Diksha Sapkota

Biographic Data

ID6030585
NAMEDiksha Sapkota
GIVEN NAMESDiksha
FAMILY NAMESapkota
SIGNATURESAPKOTA D
AFFILIATIONSGriffith University
ORCID0000-0002-2122-8747
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • What Supports Do Incarcerated Mothers and Their Families Need? The Views of Incarcerated Mothers and Service Providers

    Kim Lockwood, Diksha Sapkota et al.ARTICLEWomen & Criminal Justice2026

    Maternal incarceration causes complex and diverse outcomes, affecting the mother, her family, and her community. Despite this, there are few evidence-based models of support. This paper aims to identify participant’s perspectives in developing a model of support by identifying needs, preferred services, and current barriers. Incarcerated mothers (n = 75) and service providers (n = 24) in Queensland, Australia contributed through workshops. Partic…

  • The intergenerational legacies of research disinvestment, aid retrenchment and transactional compacts on global women’s health

    Open AccessRoxanne Keynejad, Abigail M Hatcher et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Global health funding by the United States government declined precipitously in 2025, triggering a cascade of international disinvestment in women’s health in low and middle-income countries, followed by a new era of ‘America First’ aid policy. Successive budget cuts by other high-income countries compounded the effects of these abrupt policy and geopolitical changes on women’s health, safety, and access to life saving and health assuring prevent…

  • Maternal Experiences of Stressful Life Events and Its Association With Teenage Pregnancy and Preterm Birth

    Open AccessDiksha Sapkota, María Atiénzar-Prieto et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2026

    The role that stressful life events (SLEs) play in the etiology of teenage pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes, including preterm birth (PTB), has been increasingly acknowledged in the literature. However, studies in this area have revealed inconsistent findings, and existing research syntheses have not examined the temporal relationship between major SLEs (i.e., childhood maltreatment, intimate partner violence [IPV], severe mental illness [SMI…

  • Women’s experiences of child protection involvement during pregnancy

    Open AccessRebecca Wren, Salome Meyer et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2026

    Background Growing international concern surrounds the consistently high number of infants removed from their families, with a disproportionate impact on marginalised communities. Objectives The review aims to explore recent literature that highlights the lived experiences of women who have had child protection involvement during. Method A systematic search was conducted across five electronic databases along with citation searches of relevant ar…

  • A Conceptual Framework for Child Well-Being in the Context of Maternal Incarceration

    Open AccessChris A Williams, Corrie Williams et al.ARTICLEChild Indicators Research2026References: 24

    No single conceptual framework currently captures the overall well-being of children experiencing maternal incarceration. To address this gap, we examined whether an existing, population-based child well-being framework, developed by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth’s (ARACY), is able to account for factors known to influence the well-being of children in the context of maternal incarceration. Using a meta-narrative method,…

  • Supporting children of incarcerated mothers

    Open AccessCorrie Williams, Tara Renae Mcgee et al.ARTICLEFamily Relations2025

  • Conceptualizing Domestic Violence Within Clinical Documentation

    Open AccessMaría Atiénzar-Prieto, Shannon Dhollande et al.ARTICLEGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research2024

    Domestic and family violence (DFV) is a global issue with significant impacts on victim-survivors. The emergency department (ED) serves as the initial point of contact for victim-survivors. Given the significant role that clinical notes play in the management of patients and the communication between healthcare professionals, understanding how healthcare practitioners describe and document abuse reported in emergency settings is crucial. Yet, the…

  • Mental Disorders Among Mothers in Contact with the Criminal Justice System

    Open AccessDiksha Sapkota, Susan Dennison et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2024

    This scoping review critically assessed evidence regarding mental disorders among mothers involved with the criminal justice system (CJS) and provided pooled prevalence rates of mental disorders. In total, 27 studies were included in the review, with 23 studies from the United States of America and 26 focused on incarcerated mothers. The findings supported the evidence on substantial burden of mental disorders, among CJS-involved mothers. Several…

  • Timing, frequency, and duration of incarceration and their impact on mental illness

    Open AccessDiksha Sapkota, James Ogilvie et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2024References: 51

    Incarceration is linked to mental illness (MI), but limited evidence exists on the impact of the timing, duration, and frequency of incarceration on the mental health of males and females. Data were drawn from a cohort of 83,049 people registered as born in Queensland in 1983/84 and followed to age 29–31 years. Cox regression analyses were conducted to predict the risk of MI diagnosis post-incarceration (youth detention or adult prison). There we…

  • Navigating pregnancy and early motherhood in prison

    Open AccessDiksha Sapkota, Susan Dennison et al.ARTICLEHealth & Justice2022