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Prevalence of intimate partner violence against women in the Arab world: a systematic review
Violence against women has particular importance for women’s health and wellbeing in the Arab world, where women face persistent barriers to social, political and economic equality. This review aims to summari...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:29Published on: 22 October 2019Social support attenuates the link between torture exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among male and female Syrian refugees in Sweden
The aim of this study is threefold: (i) to establish the psychometric properties and gender invariance of ENRICHD Social Support Inventory (ESSI), which was used for the first time in the present study in the ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:28Published on: 5 September 2019Health care providers’ and mothers’ perceptions about the medicalization of female genital mutilation or cutting in Egypt: a cross-sectional qualitative study
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a traditional harmful practice that has been prevalent in Egypt for many years. The medicalization of FGM/C has been increasing significantly in Egypt making it the...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:26Published on: 27 August 2019Child marriage among boys in high-prevalence countries: an analysis of sexual and reproductive health outcomes
While the determinants and impacts of child marriage among girls have been well documented, little research exists on the practice among boys. This paper explores the sociodemographic profile of men who marrie...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:25Published on: 16 August 2019A model explaining refugee experiences of the Australian healthcare system: a systematic review of refugee perceptions
Refugees have significant unmet health needs. Delivering services to refugees continues to be problematic in the Australian healthcare system. A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the literature explo...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:22Published on: 18 July 2019Community-based surveillance of unaccompanied and separated children in drought-affected northern Ethiopia
Children separated from their caregivers in humanitarian emergencies are vulnerable to multiple risks. However, no field-tested methods exist to capture ongoing changes in the frequency and nature of separatio...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:19Published on: 10 June 2019Coping with ill-health: health care facility, chemist or medicinal plants? Health-seeking behaviour in a Kenyan wetland
Sub-Saharan African wetlands, settlement areas to growing populations, expose their users to diseases as necessary health infrastructure remains underdeveloped.BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:18Published on: 6 June 2019An investigation into the association of pre- and post-migration experiences on the self-rated health status among new resettled adult humanitarian refugees to Australia: a protocol for a mixed methods study
Refugees are one of the most vulnerable groups in our society. They are at risk of poor physical and mental health outcomes, much of this attributed to traumatic events prior to migration and the additional ri...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:15Published on: 30 April 2019Human rights’ interdependence and indivisibility: a glance over the human rights to water and sanitation
In 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drawn up. The content of this document was further reflected two treaties, the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Covenant on Economic, Social...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:14Published on: 8 March 2019Leishmaniasis patients' pilgrimage to access health care in rural Bolivia: a qualitative study using human rights to health approach
Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease endemic in Bolivia that disproportionately affects people with little social and political capital. Although the treatment is provided free of charge by the Bolivi...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:12Published on: 5 March 2019The relationship between depression and sexual health service utilization among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa
In Cote D’Ivoire, there has been limited coverage of evidence-based sexual health services specifically supporting men who have sex with men (MSM). To date, there has been limited study of the determinants of ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:11Published on: 5 March 2019Impact of health insurance status among migrants from sub-Saharan Africa on access to health care and HIV testing in Germany: a participatory cross-sectional survey
Among all newly diagnosed HIV cases in Germany in 2015, 16% originated from sub-Saharan Africa. Twelve percent of these infections were contracted within Germany and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa (misSA) ar...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:10Published on: 5 March 2019Experiences of gender-based violence among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women in Latin America and the Caribbean: a qualitative study to inform HIV programming
Female sex workers, MSM, and transgender women—collectively referred to as key populations (KPs)—are disproportionately affected by gender-based violence (GBV) and HIV, yet little is known about the violence t...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:9Published on: 5 March 2019Sex work stigma and non-disclosure to health care providers: data from a large RDS study among FSW in Brazil
Stigma in health services may be detrimental to health seeking attitudes and practices. This study investigates non-disclosure of sex work to health care providers among female sex workers (FSW) in Brazil and ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:8Published on: 5 March 2019An assessment of stigma and human right violations among men who have sex with men in Abuja, Nigeria
There have been several barriers in effectively engaging men who have sex with men for STI/HIV prevention and treatment programming in Nigeria including social stigma, policies, and laws criminalizing same-sex...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:7Published on: 5 March 2019A cross-sectional survey of parental attitudes towards Human papillomavirus vaccination exclusion categories in Brazil
In 1988, Brazil established a constitutional right to health and universal access to health care for all Brazilians through the creation of the Unified Health System (SUS). As part of its efforts to fulfill th...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:6Published on: 28 February 2019Health of Syrian unaccompanied asylum seeking adolescents (UASA) at first medical examination in Germany in comparison to UASA from other world regions
