Dr Shraddha Manandhar

Teaching

I am a Lecturer at York St John University, where I contribute to the MSc Global Healthcare Management and MSc Public Health programs. During my PhD studies, I gained extensive teaching experience, including delivering lectures, supervising students in group seminars, assessing and grading coursework, and mentoring students in MSc and BSc health-related courses.

Modules that I teach:

• MSc Global Healthcare Management: Understanding Healthcare Research; Leadership and Change; Understanding Policy and Strategy; Applied Research Project
• MSc Public Health: .Healthcare Analytics; Applied Research Project

Research

I bring over 12 years of experience in health research, with a primary focus on qualitative methodologies. My expertise includes a range of techniques such as focus groups, in-depth interviews, and creative elicitation methods, including social mapping, photovoice, and wealth-ranking exercises. I have contributed to approximately 20 qualitative research projects across eight institutions in Nepal, the UK, and Thailand.

In addition to qualitative research, I have extensive experience in quantitative research, conducting advanced statistical analyses such as logistic and linear regression. My work also includes systematic literature reviews. I have led numerous research training sessions on topics such as coding and analysis in NVIVO, qualitative data collection methods, and research ethics.

Moreover, I have authored 15 research manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals and presented findings at more than a dozen national and international conferences and seminars in Nepal, the UK, and Australia.

Publications

Journal Articles

Eissler, S., Manandhar, S., Sah, K., Neupane, B., Rana, P.P. and Garn, K., 2024. A qualitative study of Suaahara II influence on nutrition governance in Nepal. Maternal & Child Nutrition, p.e13659.

Manandhar, S., Simkhada, P., Brown, P., & van Teijlingen, E. (2023). Impact of Men’s Labour Migration on Non-migrating Spouses’ Health: A Systematic Review. Qeois.

Manandhar, S., Adhikari, R.P., Acharya, A., Pollifrone, M.M., Nepali, L.B., Darji, P., Dangal, N.R., Rana, P.P. and Cunningham, K., 2022. Health Mothers’ Groups in Nepal: Barriers, Facilitators and Recommendations. Current Developments in Nutrition.

Rawal, L.B., Sun, Y., Dahal, P.K., Baral, S.C., Khanal, S., Arjyal, A., Manandhar, S. and Abdullah, A.S., 2022. Engaging Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) for cardiovascular diseases risk screening in Nepal. Plos one, 17(1), p.e0261518.

Ensor, T., Bhattarai, R., Manandhar, S., Poudel, A.N., Dhungel, R., Baral, S., Hicks, J.P., Thomson, D. and Elsey, H., 2020. From Rags to Riches: Assessing poverty and vulnerability in urban Nepal. PloS one, 15(2), p.e0226646.

Thomson, D.R., Bhattarai, R., Khanal, S., Manandhar, S., Dhungel, R., Gajurel, S., Hicks, J.P., Duc, D.M., Ferdoush, J., Ferdous, T. and Urmy, N.J., 2020. Addressing Unintentional Exclusion of Vulnerable and Mobile Households in Traditional Surveys in Kathmandu, Dhaka, and Hanoi: a Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study. Journal of Urban Health, pp.1-19.

Shrestha, R.M., Schreinemachers, P., Nyangmi, M.G., Sah, M., Phuong, J., Manandhar, S. and Yang, R.Y., 2020. Home-grown school feeding: assessment of a pilot program in Nepal. BMC public health, 20(1), p.28.

Pollifrone, M.M., Cunningham, K., Pandey Rana, P., Philbin, M.M., Manandhar, S., Lamsal, K.P., Mandal, R.N. and Deuja, V., 2020. Barriers and facilitators to growth monitoring and promotion in Nepal: Household, health worker and female community health volunteer perceptions. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 16(4), p.e12999.

Zhang, Z., Cunningham, K., Adhikari, R.P., Yogi, S., Manandhar, S., Rana, P.P. and Paxton, A., 2020. Maternal Decision-Making Input and Health-Seeking Behaviors Between Pregnancy and the Child’s Second Birthday: A Cross-Sectional Study in Nepal. Maternal and child health journal, 24(9), pp.1121-1129.

