Research

In addition to consulting services in different research areas, Health Action and Research also conducts independent research of its own. The planned research areas include the following:

mHealth
Mental health
Reproductive health
Maternal and newborn health
Surgery
Infectious diseases
Migrant’s health
Others

Our ongoing research includes

Digital health solutions during COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of current evidence
COVID-19 related information consumption on social media and its impact on mental health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of current evidence
Effectiveness of community-based and home-based health solutions for healthy aging in low- and middle-income countries
Mobile health applications available in Nepal and the assessment using the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS): a systematic review

Core Team’s ongoing research projects

Training participants’ ongoing research projects

Our participants have worked on diverse research areas ranging from COVID-19, NCDs, other infectious diseases, maternal health, diagnostic accuracies, and others.

Most of our participants have been able to successfully submit their research proposals, register their systematic review protocols, and a few have successfully completed their research in 2021.

We strive to enable our participants to independently conduct their own research and use different research related software to improve efficiency.

Publications

Core Team’s Collaborations and Publications

Experiences of COVID-19 patients admitted in a government infectious disease hospital in Nepal and its implications for health system strengthening: A qualitative study https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/comments?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261524
Implementation of cervical cancer prevention and screening at global and national levels: a review of evidence and research gaps https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/NJOG/article/view/49687

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 https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000671

Training participants’ publications

Knowledge, attitude and reported practice regarding donning and doffing of personal protective equipment among frontline healthcare workers against COVID-19 in Nepal: A cross-sectional study https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000066

Effectiveness of low-dose radiation therapy in COVID-19 patients globally: A systematic review https://f1000research.com/articles/11-62
Diagnostic accuracy of antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosis of COVID-19 in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000358