{"title":"Validation of a risk prediction model for endometrial carcinoma among postmenopausal women in Sri Lanka","authors":"W. Jayawickrama, C. Abeysena","doi":"10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8443","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":120205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115868653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Being aware & acting early, works wonders\" - Lessons from a survivor's diary","authors":"Kalpanie Dulanthi Wijewardana","doi":"10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8440","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":120205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123718675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Talagala, Metthananda Nawarathne, C. Arambepola
{"title":"Survival analysis and prognostic factors of oesophageal carcinoma: a followup study","authors":"I. Talagala, Metthananda Nawarathne, C. Arambepola","doi":"10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8463","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":120205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127707582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mekala Fernando, Muzrif Munas, U. perera, S. Dilhani
{"title":"Oesophageal cancer in Sri Lanka: change of pattern over the past two decades","authors":"Mekala Fernando, Muzrif Munas, U. perera, S. Dilhani","doi":"10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8430","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":120205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132542769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saddharma Weerakoon, Malvige Amila Suranaga, J. Vidanapathirana, U. perera
{"title":"A trend analysis of breast cancer incidence in Sri Lanka, 2005-2019a","authors":"Saddharma Weerakoon, Malvige Amila Suranaga, J. Vidanapathirana, U. perera","doi":"10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8438","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8438","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":120205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131125627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U. perera, A. Jayathilake, Mekala Fernando, Thanuja Wickramathunga
{"title":"Oral cancer burden in Sri Lanka- 2005 to 2019: does it differ with site and sex?","authors":"U. perera, A. Jayathilake, Mekala Fernando, Thanuja Wickramathunga","doi":"10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8435","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":120205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125098520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Vidanapathirana, Sashiprabha Nawaratne, M. A. Suranga, Saddharma Weerakoon
{"title":"Sex difference of cancers over the years: age standardized incidence rates, trends, and exposure to risk factors in Sri Lanka","authors":"J. Vidanapathirana, Sashiprabha Nawaratne, M. A. Suranga, Saddharma Weerakoon","doi":"10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/jccpsl.v27i5.8432","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":120205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126519376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Law of ‘Isolation’ and its legitimacy of practice in Sri Lanka: a Judicial Review","authors":"C. A. Hettiarachchi, C. Attanayake, S. Wijesinghe","doi":"10.4038/jccpsl.v28i1.8466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/jccpsl.v28i1.8466","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":120205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130077211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Invest to end TB. Save lives”- World TB Day 2022","authors":"A. I. Ruwanpura","doi":"10.4038/jccpsl.v28i1.8479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/jccpsl.v28i1.8479","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":120205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116719436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Kumarapeli, P. Mahesh, W. Gunathunga, M. Arnold, S. Perera, S. Jayasinghe, N. Wellappuli, S. M. N. Arosha Senanayake, N. Samarutilake, W. Jayawickrama, D. Subasinghe, P. D. Kawiratne, C. Rodrigo, S. De Silva, R. Ferdinando
{"title":"Exploring the boundaries of community medicine in Sri Lanka: a conceptual model for service delivery","authors":"V. Kumarapeli, P. Mahesh, W. Gunathunga, M. Arnold, S. Perera, S. Jayasinghe, N. Wellappuli, S. M. N. Arosha Senanayake, N. Samarutilake, W. Jayawickrama, D. Subasinghe, P. D. Kawiratne, C. Rodrigo, S. De Silva, R. Ferdinando","doi":"10.4038/jccpsl.v28i1.8452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/jccpsl.v28i1.8452","url":null,"abstract":"The medical background enables CCPs to act as technical experts and medical administrators in public health services. Key functions of CCPs outlined in the job description (2) include public h e a l t h p r o g r a m m e m a n a g e m e n t , p o l i c y analysis/development, strategic planning, advocacy, raising awareness on health, surveillance monitoring, evaluation, research, quality assurance, training, capacity building and fund mobilization. CCPs who function as medical administrators too, implement above functions as per relevance to the intuitions, directorates or programmes. Although public health has a well-agreed definition (3), there seems to be many definitions for CM and conflicts about roles and professional identity of CCPs. It is a timely requirement to explore evidence to illustrate a model of service delivery for CCPs. A thorough literature search and a narrative review based on the content revealed the following four main themes related to CM:","PeriodicalId":120205,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133605509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}