Gatekeeper training for vendors to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural South Asia: a study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial

• Matthew Miller,
• Chris Metcalfe,
• Keith Hawton,
• Nicholas Turner,
• Suneth Agampodi,
• Lizell Bustamante Madsen,
• Michael Eddleston,
• Melissa Pearson,
• Shaluka Jayamanne,
• Flemming Konradsen,
• Manjula Weerasinghe,
• Kalpani Dissanayaka,
• Sandamali Rajapaksha,
• Thilini Agampodi,
• David J Gunnell,
• Simon Parker,
• Jayakody Arachchige Sumith,
• Ayanthi Karunarathne,
• Dilani Rodrigo,
• Dissanayake Abeysinghe,
• Chathuranga Piyasena,
• Rajaratnam Kanapathy,
• Sundaresan Thedchanamoorthy

Affiliations

Matthew Miller

Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard University T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Chris Metcalfe

senior lecturer in medical statistics

Keith Hawton

University of Oxford Oxford, UK

Nicholas Turner

1 Internal Medicine, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Suneth Agampodi

Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka

Lizell Bustamante Madsen

1Section of Global Health, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Michael Eddleston

1Section of Global Health, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Melissa Pearson

2Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics, University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Shaluka Jayamanne

3South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Flemming Konradsen

1Section of Global Health, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Manjula Weerasinghe

Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Kalpani Dissanayaka

Faculty of Medicine, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (SACTRC), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Sandamali Rajapaksha

Faculty of Medicine, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (SACTRC), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Thilini Agampodi

Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka

David J Gunnell

Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Simon Parker

research assistant

Jayakody Arachchige Sumith

Office of the Registrar of Pesticides, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Ayanthi Karunarathne

Tertiary Care Services, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dilani Rodrigo

South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Dissanayake Abeysinghe

South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Chathuranga Piyasena

South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Rajaratnam Kanapathy

South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Sundaresan Thedchanamoorthy

Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health Care Sciences, Eastern University, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka