Jeevan Thapa
Patan Academy of Health Sciences
20 Papers
9 Citations
Jeevan Thapa is an academic researcher from Patan Academy of Health Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 12 publications. Previous affiliations of Jeevan Thapa include B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences.
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Papers
What motivates open defecation? A qualitative study from a rural setting in Nepal.
Navin Bhatt,Shyam Sundar Budhathoki,Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno,Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno,Gambhir Shrestha,Meika Bhattachan,Jeevan Thapa,Avinash K Sunny,Pawan Upadhyaya,Anup Ghimire,Paras Kumar Pokharel +10 more
TL;DR: The ongoing campaigns to promote latrine construction and its use needs to carefully consider these factors in order to reduce the open defecation practices and increase the use of sanitary latrines.
Trends for Neonatal Deaths in Nepal (2001-2016) to Project Progress Towards the SDG Target in 2030, and Risk Factor Analyses to Focus Action.
Ashish Kc,Anjani Kumar Jha,Mahendra Prasad Shrestha,Hong Zhou,Abhishek Gurung,Jeevan Thapa,Shyam Sundar Budhathoki +6 more
TL;DR: Although neonatal mortality is declining in Nepal, if the current trend continues it will take another 50 years for families in the poorest group to attain the 2030 ENAP target.
Perceptions of family planning services and its key barriers among adolescents and young people in Eastern Nepal: A qualitative study.
Navin Bhatt,Bandana Bhatt,Bandana Neupane,Ashmita Karki,Tribhuwan Bhatta,Jeevan Thapa,Lila Bahadur Basnet,Shyam Sundar Budhathoki +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative explorative study was done among adolescents and young people aged 15-24 years from the Hattimuda village in eastern Nepal to identify the perceptions of and barriers to the use of family planning among youth in Nepal.
Use of the English Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) with Health Science University Students in Nepal: A Validity Testing Study
Shyam Sundar Budhathoki,Melanie Hawkins,Gerald R. Elsworth,Michael T. Fahey,Jeevan Thapa,Sandeepa Karki,Lila Bahadur Basnet,Paras Kumar Pokharel,Richard H. Osborne +8 more
TL;DR: The use of HLQ is seen to be meaningful in Nepal and warrants translation into native Nepali and other dominant local languages with careful consideration of cultural appropriateness using cognitive interviews.
Equity and Coverage in the Continuum of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services in Nepal-Projecting the Estimates on Death Averted Using the LiST Tool
Jeevan Thapa,Shyam Sundar Budhathoki,Rejina Gurung,Prajwal Paudel,Bijay Jha,Anup Ghimire,Johan Wrammert,Ashish Kc +7 more
TL;DR: Nepal has experienced an improvement in the coverage and equity in RMNCH interventions, and reducing inequities will improve coverage for skilled birth attendants and antenatal care and reduce the maternal, neonatal, under-five childhood deaths and stillbirths.