Pub Date : 2022-12-12DOI: 10.3126/hprospect.v21i3.49835
P. Simkhada, Edwin Roland van Teijlingen, P. Regmi
This is an editorial only.
这只是一篇社论。
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Pub Date : 2022-07-21DOI: 10.3126/hprospect.v21i2.42907
Orlanda Harvey, Alison Taylor, P. Regmi, Edwin Roland van Teijlingen
Peer review is key in academic publishing, and rejection (or at least being asked to resubmit your paper to the journal), is a not uncommon occurrence. However, receiving such rejection and having to reply to it can be hard for the early-career researcher. In this paper, we first highlight the role of the peer reviewer, followed by some of the less friendly reviewers’ comments to our own submitted papers in four case studies. We conclude with several suggestions of ways to deal with less than positive reviews.
{"title":"Struggling to reply to reviewers: Some advice for novice researchers","authors":"Orlanda Harvey, Alison Taylor, P. Regmi, Edwin Roland van Teijlingen","doi":"10.3126/hprospect.v21i2.42907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v21i2.42907","url":null,"abstract":"Peer review is key in academic publishing, and rejection (or at least being asked to resubmit your paper to the journal), is a not uncommon occurrence. However, receiving such rejection and having to reply to it can be hard for the early-career researcher. \u0000In this paper, we first highlight the role of the peer reviewer, followed by some of the less friendly reviewers’ comments to our own submitted papers in four case studies. We conclude with several suggestions of ways to deal with less than positive reviews.","PeriodicalId":230485,"journal":{"name":"Health Prospect","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114565914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-21DOI: 10.3126/hprospect.v21i2.42738
A. Timilsina, Garima Rijal, Pabitra Neupane, Sajja Singh
Reproductive health care services are fundamental human rights of every individual, which are also stated by various international instruments. Nepal is also part of these international commitments and has reflected its commitment in the nation’s plan, strategy, and programs. Though significant efforts have been made to fulfill and improve the sexual and reproductive health care services in Nepal, women and marginalized communities are still deprived of the services. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the utilization of reproductive health services declined which is aggravating the situation and threatening to reverse the progress made so far. The article reviews the accessibility of comprehensive reproductive health services through the framework of reproductive justice during the COVID-19 in Nepal. Reproductive Justice is not only a framework for liberty for marginalized communities but also ethical guidance for policymakers and service providers.
{"title":"Comprehensive reproductive health care services during COVID19 in Nepal: An ethical analysis through Reproductive Justice Framework","authors":"A. Timilsina, Garima Rijal, Pabitra Neupane, Sajja Singh","doi":"10.3126/hprospect.v21i2.42738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v21i2.42738","url":null,"abstract":"Reproductive health care services are fundamental human rights of every individual, which are also stated by various international instruments. Nepal is also part of these international commitments and has reflected its commitment in the nation’s plan, strategy, and programs. Though significant efforts have been made to fulfill and improve the sexual and reproductive health care services in Nepal, women and marginalized communities are still deprived of the services. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the utilization of reproductive health services declined which is aggravating the situation and threatening to reverse the progress made so far. The article reviews the accessibility of comprehensive reproductive health services through the framework of reproductive justice during the COVID-19 in Nepal. Reproductive Justice is not only a framework for liberty for marginalized communities but also ethical guidance for policymakers and service providers.","PeriodicalId":230485,"journal":{"name":"Health Prospect","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125526564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-21DOI: 10.3126/hprospect.v21i2.41312
Sumina Oli, D. Bhandari, Usha Aryal, Anish Sharma Upreti, Sampurna Kackchapati
Introduction: Tobacco is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing nearly eight million people a year. The problem of smoking among females has not been well addressed in Nepal. The study aims is to identify reasons behind smoking initiation and maintenance from the perspective of female smokers in Nepal.Methods: A qualitative study was conducted among female smokers aged between 18-24 years using focus group discussion and individual interviews in different hotspots for smoking in Kathmandu valley, Nepal. The purposive sampling technique was used. The female smokers who had smoked at least once in the previous seven days and continuously for the previous six months were included in the study. The interviews and discussions were recorded and transcribed before thematic analysis was conducted.Results: Four major themes emerged from analysis -initiation of smoking, smoking behavior, reasons for smoking and beliefs about smoking. All the female smokers started smoking as teenagers, generally out of curiosity and influence from family members. They preferred to smoke in groups and some were forced to smoke by their friends and had smoked against their will until smoking became a habit. Other factors for them to smoke were stress, conflict, peer pressure, fashion and education factors. The participants regarded the sense of release and independence gained from smoking as important and perceived the health risks as slight.Conclusion: The different perspectives on smoking identified in this study suggest that public health interventions should aim to decrease smoking levels by targeting groups rather than individuals, focusing on changing the smoking behavior of families and strengthening the non-smoking policy in public places.
