Effectiveness of an educational intervention to promote psychosocial well-being of school-going adolescents in Sri Lanka

• Main Authors: Chiranthika Vithana (Author), Ayesha Lokubalasooriya (Author), Ganeshamoorthy Pragasan (Author), Kanchana Lanka Mahagamage (Author), Kumudumalee Nanayakkara (Author), Himali Prasangika Herath (Author), Priyani Karunarathna (Author), Nadeeka Perera (Author), Chithramalee de Silva (Author), Dushyanthi Jayawardene (Author), Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background One-fifth of the Sri Lankan population consists of adolescents, with 71% of them schooling. An extreme need exists in the country for the introduction of evidence-based interventions for the psychosocial well-being of adolescents. The present study assessed the effectiveness of a...