Sandesh Bhusal

Biographic Data

ID9063916
NAMESandesh Bhusal
GIVEN NAMESSandesh
FAMILY NAMEBhusal
SIGNATUREBHUSAL S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Connecticut
ORCID0000-0002-3060-5823
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Health system barriers to care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex populations in Nepal

    Open AccessKamal Gautam, Kiran Paudel et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2026

  • Patterns of Alcohol Use and Daily Smoking Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Nepal

    Open AccessKiran Paudel, Kamal Gautam et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2025

  • Health literacy and its determinants among school-going children

    Open AccessPrakash Adhikari, Kiran Paudel et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2024

    Limited health literacy is linked to unhealthy behaviors, adverse health outcomes, poor quality of life and financial burdens on society. However, little is known about the level of health literacy, especially among school-going children. This cross-sectional study assesses health literacy levels and their determinants in 354 school children from Kathmandu Metropolitan City, utilizing a multi-stage cluster sampling method. The 10-item Health Lite…

  • Levels of Health Literacy and Associated Factors Among Adults in a Rural Municipality of Nepal

    Open AccessSandhya Niroula, Gaurab Bhattarai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2024

  • Occupational stress and environmental impact among traffic police officers in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

    Open AccessBinita Yadav, Sandesh Bhusal et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Policing is considered an extremely stressful, physically demanding, and mentally challenging occupation. The growing population with an increasing number of vehicles and the harsh working environment has made the work of traffic police even more stressful. This qualitative study aims to examine work and environment-related stressful factors among traffic police officials of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. This qualitative study used a thematic analysis…

  • How positive deviants helped in fighting the early phase of Covid-19 pandemic? A qualitative study exploring the roles of frontline health workers in Nepal

    Open AccessRolina Dhital, M Subedi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Positive deviance is an approach wherein learnings from persons who fare better than their peers under similar circumstances are used to enable behavioral and social change. Such behaviors and solutions are likely affordable, acceptable, sustainable, and fit into the socio-cultural milieu. Despite the wide use of positive deviance in many public health programs and research, it has yet to be used to study frontline workers in the context of COVID…

  • Effect of Covid-19 pandemic on internet gaming disorder among general population

    Open AccessLovin Gopali, Rolina Dhital et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has been rising in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a noticeable shift in the way people interact with technology, which could have further contributed to an increase in IGD. Post-pandemic, the concern for IGD is likely to continue as people have become increasingly reliant on online activities. Our study aimed to assess the prevalence of IGD among the general population globally during the pandemic. R…

  • Sleep quality and its correlates among undergraduate medical students in Nepal

    Open AccessKiran Paudel, Tara Ballav Adhikari et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Poor sleep quality has been found to affect students’ learning abilities, academic performance, and interpersonal relationships. However, little is known about this issue in Nepal. This study aimed to identify the factors associated with poor sleep quality among undergraduate medical students in Nepal. A web-based survey was conducted in March 2021 among 212 undergraduate medical students at the Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal. Sleep qual…

  • Perceived stress, stigma, and social support among Nepali health care workers during Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessLok Mani Giri, Kiran Paudel et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense psychological distress among Health Care Workers (HCWs). HCWs have been stigmatized by people at their workplace and community, fearing that health care workers are the sources of spreading the virus. This study aimed to assess the perceived stress, stigma, and social support of Nepali health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 380 Nepali HCWs. …

  • Health literacy and associated factors among undergraduates

    Open AccessSandesh Bhusal, Rajan Paudel et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2021

    Health literacy is one of the most critical aspects of health promotion. Limited health literacy is also accounted for adverse health outcomes and a huge financial burden on society. However, a gap exists in the level of health literacy, especially among undergraduates. This study aimed to assess the levels of health literacy and its socio-demographic determinants among undergraduate students of Tribhuvan University, Nepal. A web-based cross-sect…