Biography

I’m working as a Snr. Lecturer II since 2017, at the Department of Nursing in the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences of the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. I received the BSc Degree, from the Open University, Sri Lanka and MPhil Degree, from the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.

Course/Modules Teaching for undergraduates

• Fundamentals of Nursing
• Pediatrics in Nursing
• Communication and Interpersonal skills
• Community Health in Nursing
• Nutrition and Dietetics

Research and publications

Present research interests

Nutrition in Elderly, Health promotion of elderly

Research publications(full paper)

• De Silva,K.,Liyanage,C.,Wijesinghe,C.J.,Perera,B.,2015. Nutritional status of elders in Southern Sri Lanka.

Published abstracts of oral presentations

• DeSilva,K.,Liyanage,C.,Wijesinghe,C.J.,Perera,B.,2018.The association between Nutritional status and Cognitive impairment among older people in Galle District Sri Lanka
• DeSilva,K.,Liyanage,C.,Wijesinghe,C.J.,Perera,B.,2018. Validation of the WHO quality of life-BREF questionnaire for older people in Sri Lanka

Published abstracts of poster presentations

• DeSilva,K.,Liyanage,C.,Wijesinghe,C.J.,Perera,B.,2017. Nutritional status and functional disability among older people in Galle District.
• DeSilva,K.,Liyanage,C.,Wijesinghe,C.J.,Perera,B.,2017. Correlates of quality of life of older people in Galle District.
• De Silva,K.,Liyanage,C.,Wijesinghe,C.J.,Perera,B .2019. The Association between Nutritional Status and Depressive Symptoms among older people in Galle District Sri Lanka. Proceeding of 51st Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH), Bangkok, Thailand, 20-22 November 2019.

Membership of professional associations

• Sri Lanka Nurse’s Association, Graduate Nurse’s Foundation