Shanti P Khanal

Biographic Data

ID4219822
NAMEShanti P Khanal
GIVEN NAMESShanti P
FAMILY NAMEKhanal
SIGNATUREKHANAL S P
AFFILIATIONSTribhuvan University
ORCID0000-0001-6001-9502
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Assessing the health literacy needs of school adolescents in Birendranagar Municipality, Surkhet, Nepal

    Open AccessShanti P Khanal, S Khanal et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    Evidence shows that the health literacy (HL) needs of adolescents in Nepal remain to be explored. Therefore, this baseline cross-sectional study aims to examine the HL needs of school adolescents to support the development of an intervention to improve adolescent health literacy. This study included 501 ninth-graders from four community schools in Birendranagar Municipality, Surkhet, Nepal. The Nepali version of the HLS-Child-24-Nep scale was use…

  • The Mid-Day Meal Program and Students’ Learning, Health, and Social Behaviour in Community Schools

    Open AccessDhundi Raj Sharma, Laxman Gnawali et al.ARTICLEDhaulagiri Journal of Sociology…2025

    There is evidence of the impact of the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) program on students’ learning, nutrition, and health. Still, there is no exploration of the perceptions and experiences of community school stakeholders on this issue. This gap led to the research question: how do stakeholders perceive the impact of the MDM program on students' education and health in community schools? This study employed an exploratory qualitative design and worked with …

  • Effectiveness of a school-based health literacy intervention in improving adolescent health literacy and the intention to take health-promoting actions

    Open AccessShanti P Khanal, Chitra Bahadur Budhathoki et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The study revealed that a multicomponent intervention improves adolescent health literacy and health-promoting actions. This study suggests that adolescent health literacy can be enhanced by empowering teachers, parents, and schools through multilevel interventions

  • Adolescents’ understanding of the Nepalese version of HLS-CHILD-Q15

    Open AccessShanti P Khanal, Chitra Bahadur Budhathoki et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    The development of the HLS-Child-Q22-NEP is a significant step in addressing Nepali adolescents' lack of health literacy measurement. Despite its generally positive reception, this study encountered challenges in comprehending the scale, prompting enhancements, and developing the HLS-Child-Q24-NEP. Further research, both qualitative and quantitative, is necessary to evaluate the validity and reliability of the modified items

  • Most Significant Change Approach

    Open AccessMohan K Sharma, Shanti P Khanal et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2024References: 10

    There are many different methods or approaches that can be applied to the evaluation of complex programmes. This paper describes the use of the Most Significant Change (MSC) participatory technique to monitor and evaluate programmatic effects. The MSC is a form of monitoring because it occurs throughout the programme cycle and provides information to manage it. Further, MSC is an evaluation because it provides stories from which programmes' overa…

  • Improving adolescent health literacy through school-based health literacy intervention

    Open AccessShanti P Khanal, Chitra Bahadur Budhathoki et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    This is one of the first studies to explore HL in this group in Nepal. This study will provide the first insights into the overall level of AHL, potential AHL determinants, and the relationship between AHL and the intention to participate in health-promoting activities. The data can then be used to inform health promotion and health literacy initiatives