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
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
Research Interests
- Child
- Nepal
- Systematic Reviews
- Income
- Africa South of the Sahara
- Meta-Analysis
- Health
- Malnutrition
- Mothers
- Nigeria
- Mortality
- Parturition
Recent Publications
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
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
2020
Ghattas, H, Acharya, Y, Jamaluddine, Z, Assi, M, El Asmar, K & Jones, AD 2020, 'Child-level double burden of malnutrition in the MENA and LAC regions: Prevalence and social determinants', Maternal and Child Nutrition, vol. 16, no. 2, e12923. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12923
Nepal, P, Schwarz, R, Citrin, D, Thapa, A, Acharya, B, Acharya, Y, Aryal, A, Baum, A, Bhandari, V, Bhatt, L, Bhattarai, D, Choudhury, N, Dangal, B, Dhimal, M, Dhungana, SK, Gauchan, B, Halliday, S, Kalaunee, SP, Kunwar, LB, Maru, D, Nirola, I, Paudel, R, Raut, A, Rayamazi, HJ, Sapkota, S, Schwarz, D, Thapa, P, Thapa, P, Tiwari, A, Tuitui, R, Walter, E & Maru, S 2020, 'Costing analysis of a pilot community health worker program in Rural Nepal', Global health, science and practice, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 239-255. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00393
Acharya, Y, Naz, S, Galway, LP & Jones, AD 2020, 'Deforestation and Household- and Individual-Level Double Burden of Malnutrition in Sub-saharan Africa', Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, vol. 4, 33. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00033
James, N, Lawson, K & Acharya, Y 2020, 'Evidence on result-based financing in maternal and child health in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review', Global Health Research and Policy, vol. 5, no. 1, 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-020-00158-z
Acharya, Y, Luke, N, Naz, S & Sharma, D 2020, 'Exposure to conflict-related violence and nutritional status of children in Iraq', SSM - Population Health, vol. 11, 100585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100585
Acharya, Y, Yang, D & Jones, AD 2021, 'Livestock ownership and anaemia in Sub-Saharan African households', Public Health Nutrition, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 3698-3709. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980020002827
Acharya, Y, Hillemeier, MM, Sznajder, KK & Kjerulff, KH 2021, 'Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills from First Childbirth and Subsequent Childbearing', Women's Health Issues, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 17-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2020.07.007
Peiffer, S, Pelton, M, Keeney, L, Kwon, EG, Ofosu-Okromah, R, Acharya, Y, Chinchilli, VM, Soybel, DI, Oh, JS & Ssentongo, P 2020, 'Risk factors of perioperative mortality from complicated peptic ulcer disease in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ Open Gastroenterology, vol. 7, no. 1, e000350. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2019-000350
Peiffer, S, Pelton, M, Keeney, L, Kwon, EG, Ofosu-Okromah, R, Acharya, Y, Chinchilli, VM, Soybel, DI, Oh, JS & Ssentongo, P 2020, 'Risk factors of perioperative mortality from complicated peptic ulcer disease in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ Open Gastroenterology, vol. 7, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2019-000350