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Perceptions of brazilian nursing faculty members regarding literacy of human rights related to health in nursing undergraduate programs
In the context of global health, the work of nurses is of key importance, given their role as diplomats in global health and as fundamental forces in the construction of global partnerships. This study seeks t...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:27Published on: 28 August 2019Studying the impoverishing effects of procuring medicines: a national study
One of the main treatment procedures is through medicine prescription. Considering the rising burden of drug costs, we conducted this study to estimate the impoverishing effects of medicine on Iranian households.BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:23Published on: 31 July 2019Current care for victims of sexual violence and future sexual assault care centres in Belgium: the perspective of victims
Sexual violence is a global health problem. After ratifying the Convention of Istanbul in 2016, this Belgian study was set up to map the perspective of victims of rape on the current sexual violence care provi...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:21Published on: 27 June 2019Quality of health care for refugees – a systematic review
The aim of this systematic review was to identify quality indicators (QI) developed for health care for refugees.BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:20Published on: 13 June 2019The recovery experience of people who were sex trafficked: the thwarted journey towards goal pursuit
In 2010, a shelter programme was established in the Netherlands to provide social and health services for trafficked people. This article describes how service users in this programme conceptualized and experi...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:3Published on: 22 January 2019HIV prevention: mapping Mozambican people’s views on the acceptability of the widow’s sexual cleansing ritual called pita-kufa
In Mozambique, the widow is traditionally required to undergo a cleansing ritual called pita-kufa, which generally involves several sessions of unprotected sexual intercourse with the brother of her deceased husb...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:37Published on: 20 September 2018Missing knowledge of gendered power relations among non-governmental organisations doing right to health work: a case study from South Africa
Despite 20 years of democracy, South Africa still suffers from profound health inequalities. Gender roles and norms are associated with individuals’ vulnerability that lead to ill-health. For instance, gender ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:33Published on: 30 August 2018Health expenditure, child and maternal mortality nexus: a comparative global analysis
This paper provides empirical evidence on how the relationship between health expenditure and health outcomes varies across countries at different income levels.BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:29Published on: 16 July 2018Determinants and perceptions of the utilization of tetanus toxoid immunization among reproductive-age women in Dukem Town, Eastern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
Maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) is still the major public health problem in about 25 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia. However, the utilization of intervention strategies, like tetanus toxoid (TT) immu...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:27Published on: 28 June 2018Language interpretation conditions and boundaries in multilingual and multicultural emergency healthcare
With an increasing migrant population globally the need to organize interpreting service arises in emergency healthcare to deliver equitable high-quality care. The aims of this study were to describe interpret...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:23Published on: 5 June 2018Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of under-five mortality in Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a matched case control study
Despite global declaration of the right to life as a fundamental human right and substantial progress in reducing childhood mortality, unacceptably high number of children still die before their fifth birthday...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:14Published on: 27 February 2018Adolescents’ reproductive health knowledge, choices and factors affecting reproductive health choices: a qualitative study in the West Gonja District in Northern region, Ghana
In Ghana, adolescents constitute about a quarter of the total population. These adolescents make reproductive health decisions and choices based on their knowledge and the availability of such choices. These r...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:6Published on: 24 January 2018The HIV self-testing debate: where do we stand?
