Parental wellbeing, parenting, and child mental health in families with young children in Arghakhanchi, Nepal.

Background: Children's social-emotional development and mental well-being are critical to adult mental health. However, little is known about the mechanisms or factors that contribute to poor child mental health in low- and middle-income countries. Given the lack of child mental health research to guide interventions or social-emotional learning programs and policy planning, the present study aimed to address these knowledge gaps by examining the psychopathology mechanism involved in the development of childhood mental health problems.

Assessing maternal and neonatal near-miss reviews in rural Nepal: an implementation research study to inform scale-up.

Aim: To understand how maternal and neonatal near-miss reviews could be implemented and scaled-up in rural communities through the existing district health system in Nepal.

Methods: Mixed methods with a modified time series evaluation design were used. The World Health Organization maternal and neonatal near-miss criteria used in multicountry surveys were adapted and used to define maternal and neonatal near-miss cases.

Family planning knowledge and practice among people living with HIV in Nepal.

Unsafe sexual behavior is common among the HIV infected. This exposes them to the risks of unintended pregnancy, HIV transmission to uninfected partners and super-infection. Studies on the use of family planning measures among People Living with HIV (PLHIV) are scarce in Nepal.