Staff Profile
Dr Manisha Singh
Lecturer, Public Health
I am Manisha Singh, a passionate advocate for Public Health with a strong academic foundation and research expertise. Originally from Nepal, I pursued my doctoral studies in Public Health at the University of Huddersfield. I have over 10 years of experience working in the field of Public health including academics, research and project management.
- School – London
- Email – m.singh@yorksj.ac.uk
Research
The focus of my research is maternal mental health and undernutrition in children. However, my research interest expands to general maternal and child health, mental health and digital mental health.
Publications and conferences
Journal articles
- Singh, M., Tiwari, I., Bhandari, D., & Katwal, B. (2019). Postpartum Depression: Prevention strategies in South East Asia and its possibility of replication in Nepal . Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 14(1), 6-18. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njog.v14i1.26621
- Singh, M., Stacey, T., Abayomi, J., & Simkhada, P. (2021). Protocol: Maternal mental health and infant and young child undernutrition: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ open, 11(9).
- Doyle, M. A., Singh, M., McNulty, P., Slavin, S., Smith, M., Walker, H., Khan, W., & Percy-Smith, B. (2024). Developing a web-based app for non-mental health nurses to assess the mental health needs and risks of children and young people. Nursing children and young people,10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1503. https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1503
Newsletter
- Doyle, M. and Singh, M. (2023). Developing a Digital Application for Non-Mental Health Nurses to Assess the Mental Health Needs and Risks of Children and Young People. International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services. Vol 8 (2). https://iafmhs.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Newsletter/IAFMHS%20Newsletter%202023%208(2)%20Spring.pdf
Book chapter
- Gallagher, B., Wager, N., Gall, V., Gilroy, B., Hudspith, L. F., Singh, M., ... & Whitaker, V. (2022). Consensual Aggression and Violence During Sex (‘rough sex’) in the General Population–A Scoping (Literature) Review. In ‘Rough Sex’ and the Criminal Law: Global Perspectives (pp. 9-29). Emerald Publishing Limited.
Conferences
- Doyle, M. and Singh, M. (2023). Developing a web-based application for non-mental health specialists to assess young people in forensic services. The Huddersfield App for Mental Health Assessment: HAMHA. Paper presented to International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, 20 June, Sydney, Australia.
- Singh, M. and Simkhada, P. (2020). Perception of health care providers: A need to introduce maternal mental health screening at Primary Health Care in Nepal. Paper presented to International Conference on Building the Rural Mental Health System, 14-15 July, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.
- Singh, M., Stacey, T., Abayomi, J., Eastburn, S., & Simkhada, P. Stacy (2023). Mothers perception and knowledge in maternal mental health and undernutrition in children: A qualitative study. Paper presented to the Ninth National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal from 11 to 12 April 2023 with the theme "Research for Health: Translating Evidence and Innovation into Actions"