The war in Syria has led to the biggest refugee crisis of our time. Unaccompanied asylum seeking adolescents (UASA) are a particularly vulnerable subgroup of refugees. This study aims to describe the weight st...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:5Published on: 26 February 2019Health status of children left behind in rural areas of Sichuan Province of China: a cross-sectional study
In recent decades, many workers from rural areas in China migrated to urban cities in search of a better livelihood. Due to the household registration policy and other financial barriers, more than 40 million ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:4Published on: 28 January 2019Sewing shirts with injured fingers and tears: exploring the experience of female garment workers health problems in Bangladesh
The ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh not only contributes to the nation’s economic development, but has created income opportunities for women, benefiting their whole family. However, these benefits c...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:2Published on: 21 January 2019The MuSeS project: a mixed methods study to increase understanding of the role of settlement and multicultural services in supporting migrant and refugee women experiencing violence in Australia
Violence against women is a major human rights and public health issue globally. The experience of violence affects women across Australia, including the large number of migrant and refugee women who permanent...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:1Published on: 7 January 2019A harmful traditional practice exposing young girls to experience virgin pregnancy (Shilshalo): a qualitative study in Argoba community, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia
There are various harmful traditional practices and beliefs across the different parts of Ethiopia. Shilshalo, which is yet little known about, is one of these practices existing in Argoba, a community in Amhara ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:42Published on: 20 November 2018“We need good nutrition but we have no money to buy food”: sociocultural context, care experiences, and newborn health in two UNHCR-supported camps in South Sudan
Determinants of newborn health and survival exist across the reproductive life cycle, with many sociocultural and contextual factors influencing outcomes beyond the availability of, and access to, quality heal...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:40Published on: 12 November 2018Critical assessment of refugees’ needs in post-emergency context: the case of Malian war refugees settled in Northern Burkina Faso
Empirically assessing the needs of refugees in camps is critical to the improvement of existing policies and programs that aim at enhancing their well-being. By neglecting the needs of refugees, interventions ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:38Published on: 21 September 2018Shared latrines in Maputo, Mozambique: exploring emotional well-being and psychosocial stress
Approximately 18% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s urban population relies on shared sanitation facilities, which are shared by one or more households. While there is growing recognition of sanitation’s relationship wi...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:30Published on: 25 July 2018The burden of war-injury in the Palestinian health care sector in Gaza Strip
War-related injury is a major public health concern, and a leading cause of mortality, morbidity, and disability globally, particularly in low and middle-income countries such as Palestine. Little is known abo...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:28Published on: 28 June 2018The Correction to this article has been published in BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:32Combining survey data, GIS and qualitative interviews in the analysis of health service access for persons with disabilities
Equitable access to health services is a key ingredient in reaching health for persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups. So far, research on access to health services in low- and middle-income cou...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:26Published on: 26 June 2018Registered or unregistered? Levels and differentials in registration and certification of births in Ghana
The birth of a child is a vital event that needs to be registered but this is not always the case as an estimated 40 million births go unregistered annually. Birth registration safeguards the basic rights of c...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:25Published on: 13 June 2018Realization of the right to adequate food and the nutritional status of land evictees: a case for mothers/caregivers and their children in rural Central Uganda
In developing countries like Uganda, the human right to adequate food (RtAF) is inextricably linked to access to land for households to feed themselves directly through production or means for its procurement....BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:21Published on: 24 May 2018Informal workers’ access to health care services: findings from a qualitative study in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana
Over the past two decades, employment in the informal sector has grown rapidly in all regions including low and middle-income countries. In the developing countries, between 50 and 75% of workers are employed ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:20Published on: 16 May 2018Causes of death among street-connected children and youth in Eldoret, Kenya
Street-connected young people carry a disproportionate burden of morbidities, and engage in a variety of practices that may heighten their risk of premature mortality, yet there are currently no reports in the...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:19Published on: 15 May 2018Persons with disabilities as experts-by experience: using personal narratives to affect community attitudes in Kilifi, Kenya
The last decade has seen improved public awareness of disability in sub-Saharan Africa. However, negative and stereotypical views of disability still persist in many communities. We conducted a study to promot...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:18Published on: 8 May 2018Examination of the roles and capacities of duty bearers responsible for protecting the human rights to adequate food, nutritional health and wellbeing in Ugandan children’s homes
The majority of Ugandan children face vulnerability and malnutrition. As a State Party to international human rights treaties, Uganda has legal obligations of guaranteeing the fundamental rights and the best i...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:17Published on: 17 April 2018Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature in transgender health (1900 – 2017)
Transgender community is marginalized and under-researched. Analysis of peer-reviewed literature in transgender health is needed to better understand health needs and human rights of transgender people. Theref...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:16Published on: 21 March 2018Attitudes towards help-seeking for sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian settings: the case of Rwamwanja refugee settlement scheme in Uganda
