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Prison, violence, and conflict
Prison health situation and health rights of young people incarcerated in sub-Saharan African prisons and detention centres: a scoping review of extant literature
Treatment and special protection of the rights of incarcerated young people in prisons are mandated under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), as well as under United Nations (UN) human rights instruments.BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:17Published on: 22 May 2019‘Mankind owes to the child the best that it has to give’: prison conditions and the health situation and rights of children incarcerated with their mothers in sub-Saharan African prisons
In recent times, sub-Saharan African (SSA) prisons have seen a substantial increase in women prisoners, including those incarcerated with children.BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:13Published on: 5 March 2019Words matter: a call for humanizing and respectful language to describe people who experience incarceration
Words matter when describing people involved in the criminal justice system because language can have a significant impact upon health, wellbeing, and access to health information and services. However, termin...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:41Published on: 16 November 2018Supporting ALL victims of violence, abuse, neglect or exploitation: guidance for health providers
Smaller groups of victims of violence, abuse, neglect or exploitation – such as male victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), victims of elder abuse, victims of abuse by carers, victims of parent abuse, vic...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:39Published on: 19 October 2018Life after conflict-related amputation trauma: a clinical study from the Gaza Strip
More than 17.000 Palestinians were injured during different Israeli military incursions on the Gaza Strip from 2006 to 2014. Many suffered traumatic extremity amputations. We describe the injuries, complicatio...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:34Published on: 31 August 2018Contemporary women prisoners health experiences, unique prison health care needs and health care outcomes in sub Saharan Africa: a scoping review of extant literature.
Sub Saharan African (SSA) prisons have seen a substantial increase in women prisoners in recent years. Despite this increase, women prisoners constitute a minority in male dominated prison environments, and th...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:31Published on: 6 August 2018Does exposure to interparental violence increase women’s risk of intimate partner violence? Evidence from Nigeria demographic and health survey
Exposure to interparental violence (EIPV) has been identified as a risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV). However, studies in Nigeria have rarely and specifically examined exposure to interparental v...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:1Published on: 11 January 2018Human rights and mental health in post-apartheid South Africa: lessons from health care professionals working with suicidal inmates in the prison system
During the era of apartheid in South Africa, a number of mental health professionals were vocal about the need for socio-economic and political reform. They described the deleterious psychological and social i...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:29Published on: 12 October 2017Sexual violence against female university students in Ethiopia
Though many women are suffering the consequences of sexual violence, only few victims speak out as it is sensitive and prone to stigma. This lack of data made it difficult to get full picture of the problem an...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:19Published on: 24 July 2017Wife beating refusal among women of reproductive age in urban and rural Ethiopia
Wife beating is the most common and widespread form of intimate partner violence in Ethiopia. It results in countless severe health, socio-economic and psychological problems and has contributed to the violati...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:6Published on: 16 March 2017Sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in settings affected by armed conflicts in Africa, Asia and the Middle East: systematic review
Sex trafficking and sexual exploitation has been widely reported, especially in conflict-affected settings, which appear to increase women’s and children’s vulnerabilities to these extreme abuses.BMC International Health and Human Rights 2016 16:34Published on: 28 December 2016Assessment of prison life of persons with disability in Ghana
Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are a unique group that are often overlooked in many developing countries due to systemic weaknesses, lack of political commitment and inadequate support from government and no...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2016 16:20Published on: 8 August 2016War trauma and torture experiences reported during public health screening of newly resettled Karen refugees: a qualitative study
Karen refugees have suffered traumatic experiences that affect their physical and mental health in resettlement. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends assessing traumatic hist...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2015 15:8Published on: 8 April 2015Perceptions of the effects of armed conflict on maternal and reproductive health services and outcomes in Burundi and Northern Uganda: a qualitative study
Armed conflict potentially poses serious challenges to access and quality of maternal and reproductive health (MRH) services, resulting in increased maternal morbidity and mortality. The effects of armed confl...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2015 15:7Published on: 3 April 2015Cross-sectional dietary deficiencies among a prison population in Papua New Guinea
To investigate the dietary adequacy of prisoners of Beon Prison, Madang, Papua New Guinea in response to a report of possible nutritional deficiency.BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:21Published on: 22 April 2013Pain when walking: individual sensory profiles in the foot soles of torture victims - a controlled study using quantitative sensory testing
With quantitative sensory testing (QST) we recently found no differences in sensory function of the foot soles between groups of torture victims with or without exposure to falanga (beatings under the feet). C...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2012 12:40Published on: 31 December 2012
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