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Talukder, Md Humayun Kabir, BH Nazma Yasmeen, Rumana Nazneen, Md Zakir Hossain, and Ishrat Jahan Chowdhury. "Assessment of relevance and effectiveness of community health workforce (CHW) development system in Bangladesh." Northern International Medical College Journal 5, no. 2 (April 29, 2015): 332–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/nimcj.v5i2.23129.

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Background : Community Health Workforce (CHW) development has a rich history in South East Asian Region (SEAR). The first Community Health Unit was established in Sri Lanka in 1926 and then practiced over many of the regional countries like, Thailand, Mayanmar and India. Community Health Workers are in the fore front workforce to bring about change through community health programmes to national levels. In Bangladesh, there are also different categories of health workforce serving in the health care delivery system.Objectives : To assess relevance and effectiveness of community health workforce (CHW) development system in Bangladesh.Methods : This cross sectional study was conducted from 1st November 2010-30th April 2011 by purposive sampling technique. Study population were directors, administrators, principals, teachers of different institutes/ organizations and community health workers working in different corners of Bangladesh. Study places were different divisional towns of Bangladesh. Previously developed questionnaire & checklist were used for the collection of data from the institutes/ organizations by data collectors. These data were edited, processed and was analysed by using SPSS soft ware and a small portion by manually. No strong ethical issues were involved in this activity.Results : Study revealed that all the respondents (100%) are in favour of production of CHW in Bangladesh through formal academic institutional or pre service education (61.4%) .Most of the respondents (56.8%) viewed that there are scopes of utilisation of produced CHW in rural areas and most of the respondents (63.6%) also viewed that terminal/marginalized/underprivileged peoples of hard to reach areas at least can be served by CHW. Regarding the competency of produced CHW few of the respondents (43.2%) viewed positively. Most of the respondents (86.4%) viewed that both govt. & non govt. sectors should produce CHW with a very good coordination and co-operation. Study revealed the institutional capacities or situations about physical facilities, ongoing course, audiovisual aids, library, manpower and assessment procedure.Conclusion : Study revealed that there is strong & logical relevance present for the production of CHW in Bangladesh. So the existing Human Resource for Health (HRH) policy is to be revised & revisited as a time felt need to develop more competent CHW for Bangladesh to serve the marginalized, terminal, people of remote, rural & hard to reach areas.Northern International Medical College Journal Vol.5(2) 2014: 332-335
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Sathananthan, S. "Rural Development Policy in Sri Lanka, 1935 to 1989." Journal of Contemporary Asia 21, no. 4 (January 1991): 433–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00472339180000291.

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Jones, Margaret. "Policy Innovation and Policy Pathways: Tuberculosis Control in Sri Lanka, 1948–1990." Medical History 60, no. 4 (September 15, 2016): 514–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2016.58.

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This paper, based on World Health Organization and Sri Lankan sources, examines the attempts to control tuberculosis in Sri Lanka from independence in 1948. It focuses particularly on the attempt in 1966 to implement a World Health Organization model of community-orientated tuberculosis control that sought to establish a horizontally structured programme through the integration of control into the general health services. The objective was to create a cost- effective method of control that relied on a simple bacteriological test for case finding and for treatment at the nearest health facility that would take case detection and treatment to the rural periphery where specialist services were lacking. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Sri Lanka had already established a specialist control programme composed of chest clinics, mass X-ray, inpatient and domiciliary treatment, and social assistance for sufferers. This programme had both reduced mortality and enhanced awareness of the disease. This paper exposes the obstacles presented in trying to impose the World Health Organization’s internationally devised model onto the existing structure of tuberculosis control already operating in Sri Lanka. One significant hindrance to the WHO approach was lack of resources but, equally important, was the existing medical culture that militated against its acceptance.
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Köpke, Sören, Sisira S. Withanachchi, Ruwan Pathiranage, Chandana R. Withanachchi, Deepika U. Gamage, Thushantha S. Nissanka, Chinthana C. Warapitiya, et al. "Human–Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka: A Critical Review of Causal Explanations." Sustainability 13, no. 15 (August 2, 2021): 8625. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13158625.

