
Improving nutrition through dietary modification is important for prevention of non-communicable diseases. Lack of culturally-apt diet recording tools undermine the accurate assessment of dietary behaviors of a population, in research and practice. This study aimed to explore public perceptions on diet and diet recording in the Sri Lankan setting, as a preliminary step in designing a diet recording tool that reflects local food culture and eating…
Happy Village Plus
BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for over 80% of deaths in Sri Lanka. Addressing these diseases is challenging due to their complex social, behavioural, and environmental causes. Community-based health promotion programmes focused solely on single risk factors and education provision show limited effectiveness. This study describes Happy Village Plus (HVP), a grassroots, community-based intervention designed to select and impl…
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