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BU academic visiting Malaysia
Dr. Nirmal Aryal, who is a part-time researcher in the Department of Nursing Sciences, is in Malaysia this week to prepare further migrant-health research collaborations and plans. His trip is part of...
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Positionality in qualitative research
At the online editorial board meeting today [Saturday 29th June] of the Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology I had the pleasure of seeing Bournemouth University’s latest paper ‘The...
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New sociology paper Freedom from Academentia
Congratulations to Laura Favaro, Lecturer in Social Science in the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, who published the paper ‘Let us be free from “ACADEMENTIA”’ this last weekend of June [1]....
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Research capacity building
Last week I attended Bournemouth University’s Research Conference which focused on collaboration and participation. One the many issues discussed that day include international research teams,...
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New Bournemouth University public health paper
The journal PLOS Global Public Health informed us that our paper ‘Exploring the motivations of female community health volunteers in primary healthcare provision in rural Nepal: a qualitative study’...
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Workshop on longitudinal studies in three countries
Today and yesterday (24-25 July) the Global Consortium for Public Health Research (GCPHR) met at the University of Huddersfield in a workshop to plan the multi-country (India, Nepal & Ghana)...
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Research Priorities for Nepal: Planning meeting
Last Friday (July 26) members of the GCPHR (Global Consortium for Public Health Research) held their second Annual Meeting at the University of Huddersfield. This year’s theme was “Research Priority...
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Authorship paper
Our paper ‘Academic authorship: who, why and in what order?‘ [1] has been cited 40 times according to ResearchGate. Paper by Hundley et al. published 2013 We have since updated the information from...
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Sonamoni collaborator recognised for services rendered to water safety
All the members of the Sonamoni team would like to congratulate Dr. Aminur Rahman, the Co-PI of our project for his award this week from HRH Prince Michael of Kent. Dr. Rahman from CIPRB (Centre for...
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New BU women’s health workers’ paper
Today we saw the publication of our latest paper about FCHVs (Female Community Health Volunteers) in Nepal [1]. This paper is Open Access and hence freely available worldwide, to anyone with an...
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School WASH facilities and menstruation in Nepal
Access to safe and sufficient drinking Water, Sanitation, and good Hygiene (WASH) facilities in schools play a crucial role in preventing numerous diseases, improving the learning environment in...
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PLoS ONE paper forthcoming on kidney disease in Nepal’s migrant workers
Our research project on kidney disease in Nepalese migrant workers funded by the Colt Foundation has been accepted for publication this week by PLoS ONE. The paper ‘Exploring lifestyles, work...
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BU PhD student invited to Safety 24 conference in India
Bournemouth University PhD student Md. Shafkat Hossain has been invited to attend the international Safety 2024 conference in India in September. The 15th World Conference on Injury Prevention &...
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The role of a journal editor
Am I getting grumpier or are academic getting lazier? Or both? This morning I had to write an email in my role as one of the editors of The Journal of Asian Midwives to a group of authors somewhere...
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BMJ Global Health Blog online
Today BMJ Global Health posted a blog (read it here!) about our recently publish paper ‘Socio-economic experiences of female community health volunteers matter: insights from Nepal’ which appeared last...
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Paper with a difference
Last night ResearchGate informed us that our paper ‘Understanding health education, health promotion and public health‘ had reached 6,000 reads [1]. This reflective paper in an Open Access journal...
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Reaching 10,000 reads!
Last Sunday ResearchGate informed us that the paper ‘Health facility preparedness of maternal and neonatal health services: a survey in Jumla, Nepal‘ [1] published in the international journal BMC...
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Pregnancy & COVID-19 in UK: New study published
This morning the editor of the Frontiers in Psychiatry emailed us that the paper reporting the findings of the baseline data of a large-scale epidemiological study into pregnancy during COVID-19 in the...
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New BU Social Work publication
Growing international interest in approaches to social work focussing on human growth and development and including each social actor’s real freedoms to act, such as the capabilities approach, has...
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Dementia in Nepal: new publication
Congratulations to Dr. Shanti Farrington, Principal Academic in Psychology, on the publication of her latest paper ‘The impact of cultural practice and policy on dementia care in Nepal’ [1]. This...
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