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Human–elephant conflict (HEC) is a severe and much-debated issue in Sri Lanka. An average of two hundred animals are intentionally killed, and seventy to eighty human casualties are counted each year. The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is an endangered subspecies. The reported elephant mortality rates are high. On the other hand, human–elephant conflict also leads to hardship and trauma among rural populations. This research paper reviews causal explanations for HEC in Sri Lanka, tracing underlying narratives and connecting broader conservation theory and practical approaches. The paper discusses potential causes and contexts of HEC in Sri Lanka, including historical factors (i.e., colonial hunting and land-use changes), poaching, habitat loss due to population growth, crop-raiding behaviour, problem animals, and changes in agricultural production systems. The review concludes that socio-economic and cultural factors in HEC in Sri Lanka are poorly explained, and more research should focus on the underlying conditions of rural populations’ vulnerability.
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Sørensen, Jane Brandt, Thilde Rheinländer, Birgitte Refslund Sørensen, Melissa Pearson, Thilini Agampodi, Sisira Siribaddana, and Flemming Konradsen. "An investigation into the role of alcohol in self-harm in rural Sri Lanka: a protocol for a multimethod, qualitative study." BMJ Open 4, no. 10 (October 2014): e005860. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005860.

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IntroductionSri Lanka has one of the highest suicide and self-harm rates in the world and although alcohol has been found to be a risk factor for self-harm in Sri Lanka, we know little about the connection between the two. This paper comprises a protocol for a qualitative study investigating alcohol's role in self-harm in rural Sri Lanka at three levels: the individual, community and policy level. The analysis will bring new understanding of the link between alcohol and self-harm in Sri Lanka, drawing on structural, cultural and social concepts. It will equip researchers, health systems and policy makers with vital information for developing strategies to address alcohol-related problems as they relate to self-harm.Methods and analysisTo capture the complexity of the link between alcohol and self-harm in the Anuradhapura district in the North Central Province in Sri Lanka, qualitative methods will be utilised. Specifically, the data will consist of serial narrative life-story interviews with up to 20 individuals who have non-fatally self-harmed and where alcohol directly or indirectly was involved in the incidence as well as with their significant others; observations in communities and families; six focus group discussions with community members; and key-informant interviews with 15–25 stakeholders who have a stake in alcohol distribution, marketing, policies, prevention and treatment as they relate to self-harm.Ethics and disseminationThe study has received ethical approval from the Ethical Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. A sensitive data collection technique will be used and ethical issues will be considered throughout the study.ResultsThe results will be disseminated in scientific peer-reviewed articles in collaboration with Sri Lankan and other international research partners.
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Teare, Richard, Chandrarathne Bandara, and Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena. "Engaging the rural communities of Sri Lanka in sustainable tourism." Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 5, no. 5 (November 11, 2013): 464–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/whatt-06-2013-0037.

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Anuradha, P. I., and R. Lalitha S. Fernando. "Factors Affecting Successful Implementation of Poverty Alleviation Policy in Sri Lanka." Journal of Public Administration and Governance 7, no. 4 (December 20, 2017): 278. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jpag.v7i4.12339.