Emphasis on HIV testing as a gateway to prevention, treatment and care has grown tremendously over the past decade. In turn, this emphasis on testing has created a demand for new policies, programs, and techno...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:5Published on: 18 January 2018Should community health workers offer support healthcare services to survivors of sexual violence? a systematic review
Sexual violence is widespread, yet relatively few survivors receive healthcare or complete treatment. In low and middle-income countries, community health workers (CHWs) have the potential to provide support s...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:28Published on: 12 October 2017“It is good to take her early to the doctor” – mothers’ understanding of childhood pneumonia symptoms and health care seeking in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania
Pneumonia is among the leading causes of avoidable deaths for young children globally. The main burden of mortality falls on children from poor and rural families who are less likely to obtain the treatment th...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:27Published on: 22 September 2017Perceptions about Iranian-Kurds’ ethnic-inequality in health
Evidence shows ethnic-inequality is a very effective variable in the Community and individual health associated outcomes. This study focused on gaining a deeper understanding of people’s perception on inequali...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:24Published on: 12 September 2017Analysis of the association between millennium development goals 4 & 5 and the physician workforce across international economic strata
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are 8 international development goals voluntarily adopted by 189 nations. The goals included health related aims to reduce the under-five child mortality rate by two-thi...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:18Published on: 18 July 2017Assessing the impoverishment effects of out-of-pocket healthcare payments prior to the uptake of the national health insurance scheme in Ghana
There is a global concern regarding how households could be protected from relatively large healthcare payments which are a major limitation to accessing healthcare. Such payments also endanger the welfare of ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:13Published on: 22 May 2017Race trouble: experiences of Black medical specialist trainees in South Africa
This research aimed to identify and explore the experiences of Black registrars in their training in the Western Cape’s academic hospitals in order to identify structures, practices, attitudes and ideologies t...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2016 16:31Published on: 3 December 2016Knowledge and utilization of sexual and reproductive healthcare services among Thai immigrant women in Sweden
Migration from Thailand to Sweden has increased threefold over the last 10 years. Today Thailand is one of the most common countries of origin among immigrants in Sweden. Since the year 2000, new HIV cases are...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2016 16:25Published on: 10 October 2016Maternity care and Human Rights: what do women think?
A human rights approach to maternal health is considered as a useful framework in international efforts to reduce maternal mortality. Although fundamental human rights principles are incorporated into legal an...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2016 16:17Published on: 2 July 2016Childhood immunizations in China: disparities in health care access in children born to North Korean refugees
Childhood immunization rates are at an all-time high globally, and national data for China suggests close to universal coverage. Refugees from North Korea and their children may have more limited health care a...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2016 16:13Published on: 13 April 2016“The others look at you as if you are a grave”: a qualitative study of subjective experiences of patients with epilepsy regarding their treatment and care in Cape Town, South Africa
Existing evidence shows that the majority of people with epilepsy in lower and middle income countries are not receiving appropriate treatment and care. Although this problem has been reported as one of the fa...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2016 16:9Published on: 17 March 2016
Awareness of human papillomavirus and factors associated with intention to obtain HPV vaccination among Korean youth: quasi experimental study
This study aimed to determine the awareness among fifth-grade girls and boys of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), cancer, and human papillomavirus (HPV), and to determine the factors associated with intent...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2015 15:4Published on: 21 February 2015Level of male involvement and associated factors in family planning services utilization among married men in Debremarkos town, Northwest Ethiopia
Men’s participation is crucial to the success of family planning programs and women’s empowerment and associated with better outcomes in reproductive health such as contraceptive acceptance and continuation, a...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:33Published on: 2 December 2014Maternal health development programs: comparing priorities of bilateral and private donors
The face of international aid for health and development is changing. Private donors such as foundations and corporations are playing an increasingly important role, working in international development as dir...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:31Published on: 19 November 2014Eyes wide open: an essay on developing an engaged awareness in global medicine and public health
There is a growing understanding of the role social determinants such as poverty, gender discrimination, racial prejudice, and economic inequality play on health and illness. While these determinants and effec...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:29Published on: 28 October 2014Demand and access to mental health services: a qualitative formative study in Nepal
Nepal is experiencing a significant ‘treatment gap’ in mental health care. People with mental disorders do not always receive appropriate treatment due to a range of structural and individual issues, including...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:22Published on: 2 August 2014Injection practices in Nepal: health policymakers’ perceptions
The unnecessary and unsafe use of injections is common in developing countries like Nepal. Policymakers have an important role in promoting rational and safe injection use. Hence, the present study was carried...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:21Published on: 24 June 2014Local understandings of care during delivery and postnatal period to inform home based package of newborn care interventions in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study
Despite a substantial decrease in child mortality in Ethiopia over the past decade, neonatal mortality remains unchanged (37/1000 live-births). This paper describes a qualitative study on beliefs and practices...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:17Published on: 19 May 2014“If you do vasectomy and come back here weak, I will divorce you”: a qualitative study of community perceptions about vasectomy in Southern Ghana
