Krishna C Poudel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4329380 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Krishna C Poudel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Krishna C |
| FAMILY NAME | Poudel |
| SIGNATURE | POUDEL K C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6013-7928 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 40 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Effects of a Brief Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Counseling Among People with HIV Who Smoke Cigarettes in Nepal
BACKGROUND: Despite evidence of the burden of dual use of smokeless tobacco (SLT) and cigarettes among people with HIV (PWH), little effort has been made to test SLT cessation interventions among PWH. We assessed the effects of a brief SLT cessation counseling among PWH in Kathmandu, Nepal. METHODS: Participants included 48 PWH with a history of smoking ≥100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently ≥5 cigarettes/day. Our SLT cessation counselin…
High Interest in the Use of mHealth Platform for HIV Prevention among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Nepal
Social and emotional well-being intervention to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression among Ukrainian refugees resettled in Massachusetts
Background: Mental health problems are high among refugees due to their traumatic experiences of fleeing war and witnessing disasters and deaths due to violence and conflict. Refugees are exposed to various socio-cultural stressors during their migration journey before, during, and after arriving at the host country, which may increase their risk of mental health problems. Strength-based interventions may be beneficial to address their socio-cult…
Suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt among men who have sex with men in Nepal
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at increased risk for suicide, with a much higher prevalence of suicidality than the general population. While there is a growing interest in the identification of risk factors for suicidal behaviors globally, the understanding of the prevalence and risk factors for suicidal behaviors among MSM in the context of low- and middle-income countries is almost non-existent. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate …
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effects of a Video-Based Intervention for Smoking Cessation Among People with HIV in Kathmandu, Nepal
Targeted and Population-Wide Interventions Are Needed to Address the Persistent Burden of Anemia among Women of Reproductive Age in Tanzania
Recent evidence suggests that 44.8% of women of reproductive age (WRA) in Tanzania suffer from anemia. Addressing this public health challenge calls for local evidence of its burden and determinants thereof for policy and tailored interventions. This secondary data analysis used Tanzania Demographic and Health Surveys (TDHS) 2004−2005 and 2015−2016 with a total of 23,203 WRA. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to characterize the bur…
Nurse-Led Mobile Phone Voice Call Reminder and On-Time Antiretroviral Pills Pick-Up in Nepal
The Role of Parental Involvement in Cigarette Smoking among Adolescents in Nepal
Limited studies have examined the role of a parent’s involvement in their child’s daily life as it relates to cigarette smoking among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We examined the role of parental involvement with current smoking among 6,105 adolescents using a nationally representative sample from the 2015– 2016 Global School-based Students Health Survey in Nepal. Using the adolescents’ perceptions of daily parental in…
Mental health promotion among resettled Bhutanese adults in Massachusetts
Family-centred interventions addressing sociocultural and emotional stressors promise to prevent mental health problems among refugees in the United States. Peer-led strategies are highly valued, as they engage communities and promote the sustainability of interventions. We assessed the effects of a peer-led family-centred Social and Emotional Well-being (SEW) intervention on preventive (coping, social networking and conflict resolution) and ment…
Inflammation in Relation to Intensity and Duration of Cigarette Smoking Among People Living with HIV
Examining Reciprocal Effects of Cigarette Smoking, Food Insecurity, and Psychological Distress in the U.S
In the U.S., cigarette smoking is increasingly concentrated in disadvantaged and vulnerable populations, such as populations with lower income and with mental health needs. Food insecurity is linked with psychological distress and is an independent risk factor for smoking. We prospectively examined how cigarette smoking, food insecurity, and psychological distress operate as risk factors for one another in a 2-year longitudinal analysis of U.S. a…
Mental health disorders and substance use among people living with HIV in Nepal
People living with HIV often experience mental health disorders and engage in substance use. Evidence, however, is limited about the influence of mental health disorders and substance use on non-adherence to ART. We conducted a cross-sectional study among 682 HIV-positive people on ART in Nepal. We measured their depressive symptoms, anxiety, stress levels, substance use, and non-adherence to ART. We developed logistic regression models to examin…
Perceived social support, coping, and stigma on the quality of life of people living with HIV in Nepal
