Chitra Bahadur Budhathoki

Biographic Data

ID4509019
NAMEChitra Bahadur Budhathoki
GIVEN NAMESChitra Bahadur
FAMILY NAMEBudhathoki
SIGNATUREBUDHATHOKI C B
AFFILIATIONSTribhuvan University
ORCID0000-0001-9636-0614
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
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…

  • Developing a theory-based health education intervention to prevent adolescent students from smokeless tobacco use

    Open AccessAnil Kumar Mandal, Chitra Bahadur BudhathokiARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Smokeless tobacco is a kind of tobacco that is chewed or sniffed in the forms of khaini, gutkha, pan parag and zarda paan with tobacco constituents. Although these products are harmful to health, over 300 million people worldwide use them. Its use among adolescent students in Nepal is increasing. A theory-based health education intervention is needed to prevent students from consuming smokeless tobacco. Four focus group discussions were conducted…

  • 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

  • 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

  • School gardening activities as contextual scaffolding for learning science

    Kamal Prasad Acharya, Chitra Bahadur Budhathoki et al.ARTICLEEducational Action Research2022

    Literature on school education suggests that teaching and learning science in basic level community schools in Nepal is largely theoretical. Consequently, achievement levels and the understanding of concepts of science is much below policy expectations. This paper builds on a shift from dogmatic lecturing to activity-based pedagogy using school gardening as contextual scaffolding for learning science in community schools in central Nepal. Five fo…

  • Perceptions of Febrile Illness among Local People Living in Malaria Endemic villages in Central Hill Region of Nepal

    Open AccessChitra Bahadur BudhathokiARTICLEDhaulagiri Journal of Sociology…2012References: 7

    Objective of this paper is to explore the perceptions of febrile illness among people living in malaria endemic areas of hill region. Qualitative data were collected from malaria endemic villages in Mahadevesthan VDC of Kavrepalanchok district through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Local people perceive febrile illnesses as common health problem. They classified febrile illnesses into sardi ko jwaro, dokh, lagu/laganiko jwaro an…