2023
Facilitators and barriers to hypertension management in urban Nepal: findings from a qualitative study
Bhattarai S, Bajracharya S, Shrestha A, Skovlund E, Åsvold B, Mjolstad B, Sen A. Facilitators and barriers to hypertension management in urban Nepal: findings from a qualitative study. Open Heart 2023, 10: e002394. PMID: 37899127, PMCID: PMC10618998, DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2023-002394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary healthcare providersHypertension servicesHypertension managementHealthcare providersHypertension patientsHome visitsSocioecological modelCommunity-level barriersUrban NepalFocus group discussionsTreatment measuresControl of hypertensionGender normsHigh blood pressureCommunity health workersMunicipal officialsAspects of careFamily membersDepth interviewsQualitative methodologyPrimary healthcare systemCommunity trustLow-resource countriesQualitative studyAntihypertensive medications
2021
Knowledge, attitude, preventive practices and utilization of cervical cancer screening among women in Nepal: a community-based cross-sectional study
Shrestha AD, Gyawali B, Shrestha A, Shrestha S, Neupane D, Ghimire S, Campbell C, Kallestrup P. Knowledge, attitude, preventive practices and utilization of cervical cancer screening among women in Nepal: a community-based cross-sectional study. European Journal Of Cancer Prevention 2021, 31: 73-81. PMID: 34871200, DOI: 10.1097/cej.0000000000000670.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical cancer screeningCervical cancerPreventive practicesCancer screeningCommunity-based cross-sectional studyCommunity-based cross-sectional surveyCommunity-based educational interventionGlobal public health concernAvailability of screeningUtilization of screeningCross-sectional studyMedian knowledge scoreYears of agePublic health concernCross-sectional surveySystematic random samplingMean ageCancer deathMedian attitude scoreWomen 30Home visitsPractice scoresTreatment servicesKnowledge scoreCancer