Need and scope of global partnership on public health research
(2016)
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Childhood injury prevention in post-epidemiological transition in Nepal (2016)
Journal Article
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.
Rise and Shine interview with Pusparaj Pant 15 Jun 2016 [with English subtitles] (2016)
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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
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.
Stipulating citizen's fundamental right to healthcare: Inference from the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nepal 2015 (2015)
Journal Article
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
© 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)
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© 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
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.
Public health, prevention and health promotion in post-earthquake Nepal (2015)
Journal Article
The emerging problems of non-communicable diseases (2015)
Book Chapter
Injury and its prevention (2015)
Book Chapter
Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the South-East Asia Region: a systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
© 2013, © 2013 Taylor & Francis. All the 11 members of the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) of the World Health Organization are categorised as low- and middle-income countries. This region has over a quarter of the world's total population but compri... Read More about Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the South-East Asia Region: a systematic review.
Community perceptions of unintentional child injuries in Makwanpur district of Nepal: A qualitative study (2014)
Journal Article
Background: In Nepal, childhood unintentional injury is an emerging public health problem but it has not been prioritised on national health agenda. There is lack of literature on community perceptions about child injuries. This study has explored co... Read More about Community perceptions of unintentional child injuries in Makwanpur district of Nepal: A qualitative study.
Delivering community based child injury prevention in Nepal: A feasibility study (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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.
Mobilisation of women’s groups for child injury prevention in Nepal (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Background: Childhood injuries are a neglected problem in Nepal. Injuries were the cause of 13% of deaths occurred to 1-4 year children in Nepal and one-third of all illnesses to children under 18 years caused by injuries. Over half of all injuries t... Read More about Mobilisation of women’s groups for child injury prevention in Nepal.
Use of preventive measures of childhood injuries at household level: Community-based findings from Nepal (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Introduction: Child injuries are a major public health problem in low- and middle- income countries but they are
not recognised at policy or community level. Prevention of injuries is neglected due to lack of awareness. Only a
few community-based s... Read More about Use of preventive measures of childhood injuries at household level: Community-based findings from Nepal.
Community perceptions of childhood injuries and its prevention measures in Nepal: A qualitative study (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Objectives: To gain an in-depth understanding of people’s perception of causes and their concepts of prevention of childhood injuries in Nepal.
Design: A qualitative study using focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews (KIIs). Set... Read More about Community perceptions of childhood injuries and its prevention measures in Nepal: A qualitative study.
Epidemiology, impact and prevention of unintentional child injuries in Makwanpur district of Nepal (2013)
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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.
Learning from the past: Remembering road victims (2012)
Journal Article
Available information about Road traffic crashes in Nepal shows that nearly 1,700 people lost their lives and over 13,000 people sustained injuries in the year 2010. So far, this number corresponds to 5 deaths each day in Nepal. A study conducted by... Read More about Learning from the past: Remembering road victims.
Long-term follow-up for mortality and cancer in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D3 and/or calcium (RECORD Trial) (2012)
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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).