De Silva, Janithra http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1902-135X
Amarasena, Sujeewa
Jayaratne, Kapila
Perera, Bilesha
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Ruhuna (2016/RU/PG-R/16/11)
Article History
Received: 23 October 2018
Accepted: 26 December 2018
First Online: 17 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: To conduct the study Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka (Reference No: 17/11/14. 3.4). Permission was obtained from the Regional Director of Health Services of Galle district and from the Medical Officer of Health of the Bope-Poddala Medical Officer of Health Unit area of Galle district to recruit mothers for the study. Informed written consent was obtained from all the participants after an initial information session.
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