{"title":"Perspectives on Smoking among Female Smokers: A Qualitative Study from Kathmandu, Nepal","authors":"Sumina Oli, D. Bhandari, Usha Aryal, Anish Sharma Upreti, Sampurna Kackchapati","doi":"10.3126/hprospect.v21i2.41312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v21i2.41312","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Tobacco is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing nearly eight million people a year. The problem of smoking among females has not been well addressed in Nepal. The study aims is to identify reasons behind smoking initiation and maintenance from the perspective of female smokers in Nepal.Methods: A qualitative study was conducted among female smokers aged between 18-24 years using focus group discussion and individual interviews in different hotspots for smoking in Kathmandu valley, Nepal. The purposive sampling technique was used. The female smokers who had smoked at least once in the previous seven days and continuously for the previous six months were included in the study. The interviews and discussions were recorded and transcribed before thematic analysis was conducted.Results: Four major themes emerged from analysis -initiation of smoking, smoking behavior, reasons for smoking and beliefs about smoking. All the female smokers started smoking as teenagers, generally out of curiosity and influence from family members. They preferred to smoke in groups and some were forced to smoke by their friends and had smoked against their will until smoking became a habit. Other factors for them to smoke were stress, conflict, peer pressure, fashion and education factors. The participants regarded the sense of release and independence gained from smoking as important and perceived the health risks as slight.Conclusion: The different perspectives on smoking identified in this study suggest that public health interventions should aim to decrease smoking levels by targeting groups rather than individuals, focusing on changing the smoking behavior of families and strengthening the non-smoking policy in public places.","PeriodicalId":230485,"journal":{"name":"Health Prospect","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131109777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-25DOI: 10.3126/hprospect.v21i1.29500
A. Onoja, J. Shaibu, F. Sanni, D. Oguche, Imam Adamu, P. Abiodun, S. Onoja
Backgrounds: Sufficient knowledge of STIs is important in the prevention and control of HIV. This study compares the knowledge and experience of STIs among female sex workers (FSW) in a rural community with and without intervention. Methodology: The study is a quantitative study involving FSW in Bonny Kingdom. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain the demographics, knowledge and symptoms of STI. Data were analysed using SPSS version 25. Results: There were 261 respondents in the pre-intervention and 186 in post-intervention surveys. Knowledge of STIs was 86.6% in the pre-intervention and 97.3% in the post-intervention surveys. Knowledge of STI symptoms in women ranged from 23.7% to 32.5% in pre-intervention and 65.3 to 93.9% in post-intervention. Knowledge of STI symptoms in men ranged from 25.6%-37.9% in pre-intervention and 62.5%-93.8% in the post-intervention. In pre-intervention, 44.7% experienced STI symptoms within 12 months and 9.3% in the last two-months as compared to 6 3.2% and 1.1% in post-intervention survey. Conclusion: This study showed a significant reduction of STI among FSW due to interventions. Intervention is an important tool in the prevention and control of STIs and HIV in rural communities where there are limited and poor health facilities.
{"title":"Knowledge and Experience of STIs Among Female Sexual Workers in an African Rural Community: The Impact of Community-based Interventions","authors":"A. Onoja, J. Shaibu, F. Sanni, D. Oguche, Imam Adamu, P. Abiodun, S. Onoja","doi":"10.3126/hprospect.v21i1.29500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v21i1.29500","url":null,"abstract":"Backgrounds: Sufficient knowledge of STIs is important in the prevention and control of HIV. This study compares the knowledge and experience of STIs among female sex workers (FSW) in a rural community with and without intervention. Methodology: The study is a quantitative study involving FSW in Bonny Kingdom. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain the demographics, knowledge and symptoms of STI. Data were analysed using SPSS version 25. Results: There were 261 respondents in the pre-intervention and 186 in post-intervention surveys. Knowledge of STIs was 86.6% in the pre-intervention and 97.3% in the post-intervention surveys. Knowledge of STI symptoms in women ranged from 23.7% to 32.5% in pre-intervention and 65.3 to 93.9% in post-intervention. Knowledge of STI symptoms in men ranged from 25.6%-37.9% in pre-intervention and 62.5%-93.8% in the post-intervention. In pre-intervention, 44.7% experienced STI symptoms within 12 months and 9.3% in the last two-months as compared to 6 3.2% and 1.1% in post-intervention survey. Conclusion: This study showed a significant reduction of STI among FSW due to interventions. Intervention is an important tool in the prevention and control of STIs and HIV in rural communities where there are limited and poor health facilities.","PeriodicalId":230485,"journal":{"name":"Health Prospect","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124070180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-31DOI: 10.3126/hprospect.v20i1.41210
S. Kakchapati, A. Rijal, S. Kc
Not Applicable
不适用
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Pub Date : 2021-10-25DOI: 10.3126/hprospect.v20i1.37391
Edwin Roland van Teijlingen, Shovita Dhakal Adhikari, P. Regmi, Alexander Van Teijlingen, N. Aryal, S. Panday
The number of scientific articles published each year is rapidly growing and so is the number of academic journals. This makes it impossible for an individual practitioner or researcher to keep track of all research published in their own field or sub-discipline. With the growing amount of publications, it is also becoming more difficult to distinguish between similar papers published on the same topic, in the same journal, or by the same researchers (or research team). This perspective paper could support students and novice researchers, outlines the difference between the unique identifier for: (1) you as the researcher, (2) a specific paper; and (3) a specific journal. This paper further outlines the various numerical identifiers associated with academic publishing to help demystify academic publishing.
{"title":"Publishing, identifiers & metrics: Playing the numbers game","authors":"Edwin Roland van Teijlingen, Shovita Dhakal Adhikari, P. Regmi, Alexander Van Teijlingen, N. Aryal, S. Panday","doi":"10.3126/hprospect.v20i1.37391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v20i1.37391","url":null,"abstract":"The number of scientific articles published each year is rapidly growing and so is the number of academic journals. This makes it impossible for an individual practitioner or researcher to keep track of all research published in their own field or sub-discipline. With the growing amount of publications, it is also becoming more difficult to distinguish between similar papers published on the same topic, in the same journal, or by the same researchers (or research team). This perspective paper could support students and novice researchers, outlines the difference between the unique identifier for: (1) you as the researcher, (2) a specific paper; and (3) a specific journal. This paper further outlines the various numerical identifiers associated with academic publishing to help demystify academic publishing.","PeriodicalId":230485,"journal":{"name":"Health Prospect","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116543597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-27DOI: 10.3126/hprospect.v20i1.38675
N. Aryal, P. Regmi, A. Sedhain, R. Kc, E. Faller, A. Rijal, Edwin Roland van Teijlingen
Not applicable as this is an editorial.
不适用，因为这是一篇社论。
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Pub Date : 2021-06-12DOI: 10.3126/hprospect.v20i1.30211
S. Kakchapati, Sumina Oli, D. Bhandari
Background: The period of youth is the time of major physical changes in the body that precedes psychosocial maturity. The curious mind of youths predisposes them to practice sexual risk behaviors. The aim of this study is to identify the sexual risk behavior and factors associated with sexual behaviors among youths of Nepal. Methodology: This was a retrospective analysis of 6524 youths aged 15-24 years using data obtained from the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey for the year 2016. The outcome was sexual behaviors and the determinants were socio-demographic characteristics and smoking. Statistical analysis was done using chi-square tests to assess statistically significant associations between determinants and outcome. In order to identify the most important determinants with the outcome, significant predictors in the univariate analysis were then included in logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of premarital sex among the youths was 5.2%, nearly half of them were sexually active and 5.5% had multiple sex partners. Variables that were significantly associated with premarital sex in the presence of other variables included male gender (AOR=6.3,95% CI=4.3,13.2) and smoker (AOR=2.4, 95%CI=1.8,3.16). Variables that were significantly associated with recent sexual activity in the presence of other variables included female gender (AOR=1.36,95%CI=1.18,1.58), age group (AOR=8.3,95% CI= 7.3,9.3), rural residence (AOR=1.4, 95% CI=1.26,1.62), illiterate youths (AOR=4.34,95% CI=3.27,5.76), poor wealth index (AOR=0.6, 95% CI=0.5,0.68) and smoker (AOR=3.38,95% CI=2.57,4.46). Variables that were significantly associated with multiple sexual partners in the presence of other variables included male gender (AOR=5.5, 95% CI=2.58,7.05) and smoker (AOR=2.2,95% CI=1.6,3.05). Conclusion: The male and smoker youths were more likely to practice all forms of sexual risk behaviors. This study recommends the need for further studies to understand the factors responsible for sexual risk behavior among youths. Furthermore, it is imperative to provide comprehensive sexuality education for youths.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-26DOI: 10.3126/hprospect.v19i1.27805
A. Timilsina, R. Paudel, A. Shrestha
Background: Pregnancy demands adequate nutritional requirements for foetal growth, good health of pregnant women and to avoid adverse effects during pregnancy. Women from developing countries with limited resources have inadequate consumption of nutritional diets. This paper assesses the nutrient intake and dietary pattern of Nepalese pregnant women compared with recommended nutrient intake. This paper also observes trimester wise nutrient intake among pregnant women in Nepal.Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 323 pregnant women who visited Gynaecology and Obstetrics Out-Patient Department (OPD) at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) for regular Antenatal Care (ANC) check-ups. Systematic random sampling methods were followed and data were collected from September 2016 to October 2016. Nutrient intake was evaluated with a 24-hour dietary recall method and compared with the Nepalese Food Composition Table 2017 for available nutrients. Face-to-face structured interviews were conducted to assess the nutrient intake of the respondents. The data were entered in Microsoft Excel 2007 and statistical analysis was carried out in SPSS v26. The descriptive analysis was done to identify the distribution of socio-demographic variables of pregnant women. The one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to compare the mean of nutrient intake distribution while Tukey’s post-hoc test was done to compare trimester-wise nutrient intakes.Results: Except for fat, the intake of nutrients were below the Nepalese Recommended Nutrient Intake. Carbohydrate and energy intake in the second and third trimester was significantly different from that in the first trimester (p = 0.006 and 0.004 respectively for carbohydrates and p = 0.009 and 0.002 respectively for energy intake). However, riboflavin intake was significantly lower only in the third trimester as compared to the first (p = 0.025) while there were no significant intake differences between the first and second trimester and second and third trimester. No significant trimester wise differences were observed for intake distribution of other nutrients. Cereal intake was found to be abundant in the diet of pregnant women followed by pulses, legumes, and other vegetables.Conclusion: The research concludes inadequate nutrient intake among pregnant women as compared to the national Recommended Nutrient Intake.
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