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Poverty is a critical and social issue in the developing world. Various policy measures have been taken by the countries for reducing this issue. Similarly, Sri Lanka has been taken many initiatives. But the incidence of poverty has not come down as expected. For an example, the Poverty Head Count Ratio in rural sector was 29.4% in 1990 and 24.7 % in 2012 (Census and Statistic Department in Sri Lanka). Among the many reasons for failure of these, poor implementation is imperative. In this context, this paper carries out an empirical study to identify the factors affecting successful implementation of poverty alleviation policy. Quantitative research method was used and primary data was gathered from 71 officers attached with the implementation process at the national, district, and divisional levels. A structured questionnaire was used with interviews for the data collection. Reliability analysis and factor analysis were undertaken to ensure the validity and reliability of the data. Correlation and regression analysis was undertaken in identifying the factors. The test result found that capability, disposition, number of people involved in the implementation, past experience of the implementing officers are significantly affecting on successful implementation of the policy. Based on the findings, policy measures are suggested for improving the policy implementation.
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Amarasinghe, Upali, Madar Samad, and Markandu Anputhas. "Spatial clustering of rural poverty and food insecurity in Sri Lanka." Food Policy 30, no. 5-6 (October 2005): 493–509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.09.006.

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Karunaratna, Sumudu, Manuj C. Weerasinghe, Thushara Ranasinghe, Rohan Jayasuriya, Nadeeka Chandraratne, Hemantha Herath, and Matthew Quaife. "Improving uptake of non-communicable disease screening in Sri Lanka: eliciting people’s preferences using a discrete choice experiment." Health Policy and Planning 37, no. 2 (December 10, 2021): 218–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab141.

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Abstract A national programme to universally screen the population between 35 and 65 years for non-communicable diseases was established at ‘Healthy Lifestyle Centres (HLCs)’ in 2011 in Sri Lanka. Despite several efforts by policymakers, the uptake of screening remained <10% of the target population and with disparities in uptake across districts and among men and women. Considering service beneficiaries as a vital stakeholder, a discrete choice experiment was carried out to estimate people’s preference for a non-communicable disease screening service delivery model in rural, urban and estate sectors in a district in Sri Lanka. The choice design and the general survey questionnaire was developed through focus group discussions, literature reviews and stakeholder consultations. Data were collected by stratified random sampling, with 187 participants from the urban sector, 253 from the rural sector and 152 from the estate/plantation sector. People’s preference was assessed as utility estimates derived using multinomial logistic regression. Reliability was assessed within test among all study participants and with test–retest among 40 participants showed 80% precision. Urban and rural sectors gave the highest priority to workplace screening over screening at HLCs. The estates attributed the highest priority for cost-free screening. If cost-free screening is offered with having to spend 1–2 hours at the most preferred opening times for each sector with warm and friendly staff, the uptake of screening can predicted to be increased by 65, 29 and 21 times in urban, rural and estate sectors, respectively, relative to having to attend HLCs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., spending >2 hours and Rs. 1000 with unfriendly staff. Thus, people’s preferences on service delivery aspects seemed to have differed from government priorities. Preferences when ill and apparently healthy differed, as they preferred to spend less time and money when healthy than when ill.
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T. S. G. Peiris, M. T. N. Fernando, and S. Samarajeewa. "Factors influencing the use of coconut oil by the householders in Sri Lanka and their policy relevance to popularize the consumption of coconut oil." CORD 20, no. 02 (December 1, 2004): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.37833/cord.v20i02.388.

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In recent past the concept on the use of coconut oil (CNO) by the householders in Sri Lanka has been changing due to various reasons. The reasons were studied using the generalized linear models for the survey conducted during May/June 2001 for 366 householders representing three different population sectors (urban, rural and estate) and different income groups. The significant factors influencing the use of CNO are the type of oil used in past, monthly income, quality of CNO, misconception about CNO and the population sectors. The percentage of non-CNO users is considerably higher in the urban sector, whereas CNO still is the major edible oil in the rural and estate population sectors of Sri Lanka. The percentage of householders using CNO in the sample was 91.2. In 75% of the sample, the quantity of CNO consumption per person has reduced over the last five years. The main reason for dissatisfaction for CNO is adulteration. The proportion of CNO use was significantly higher in lower income groups than the higher income groups. The proportion of the CNO use decreased sharply when the income increases above Rs. 40,000 per month. The high-income earners have shifted their preferences towards other edible oil consumption. The findings of this study suggest that the growth of the per capita incomes and the rapid urbanization in the country further reduces the consumer demand for coconut oil, unless there are effective marketing strategies implemented to promote the CNO consumption in the long run. Both the proportion and rate of CNO use can be increased through an effective campaign via media. Improving the quality and dispelling the misconception among the householders would give better prospects to the coconut oil industry in Sri Lanka.
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Griffin, Katherine Eileen. "Does Gender Matter? Human Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka: A Gendered Analysis of Human Elephant Conflict and Natural Resource Management in a Rural Sri Lankan Village." PDXScholar, 2015. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2533.

