Ms. Thilini Herath

Ms Thilini Herath is a Lecturer in the Department of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Care Sciences since 2014. She has BSc (Special) degree in Health Promotion (RUSL) and MPH (Epidemiology) (UoK). She is currently reading for her PhD degree in Public Health. She is specialized in health promotion and her research interest includes health promotion, women health and gender has been conducting interventional research especially to prevent gender-based violence by using a health promotion approach. She is responsible for teaching health promotion module and other related public health modules. In addition, she is also supervising students’ field-based project to develop their attitudes and skills related to health promotion. 

• Google Scholar
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• ResearchGate
  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thilini-Herath-2

Abstracts in International Conferences

1. Herath HMTP, Fernando WMS, Duminda GGN. Evaluation of a Health Promotion intervention in changing acceptance of gender roles among women in a rural community in Sri Lanka. in the International conference on global public health, Colombo, 2012
2. Herath HMTP, Fernando WMS, Duminda GGN. Evaluation of a Health Promotion approach in reducing family acceptance on gender roles in a community in Medawachchiya moh area in Sri Lanka. in the International conference on public health innovations, Kalutara, 2013
3. Herath HMTP, Fernando WMS, Duminda GGN.Evaluation of a Health Promotion approach in improving the physical wellbeing among women in a village in Anuraghapura district in Sri Lanka. in the International conference on public health innovations, Kalutara, 2013

Abstracts in National Conferences

1. Herath HMTP, Fernando WMS, Senarathna L, Duminda GGN.Evaluation of a health promotion intervention in changing acceptance of a gender norm which justifies men’s tobacco use, among women in a rural community in Sri Lanka in the Combating against alcohol tobacco and other drugs for the national deveopement, Colombo, 2015
2. Jayarathna JEMSS, Herath HMTP, Fernando WMS, Senarathna L, Duminda GGN. Norms on attractive image given to alcohol among students in a government school in North Central Province in Sri Lanka: Findings from a cross sectional survey in the Combating against alcohol tobacco and other drugs for the national deveopement, Colombo, 2015
3. Pallewaththa PWPWK, Herath HMTP, Fernando WMS, Duminda GGN. Evaluation of a health promotion intervention in changing peer pressure on tobacco use, among men in a rural community in Sri Lanka in the Combating against alcohol tobacco and other drugs for the national deveopement, Colombo, 2015
4. Liyanage NK, Pallewaththa PWPWK, Herath HMTP, Fernando WMS, Duminda GGN. Evaluation of a health promotion intervention in reducing public places which support tobacco use, among men in a rural community in Sri Lanka in the Combating against alcohol tobacco and other drugs for the national deveopement, Colombo, 2015
5. Arulanandem K, Kisokanth G, Sundaresan KT, Joseph J, Thayaparan M, Herath HMTP, Dayarathna R. Projections of diabetes mellitus in a sample of adults in Batticaloa: a pilot study in Batticaloa Medical Association annual sessions, 2015
6. Somasiri KG, Hearth HMTP and Rajakumaray JN. Knowledge and practice gap in primary prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases among pre-intern doctors in Batticaloa Medical Association annual sessions, 2015

Dissertation

1. Herath, HMTP. (2012) Evaluation of an intervention in changing acceptance of gender roles and gender based violence in a selected community in Punewa Public Health Midwifery area. Unpublished BSc. (Special) dissertation, Health Promotion Division, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University Sri Lanka

• Health promotion
• gender
• health disparities 

Undergraduate – MBBS and B. Sc (Nursing)

• Health Promotion, health education and community interventions, Epidemiology, Research 

• International travel grant in 2019 from National Science Foundation 
• Best paper in the Annual research session of the college of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2021
• Vice Chancellor’s award 2022 for the Output Based Research  

• Serving as a mentor
• Coordinator, Bachelor of Public Health