Rajendra Karkee

Published (research articles)

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1. Thakuri DS, K. C. Singh Y, Karkee R, Khatri RB (2022) Knowledge and practices of modern contraceptives among religious minority (Muslim) women: A cross-sectional study from Southern Nepal. PLOS ONE, 2022, 17(12): e0278899. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278899
2. Khatri, R.B., Durham, J., Karkee, R.et al. High coverage but low quality of maternal and newborn health services in the coverage cascade: who is benefitted and left behind in accessing better quality health services in Nepal?. Reprod Health 19, 163 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-022-01465-z

3. Khatri RB, Karkee R, Durham J et al.Universal coverage of the first antenatal care visit but poor continuity of care across the maternal and newborn health continuum among Nepalese women: analysis of levels and correlates. Global Health 17,141 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00791-4

4. Maharjan N, Tuladhar H, Malla K, Tumbahangphe K, Budhathoki B, Karkee R, Shrestha JR, Merriel A, Manandhar DS. Maternal Near Miss Analysis in Three Hospitals of Nepal: An Assessment Using Three Delays Model. J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2021 Sep 6;19(2):264-269. doi: 10.33314/jnhrc.v19i2.3322. PMID: 34601514.

5. Dahal S, Sah RB, Niraula SR, Karkee R, Chakravartty A. Prevalence and determinants of non-communicable disease risk factors among adult population of Kathmandu. PLOS ONE, 2021, 16(9): e0257037.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257037

6. Acharya K, Subedi RK, Dahal S, Karkee R.  Basic emergency obstetric and newborn care service availability and readiness in Nepal: Analysis of the 2015 Nepal Health Facility Survey. PLOS ONE, 2021, 16(7): e0254561. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0254561

7. Khatri RB, Assefa Y, Protani M,  Karkee R, Durham J. Intersectional (in)equities in contact coverage of maternal and newborn health services in Nepal: Insights from a nationwide cross-sectional household survey. BMC Public Health; 2021 (21):1098. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11142-8

8. Adhikari B, Ghimire A, Jha N, Karkee R, Shrestha A, et al. Factors associated with low back pain among construction workers in Nepal: A cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE 2021, 16(6): e0252564. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252564

9. Karkee R, Tumbahangphe T, Maharjan N, Budhathoki B, Manandhar D. Who are dying and why? A case series study of maternal deaths in Nepal. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e042840. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042840

10. Karkee R, Tumbahangphe T, Morgan A, Maharjan N, Budhathoki B, Manandhar D. Policies and actions to reduce maternal mortality in Nepal: Perspectives of key informants. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters.2021,  29:2, doi: 10.1080/26410397.2021.1907026

11. Magar A, Karkee R, Uprety S, Subedi L, Ghimire A. (2020). Gender preference among pregnant women in Nepal. International Journal of Scientific Reports, 2020, 6 316. DOI: 10.18203/issn.2454-2156.IntJSciRep20203115.

12. Bhattarai K, Karkee R, Ghimire A, Pyakurel P, Sharma P, Adhikari TR, Shrestha R. , A Qualitative Study to Explore Adolescent Girls Belief on Menstruation and Health Seeking Behavior. Biomedical Sciences, 2020, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2020, pp. 31-37. DOI: 10.11648/j.bs.20200602.13

13. Karkee R, Adhikary S, Thapa D, Jha N. A cross-sectional survey of contraceptive use and birth spacing among multiparous women in eastern Nepal. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2020, 32 (2-3): 91-95

14. Khatri, R. B., & Karkee, R. “Social determinants of health affecting utilisation of routine maternity services in Nepal: a narrative review of the evidence.” Reproductive Health Matters, 2018 Nov.

15. Karkee R, Lee AH. “Birth spacing of pregnant women in Nepal: A community-based study.” Front Public Health; 2016, 4:205.

