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Global community child health (2020)
Journal Article
Ellis, M., & Pant, P. R. (2020). Global community child health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(9), 3331. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093331

This special issue of IJERPH has published a range of studies in this developing field of Global Community Child Health research. A number of manuscripts submitted in response to our invitation describing ‘community-based interventions which impact o... Read More about Global community child health.

Status of drowning in Nepal: A study of central police data (2018)
Journal Article
Sedain, B., & Pant, P. R. (2018). Status of drowning in Nepal: A study of central police data. F1000Research, 7, 576. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.14563.1

Background: Drowning is a serious and mostly preventable injury-related cause of death. Low-and-middle income countries represent 90% of total drowning deaths worldwide. There is lack of epidemiological studies of drowning in Nepal. The aim of this p... Read More about Status of drowning in Nepal: A study of central police data.

Mental health in BME groups with diabetes: an overlooked issue? (2017)
Journal Article
Regmi, P. R., Regmi, P. R., Alloh, F., Pant, P. R., Simkhada, P., & van Teijlingen, E. (2017). Mental health in BME groups with diabetes: an overlooked issue?. Lancet, 389(10072), 904-905. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2817%2930051-X

A recent commentary in The Lancet emphasised the effect of mental health on diabetes. We would particularly like to highlight the mental health issues of black and minority ethnic (BME) populations with diabetes in the UK, owing to the considerably h... Read More about Mental health in BME groups with diabetes: an overlooked issue?.

Usefulness of hospital emergency department records to explore access to injury care in Nepal (2016)
Journal Article
Bhatta, S., Pant, P. R., & Mytton, J. (2016). Usefulness of hospital emergency department records to explore access to injury care in Nepal. International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-016-0120-9

© 2016, Bhatta et al. Background: Injuries are a major public health problem worldwide. Despite increasing morbidity and mortality from injuries in Nepal, it is not recognised in the government’s policy and programmes and few population-based studies... Read More about Usefulness of hospital emergency department records to explore access to injury care in Nepal.

Diabetes prevention and management in South Asia (2016)
Journal Article
Regmi, P., Kurmi, O. P., Aryal, N., Pant, P. R., Banstola, A., Alloh, F., & van Teijlingen, E. (in press). Diabetes prevention and management in South Asia

Background: Globally, the number of people living with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has increased four-fold since 1980. South Asia houses one-fifth of the world’s population living with diabetes, and it was the 8th leading cause of deaths in 2013 for South... Read More about Diabetes prevention and management in South Asia.

Rise and Shine interview with Pusparaj Pant 15 Jun 2016 [with English subtitles] (2016)
Other
Pant, P. R. (2016). Rise and Shine interview with Pusparaj Pant 15 Jun 2016 [with English subtitles]

Rise and Shine interview with Pusparaj Pant (Researcher, University of the West of England) on 15 June 2016. Kantipur Television, Kathmandu, Nepal. This is a Live show aired during the morning news. The interview encompassed many general aspects of c... Read More about Rise and Shine interview with Pusparaj Pant 15 Jun 2016 [with English subtitles].

Implication of air pollution on health effects in Nepal: Lessons from global research (2016)
Journal Article
Kurmi, O. P., Regmi, P., & Pant, P. R. (2016). Implication of air pollution on health effects in Nepal: Lessons from global research. Nepal Journal of Epidemiology, 6(1), 525-527. https://doi.org/10.3126/nje.v6i1.14733

The Nepal Health Research Council and recent National Health Policy of Nepal (2014) have included ‘air pollution’ as a priority research/public health agenda that is guaranteed by the Constitution. There is an urgent need to organise the future polic... Read More about Implication of air pollution on health effects in Nepal: Lessons from global research.

Childhood injury prevention in post-epidemiological transition in Nepal (2016)
Journal Article
Joshi, S. K., & Pant, P. R. (2016). Childhood injury prevention in post-epidemiological transition in Nepal. Kathmandu University medical journal (KUMJ), 14(53), 1-2

Unlike to other disease/conditions, the treatment of injuries may not be the first option to avoid the loss of lives, disability, trauma, and financial burden. It requires considerable efforts to prevention activities. According to the general public... Read More about Childhood injury prevention in post-epidemiological transition in Nepal.

