Publications by authors named "Rojana Dhakal"

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  • Breastfeeding intention is a key predictor of breastfeeding practices, and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) helps to understand this relationship by focusing on behavioral intention and its influences.
  • A study involving 325 pregnant women examined both original TPB constructs and additional factors like breastfeeding self-identity and income to see how they affect breastfeeding intention.
  • Results indicated that breastfeeding attitudes, perceived control, and subjective norms significantly impacted intentions, with breastfeeding self-identity and income also contributing importantly to the model's predictions.
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Breast malignancy is the most frequent carcinoma among females across the world and third-most in Nepal. Early diagnosis of breast cancer through breast health awareness and self-examination, in addition to mammography screening, is a highly feasible and useful technique in poorly resourced settings. However, their intentions, whether to modify behaviors or actions, remain debatable and less explained in the literature.

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This study aimed to provide updated evidence on the status of female breast cancer and cancer treatment facilities in Asia, with a special focus on Nepal. This review used search phrases that included, breast neoplasm or cancer, health status, epidemiology, breast cancer survivors, cancer care facilities, Asia, Nepal. Researchers examined databases from January 2011 to December 2020 (PubMed, PMC, Google Scholar, and the reference lists of included papers).

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Objective: Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a comprehensive and important tool for assessment and decision-making in public health and healthcare practice. It is recommended by the WHO and has been applied in practice in many countries, mostly the developed ones. HTA might be an important tool to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), especially beneficial to low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC).

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