Capacity building in environmental and occupational health in Sri Lanka1. Issue 1 (27th December 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wickremasinghe, Ananda R.; Peiris‐John, Roshini; Nandasena, Sumal; Delzell, Elizabeth; Tipre, Meghan; Sathiakumar, Nalini; Claudio, Luz; Robins, Thomas
• Is Part Of: American journal of industrial medicine. Volume 56:Issue 1(2013:Jan.)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 10
• Publication Date: 2011-12-27
• Subjects: Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Médecine du travail -- Périodiques; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1002/ajim.21999
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0271-3586

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="abs1-1" sec-type="section"> <title>Background</title> <p>Although environmental and occupational health (EOH) research and services in Sri Lanka have a long history, policies related to EOH are outdated.</p> </sec> <sec id="abs1-2" sec-type="section"> <title>Methods</title> <p>We review the International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (ITREOH) program in Sri Lanka that commenced in 2006 as a collaboration between the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.</p> </sec> <sec id="abs1-3" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>The program has trained over 20 scientists in conducting EOH research. New pioneering research in EOH was initiated. The program was instrumental in furthering the training and research in EOH by initiating a MPH degree program, the first in the country.</p> </sec> <sec id="abs1-4" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusions</title> <p>The program has established North–South, South–South and in‐country collaborations between institutions and scientists, increasing the visibility of EOH in the future. Am. J. Ind. Med. 56:1–10, 2013. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.</p> </sec> </abstract>