About the Authors

Roman Shrestha

Contributed equally to this work with: Roman Shrestha, Pramila Karki, Asha Suwal, Michael Copenhaver

Roman.Shrestha@UConn.edu

Affiliations Department of Community Medicine & Health Care, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Pramila Karki

Contributed equally to this work with: Roman Shrestha, Pramila Karki, Asha Suwal, Michael Copenhaver

Affiliations Department of Nursing, Nobel College, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Asha Suwal

Contributed equally to this work with: Roman Shrestha, Pramila Karki, Asha Suwal, Michael Copenhaver

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Nobel College, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Michael Copenhaver

Contributed equally to this work with: Roman Shrestha, Pramila Karki, Asha Suwal, Michael Copenhaver

Affiliations Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS PK AS MC. Performed the experiments: PK AS. Analyzed the data: RS PK AS MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS PK AS MC. Wrote the paper: RS PK AS MC.