Perceived social support, coping strategy, and internalized stigma have been linked with the quality of life (QOL) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). However, little is known about how these psychosocial factors interact with each other and affect QOL. This study incorporated a moderated mediation model to investigate whether coping strategy mediates the relationship between perceived social support and QOL, and to examine whether this mediati…
Caring for perinatally HIV-infected children
Antiretroviral therapy has dramatically improved the survival rate of perinatally HIV-infected children. For them to thrive, it is necessary to understand better their mental health issues. Caregivers play an important role in children's daily care and caregiver mental health may relate to children's mental health. However, this association has rarely been studied. Accordingly, the present study examined the associations between depression of car…
Delays in antiretroviral therapy initiation among HIV-positive individuals
BACKGROUND: Lack of early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) remains a major health concern due to increased risk of premature mortality and further HIV transmission. This study explored CD4+ cell count monitoring in relation to delays in ART initiation among HIV-positive individuals in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, where ART coverage was only 23.7% in 2011. DESIGN: We recruited a total of 87 ART-naïve, HIV-positive individuals aged 18 to …
Undernutrition Among Infants and Children in Nepal
Low knowledge and perceived Hepatitis C risk despite high risk behaviour among injection drug users in Kathmandu, Nepal
Training Sri Lankan public health midwives on intimate partner violence
An IPV training program for PHMs improved identification and assistance of IPV sufferers in Kandy, Sri Lanka. This training program has the potential to improve PHMs' skills in preventing IPV and supporting sufferers in other regions of Sri Lanka. Other developing countries might learn lessons from Sri Lanka's IPV training
Assessment of HIV testing among young methamphetamine users in Muse, Northern Shan State, Myanmar
Predisposing, enabling and need factors were significant contributors affecting uptake of HIV testing among young MA users. Integrating HIV testing into STI treatment programs, alongside general expansion of HIV testing services may be effective in increasing HIV testing uptake among young MA users
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
AIMS: To explore the association between MMORPG addiction and mental health status, and between self-control ability and mental health status among young male MMORPG players in Hanoi, Vietnam. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 10 computer game rooms were randomly selected out of 77 in five communes in Hanoi. From these game rooms, 350 MMORPG players were purposively recruited as a study group, of whom 344 completed the questionnaire. In the…
Acculturation Factors and Metabolic Syndrome Among Japanese-Brazilian Men in Japan
Health-related quality of life, depression, and self-esteem in adolescents with leprosy-affected parents
Adolescents with leprosy-affected parents had higher levels of depressive symptoms, lower levels of self-esteem, and lower HRQOL compared with adolescents whose parents were unaffected by leprosy. Thus, mental health support programs might be necessary for adolescents with leprosy-affected parents, particularly for adolescents where both parents are leprosy-affected. Further studies with larger sample sizes are necessary to draw decisive conclusi…
Better learning in schools to improve attitudes toward abstinence and intentions for safer sex among adolescents in urban Nepal
Our results suggest that students' needs and expectations regarding HIV and sexual health education are not being met through their schools. Moreover, comprehensive information on HIV and sexual health along with increased support and involvement of teachers and parents in sex education might help to improve adolescents' attitudes toward abstinence and intentions for safer sex. Adapting future school-based interventions to incorporate such elemen…
A call for parental monitoring to improve condom use among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
A high level of parental monitoring is associated with more consistent condom use among male students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- many of whom have engaged in high-risk sexual behaviors such as multiple sexual partnerships, concurrent sexual partnerships, and unprotected sexual intercourse in the past one year. Interventions should thus be strengthened to reduce multiple sexual partnerships, concurrent sexual partnerships, and to improve parent…
Receptivity to tobacco marketing and susceptibility to smoking among non-smoking male students in an urban setting in Lao PDR
A significant association was detected between smoking susceptibility and marketing receptivity, which has been little explored in previous research in low-income countries. Owning/being willing to use promotional items was associated with smoking susceptibility only when there is also recognition of marketing messages
Maternal Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Undernutrition Among Children Younger Than 5 Years in Bangladesh
Objectives. We examined the association between maternal experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the risk of undernutrition among children younger than 5 years in Bangladesh. Methods. We used data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. Our analyses were based on the responses of 1851 married women living with at least 1 child younger than 5 years. Exposure was determined from maternal reports of physical and sexual IPV. Ou…
Lack of Occupational Health Research in Nepal
In his article on occupational health research in developing countries, Nuwayhid emphasized that many developing countries need to translate scientific findings into effective actions with regard to occupational health.1 Nuwayhid suggested that to improve the situation, we should focus on social and political contexts first and then address the particularities of the workplaceâ that we should start with the â external-contextual domainâ and move …
Lack of Occupational Health Research in Nepal
In his article on occupational health research in developing countries, Nuwayhid emphasized that many developing countries need to translate scientific findings into effective actions with regard to occupational health.1 Nuwayhid suggested that to improve the situation, we should focus on social and political contexts first and then address the particularities of the workplaceâ that we should start with the â external-contextual domainâ and move …
Availability of childcare support and nutritional status of children of non-working and working mothers in urban Nepal
In many developing countries, poor women have multiple roles, and often their time constraints are so severe that their participation in income-generating activities results in reduced childcare time, which in turn affects child health. Previous studies have tended to investigate how childcare support influences nutrition of children with working mothers' based on comparisons with non-working mothers. However, non-working mothers are not a homoge…
Reaching hard-to-reach migrants by letters
Conflict induced internal displacement in Nepal
Nepal has witnessed a humanitarian crisis since the Maoist conflict began ten years ago. The plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nepal has received little international attention despite being rated one of the worst displacement scenarios in the world. An estimated 200,000 people have been displaced as a result of the conflict, with the far-western districts of Nepal being the worst affected. Internal displacement has stretched the c…
Unsafe Sexual Behaviors among HIV-positive Men in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Health promoting schools in urban, semi-urban and rural Lao PDR
Health promoting school activities have been implemented in developing countries, but their experiences have not been fully shared. Our objective is to explore the differences of health promoting school status in urban, semi-urban and rural areas in Lao PDR. To accomplish this we evaluated 138 schools in three provinces using a checklist developed by the government school health taskforce. We interviewed first through fifth grade pupils, school p…
Influencing factors for seeking HIV voluntary counseling and testing among tuberculosis patients in Cambodia
We explored the factors influencing voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) utilization among tuberculosis patients attending two referral hospitals in Cambodia. We conducted face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. We compared HIV/AIDS knowledge, HIV testing attitudes, risks for exposure to HIV, and AIDS stigma between VCT users and non-users. Compared to VCT non-users, VCT users had significantly higher risks for HIV and were mo…
Role of risk and protective factors in risky sexual behavior among high school students in Cambodia
The findings suggest the importance of considering gender-related differences in the effects of risk and protective factors when designing and implementing prevention programs. In interventions for both male and female adolescents, prevention of substance use and risky sexual behavior should be integrated. For boys, efforts should focus on the reduction of peer delinquency, while, for girls, improvement of family support should be emphasized
Correlates of sharing injection equipment among male injecting drug users in Kathmandu, Nepal
Perceived social support and the psychological well-being of Aids orphans in urban Kenya
Parental deaths due to AIDS seriously affect the psychological well-being of children. Social support may provide an effective resource in the care of vulnerable children in resource-limited settings. However, few studies have examined the relationships between social support and psychological well-being among AIDS orphans. This cross-sectional study was conducted to explore associations between perceived social support (PSS) and the psychologica…
Undernutrition among HIV-positive children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
HIV/AIDS is associated with an increased burden of child underweight status and wasting, even among ART-treated children, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In addition to increasing coverage of ART among HIV-positive children, interventions to ameliorate poor nutrition status may be necessary in this and similar settings. Such interventions should aim at promoting adequate feeding patterns, as well as preventing and treating diarrhea
Physicians are a key to encouraging cessation of smoking among people living with HIV/Aids
Roughly one-third of HIV-positive smokers residing in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, are at the contemplation or preparation stage of smoking behaviour change, with rates significantly higher among those whose physicians have asked about their smoking status during any clinical interaction over the past year. Systematic screening for smoking by physicians during routine HIV care may help to reduce the heavy burden of smoking and smoking-related mor…