Stipulating citizen's fundamental right to healthcare: Inference from the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nepal 2015 (2015)
Journal Article
Simkhada, P., Regmi, P. R., Pant, P. R., van Teijlingen, E., & Sathian, B. (2015). Stipulating citizen's fundamental right to healthcare: Inference from the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nepal 2015. Nepal Journal of Epidemiology, 5(4), 516-517. https://doi.org/10.3126/nje.v5i4.14257

Nepal has a great opportunity to learn from, and collaborate with, non-governmental development partners and private sectors, and from other governments and organizations around the world, but we must move promptly.

The feasibility of community mobilisation for child injury prevention in rural Nepal: A programme for female community health volunteers (2015)
Journal Article
Pant, P. R., Budhathoki, B., Ellis, M., Manandhar, D., Deave, T., & Mytton, J. (2015). The feasibility of community mobilisation for child injury prevention in rural Nepal: A programme for female community health volunteers. BMC Public Health, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1783-5

© 2015 Pant et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Abstract Background Injuries accounted for 23% of all deaths in children and adolescents in Nepal during 2010 (n = 3,700). Despite this, there is no national death registration or injury surveillance syste... Read More about The feasibility of community mobilisation for child injury prevention in rural Nepal: A programme for female community health volunteers.

Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the makwanpur district of Nepal: A household survey (2015)
Journal Article
Pant, P. R., Towner, E., Ellis, M., Manandhar, D., Pilkington, P., & Mytton, J. (2015). Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the makwanpur district of Nepal: A household survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(12), 15118-15128. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121214967

© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Secondary sources of information indicate that the proportion of child deaths due to injuries is increasing in Nepal. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of unintentional injuries in... Read More about Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the makwanpur district of Nepal: A household survey.

Importance of public health in low- and middle- income countries (2015)
Book Chapter
Pant, P. R., van Teijlingen, E., & Simkhada, P. (2015). Importance of public health in low- and middle- income countries. In K. Vaidya (Ed.), Public Health for the Curious: Why Study Public Health?. Canberra: The Curious Academic Publishing

One might ask you questions on why should we care about health of other people, especially that of other countries? Why should global health matter in courses run in developed countries? Why should global health matter those live in developed countri... Read More about Importance of public health in low- and middle- income countries.

The emerging problems of non-communicable diseases (2015)
Book Chapter
Pant, P. R., GC, V., Simkhada, P., Kirkpatrick, P., & Poobalan, A. (2015). The emerging problems of non-communicable diseases. In S. P. Wasti, P. Simkhada, & E. vaTeijlingen (Eds.), The Dynamics of Health in Nepal (142-168). Kathmandu: Social Science Baha, Himal Books

Injury and its prevention (2015)
Book Chapter
Pant, P. R., & Towner, E. (2015). Injury and its prevention. In S. P. Wasti, P. Simkhada, & E. vanTeijlingen (Eds.), The Dynamics of Health in Nepal (185-205). Social Science Baha, Himal Books

Delivering community based child injury prevention in Nepal: A feasibility study (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Pant, P. R., Ellis, M., Deave, T., & Mytton, J. (2014, February). Delivering community based child injury prevention in Nepal: A feasibility study. Poster presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, The Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare

Aim: To develop and evaluate an educational programme of child injury prevention and first-aid for dissemination through women’s groups in a rural district of Nepal and determine the feasibility of conducting a cluster randomised controlled trial of... Read More about Delivering community based child injury prevention in Nepal: A feasibility study.

Epidemiology, impact and prevention of unintentional child injuries in Makwanpur district of Nepal (2013)
Thesis
Pant, P. R. Epidemiology, impact and prevention of unintentional child injuries in Makwanpur district of Nepal. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/931244

Background: Injury is a major health problem in children throughout the world and its burden is borne particularly in poor countries. Nepal not only has a challenging economic environment but has a uniquely challenging physical environment, which exp... Read More about Epidemiology, impact and prevention of unintentional child injuries in Makwanpur district of Nepal.

Long-term follow-up for mortality and cancer in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D3 and/or calcium (RECORD Trial) (2012)
Journal Article
Marsh, D., Eastell, R., Khaw, K. T., Grant, A. M., McDonald, A. M., MacLennan, G. S., …Wallace, W. A. (2012). Long-term follow-up for mortality and cancer in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D3 and/or calcium (RECORD Trial). Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 97(2), 614-622. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2011-1309

Context: Vitamin D or calcium supplementation may have effects on vascular disease and cancer. Objective: Our objective was to investigate whether vitamin D or calcium supplementation affects mortality, vascular disease, and cancer in older people. D... Read More about Long-term follow-up for mortality and cancer in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D3 and/or calcium (RECORD Trial).