Male involvement in contraceptive use is increasingly becoming a global reproductive health issue. Vasectomy is one of the two male modern contraceptive methods espoused by the National Family Planning Policy ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:16Published on: 8 May 2014Female genital cutting (FGC) and the ethics of care: community engagement and cultural sensitivity at the interface of migration experiences
Female Genital Cutting (FGC) anchored in a complex socio-cultural context becomes significant at the interface of access of health and social services in host countries. The practice of FGC at times, understoo...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:13Published on: 24 April 2014Umbilical cord care in Ethiopia and implications for behavioral change: a qualitative study
Infections account for up to a half of neonatal deaths in low income countries. The umbilicus is a common source of infection in such settings. This qualitative study investigates practices and perspectives re...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:12Published on: 18 April 2014Factors in the management of feeding in nursery school children as perceived by their mothers in rural Bondo County, Kenya
The effects of malnutrition on health status and survival of children has been the subject of extensive research for several decades. Malnutrition affects physical growth, cognitive development of children, mo...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:47Published on: 15 November 2013The transition of childbirth practices among tribal women in Gujarat, India - a grounded theory approach
Under the National Rural Health Mission, the current emphasis is on achieving universal institutional births through incentive schemes as part of reforms related to childbirth in India. There has been rapid pr...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:41Published on: 3 October 2013Contribution of the Japan International Cooperation Agency health-related projects to health system strengthening
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has focused its attention on appraising health development assistance projects and redirecting efforts towards health system strengthening. This study aimed to...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:39Published on: 22 September 2013- BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:37Published on: 18 September 2013The original article was published in BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:23
Myths and misconceptions about tuberculosis transmission in Ghana
Myths and misconceptions about TB can serve as a barrier to efforts at reducing stigmatisation of people infected and affected by the disease. Understanding such drivers of myths and misconceptions is importan...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:38Published on: 12 September 2013- BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:26Published on: 13 August 2013The original article was published in BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:16
“Communicate to vaccinate”: the development of a taxonomy of communication interventions to improve routine childhood vaccination
Vaccination is a cost-effective public health measure and is central to the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality. However, childhood vaccination coverage remains sub-optimal in many settings...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:23Published on: 11 May 2013The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:37Validation of the condom use self-efficacy scale in Ethiopia
The measurement of condom use self-efficacy requires contextually suitable, valid and reliable instruments due to variability of the scale across nations with different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. This st...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:22Published on: 23 April 2013Social factors associated with centenarian rate (CR) in 32 OECD countries
Over the last fifty years, the number of centenarians has dramatically increased. The centenarian rate (CR) is representative of the general longevity prevalent in a nation; it indicates the number of individu...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:16Published on: 8 March 2013The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:26Knowledge of reproductive and sexual rights among University students in Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional
People have the right to make choices regarding their own sexuality, as far as they respect the rights of others. The knowledge of those rights is critical to youth’s ability to protect themselves from unwante...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:12Published on: 13 February 2013The health and wellbeing of young people in sub-Saharan Africa: an under-researched area?
A third of sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) population comprises persons aged 10–24 years. These youth are growing up in a context marked by pervasive poverty, limited educational opportunities, high HIV/AIDS preval...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:11Published on: 13 February 2013Strengthening health workforce capacity through work-based training
Although much attention has been given to increasing the number of health workers, less focus has been directed at developing models of training that address real-life workplace needs. Makerere University Scho...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:8Published on: 24 January 2013Study of status of safe injection practice and knowledge regarding injection safety among primary health care workers in Baglung district, western Nepal
Unsafe injection practices and injection overuse are widespread in developing countries harming the patient and inviting risks to the health care workers. In Nepal, there is a dearth of documented information ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:3Published on: 3 January 2013Housing equity for health equity: a rights-based approach to the control of Lassa fever in post-war Sierra Leone
Poor quality housing is an infringement on the rights of all humans to a standard of living adequate for health. Among the many vulnerabilities of those without adequate shelter is the risk of disease spread b...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:2Published on: 2 January 2013Use of traditional medicine for the treatment of diabetes in Eastern Uganda: a qualitative exploration of reasons for choice
While there are biomedical drugs for managing diabetes mellitus, some patients with diabetes use traditional medicine. The aim of the study was to explore why patients with diabetes use traditional medicine fo...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:1Published on: 2 January 2013A comparative study of Taiwan's short-term medical missions to the South Pacific and Central America
Taiwan has been dispatching an increasing number of short-term medical missions (STMMs) to its allied nations to provide humanitarian health care; however, overall evaluations to help policy makers strengthen ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2012 12:37Published on: 27 December 2012
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