Social capital and life satisfaction
The findings suggest the importance of considering an active participation in multiple groups toward the enhancement of the life satisfaction among persons with musculoskeletal impairments. To encourage persons with musculoskeletal impairments to have multiple active memberships, their access to groups should be facilitated and enhanced
Quality of Antenatal Care Services in the Birim North District of Ghana
A call for parental monitoring to improve condom use among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
A high level of parental monitoring is associated with more consistent condom use among male students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- many of whom have engaged in high-risk sexual behaviors such as multiple sexual partnerships, concurrent sexual partnerships, and unprotected sexual intercourse in the past one year. Interventions should thus be strengthened to reduce multiple sexual partnerships, concurrent sexual partnerships, and to improve parent…
Receptivity to tobacco marketing and susceptibility to smoking among non-smoking male students in an urban setting in Lao PDR
A significant association was detected between smoking susceptibility and marketing receptivity, which has been little explored in previous research in low-income countries. Owning/being willing to use promotional items was associated with smoking susceptibility only when there is also recognition of marketing messages
Maternal Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Undernutrition Among Children Younger Than 5 Years in Bangladesh
Objectives. We examined the association between maternal experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the risk of undernutrition among children younger than 5 years in Bangladesh. Methods. We used data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. Our analyses were based on the responses of 1851 married women living with at least 1 child younger than 5 years. Exposure was determined from maternal reports of physical and sexual IPV. Ou…
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
AIMS: To explore the association between MMORPG addiction and mental health status, and between self-control ability and mental health status among young male MMORPG players in Hanoi, Vietnam. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 10 computer game rooms were randomly selected out of 77 in five communes in Hanoi. From these game rooms, 350 MMORPG players were purposively recruited as a study group, of whom 344 completed the questionnaire. In the…
Acculturation Factors and Metabolic Syndrome Among Japanese-Brazilian Men in Japan
Health-related quality of life, depression, and self-esteem in adolescents with leprosy-affected parents
Adolescents with leprosy-affected parents had higher levels of depressive symptoms, lower levels of self-esteem, and lower HRQOL compared with adolescents whose parents were unaffected by leprosy. Thus, mental health support programs might be necessary for adolescents with leprosy-affected parents, particularly for adolescents where both parents are leprosy-affected. Further studies with larger sample sizes are necessary to draw decisive conclusi…
Better learning in schools to improve attitudes toward abstinence and intentions for safer sex among adolescents in urban Nepal
Our results suggest that students' needs and expectations regarding HIV and sexual health education are not being met through their schools. Moreover, comprehensive information on HIV and sexual health along with increased support and involvement of teachers and parents in sex education might help to improve adolescents' attitudes toward abstinence and intentions for safer sex. Adapting future school-based interventions to incorporate such elemen…
Assessment of HIV testing among young methamphetamine users in Muse, Northern Shan State, Myanmar
Predisposing, enabling and need factors were significant contributors affecting uptake of HIV testing among young MA users. Integrating HIV testing into STI treatment programs, alongside general expansion of HIV testing services may be effective in increasing HIV testing uptake among young MA users
Training Sri Lankan public health midwives on intimate partner violence
An IPV training program for PHMs improved identification and assistance of IPV sufferers in Kandy, Sri Lanka. This training program has the potential to improve PHMs' skills in preventing IPV and supporting sufferers in other regions of Sri Lanka. Other developing countries might learn lessons from Sri Lanka's IPV training
Delays in antiretroviral therapy initiation among HIV-positive individuals
BACKGROUND: Lack of early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) remains a major health concern due to increased risk of premature mortality and further HIV transmission. This study explored CD4+ cell count monitoring in relation to delays in ART initiation among HIV-positive individuals in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, where ART coverage was only 23.7% in 2011. DESIGN: We recruited a total of 87 ART-naïve, HIV-positive individuals aged 18 to …
Undernutrition Among Infants and Children in Nepal
Medicine (35 works) · Environmental health (26 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (18 works) · Demography (17 works) · Psychiatry (17 works) · Public health (17 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Family medicine (14 works) · Demography (12 works) · Nursing (12 works)