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Manjula Weerasinghe
Researcher at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Publications - 29
Citations - 825
Manjula Weerasinghe is an academic researcher from Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Suicide prevention. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 26 publications receiving 402 citations. Previous affiliations of Manjula Weerasinghe include University of Edinburgh & Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology.
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Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries.
Jane Pirkis,Ann John,Sangsoo Shin,Marcos DelPozo-Banos,Vikas Arya,Vikas Arya,Pablo Analuisa-Aguilar,Louis Appleby,Ella Arensman,Ella Arensman,Jason Bantjes,Anna Baran,José Manoel Bertolote,Guilherme Borges,Petrana Brečić,Eric D. Caine,Giulio Castelpietra,Shu-Sen Chang,David Colchester,David Crompton,Marko Ćurković,Eberhard A. Deisenhammer,Chengan Du,Jeremy Dwyer,Annette Erlangsen,Annette Erlangsen,Jeremy S. Faust,Sarah M. Fortune,Andrew Garrett,Devin George,Rebekka Gerstner,Renske Gilissen,Madelyn S. Gould,Keith Hawton,Joseph Kanter,Navneet Kapur,Murad M. Khan,Olivia J. Kirtley,Duleeka Knipe,Duleeka Knipe,Kairi Kõlves,Stuart Leske,Kedar Marahatta,Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz,N. G. Neznanov,Thomas Niederkrotenthaler,Emma Nielsen,Merete Nordentoft,Herwig Oberlerchner,Rory C. O'Connor,Melissa Pearson,Michael R. Phillips,Michael R. Phillips,Steve Platt,Paul L. Plener,Paul L. Plener,Georg Psota,Ping Qin,Daniel Radeloff,Christa Rados,Andreas Reif,Christine Reif-Leonhard,Vsevolod Rozanov,Christiane Schlang,Barbara Schneider,Natalia Semenova,Mark Sinyor,Mark Sinyor,Ellen Townsend,Michiko Ueda,Lakshmi Vijayakumar,Roger T. Webb,Manjula Weerasinghe,Gil Zalsman,Gil Zalsman,David Gunnell,Matthew J Spittal +76 more
TL;DR: In this article, the early effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide rates around the world was assessed using real-time suicide data from countries or areas within countries through a systematic internet search and recourse to our networks and the published literature.
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Effectiveness of household lockable pesticide storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Asia: a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial.
Melissa Pearson,Melissa Pearson,Chris Metcalfe,Shaluka Jayamanne,Shaluka Jayamanne,David Gunnell,David Gunnell,Manjula Weerasinghe,Manjula Weerasinghe,Ravi Pieris,Chamil Priyadarshana,Duleeka Knipe,Duleeka Knipe,Keith Hawton,Andrew H. Dawson,Andrew H. Dawson,Palitha Bandara,Dhammika deSilva,Indika Gawarammana,Michael Eddleston,Michael Eddleston,Flemming Konradsen,Flemming Konradsen +22 more
TL;DR: In this article, a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial in a rural area of North Central Province, Sri Lanka was conducted to test the effectiveness of lockable household containers for prevention of pesticide self-poisoning.
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Community uptake of safe storage boxes to reduce self-poisoning from pesticides in rural Sri Lanka
Flemming Konradsen,Flemming Konradsen,Ravi Pieris,Manjula Weerasinghe,Wim van der Hoek,Michael Eddleston,Michael Eddleston,Andrew H. Dawson,Andrew H. Dawson +8 more
TL;DR: The farming community appreciated the storage boxes and made storage of pesticides safer, especially for children, but it seems that additional, intensive promotion is needed to ensure that pesticide boxes are locked.
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A community-based cluster randomised trial of safe storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: study protocol.
Melissa Pearson,Melissa Pearson,Flemming Konradsen,Flemming Konradsen,David Gunnell,David Gunnell,Andrew H. Dawson,Andrew H. Dawson,Ravi Pieris,Manjula Weerasinghe,Duleeka Knipe,Shaluka Jayamanne,Chris Metcalfe,Keith Hawton,A Rajitha Wickramasinghe,W Atapattu,Palitha Bandara,Dhammika de Silva,Asanga Ranasinghe,Fahim Mohamed,Nicholas A. Buckley,Nicholas A. Buckley,Indika Gawarammana,Michael Eddleston,Michael Eddleston +24 more
TL;DR: A large effectiveness study of a community intervention to reduce the burden of intentional poisoning in rural Sri Lanka and discusses issues in relation to randomisation and contamination, engaging control villages, the intervention, and strategies to improve adherence.
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The Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort (RaPCo): study protocol
Thilini Chanchala Agampodi,Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe,Rampathige Indika Ruwan Prasanna,Malawara Kankanamalage Lasandha Irangani,Jayasundara Mudiyanselage Samarakoon Banda,P.M.B. Jayathilake,Ayesh Hettiarachchi,Gayani Amarasinghe,Imasha Upulini Jayasinghe,Iresha Koralagedara,Sajaan Praveena Gunarathne,Sujanthi Priyanka Wickramage,Janith Warnasekara,Niroshan Lokunarangoda,Vasana Mendis,Ajith Kumara Dissanayaka,Jagath Premadasa,Nandana Hettigama,Dayaratne Koralagedara,Manjula Weerasinghe,Krishanthi Malawanage,Hemali Gayathri Jayakodi,Anuprabha Wickramasinghe,Suneth Agampodi +23 more
TL;DR: The RaPCo study will be able to generate evidence to strengthen policies to further reduce maternal deaths in the local, regional and global contexts particularly focusing on social factors and mental health, which are not optimally addressed in the global agenda.