About the Authors

Sepali Guruge

sguruge@ryerson.ca

Affiliation Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Marilyn Ford-Gilboe

Affiliation Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Colleen Varcoe

Affiliation School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vathsala Jayasuriya-Illesinghe

Affiliation Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mahesan Ganesan

Affiliation National Institute of Mental Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sivagurunathan Sivayogan

Affiliation Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Parvathy Kanthasamy

Affiliation Vasantham, Toronto, Canada

Pushparani Shanmugalingam

Affiliation University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Hemamala Vithanarachchi

Affiliation Open University, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SG MFG CV. Formal analysis: SG MFG CV VJI. Funding acquisition: SG MFG CV. Investigation: SG MG SS PK PS HV. Methodology: SG MFG CV PK. Project administration: SG MG SS PK PS HV. Resources: MG SS PS HV. Supervision: SG MFG MG SS PK PS HV. Visualization: SG MFG CV VJI. Writing – original draft: SG MFG CV VJI. Writing – review & editing: SG MFG CV VJI.