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Yuba Raj Baral holds a PhD in Public Health from the London Metropolitan University, UK and MSc in Health Services and Public Health Research (Public Health) from University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. He has also completed MA in Population Studies from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Dr Baral has been working as the capacity of lecturer in University of Northampton, UK at school of Health Education and Society at the faculty of Public Health. Dr Baral has been involved in teaching MSc public health and supervising PhD students. Before joining Northampton University, he was working as the Associate Professor and Program Coordinator in Master’s in Public Health program (MPH) at MMIHS, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has more than 15 years of experience in teaching and research in public health, coordination, and course management. He has expert knowledge on health services, public health research and health promotion, protection and behaviour change, system strengthening, research project management, health policy and planning. Dr Baral had already led the multiple research projects, and has extensive experience in public health surveillance, project monitoring and evaluation.

Module Lead: Health Promotion and Behaviour Change (NURM 118).

Health Protection and Promotion (NURM 112), Comparative Health System (NURM 107), Epidemiology and Statistics (105), Project Management in Public Health (NURM 117)

Health Promotion and Protection, Maternal and Child Health, Health Services and System Research, Mental Health, Health Equality and Equity, Migration and Health Monitoring, Evaluation and Surveillance, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods.

  • ahi S, Baral YR, & Mishra, D (2023). Internet Gaming Disorder among Undergraduate Health Sciences Students in the Pokhara Valley: a Cross-Sectional Study, International Journal of Occupational Health, and Safety, 13.1
  • Karki A, Karki J, Joshi S, Black M, Rijal B, Basnet S, Makai P, Heckmann AF, Baral YR & Lee, A (2022). Mental Health Risks among Informal Waste Workers in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. 59. doi:10.1177/00469580221128419
  • Baral, YR (2019). Waste Workers and Occupational Health Risks. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 8, 2, 1-3
  • Black, M. Karki J, Lee, A. Makai, P. Baral, YR. Kritsotakis, E. Bernier, A & Astrid Fossier Heckmann, AF (2019). The Health Risks of Informal Waste Workers in the Kathmandu Valley: A cross-sectional survey, Public Health, 166, 10-18
  • Baral, YR.  Skinner, J. & Van Teijlingen, ER. (2018). A qualitative study of women’s experience and perceptions of using skilled birth attendants at the time of childbirth in rural Nepal, Journal of Midwifery Association of Nepal, 1, 1: 40-46, ISSN 2631-1968
  • Baral, YR. Skinner, J. Lyons, K. & Van Teijlingen, E. (2016). The uptake of skilled birth attendants’ services in rural Nepal: A qualitative study, Journal of Asian Midwives, 3, 2:1-20
  • Baral, YR. Lyons, K. Skinner, J. & VanTeijlingen, E. (2012). Maternal health services utilisation in Nepal: Progress in the new millennium? Health Science Journal, 6, 4:618-633.
  • Baral, YR. Lyons, K. Skinner, J. & VanTeijlingen, E. (2010). Determinants of Skilled Birth Attendants for Delivery in Nepal. Kathmandu University Medical Journal, 8, 31:325-332.
  • Simkhada, P. Baral, YR. & Van Teijlingen, E. (2010). Health and Medical Research in Nepal: A Bibliometric Review; Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 22, 492-500.

Book Chapter

  • Rogers, SW. Baral, YR. Sharma, S. & Stephens, J (2015). Customs and beliefs surrounding newborn babies in rural Nepal. The Dynamics of Health in Nepal (Wasti, S. Simkdada, P. & Van Teijlingen, E. Ed). Himal Books, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • GC, V, Aryal, N, Baral YR, Adhikary, P & Wasti, SP (2022). Preparing an Academic Poster. Academic Writing and Publishing in Health and Social Science (Wasti, S. Simkdada, P. & Van Teijlingen, E. Ed). Himal Books, Kathmandu, Nepal

Scientific Report

  • Karki J, Phol, G, Baral YR, Makai P, Black M. Lee A & et al (2019). A qualitative study on Perceptions of risks and risks mitigation strategies in waste workers in Nepal, Medecins Du Monde, France, Phase Nepal & University of Sheffield, UK
  • Karki J, Phol G, Baral YR, Makai P, Black M. Lee A & et al (2018). Health status and occupational risk in informal waste workers in Nepal. Results from a cross sectional study conducted in the Kathmandu valley. Medecins Du Monde, France, Phase Nepal & University of Sheffield UK