My name is H. Gunasoma. I am a public health midwife (PHM) in the Nuwara Eliya District, Rikillagaskada MOH (Medical Officer of Health) area. My area of work is Hanguranketha. In this area there was a child of 2 and a half years. As a baby the child’s weight was normal but with time he started to lose weight and became underweight. I asked the mother what was happening. She told me her husband drinks alcohol and because of that …
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“Smokers smell bad… They smell bad every second every minute and every hour…” We taught children about smoking and recited this poem along with them. Thereafter, a child came up to me and told me how his father was hitting his mother. I felt extremely sad and to deviate his mind, I showed him a bird who was flying in the sky. Although I did not immediately attend to this issue, I made sure to bring down his parents to …
“Smokers smell bad… They smell bad every second every minute and every hour…” We made pre-school children recite this poem. Our intention was to implant in their minds that people who smoke smell bad. Our hope was that the children would sing this poem at home which would, in turn, discourage any smokers within the family. One mother of a pre-school child said that when her husband smokes, their son would cover his nose and recite this poem. As the …
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