A5050610760- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Child and Adolescent Health
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Menstrual Health and Disorders
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Historical and modern epidemiology studies
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
The University of Queensland
2025
Save the Children
2018
Background Chhaupadi is a deeply rooted tradition and centuries-old harmful religio-cultural practice. common in some parts of Karnali Sudurpaschim Provinces western Nepal, where women girls are considered impure, unclean, untouchable the menstrual period or immediately following childbirth. In practice, isolated from range daily household chores, social events forbidden touching other people objects. banishes into menstruation huts’, Chhau huts livestock sheds to live sleep. These practices...
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background</bold> Teenage pregnancy is a global public health burden. Motherhood during adolescence identified as major risk factor for adverse outcomes both the mother and newborn. This paper aims to provide insights into factors associated with teenage in Nepal. <bold>Methods</bold> Data this study were derived from most recent round of Nepal Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) 2022. A total 2,643 women aged 15–19 years included analysis pregnancy, 3,833 pregnant...
Background Nepal has been undergoing demographic and epidemiological transitions, marked by an increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) injuries. These transitions have led to financial implications, including rising out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses. This study reviews synthesizes evidence on the status, issues challenges in health financing system, policies, programs achieve universal coverage (UHC) Nepal. Methods We conducted a scoping review literature Nepal’s programs. A search...
Uptake of family planning (FP) services could prevent many unwanted pregnancies, and unsafe abortions avert maternal deaths. However, women, especially from ethnic religious minorities, have a low practice contraceptives in Nepal. This study examined the knowledge practices modern contraceptive methods among Muslim women Nepal.A cross-sectional was conducted 400 Khajura Rural Municipality Banke district. Data were collected using face to structured interviews. Two outcome variables included...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) adversely affects female reproductive health in different ways. However, the relationship between IPV and abortion has not been adequately examined Nepal. This study is aimed at examining association Nepal.Data for this was derived from Nepal Demographic Health Surveys (NDHS) of 2011 2016. A total 8641 women aged 15-49 years were selected module NDHS The analysis restricted to 2978 who reported least one pregnancy five preceding each survey. Among them, 839...
Background: HIV/AIDS is still a public health challenge because there no cure drug available. Thus, the study was carried out to assess knowledge, attitude and perceptions regarding among postgraduate students of University Pune.Methods: A cross-sectional conducted Pune, Maharashtra, India from July December 2013. total 432 respondents were enrolled in study. The selected using simple random sampling descriptive analysis done KAPs.Results: result shows that all had heard about HIV/AIDS....
Abstract Background Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) often experience early childbearing have poor utilization of reproductive, maternal, neonatal health (RMNH) services in Nepal. Involving men such has been increasingly recognized globally to improve gender-equitable reproductive behaviour husbands. This qualitative study assessed the implementation Healthy Transitions’ male engagement interventions Karnali Province, Nepal which were implemented attitudes, supportive RMNH...
Contraceptive use can prevent unintended pregnancies, early childbearing, and abortion-related deaths. Despite these benefits, the of modern contraceptives remains low among adolescent girls young women (AGYW) in Nepal. To address this gap, Healthy Transitions Project was implemented Karnali Province, Nepal from February 2019 to September 2021. This study aimed at measuring effect Transitions' intervention on improving knowledge family planning methods AGYW Nepal.We used a pre-...
Abstract Introduction Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Nepal have disproportionately poor reproductive maternal health outcomes. In response, Save the Children, government, local partners designed implemented Healthy Transitions for Nepali Youth, a multi-level integrated intervention. The intervention aimed to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn knowledge, attitudes, behaviors among AGYW, address gender attitudes norms four districts of Karnali Province, Nepal. Methods Married...