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State of post-injury first response systems in Nepal—A nationwide survey (2021)
Journal Article
Banstola, A., Smart, G., Raut, R., Ghimire, K. P., Pant, P., Joshi, P., …Mytton, J. (2021). State of post-injury first response systems in Nepal—A nationwide survey. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, Article 607127. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.607127

Injuries account for 9.2% of all deaths and 9.9% of the total disability-adjusted life years in Nepal. To date, there has not been a systematic assessment of the status of first response systems in Nepal. An online survey was cascaded through governm... Read More about State of post-injury first response systems in Nepal—A nationwide survey.

The prevention of‑ and first response to‑ injuries in Nepal: A review of policies and legislation (2021)
Journal Article
Pant, P. R., Mytton, J., Dharel, M. R., Dangi, A., Rai, W. B., & Joshi, S. K. (2021). The prevention of‑ and first response to‑ injuries in Nepal: A review of policies and legislation. Health Research Policy and Systems, 19(1), Article 65. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-021-00686-1

Background: Injuries, the cause of an estimated 4.5 million deaths annually and many more disabilities worldwide each year, are the predictable outcome of particular circumstances. One of the most effective ways to prevent injuries is through policy... Read More about The prevention of‑ and first response to‑ injuries in Nepal: A review of policies and legislation.

Home-related and work-related injuries in Makwanpur district, Nepal: A household survey (2020)
Journal Article
Pant, P. R., Deave, T., Banstola, A., Bhatta, S., Joshi, E., Adhikari, D., …Mytton, J. A. (2021). Home-related and work-related injuries in Makwanpur district, Nepal: A household survey. Injury Prevention, 27(5), 450–455. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043986

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Objective: To describe the epidemiology of home-related and work-related injuries, their mechanisms, inequalities and costs associated with these injuries. Metho... Read More about Home-related and work-related injuries in Makwanpur district, Nepal: A household survey.

Road traffic injuries in Nepal during COVID-19 lockdown (2020)
Journal Article
Sedain, B., & Pant, P. R. (2020). Road traffic injuries in Nepal during COVID-19 lockdown. F1000Research, 9, Article 1209. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26281.3

Background: As the world is busy addressing COVID-19, road traffic injuries, another major cause of deaths is continuously killing people on the roads. In Nepal, there were frequent media reports of occurrences of road crashes, injuries, and deaths d... Read More about Road traffic injuries in Nepal during COVID-19 lockdown.

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.

Burden of injuries in Nepal, 1990–2017: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2020)
Journal Article
Pant, P. R., Banstola, A., Bhatta, S., Mytton, J. A., Acharya, D., Bhattarai, S., …James, S. L. (2020). Burden of injuries in Nepal, 1990–2017: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Injury Prevention, 26(S1), i57–i66. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043309

Background: Nepal is a low-income country undergoing rapid political, economic and social development. To date, there has been little evidence published on the burden of injuries during this period of transition. Methods: The Global Burden of Dise... Read More about Burden of injuries in Nepal, 1990–2017: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Understanding the burden of injuries in Nepal: A systematic review of published studies (2019)
Journal Article
Mytton, J., Bhatta, S., Thorne, M., & Pant, P. (2019). Understanding the burden of injuries in Nepal: A systematic review of published studies. Cogent Medicine, 6(1), Article 1673654. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2019.1673654

Background The population of Nepal are vulnerable to injuries from natural disasters as well as those occurring in the home, at work and on the roads. Aim To collate and synthesise the published literature reporting injuries to people of any age... Read More about Understanding the burden of injuries in Nepal: A systematic review of published studies.

Social autopsy: a potential health-promotion tool for preventing maternal mortality in low-income countries (2018)
Journal Article
Mahato, P. K., Waithaka, E., van Teijlingen, E., Pant, P. R., & Biswas, A. (2018). Social autopsy: a potential health-promotion tool for preventing maternal mortality in low-income countries. WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health, 7(1), 24-28. https://doi.org/10.4103/2224-3151.228424

Despite significant global improvements, maternal mortality in low-income countries remains unacceptably high. Increasing attention in recent years has focused on how social factors, such as family and peer influences, the community context, health s... Read More about Social autopsy: a potential health-promotion tool for preventing maternal mortality in low-income countries.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.