Ceylon Journal of Medical Science
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Item Patental disciplinary strategies. experience of 12 year old school children(University of Colombo. Colombo, 2004) De Zoysa, P.; Rajapakse, L.; Newcombe, P.A.The purpose of the study was to explore the non-violent and violent parental disciplinary strategies experienced by 12 -year old sinhala speaking school children, by using the sinhala version of the parent -child conflict tactics scale (CTSPC). One hundred and eleven children with a relatively equal number of boys and girls, from two conveniently located schools in the Gampaha district took part in the study. The CTSPC was administered in groups of approximately 20 children. Non-violent discipline was the most commonly reported disciplinary type (annual rat 56%; lifetime rate 68%), followed by psychological aggression (annual rate 40%; lifetimerate 46%). Though physically abusive acts were the least commonly experienced (annual rate 15%; lifetime rate 23%) it was nevertheless reported by a considerable number of children. The results indicate that a relatively large percentage of children experience psychological and physical violenct at home. The results also suggest that parents may resort to physically abusive acts when "normal" violent disciplinary encounters escalate beyond their control. larger scale studies determining the prevalence and correlates of parental use of violent discipline need to be carried out in order to design culturally appropriate preventive intervention programmes aimed at combating child- directed violence in Sri Lanka.Item Variation in blood pressure with age and sex of the Uva-Bintenne Veddas(University of Colombo. Colombo, 2004) Wikramanayake, E.R.; Chandrasekera, M.S.The blood pressure of 496(227 males and 269 females) Uva -Bintenne veddas in the age range 1 to 80 years were recorded at Hennanigal South and Dambana. In both males and females there is no progressive increase of pressure with age. In the females both curves are more variable with the systolic pressure higher than in the males except in the age range 31-40 and the diastolic pressure higher up to 50 years. When compared with a 1989 study of a rural breeding isolate of the sinhalese the pressures of both males and females were significantly higher in the age range 1-15 years with no steep rise of the curve from 1-18 years. The aetiology of the difference is postulated to be genetic rather than environmental.Item Exposure and sexual risk among young women in a free trade zone in Sri Lanka(University of Colombo. Colombo, 2002) Hettiarachchy, T.; Schensul, S.L.Item Prevalence of primary and secondary infertility in the Colombo district(University of Colombo. Colombo, 2002) Samarakoon, S.; Rajapaksa, L.; Seneviratne, H.R.