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) remains a silent epidemic in many humanitarian settings with many survivors concealing their experiences. Attitudes towards help-seeking for SGBV is an important determi...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:15Published on: 12 March 2018Care-‘less’: exploring the interface between child care and parental control in the context of child rights for workers in children’s homes in Ghana
This study explored how employed caregivers experience the interface between child care, parental control and child rights in the context of Children’s Homes in Ghana. The focus was on investigating caregiver ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:13Published on: 20 February 2018Small scale migration along the interoceanic highway in Madre de Dios, Peru: an exploration of community perceptions and dynamics due to migration
Madre de Dios, a southern state in the Peruvian Amazon basin, has experienced rapid development as well as an influx of migrants since the construction of the Interoceanic Highway (IOH) connecting Brazil, Boli...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:12Published on: 12 February 2018Does the Stockholm Syndrome affect female sex workers? The case for a “Sonagachi Syndrome”
Female sex workers are subjected to intense physical, sexual, and mental abuses that are well documented in the medical and public health literature. However, less well-studied are the mental coping mechanisms...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:10Published on: 6 February 2018Influence of indoor work environments on health, safety, and human rights among migrant sex workers at the Guatemala-Mexico Border: a call for occupational health and safety interventions
Migrant women are over-represented in the sex industry, and migrant sex workers experience disproportionate health inequities, including those related to health access, HIV and sexually transmitted infections ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:9Published on: 2 February 2018A survey of health problems of Nepalese female migrants workers in the Middle-East and Malaysia
Nepal is a key supplier of labour for countries in the Middle East, India and Malaysia. As many more men than women leave Nepal to work abroad, female migrant workers are a minority and very much under-researc...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:4Published on: 18 January 2018Patterns of illness disclosure among Indian slum dwellers: a qualitative study
Slum dwellers display specific traits when it comes to disclosing their illnesses to professionals. The resulting actions lead to poor health-seeking behaviour and underutilisation of existing formal health fa...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:3Published on: 16 January 2018Children with albinism in African regions: their rights to ‘being’ and ‘doing’
Albinism is an inherited condition with a relatively high prevalence in populations throughout sub-Saharan Africa. People with oculocutaneous albinism have little or no pigment in their hair, skin and eyes; th...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2018 18:2Published on: 12 January 2018Transgender women in Malaysia, in the context of HIV and Islam: a qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions
Globally, one of the key groups considered to be at high risk of acquiring HIV are transgender women, often a marginalised group. In the Malaysian context there has been a scarcity of published research relati...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:30Published on: 18 October 2017Online surveillance of media health event reporting in Nepal: digital disease detection from a One Health perspective
Traditional media and the internet are crucial sources of health information. Media can significantly shape public opinion, knowledge and understanding of emerging and endemic health threats. As digital commun...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:26Published on: 21 September 2017Determinants of internal migrant health and the healthy migrant effect in South India: a mixed methods study
Internal labour migration is an important and necessary livelihood strategy for millions of individuals and households in India. However, the precarious position of migrant workers within Indian society may ha...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:23Published on: 12 September 2017Perspectives of basic wheelchair users on improving their access to wheelchair services in Kenya and Philippines: a qualitative study
The United Nations has called for countries to improve access to mobility devices when needed. The World Health Organization has published guidelines on the provision of manual wheelchairs in less-resourced se...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:22Published on: 17 August 2017An investigation of the relationship between autonomy, childbirth practices, and obstetric fistula among women in rural Lilongwe District, Malawi
Obstetric fistula is a childbirth injury caused by prolonged obstructed labor that results in destruction of the tissue wall between the vagina and bladder. Although obstetric fistula is directly caused by pro...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:17Published on: 19 June 2017Scrambling for access: availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of healthcare for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in South Africa
Sexual orientation and gender identity are social determinants of health for people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), and health disparities among sexual and gender minority populat...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:16Published on: 30 May 2017Effective implementation of the UNCRPD by Thailand State Party: challenges and potential remedies
The Thai government ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in 2008, and the first progress report by the State Party was issued in 2012. This study assesses ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:15Published on: 25 May 2017Health and legal literacy for migrants: twinned strands woven in the cloth of social justice and the human right to health care
Based on an analysis of published literature, this paper provides an over-view of the challenges associated with delivering on the right to access quality health care for international migrants to industrializ...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:10Published on: 13 April 2017Bibliometric analysis of medicine – related publications on refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people: 2000 – 2015
Wars and violent domestic conflicts have forced millions of people to move outside their homes. Meeting the basic health needs of those people requires an understanding of research activity and research output...BMC International Health and Human Rights 2017 17:7Published on: 20 March 2017
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