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
2019
Prevalence and associated factors of childhood overweight/obesity among primary school children in urban Nepal
Karki A, Shrestha A, Subedi N. Prevalence and associated factors of childhood overweight/obesity among primary school children in urban Nepal. BMC Public Health 2019, 19: 1055. PMID: 31387571, PMCID: PMC6685156, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7406-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood overweight/obesityOverweight/obesityOverweight/obeseChildren of mothersTwo-stage cluster random samplingMale childrenMultivariate logistic regression analysisPrimary school childrenMajor public health concernMethodsA cross-sectional surveyLogistic regression analysisAdverse health consequencesUrban primary school childrenEnergy-dense foodsPublic health concernStructured self-administered questionnaireCross-sectional surveyJunk food consumptionChi-square testSchool childrenSPSS version 21Self-administered questionnaireChildhood overweightParents of childrenAssociated Factors