Manandhar, S., Shrestha, P., Neupane, B.R., Acharya, S.N., Chand, H.B. and Rana, P.P., 2020. Municipal budget allocation and utilization for nutrition in Nepal. Field Exchange 62, p.44.

Acharya, A., Cunningham, K., Manandhar, S., Shrestha, N., Chen, M. and Weissman, A., 2020. Exploring the Use of Mobile Health to Improve Community-Based Health and Nutrition Service Utilization in the Hills of Nepal: Qualitative Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(9), p.e17659.

Thomson, D., Bhattarai, R., Khanal, S., Manandhar, S., Dhungel, R., Gajurel, S., Hicks, J.P., Duc, D.M., Ferdoush, J., Ferdous, T. and Urmy, N.J., 2019. Feasibility of Innovative Tools and Methods to Improve Household Surveys in Complex Urban Settings: Multiple Methods Analysis of the Surveys for Urban Equity (SUE) Study in Kathmandu, Dhaka, and Hanoi.

Cunningham, K., Suresh, S., Kjeldsberg, C., Sapkota, F., Shakya, N. and Manandhar, S., 2019. From didactic to personalized health and nutrition counselling: A mixed‐methods review of the GALIDRAA approach in Nepal. Maternal & child nutrition, 15(2), p.e12681.

Elsey, H., Poudel, A.N., Ensor, T., Mirzoev, T., Newell, J.N., Hicks, J.P., Cartwright, C., Wong, D., Tait, C., Baral, S. and Bhattarai, R., 2018. Improving household surveys and use of data to address health inequities in three Asian cities: protocol for the Surveys for Urban Equity (SUE) mixed methods and feasibility study. BMJ open, 8(11).

Elsey, H., Khanal, S., Manandhar, S., Sah, D., Baral, S.C., Siddiqi, K. and Newell, J.N., 2015. Understanding implementation and feasibility of tobacco cessation in routine primary care in Nepal: a mixed methods study. Implementation Science, 11(1), p.104.

Conference Presentations

Manandhar, S., Simkhada, P., Brown, P. and Teijlingen, E. (2024) Exploring marital relationships of left-behind wives of international labour migrants from Nepal: A mixed-methods study​. PGR Engage Conference, University of Huddersfield, UK

Manandhar, S., Simkhada, P., Brown, P. and Teijlingen, E. (2022) ​Impact on non-migrating spouses of international migrant workers from Nepal: A mixed-methods study (Oral). Britain Nepal Academic Conference, Oxford, UK

Manandhar, S. (2020) Data use to design and manage an SMS campaign for nutrition behavior change. Micronutrient Forum 5th Global Conference 2020: CONNECTED (online)

Manandhar, S., Shrestha, P., Acharya, S.N., Neupane, B., Chand, H.B., Pandey, P., Cunningham, K. (2019) Assessing municipal resource allocation and utilisation for nutrition. 7th Annual Scientific Symposium, Kathmandu, Nepal

Manandhar, S., Cunningham, K., Twombly, B. Neupane, B., Suwal, R., Shrestha, K., Lamsal, K.P., and Pandey, P. (2018) Linking agriculture, nutrition and WASH: Exposure and knowledge among health workers and FCHVs in Nepal. 6th Annual Scientific Symposium, Kathmandu, Nepal

Seminars

Manandhar, S., Simkhada, P., Brown, P. and Teijlingen, E. (2023) Exploring marital relationships of left-behind wives of international labour migrants from Nepal: A mixed-methods study​. Australian National University, Canberra Australia

Manandhar, S., Simkhada, P., Brown, P. and Teijlingen, E. (2024) Exploring marital relationships of left-behind wives of international labour migrants from Nepal: A mixed-methods study​. University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Professional activities

I have delivered presentations at national, international, and institutional conferences and actively contribute to the academic community by serving as a peer reviewer for esteemed research journals.