16. Karkee R, Lee AH. “Epidemiology of road traffic injuries in Nepal, 2001-2013: systematic review and secondary data analysis.” BMJ Open, 2016 Apr

17. Khanal V, Karkee R, Lee AH, Binns CW. “Adverse obstetric symptoms and rural-urban difference in cesarean delivery in Rupandehi district, Western Nepal: a cohort study.”  Reprod Health. 2016 Mar

18. Khanal V, Lee AH, Karkee R, Binns CW. “Prevalence and factors associated with prelacteal feeding in Western Nepal.” Women and Birth 2016; 29 (1):12-17.

19. Karkee R, Khanal V. “Postnatal and neonatal care after home birth: a community-based study in Nepal.” Women and Birth, 2016; 29 (3): e39-e43.

20. Khanal V, Lee AH, Karkee R, Binns CW. “Postpartum Breastfeeding Promotion and Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Western Nepal.” Birth, 2015; 42(4):329-336.

21. Khanal V, Brites da Cruz JL, Mishra SR, Karkee R, Lee AH. “Under-utilization of antenatal care services in Timor-Leste: Results from Demographic and Health Survey 2009-2010.”  BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2015; 15(1):211.

22. Khanal V, Scott JA, Lee AH, Karkee R, Binns CW. “Factors associated with Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Western Nepal.” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015; 12 (8): 9562-74

23. Khanal V, Karkee R, Adhikari M, Gavidia T. “Moderate-to-severe anaemia among children aged 6-59 months in Nepal: An analysis from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, 2011.” Clin Epidemiol Glob Health, 2016; 4(2): 57-62

24. Karkee R, Lee AH, Binns CW, Khanal V, Pokharel PK. “Incidence of Low Birthweight in Central Nepal: A Community-Based Prospective Cohort Study.” Matern Child Health J. 2015 19 (1): 1-5.

25. Adhikari M, Khanal V, Karkee R, Gavidia T. “Factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding among Nepalese mothers: further analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, 2011.” Int Breastfeed J, 2014, 9:21.

26. Karkee R, Baral OB, Khanal V, Lee AH. “The role of obstetric knowledge in utilization of delivery service in Nepal.” Health Educ Res, 2014, 29 (6).

27. Karkee R, Lee AH, Khanal V, Binns CW. “A community-based prospective cohort study of exclusive breastfeeding in central Nepal.” BMC Public Health, 2014, 14:927.

28. Karkee R, Lee AH, Khanal V, Binns CW. “Infant feeding information, attitudes and practices: a longitudinal survey in central Nepal.” Int Breastfeed J, 2014, 9:14.

29. Khanal V, Adhikari M, Karkee R.“Low compliance with iron-folate supplementation among postpartum mothers of Nepal: An analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health survey 2011.” J Community Health, 2014, 39 (3):606-613.

30. Khanal V, Lee AH, da Cruz JLNB, Karkee R. “Factors associated with non-utilisation of health service for childbirth in Timor-Leste: evidence from the 2009-2010 Demographic and Health Survey.” BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2014, 14:14.

31. Khanal V, Lee AH, da Cruz JL, Karkee R. “Prelacteal Feeding of Newborns in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste.” J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 2014, 59 (2):162-166.

32. Khanal V, da Cruz JLNB,Karkee R, Lee, AH. “Factors Associated with Exclusive Breastfeeding in Timor-Leste: Findings from Demographic and Health Survey 2009–2010.” Nutrient, 2014, 6 (4):1691-1700.

33. Karkee R, Lee AH, Khanal V, Binns CW. “Initiation of Breastfeeding and Factors Associated with Prelacteal Feeds in Central Nepal.” J Hum Lact, 2014, 30 (3):353-357.

34. Karkee R, Lee AH, Khanal V. “Need factors for utilisation of institutional delivery services in Nepal: an analysis from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, 2011.” BMJ Open 2014; 4:e004372.

35. Khanal V, Gavidia T, Adhikari M, Mishra SR, Karkee R. “Poor Thermal Care Practices among Home Births in Nepal: further Analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011.” PLoS One,2014,9(2)

36. Khanal V, Adhikari M, Karkee R, Gavidia T. “Factors associated with the utilisation of postnatal care services among the mothers of Nepal: analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011.” BMC Women’s Health,2014, 14:19.

37. Khanal V, Sauer K, Karkee R, Zhao Y. “Factors associated with small size at birth in Nepal: further analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011.” BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2014, 14:32.

38. Karkee R, Lee AH, Khanal V, Pokharel PK, Binns CW. “Obstetric complications and cesarean delivery in Nepal.” Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 125 (1):33-36.

39. Khanal V, Bhandari R, Adhikari M, Karkee R, Joshi C. “Utilization of maternal and child health services in western rural Nepal: a cross-sectional community-based study.” Indian Journal of Public Health, 2014, 58 (1): 27-33

40. Karkee R, Lee AH, Pokharel PK. “Women's perception of quality of maternity services: a longitudinal survey in Nepal.”  BMC Pregnancy Childbirth , 2014, 14:45.

41. Karkee R, Lee AH, Binns CW. “Bypassing birth centres for childbirth: an analysis of data from a community-based prospective cohort study in Nepal.” Health Policy Plan. 2015 30 (1) 1-7.

42. Karkee R, Kadariya J. “Choice of health-care facility after introduction of free essential health care services in Nepal.” WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health, 2013; 2 (2):96-100

43. Karkee R, Lee AH, Binns CW. “Why women don't utilise maternity services in Nepal: a literature review.” WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health, 2013, 2(3-4):135-141.

44. Karkee R, Lee AH, Binns CW. “Birth preparedness and skilled attendance at birth in Nepal: Implications for achieving millennium development goal 5.” Midwifery, 2013,29 (10):1206-1210

45. Karkee R, Binns CW, Lee AH. “Determinants of facility delivery after implementation of safer mother programme in Nepal: a prospective cohort study.” BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2013, 13:193.

46. Khanal V, Adhikari M, Karkee R. “Social determinants of poor knowledge on HIV among Nepalese males: findings from National Survey 2011.” J Community Health. 2013, 38(6):1147-56.

47. Khanal V, Bhandari R, Karkee R. “Non medical Interventions for Childhood Diarrhoea Control: Way forward in Nepal.” Kathmandu Univ Med J, 2013; 42(2): 11-16.

48. Karkee R. “How did Nepal Reduce the Maternal Motality? A Result from Analysing the determinants of Maternal Mortality.” J Nepal Med Association, 2012 52 (186): 88-94

49. Khanal V, Joshi C, Neupane D, Karkee R. “Practices and perceptions on contraception acceptance among clients availing safe abortion services in Nepal.” Kathmandu Univ Med J, 2011, 9 (35):179-84

50. Karkee R and Jha N. “Primary Health Care Development: Where is Nepal after 30 years of Alma Ata Declaration?” J Nepal Med Association , 2010, 49(178:178-184.

51. Karkee R, Yadav BK, Chakarwarti A, Shrestha DB. “The Prevalence and Characteristics of Disability in Eastern Nepal.” Kathmandu Univ Med J. 2008,6 (21): 94-97.
52. Karkee R, Shrestha DB. “HIV and Conflict in Nepal: Relation and Strategy for Response.” Kathmandu Univ MedJ,  2006, 4 (3):363-367.

Published (Editorials, perspectives, commentaries)

• Karkee R and Morgan A. Providing maternal health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal. The Lancet Global Health, 2020, August, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30350-8

• Karkee R and Comfort J. “NGOs, foreign aid and development in Nepal.”  Front. Public Health , 2016, 4:177.

• Karkee R. “Globalization, Global Health, and Disaster.” Front. Public Health , 2015, 3:262.

• Karkee R, Comfort J, Alfonso H. “Defining and Developing Global Public Health Course for Public Health Graduates.” Frontiers in Public Health , 2015, 3:166.

• Karkee R. “Institutionalising of Public Health.” J Nepal Health Res Council. 2014, 12 (28):205-207

• Karkee R. “Public health education in South Asia: a basis for structuring a master degree course.” Front Public Health ,2014, 2:88

• Karkee R. “Revitalising of Primary Health Care.” Kathmandu Univ Med J , 2008,6 (3):297-300