Upskilling nursing students in Nepal: Evaluation of an online education module for promoting respectful maternity care.

Objective: To explore Nepalese nursing student...

Midwifery and nursing students' perceptions of respectful maternity care and witnessing of disrespect and abuse: A comparative study from Nepal and Jordan.

Objectives: To compare Nepalese and Jordanian midwifery and nursing students' perceptions of respectful maternity care (RMC) and witnessing of disrespect and abuse; and determine factors that predict scores on a scale measuring perceptions of RMC.

Design: A descriptive, comparative design was used.

Setting: Recruitment took place from two medical colleges in Nepal and one University in Jordan.

Effectiveness of an online education intervention to enhance student perceptions of Respectful Maternity Care: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Childbearing women's relationship with maternity care providers enhance childbirth outcomes. Students need to understand and offer respectful care.

Objective: Evaluate effectiveness and impact of an online education intervention on nursing students' perceptions towards respectful maternity care during labour and childbirth in Nepal.

Educational interventions to promote respectful maternity care: A mixed-methods systematic review.

Aim: This systematic review critiqued the impact of educational interventions for midwives, nurses, or midwifery/nursing students to enhance respectful maternity care.

Background: Treating women with respect during maternity care has gained considerable global attention. Although research has focused on raising awareness about respectful care among health care professionals, the effectiveness of educational interventions remains uncertain.

Development of a tool to assess students' perceptions of respectful maternity care.

Objectives: To develop and test a tool to measure Bachelor of Nursing students' perceptions towards respectful maternity care in Nepal, a lower-middle income country.

Design: A cross-sectional design was used. Phases of tool development included item generation, expert review for content validity testing, and psychometric testing.

Comparative Study of Chikungunya Only and Chikungunya-Scrub Typhus Coinfection in Children: Findings from a Hospital-Based Observational Study from Central Nepal.

Objectives: Chikungunya and scrub typhus infection are important causes of undifferentiated fever in tropical zones. The clinical manifestations in both conditions are nonspecific and often overlap. This study compares the clinical manifestations and the outcome of chikungunya with chikungunya-scrub typhus coinfection in children.

Quality of measures on respectful and disrespectful maternity care: A systematic review.

This systematic review aimed to critique the process of development and psychometric properties of tools measuring respectful or disrespectful maternity care experienced by women during labor and birth in low- and middle-income countries. The MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, PubMed, and Cochrane Library electronic databases were systematically searched from their inception to February 2020. Methodological quality was assessed using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments checklist.

Clinical profile, complications and outcome of scrub typhus in children: A hospital based observational study in central Nepal.

Background: Scrub typhus, an important cause of unexplained fever, is grossly neglected and often misdiagnosed in low and middle income countries like Nepal. The main aim of this study was to report on the clinical profile and complications of scrub typhus and its outcome in Nepalese children.

Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out in children aged 1-16 years, admitted to a tertiary care hospital of central Nepal in between July 2016- Aug 2017.

Lifetime Experience of Violence in Early Adulthood Female.

Introduction: Despite political commitment and a supportive legal and policy framework, violence against women remains a significant problem in Nepal. Nepal Demographic and Health Survey reported more than one in five women experience violence in lifetime. Three fourth of women who had experienced physical or sexual violence had not sought any help.

Factors Affecting the Place of Delivery among Mothers Residing in Jhorahat VDC, Morang, Nepal.

Background: In Nepal, the maternal mortality ratio is 281 per thousand live births, among which 40% mortality occurs during home delivery. Home delivery increases the risk of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity due to the birth not assisted by skilled attendant. This study was carried out to determine the factors affecting the place of delivery among the mothers residing in Jhorahat VDC, Morang district, Nepal.

Gestational Age Specific Postnatal Growth Curves for Singleton Babies in A Tertiary Hospital of Western Nepal.

Introduction: Measurement of birth weight, crown-heel length, head circumference and chest circumference used to assess the intrauterine growth of a baby vary with altitude, race, gender, socioeconomic status, maternal size, and maternal diseases. The study aimed to construct centile charts for birth weight, crown-heel length and head circumference for new born at different gestational ages in Western Nepal.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study done over a period of 15 months in a tertiary care hospital of Western Nepal.

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Attending a Teaching Hospital, Bharatpur, Chitwan.

To find out the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding cervical cancer screening among women. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from 96 women. Each woman was selected alternately from Gynae Out-Patient Department of Teaching Hospital.