DrPratibha Bhandari

Dr Pratibha Bhandari is a full-time Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney. She has formerly worked as a nurse, academic and researcher in various countries over the past 20 years. Her research areas include chronic illness focusing on health promotion, risk factor modification, disease prevention, management, and the use of m-health to decrease disease risk factors. She is interested in using mixed method research design to elucidate how cultural, social, psychological, geographical and physical factors affect the health management and decision-making process in high-risk groups.