Yubraj Acharya, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Yubraj Acharya, PhD
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Administration
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
Recent Publications
2025
Lee, YJ, Baughman, R & Acharya, Y 2025, 'Women's Autonomy, Community Effort, and Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Behavior Among Married Women in Nepal', World Medical and Health Policy. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.70008
2024
Luke, N, Acharya, Y, Faytong-Haro, M, Yang, D, Xu, H, Oommen, AM & Rose, W 2024, 'Open Defecation, Livestock Ownership, and Child Nutritional Status in India', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 110, no. 6, pp. 1263-1269. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0405
International Society of Global Health (ISoGH) 2024, 'Setting research priorities for global pandemic preparedness: An international consensus and comparison with ChatGPT’s output', Journal of Global Health, vol. 14, 04054. https://doi.org/10.7189/JOGH.14.04054
2023
Callahan, K, Van Scoy, LJ, Kitko, L, Acharya, Y, Hardy, MA & Hollenbeak, CS 2023, 'Cost-Savings of Do Not Resuscitate Orders Among Elderly Patients With Heart Failure in the United States', American Journal of Medical Quality, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 137-146. https://doi.org/10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000121
Lwin, KS, Koon, AD, Rasanathan, K, Ahsan, A, Erku, D, Mialon, M, Perez-Leon, S, Singh, A, Mirza, Z, Zuleta, M, Adhikari, SR, Acharya, Y, Dao, ST, Rasheed, S, Paul, J & Marten, R 2023, 'Framing health taxes: Learning from low-and middle-income countries', BMJ Global Health, vol. 8, e012955. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012955
Acharya, Y, Karmacharya, V, Paudel, U, Joshi, S, Ghimire, R & Adhikari, SR 2023, 'Perceptions of key stakeholders on taxes on tobacco and alcohol products in Nepal', BMJ Global Health, vol. 8, e012040. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012040
Nepal, P, Subedee, A, Shakya, H, Poudel, S, Joshi, S, Karki, K, Bajracharya, D, Prentiss, T, Kaljee, L & Acharya, Y 2023, 'Protocol for a randomized controlled trial on community education and surveillance on antibiotics use among young children in Nepal', Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, vol. 34, 101177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101177
Callahan, K, Acharya, Y & Hollenbeak, CS 2023, 'The affordable care act and do-not-resuscitate orders: Differences by race and ethnicity', Heart and Lung, vol. 59, pp. 16-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2023.01.009
Callahan, K, Acharya, Y & Hollenbeak, CS 2023, 'Validity of ICD codes to identify do-not-resuscitate orders among older adults with heart failure: A single center study', PloS one, vol. 18, no. 3 March, e0283045. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283045
2022
Ssentongo, P, Oh, JS, Amponsah-Manu, F, Wong, W, Candela, X, Acharya, Y, Ssentongo, AE & Dodge, DG 2022, 'Breast Cancer Survival in Eastern Region of Ghana', Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 10, 880789. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.880789
Eze, P, Lawani, LO, Agu, UJ & Acharya, Y 2022, 'Catastrophic health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 100, no. 5, pp. 337-351J. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.21.287673
Eze, P, Lawani, LO, Agu, UJ, Amara, LU, Okorie, CA & Acharya, Y 2022, 'Factors associated with catastrophic health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review', PloS one, vol. 17, no. 10 October, e0276266. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276266
James, N & Acharya, Y 2022, 'Increasing Health Insurance Enrollment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What Works, What Does Not, and Research Gaps: A Scoping Review', Inquiry (United States), vol. 59. https://doi.org/10.1177/00469580221090396
Acharya, Y & Yang, D 2023, 'Parental disability and children's educational, labor market and marital outcomes: Evidence from Nepal', Disability and Health Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, 101405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101405
Yang, D, Acharya, Y & Liu, X 2022, 'Social health insurance consolidation and urban-rural inequality in utilization and financial risk protection in China', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 308, 115200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115200
Acharya, Y & Yang, D 2022, 'The effect of disability on educational, labor market, and marital outcomes in a low-income context', SSM - Population Health, vol. 19, 101155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101155
Joshi, S & Acharya, Y 2022, 'Women’s extreme seclusion during menstruation and children’s health in Nepal', PLOS Global Public Health, vol. 2, no. 7 July, e0000355. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000355
2021
Eze, P, Agu, SA, Agu, UJ & Acharya, Y 2021, 'Acceptability of mobile-phone reminders for routine childhood vaccination appointments in Nigeria – a systematic review and meta-analysis', BMC health services research, vol. 21, no. 1, 1276. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07296-1
Acharya, Y, James, N, Thapa, R, Naz, S, Shrestha, R & Tamang, S 2021, 'Content of antenatal care and perception about services provided by primary hospitals in Nepal: A convergent mixed methods study', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 33, no. 2, mzab049. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzab049
Acharya, Y, Nepal, P, Yang, D, Karki, K, Bajracharya, D, Prentis, T, Davis, SL & Kaljee, L 2021, 'Economic and social drivers of antibiotic dispensing practices among community pharmacies in Nepal', Tropical Medicine and International Health, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 557-571. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13555
Eze, P, Agu, UJ, Aniebo, CL, Agu, SA, Lawani, LO & Acharya, Y 2021, 'Factors associated with incomplete immunisation in children aged 12-23 months at subnational level, Nigeria: A cross-sectional study', BMJ open, vol. 11, no. 6, e047445. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047445
James, N & Acharya, Y 2021, 'Integrated management of neonatal and childhood illness strategy in Zimbabwe: An evaluation', PLOS Global Public Health, vol. 1, no. 11, e0000046. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000046
Eze, P, Lawani, LO & Acharya, Y 2021, 'Short message service (SMS) reminders for childhood immunisation in low-income and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 7, e005035. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005035
Acharya, Y & Kim, J 2022, 'Targeting Using Differential Incentives: Evidence from a Field Experiment', Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 763-790. https://doi.org/10.1086/713883
Naz, S & Acharya, Y 2021, 'The Effect of Reframing the Goals of Family Planning Programs from Limiting Fertility to Birth Spacing: Evidence from Pakistan', Studies in Family Planning, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 125-142. https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12155
Eze, P, Aniebo, CL, Agu, UJ, Agu, SA & Acharya, Y 2022, 'Validity of maternal recall for estimating childhood vaccination coverage – Evidence from Nigeria', Vaccine, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 28-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.060