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    Impact of food pattern and Socio-economic Factors on Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in North Central Province
    (4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Weerasekara, C.B.M.P.D.; Sulochana, M.
    High prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease was identified in North Central Province in the last few decades. Causative factor for Chronic Kidney Disease in North Central Province is still unknown. Therefore, main objective of this research was to identify the impact of food pattern and socioeconomic factors on CKD of unknown etiology in North Central Province. Research problem of this research was whether the food pattern and socioeconomic factors impact on CKDu in North Central Province? Data collected to the research through questionnaires which have given to the 200 CKDu patients in Kabithigollawa Divisional Secretariat in Anuradhapura and also Thamankaduwa Divisional Secretariat in Polonaruwa since the CKDu patients’ population is high in these areas. Simple random sampling method used to collect data from CKDu patients in this research. The dependent variable of this research was probability of having CKDu in North Central Province and independent variables were education, food pattern, income and occupation. When consider about the sample there were 63% males and 37% females. Majority of the sample consisted of persons within the age group of 56 years to 65 years. 50% of the sample has only studied up to grade 6 or above up to grade 11. Majority of the sample are farmers (65%), there are 28 % patients who are unemployed due to chronic kidney disease. Moreover 32 patients in the sample are unemployed. Maximum income of the CKDu patients were 67000/=. According to the research 90% use pipe born water provide from the National Water Supply and Drainage Board for as drinking water but 65% patients still use water pumped through shallow wells for cooking purposes. 53% of the sample consume foods taken from their plantation and from the market. 55% use carbonic fertilizers for their own plantations. Majority of patients which means 25% drink 3L water per day. 82% patients use coconut oil for cooking purposes and 10% of the sample use palm oil. According to the research male farmers have high risk of affecting from CKDu. Moreover, food patterns of the patients mostly consumption of water should be considered by the people who live in North Central Province
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    Information Literacy Levels of the Community Who Have Chronic Renal Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) in the Anuradhapura District.
    (Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya,Sri Lanka., 2017) Siriwardana, A.S.; Dilinika, J.M.S.
    Chronic Kidney Disease is a one of leading health issue in Sri Lanka and the number of people dying with the disease is rising each day. Chronic Kidney Disease, also known as chronic renal failure, chronic renal disease, or chronic kidney failure, is a slow progressive loss of kidney function over a period of several years. Eventually the patient has permanent kidney failure. (Nordqvist, 2016) According to this situation, information and patient awareness are the most important factors. Through a systematic information dissemination process, people can aware of the current and future situation and their safe methods. This research focuses to find the information seeking strategies of CKDu communities and to identify their information literacy skills. Survey was conducted to identify the research problem and data were collected using questionnaires and interviews. Research area was Anuradhapura District and research could identify the information skills and literacy levels in order to their situation. It was identified that 89% of members of the sample had reading and writing skills and 11% of members were not familiar with reading and writing. It also showed the preferences on information communication media. According to that, awareness and literacy programs need to be implemented mainly by libraries as community information centers. Suggestions were made to implement systematic communication procedure and social awareness programs.
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    Economic and Social Vulnerability of Chronic Kidney Disease Affected Families in Sri Lanka; the Case Studies in Anuradhapura District
    (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Gunawardana, P.H.J.P.; Sakalasooriya, N.
    This paper examines the nature of economic and social vulnerability of the families which has affected by the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Central Dry Zone, agricultural area, of Sri Lanka. CKD has already become one of the major reasons for mortality and morbidity in this rural area. This CKD was first identified in 1991 in Anuradhapura District of North Central Province (NCP) in Dry Zone, and it has spread-out to other 06 provinces in Sri Lanka. WHO says that about 15 % of settlers aged 15-70 years in NCP is being suffered by CKD. During the last 24 years over 22,000 deaths were reported due to the CDK. After affected the CKD and/or the deaths a member or members of family, their family‟s economic and social sustainability is begun to collapse. This is the beginning point of their economic vulnerability. This situation excludes their life from the general social and economic life style. This research has focused these economic and social problems of these families and their nature of issues. Finally, the study makes the recommendations to sustain their lives and mainstream the members of these families. This is inductive study and uses both qualitative and quantitative data and information for evidence. 25 affected families out of 70 total families were selected as a sample from the village of Etambagaskada in Medawachchiya Divisional Secretariat Division. All the family members of the sample are negatively impacted and they are unable to sustain themselves. Just after the affection, they give up the hope of life, and their family members become hopeless and directionless. This situation leads to create more vulnerability to the family and their villages. Especially designed counselling process and the economic assistance are needed to avoid vulnerability. This intervention should come from the government end but still it is not good enough.