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This study is a gendered analysis of natural resource management at the local scale of a poor rural Sri Lankan village in a conservation buffer zone. This village experiences destruction of forests and human elephant conflict. The objective of this study is to gain an in-depth knowledge of residents' use and understandings of environmental resources, and to investigate if gender helps shape these factors. This study relies on a social sustainability conceptual framework. It tracks participation of local women and men in natural resource management, and in conservation within and outside of the Bibile community. Local nongovernmental organizations focus on mitigating human elephant conflict and government policies influence particular farming practices. Unless socially and environmentally sustainable practices are developed, areas within and outside of the protected areas are not sustainable in their current state (Jayewardene 1998). Current interventions are failing to solve this problem in both rural communities and natural ecosystems, demonstrated most clearly by shrinking forest habitats and the frequency of human and elephant deaths (Bandara 2009). By broadening the analysis of natural resource management to examine possible social, economic, and political influences, my research examines how different resource management approaches might be filtered and reflected by variation in local residents' use and understanding of environmental resources. I suggest that gender, household decision-making, and equality are overlooked but potentially important aspects in the perception and implementation of natural resource management.
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Rohitha, Rosairo H. S., and David J. Potts. "A study on entrepreneurial attitudes of upcountry vegetable farmers in Sri Lanka." 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/8749.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the entrepreneurial attitudes of upcountry vegetable farmers in Sri Lanka with respect to the characteristics of innovation, opportunity seeking and risk taking and considers their implications for rural development efforts. Design/methodology/approach – The study was carried out in the hilly areas of the Badulla district in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. Primary data were collected through a survey using a researcher-administered questionnaire as the data collection instrument and the individual farmer as the unit of analysis. Findings – Most vegetable farmers in the upcountry areas were found to be attitudinally entrepreneurial. Entrepreneurial attitudes were determined more by educational background and farming experience than age, gender, extent of farmland, type of farming and ownership of farmland. Farming experience related positively with innovation, opportunity seeking and risk taking, but farmers’ educational background showed no significant association with innovation. Research limitations/implications – It is suggested that farmer-owned companies with appropriate institutional arrangements could reduce transaction costs for buyers, and introduce accessible rural finance schemes to enhance provision of assets and technology. Such a rural setting would gain from initiatives on marketing alternatives and entrepreneurial skill development. Future research could benefit from analysis of the financial and social performance and entrepreneurial skills of vegetable farmers. Originality/value – The entrepreneurial attitude of farmers is an under-researched area of study particularly in the Sri Lanka context. Rural development initiatives could target entrepreneurial farmers based on these criteria to achieve maximum production impact. However care needs to be taken to consider the potential distributive impact of such targeting on farmers regarded as non-entrepreneurial.
This publication would not have been possible without the funding provided by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) under its academic fellowship programme. Assistance provided by Ellie Fixter (ACU, London) and Max Wellingham (British Council, Manchester) is sincerely appreciated.
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Books on the topic "Manpower policy, Rural Sri Lanka"

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Rama, Martín. Labor market flexibility in Sri Lanka. Washington, D.C: World Bank, Policy Research Department, Trade Policy Division, 1994.

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Sri Lanka. Secretariat for Senior Ministers. The national human resources and employment policy for Sri Lanka. Colombo: Secretariat for Senior Ministers, 2012.

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Ratnayake, Piyadasa. Towards self-reliant rural development: A policy experiment in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Karunaratne and Sons, 1992.

