Birth preparedness and complication readiness knowledge, practices and its associated factors among recently delivered women: A cross-sectional study in Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal

Asmita Ghimire; Bipan Bahadur Tiwari; Eak Narayan Poudel; Mamta Chhetri; Devraj Regmi; Laxman Poudel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0340376

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Birth preparedness and complication readiness knowledge, practices and its associated factors among recently delivered women: A cross-sectional study in Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal

Asmita Ghimire ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Asmita Ghimire, Bipan Bahadur Tiwari

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: ghimireasmita570@gmail.com

Current address: Health Section, Chhatradev Rural Municipality, Arghakhachi, Lumbini, Nepal

Affiliation School of Public Health, Chitwan Medical College, Tribhuwan University, Chitwan, Bagmati, Nepal

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9762-8270

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Bipan Bahadur Tiwari ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Asmita Ghimire, Bipan Bahadur Tiwari

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Nepal Development Society, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Bagmati, Nepal

Affiliation School of Public Health, Chitwan Medical College, Tribhuwan University, Chitwan, Bagmati, Nepal
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Eak Narayan Poudel ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

¶‡ ENP, MC, DR and LP also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Public Health, Chitwan Medical College, Tribhuwan University, Chitwan, Bagmati, Nepal
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Mamta Chhetri ,

Roles Methodology, Validation

¶‡ ENP, MC, DR and LP also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Public Health, Chitwan Medical College, Tribhuwan University, Chitwan, Bagmati, Nepal
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Devraj Regmi ,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Validation

¶‡ ENP, MC, DR and LP also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Public Health, Chitwan Medical College, Tribhuwan University, Chitwan, Bagmati, Nepal
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Laxman Poudel

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

¶‡ ENP, MC, DR and LP also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Health Section, Sitganga Municipality, Arghakhachi, Lumbini, Nepal
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Birth preparedness and complication readiness knowledge, practices and its associated factors among recently delivered women: A cross-sectional study in Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal

Asmita Ghimire,
Bipan Bahadur Tiwari,
Eak Narayan Poudel,
Mamta Chhetri,
Devraj Regmi,
Laxman Poudel

Published: January 7, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340376

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