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Migration and mental health meeting in Kathmandu
Yesterday (29th December) Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen attended a workshop on ‘Current situation of migration and its impact on Mental health’ in a hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal. This workshop was organised...
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Well-being of Nepal’s migrant workers no longer on global agenda
A few days ago were alerted by ResearchGate that our article ‘Migrant Workers in Qatar: Not just an important topic during the FIFA World Cup‘ has reached 300 reads [1]. We (Padam Simkhada, Pramod...
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New migration paper related to Nepal
On the last day of 2023 the Journal of Health Promotion published the paper ‘Sexual Harassment Among Nepali Non-Migrating Female Partners of International Labor Migrant Men’ [1]. This paper, in an...
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Forum on Post-Federalisation Health System Strengthening
Today and tomorrow our research team is engaged in discussions with those responsible for running the health system at different levels of the new federal system in Nepal. The aim today and tomorrow...
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Latest paper from Federalisation & Health System in Nepal
The sixth paper from our interdisciplinary research team focuses on the effective way we applied participatory policy analysis in a study on the effects on the health system in Nepal. In the research...
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Newspaper coverage in Nepal
One print daily English-language newspaper The Annapurna Express and one online newspaper Gazzabkoo Magazine published articles this week on our project on strengthening the health system in Nepal....
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Labour migration: desperation & exploitation
On my latest trip to Nepal I noticed a number of related newspaper stories about those wanting to migrate abroad for work. Yesterday there was an article with the headline ‘Three held for defrauding...
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Appreciative Inquiry is a creative, collaborative and energising research methodology which focuses on what works and what can be. The BU Appreciative Inquiry Special Interest group would like to share...
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New Nepalese migrant health paper published
New paper on migrant workers from Nepal was published this week in KMC Journal. The paper ‘Risk Perception and Protective Health Measure Regarding COVID-19 among Nepali Labour Migrants’ Returnee from...
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New BU Public Health publication
Yesterday we received the proofs of the recently accepted paper ‘Improved Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Facilities at School and their Effect on Educational Achievement in Basic Level Students in...
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Interdisciplinary Research Teams/ Interdisciplinarist
The Interdisciplinary Research Team not the Interdisciplinarist Worldwide there is a growing interest in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research. This overview paper addresses some of the...
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Collaborative midwifery paper cited 40 times
Two days ago ResearchGate informed us that that the paper ‘Midwifery-led antenatal care models: mapping a systematic review to an evidence-based quality framework to identify key components and...
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Writing some blurb
Publisher Routledge announced the forthcoming edited volume Menstruation in Nepal: Dignity Without Danger, which is edited by Sara Parker, Madhusudan Subedi and Kay Standing. This book examines the...
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Congratulations to Prof. Sara Ashencaen Crabtree
Congratulations to Sara Ashencaen Crabtree, Professor of Social and Cultural Diversity, on the publication of her latest book An Historiography of Women’s Missionary Nursing Through the Lives of Two...
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Appreciative Inquiry Resource
Today we received a copy of the book Appreciating Health and Care in the post. This book has a sub-title ‘A practical appreciative inquiry resource for the health and social care sector’ and refers to...
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New article by BU Social Work academics
Congratulations to Drs. Louise Oliver and Orlanda Harvey who had their latest article published in the British Association of Social Workers magazine. The article is titled: The seven-eyed social...
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New research paper published by PhD student Hina Tariq
PhD student Hina Tariq, currently undertaking the Clinical Academic Doctorate program at the Department of Social Sciences and Social Work (SSSW), published a new paper titled, “The Delphi of ORACLE:...
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BU Social Work in the news!
Earlier this month the BBC website reported on a summit hosted by Bournemouth University which brought leaders in the field to bring an end to gender-based violence. The BBC report was under the...
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It’s only a name…
Yesterday my co-author Dr. Orlanda Harvey received an email from a sociology journal informing her that “The below co-author name is not matching with the separate title page provided and in the...
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Opportunity to get more involved in preparing Social Work and Social Policy...
We are looking to recruit an impact champion in UOA 20 (the Unit of Assessment for Social Work and Social Policy) to help support preparations for our submission to REF2029. The deadline for...
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