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Peiris, G. H. Development and change in Sri Lanka: Geographical perspectives. New Delhi: Macmillan India Ltd., 1996.

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Dunham, David. Policy impact analysis in contemporary Sri Lanka: What's MIMAP for? Colombo: Institute of Policy Studies, 2000.

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Sri Lanka. Ministry of Employment and Labour. Răkirakṣā hā Kamkaru Amatyāṃśaya: Vēlaivāyppu Tol̲il Amaiccu = Ministry of Employment and Labour. [Koḷamba: Răkirakṣā hā Kamkaru Amatyāṃśaya], 2002.

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Dilhani, Marawila, and Institute of Policy Studies (Colombo, Sri Lanka), eds. Rural land sector in Sri Lanka: Major characteristics, determinants, and implications for land policy. Colombo: Institute of Policy Studies, 2006.

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Rozana, Salih, and Institute of Policy Studies (Colombo, Sri Lanka), eds. How successful is Samurdhi's savings and credit programme in reaching the poor in Sri Lanka? Colombo: Institute of Policy Studies, 1999.

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1956-, Sparr Pamela, ed. Mortgaging women's lives: Feminist critiques of structural adjustment. London: Zed Books, 1994.

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Expansion of Employment and Income Through Local Resource Mobilisation: A Study of Two Sri Lankan Villages. International Labour Org, 1986.

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Book chapters on the topic "Manpower policy, Rural Sri Lanka"

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Haque, Md Mahfuzul. "Patient-Doctor Trust at Local Healthcare Centers in Rural Bangladesh." In Policy Response, Local Service Delivery, and Governance in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, 233–57. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66018-5_10.

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de Silva, Harsha, and Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara. "ICT Policy for Agriculture Based on a Transaction Cost Approach." In Technology, Sustainability, and Rural Development in Africa, 323–37. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3607-1.ch020.

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In Sri Lanka, the majority of farmers are generally poor,and rely on subsistence agriculture. If these farmers can even partially be made responsive to market needs, as opposed to current household needs, they could cultivate at least some income generating crops, which if sustained, can reduce their poverty. However, high transaction costs associated with obtaining market information have continued to keep poor farmers entrenched in subsistence farming. The current ICT revolution is making previously costly market information much more affordable to these farmers. Therefore, if used appropriately, ICT can help reduce the high transaction costs associated with market information thereby helping farmers move toward some level of commercialization. The question is how a country can achieve this objective. This paper considers the case of Sri Lanka and provides lessons, both positive and negative, for African policymakers.
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Conference papers on the topic "Manpower policy, Rural Sri Lanka"

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Lankapura, W. K., and K. G. Alahapperuma. "Wood Splitting Machine for Tea and Bakery Industries." In ERU Symposium 2021. Engineering Research Unit (ERU), University of Moratuwa, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31705/eru.2021.3.

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In Sri Lanka, firewood is regarded as a common conventional fuel, mainly in food preparation purposes. Essentially due to economically availability, firewood has still been using as the main source to lit fire in rural areas. Other than for household food preparation, firewood is still the main source of generating heat in food related rural industries, such as tea factories, bakeries, hotels etc. In tea factories and in some of the bakeries, firewood is used in mass scales. Even tons of fire wood is used in each of them, per day. To make easy burning, the wood logs need to be cut in to small pieces. In almost all such places, wood splitting is done manually. It finds very difficult to split wood logs by using an axe. This needs time and more manpower. On the other hand, an additional cost is involved for workers’ payment. If the wood splitting can be mechanized, it may be huge beneficial for such industries as tea factories and bakeries etc. Therefore, this project is aimed to introduce a wood splitting machine, which has the specific objectives of efficient supply of usable level firewood at a shorter time with lower cost and without much manpower to split firewood logs. Lower maintenance requirement together with lower failure frequencies may be added advantages, when compared to the hydraulic devices [4].
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