POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

Dr. R. M. Nayani Umesha Rajapaksha

MBBS (Kelaniya), PgD in Health Sector Disaster Management (Colombo),
MSc Community Medicine (Colombo), MD Trainee in Community Medicine

Registrar in Community Medicine, Department of Public Health,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya.

 

   
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Research Interests :

  • Disaster Management
  • General Administration
  • Management/ Planning
  • Capacity Assessment and Development
  • Health promotion
  • Health Economics
  • Emergency Medicine

Ongoing Research :

  • Rajapaksha R.M.N.U., Supervisors: Professor Abeysena H.T.C.S., Dr. A. Balasuriya: Dengue Outbreaks in Kurunegala District: Effectiveness of a Behavioural Intervention for the Prevention, Surge capacity of the Health Care Institutions for the Management and Household Impact due to Acute Dengue illness
  • Rajapaksha R.M.N.U., Ranasinghe R.A.S.U., Gallage C.P., Dissanayake M., Herath H.M.P: Patients’ Satisfaction on Health Care Services and Quality of Care in the Clinic Services at Medical Officers of Health (MOH) area, Kurunegala
  • Ranasinghe R.A.S.U., Rajapaksha R.M.N.U., Ranathunga R.A.W.M., Hemachandra H.T.M.S: Patterns of Water Use among People in Giribawa Medical Officer of Health Area and its Association with Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin (CKDu)
  • Rajapaksha R.M.N.U., Ranasinghe R.A.S.U., , Gallage C.P., Dissanayake M., Herath H.M.P: Work-life Balance of the Health care workers in Regional Director of Health Service in Kurunegala District
  • Manilgama S.R, Rajapaksha R.M.N.U., Wijayasundara, W.M.S.S.: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Non-Communicable Diseases among the patients attending to Outpatients’ medical clinic of Teaching Hospital Kurunegala

Research Publications, Oral and Abstract presentations :

  • Association between physical activities during pregnancy with pregnancy outcome, 2008, 16.18 18-16F3, Batch 16th , Poster presentation at Faculty of Medicine, Ragama [ Undergraduate research]
  • Nayani Rajapaksha, Dinesh Fernando, Murali Vallipuranathan, (2014): Capacity Assessment for the Management of Mass Fatality Incidents following Disasters at DGH Trincomalee, Sri Lanka Postgraduate Diploma in Health sector Disaster Management, Research No-D 3622, PGIM library
  • Nayani Rajapaksha, Dinesh Fernando, Murali Vallipuranathan, (November, 2015) Capacity Assessment for the management of mass fatality incidents following disasters at DGH Trincomalee, Sri Lanka- Full article, JKCS-THK, November 2015 volume 7 Pg: 38-48
  • Nayani Rajapaksha,(2015): Letters to editor: Fire evacuation & Mass casualty Management Drill at THK, 21st of November 2014, November 2015, JKCS-THK, 2015 volume 7, pg : 97-98
  • Nayani Rajapaksha,(2016): Investigation of a food poisoning outbreak at a garment factory, Boyagane , Kurunegala, Abstract: PP2: Journal of CCPSL Volume 22, Supplement 1, pg: 80, 21st Annual Scientific Session of CCPSL,1-3rd September 2016
  • Nayani Rajapaksha, Dinesh Fernando, Murali Vallipuranathan (2016): Dead body management following disasters: A Capacity Assessment of DGH Trincomalee, 6th October 2016- Oral presentation at PGIM 5th Biennial Academic session
  • Rajapaksha, N., Fernando, D. & Vallipuranathan, M., (2017). Dead body management following disasters: A Capacity Assessment of District General Hospital, Trincomalee. Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (JPGIM). 3, p.E 7. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jpgim.8100
  • Rajapaksha R.M.N.U, Balasuriya A. (2017) Management of Mass Casualty Incidents (MCIs) following Disasters: A capacity assessment of Medical Officers in Teaching Hospital Kurunegala. Masters in Community Medicine(MSC) Dissertation, 2016, No: D 3994, PGIM library
  • Rajapaksha R.M.N.U, Balasuriya A. (March 2017): Management of MCIs following Disasters: A capacity assessment of Medical Officers in Teaching Hospital Kurunegala, on 10th -11th, PP 4: Abstract- pg.26, Sri Lanka College of Military Medicine, Inaugural Scientific Session
  • R.M.N.U.Rajapaksha (Oct 2017): Investigation Report of the Food Poisoning Outbreak at a Garment factory, Boyagane, Kurunegala,(Case study) Oct 2017, Case report: JKMA-THK, Volume 9, October 2017, Pg: 84-86
  • R.M.N.U.Rajapaksha, (Oct 2017): Public Health and the Role of a Consultant Community Physician (CCP), Letter to editor , JKMA-THK Volume 9, October 2017
  • R.M.N.U.Rajapaksha, (2017) Knowledge, Attitudes and practices of Medical officers of NHSL on Psychological First Aid during Disaster Response, 4th Oct 2017, Oral presentation, Annual Clinical Session, Kurunegala Medical Association (KMA)
  • W.D.S.C.Perera, M. Vallipuranathan, R.M.N.U.Rajapaksha, (2017): Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Medical officers of NHSL on Psychological First Aid during Disaster Response, Poster Presentation at National Health Research Symposium (NHRS) on 4th and 5th December 2017, Abstract: NHRS,Ministry of health From:
    http://www.health.gov.lk/moh_final/english/public/elfinder/files/publications/2018/NHRS2017.pdf
  • Manilgama S R, Ranathunga R M S D K, Premarathne W, Rajapaksha R. M. N. U., Wijayasundara W M S S, (2017): Prevalence of Chronic Periodontitis among diabetic patients of Out Patients’ Medical Clinic (OPD) at Teaching Hospital Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, Presented at Internal Medicine [It was awarded the “Henry Rajarathnam award” for Diabetes and Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2017 at Ceylon College of Physicians, 50th Annual academic session in 2017]

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