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Krishna C. Poudel

Selected Works

2010

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Role Of Risk And Protective Factors In Risky Sexual Behavior Among High School Students In Cambodia, Siyan Yi, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Paula H. Palmer, Songky Yi, Masamine Jimba Aug 2010

Role Of Risk And Protective Factors In Risky Sexual Behavior Among High School Students In Cambodia, Siyan Yi, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Paula H. Palmer, Songky Yi, Masamine Jimba

Krishna C. Poudel

Background
In many developing countries, adolescents have become increasingly prone to engage in habitual risky sexual behavior such as early sexual initiation and unprotected sex. The objective of this study was to identify the operation of risk and protective factors in individual, family, peer, school, and community domains in predicting risky sexual behavior among male and female adolescents in Cambodia.
Methods
From October 2007 to January 2008, we collected data from 1,049 students aged 14 to 20 years. Risky sexual behavior was measured using a scale consisting of four items: sexual intercourse during the past three months, number of sex …

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Assessing The Quality Of Service Of Village Malaria Workers To Strengthen Community-Based Malaria Control In Cambodia, Junko Yasuoka, Krishna C. Poudel, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Chea Nguon, Po Ly, Duong Socheat, Masamine Jimba Apr 2010

Assessing The Quality Of Service Of Village Malaria Workers To Strengthen Community-Based Malaria Control In Cambodia, Junko Yasuoka, Krishna C. Poudel, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Chea Nguon, Po Ly, Duong Socheat, Masamine Jimba

Krishna C. Poudel

Background
Malaria continues to be a major public health problem in remote forested areas in Cambodia. As a national strategy to strengthen community-based malaria control, the Cambodian government has been running the Village Malaria Worker (VMW) project since 2001. This study sought to examine the nature and quality of the VMWs' services.
Methods
Data collection was carried out in February and March 2008 through interviews with one of the two VMWs who takes the lead in malaria control activities in each of the 315 VMW villages (n = 251). The questionnaire addressed 1) the sociodemographic characteristics of VMWs, 2) service …

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Reliability And Validity Of A Nepalese Version Of The Kiddo- Kindl In Adolescents, Nobuko Yamaguchi, Krishna Poudel, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Dipu Shakya, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Masamine Jimba Jan 2010

Reliability And Validity Of A Nepalese Version Of The Kiddo- Kindl In Adolescents, Nobuko Yamaguchi, Krishna Poudel, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Dipu Shakya, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Masamine Jimba

Krishna C. Poudel

The objective of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of a Nepalese version of the Kiddo-KINDL to measure Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in adolescents. We collected data from 204 students between 13 to 16 years old from four secondary schools in Lalitpur district, Nepal. The students answered a Nepalese version of the Kiddo-KINDL and the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) with a selfadministrated questionnaire. We conducted a test-retest study on the instrument at an interval of 10 days and then compared the Kiddo-KINDL scores between the low CES-D score group and the high CES-D score …

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Review: Intimate Partner Violence In Sri Lanka, Achini C. Jayatilleke, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Achala U. Jayatilleke, Masamine Jimba Dec 2009

Review: Intimate Partner Violence In Sri Lanka, Achini C. Jayatilleke, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Achala U. Jayatilleke, Masamine Jimba

Krishna C. Poudel

To describe the current situation of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Sri Lanka, and to propose possible interventions to prevent IPV, we performed a literature survey for articles and reports on IPV in Sri Lanka. Our results suggested that prevalence of IPV is high (40%) in Sri Lanka. Most of the IPV studies were conducted in health care institutions and missed IPV victims who had not attended a health care institution. A common belief in Sri Lanka, even among medical students and police officers is that IPV is a personal matter that outsiders should not intervene. The laws against IPV …

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