PhD Graduate Student
Research Interests: Women’s Health, Migrant Health, Mental Health, Health Disparities, Intersectionality, and Life course
Education:
- M.A. Sociology, Padma Kanya Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- B.A. Sociology and English Literature, Kathmandu Model College, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Publications:
- Mali, S., Rhodes, E. C., Nakarmi, C. S., Shrestha, S., Dhakal, A., Bharati, A., ... & Shrestha, A. (2025). Barriers and facilitators to patient utilization of noncommunicable disease services in primary healthcare facilities in Nepal: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 25(1), 863.
- Bista, B., Mali, S., Mørkrid, K., Dhimal, M., Karmacharya, B. M., & Shrestha, A. (2026). The prevalence and associated factors of uncontrolled blood pressure in a rural community of Nepal: A cross-sectional study. PLOS Global Public Health<, 6(1), e0005301.
- Baral, P., Poudel, L., Bista, B., Mali, S., Baral, N., & Shrestha, A. (2025). Antihypertensive Medication Adherence and Associated Factors among Hypertensive Patients. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 23(01), 158-164.
- Timalsena, D., Nakarmi, C. S., Mali, S., Dhakal, A., Bharati, A., Bishwokarma, A., ... & Shrestha, A. (2025). Factors associated with the adoption of the WHO Package of Essential Non-Communicable Diseases (PEN) Protocol 1 in primary healthcare settings in Nepal: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 15(9), e090923.
- Paneru, B., Karmacharya, A., Makaju, S., Kafle, D., Poudel, L., Mali, S., & Shrestha, A. (2024). Socio-economic factors associated with cancer stigma among apparently healthy women in two selected municipalities Nepal. PLOS One, 19(12), e0301059.
- Mali, P., Poudel, E. N., Mali, S., Poudel, L., & Joshi, S. P. (2021). Depression and its associated factors among elderly people of old age homes and community of Kathmandu district, Nepal: a comparative study. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 8, 1571–1577.
- Shrestha, A., Maharjan, R., Karmacharya, B. M., Bajracharya, Mali, S., & Koju, R. (2021). Health system gaps in cardiovascular disease prevention and management in Nepal. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1), 655.
Presentations:
- Mali S., Shrestha A., Kumar B. N., Mali P. (March, 2023). Implications for the health of young women working in the hospitality sector in urban Nepal. Women's Health Conference 2023, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Mali S., Shrestha S., Rhodes E. C., Nakarmi C. S., Dhakal A., Bharati A., et al. (April, 2022). Patients’ Perspectives on Facilitators and Barriers to Utilise Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Services at the Primary Healthcare Level in Nepal: A Qualitative Study. Eighth National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal