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Work environment and performance among nurses: a significant way to overcome violation of human rights in the health sector
Mitho Khan Bhatti, Bahadur Ali Soomro, Naimatullah Shah International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The study aims to purpose the role of the work environment (WE) towards employees’ performance (EP) in Pakistan’s health sector. Data-wise, the study is cross-sectional and random sampling was used to glean the response from the trained health nurses in Pakistan. The survey questionnaire was used as a primary tool to collect the data. In total, 306 usable samples as used to infer the final consequences. The structural equation m...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - July 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mitho Khan Bhatti Bahadur Ali Soomro Naimatullah Shah Source Type: research

Guest editorial
Jan Michael Alexandre C. Bernadas, Lee Edson Pacudan Yarcia International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp.189-191 (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - July 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Michael Alexandre C. Bernadas Lee Edson Pacudan Yarcia Source Type: research

COVID-19 and health inequality: the nexus of race, income and mortality in New York City
This study concludes that the mortality rate rises in areas with a higher proportion of Hispanic and Black residents, whereas areas with higher income rates had lower mortality associated with COVID-19, among over 18,000 confirmed deaths in NYC. The paper highlights the impacts of social, racial and wealth disparities in mortality rates. It brings to focus the importance of targeted policies regarding these disparities to alleviate health inequality among marginalized communities and to reduce disease mortality. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - July 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Farzaneh Khayat Lemir Teron Farzin Rasoulyan Source Type: research

Mental health under occupation: an analysis of the de-politicization of the mental health discourse in Palestine and a call for a human rights approach
This study aims to look at the effects of the Israeli occupation on the mental health of Palestinians and examine the link between political oppression and the occurrence of mental health disorders. It argues that, as human rights violations in Palestine are connected to psychological distress, the root causes of social suffering need to be considered in order not to pathologize Palestinians. The purpose of this paper lies in connecting the mental health discourse with a human rights approach to better understand this connection within the context of political violence. The paper presents the viewpoint and perspective...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - July 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maria Helbich Samah Jabr Source Type: research

“Unforgotten” informal communities and the COVID-19 pandemic: Sitio San Roque under Metro Manila’s lockdown
Christianne France Collantes International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to offer Sitio San Roque, an informal settlement in the Philippines as a case study to explore long-term "forgetful" urban development planning in the Philippines, and the renewed visibility of the urban poor under COVID-19 lockdown. It connects scholarship on informality to issues of housing and political rights in Metro Manila to further investigate how vulnerable communities in the Global South are faring in the pandemic. This is an exploration ...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - July 7, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christianne France Collantes Source Type: research

The Palestinian health-care providers ’ perceptions, challenges and human rights-related concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Palestinian health-care providers’ perceptions, challenges and human rights-related concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic Fayez Azez Mahamid, Guido Veronese, Dana Bdier International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- One of the most affected groups during the COVID-19 pandemic was health-care providers due to the direct and continuous exposure to the virus and a lack of sufficient medical equipment. Palestinian health-care providers were exposed to several challenges related to their work environment as they worked in war-like conditions; ...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - July 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fayez Azez Mahamid Guido Veronese Dana Bdier Source Type: research

Association of child survival with birth size and mother ’s BMI: a human right approach
This study advocates the promotion of comprehensive prevention strategies through appropriate institutional mechanism would be the best intervention or adaptive mechanism to reduce the adverse impact of size of child at birth, mother’s anemia level on under-five mortality in Uttar Pradesh, India. This research is original. This study enjoys a unique importance by exploring effect of size of child at birth and mother’s anemia on child survival in developing countries like India. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - June 30, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Abhishek Singh Kshipra Jain Source Type: research

The moderating role of life satisfaction in the relationship between burnout and depression among nursing staff: a human rights concern in Pakistan
This study aims to see the role of life satisfaction in the relationship between burnout and depression among nurses to highlight the human rights norms for institutions, as well as practitioners within the health sector to improve life satisfaction among nurses. This was a survey-based study. Data was collected by using well-established questionnaires. The sample (N = 250) comprising nurses taken from different public and private hospitals of Islamabad. Participants were both male (n = 125) and female nurses (n = 125), with age range 20–51 (M = 29.95, SD = 4.95) years. The data was collected by using the convenient...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - June 28, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Naeem Aslam Araib Khan Nida Habib Ammar Ahmed Source Type: research

“Dialysis and medical tourism. Investigating patients’ perceptions in Greece”
This study attempts to investigate, for the first time, the tourism behaviour of chronic kidney disease patients. The study highlights a sensitive issue, patients’ right to treatment without geographical or distance-related obstacles. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - June 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Vasiliki Traouda Panagiotis Mpogiatzidis Source Type: research

Predicting physical and verbal aggression perpetration among teenage boys: an application of the theory of planned behavior
Kayvan Alimoradi, Seyed Hedayat Davarpanah, Parvaneh Taymoori, Afshin Ostovar, Khaled Rahmani International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Aggression has been introduced as one of the serious problems in public health. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the ability of the extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) to predict the physical and verbal aggression behavior. In this research, 462 teenagers were evaluated through the demographic questionnaire along with the main structures of the TPB as a predictor of behavior. After one ...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - June 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kayvan Alimoradi Seyed Hedayat Davarpanah Parvaneh Taymoori Afshin Ostovar Khaled Rahmani Source Type: research

Migrant health as a human right amidst COVID-19: a culture-centered approach
Mohan J. Dutta International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this manuscript is to examine the negotiations of health among low-wage migrant workers in Singapore amidst the COVID-19 outbreaks in dormitories housing them. In doing so, the manuscript attends to the ways in which human rights are constituted amidst labor and communicative rights, constituting the backdrop against which the pandemic outbreaks take place and the pandemic response is negotiated. The study is part of a long-term culture-centered ethnography condu...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - June 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mohan J. Dutta Source Type: research

Human rights dimensions of COVID-19 responses in Bangladesh: challenges and recommendations
Sonia Mannan, Jobair Alam, Md Habibur Rahman International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this paper is to scrutinize the human rights dimensions of COVID-19 responses in Bangladesh through a viewpoint methodology in four critical areas: freedom of opinion and expression; access to information; protection of health-care workers; and marginalized populations’ access to health care. However, these responses remain non-aligned with the international human rights law obligations of Bangladesh, which undermines the human rights a...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - June 23, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sonia Mannan Jobair Alam Md Habibur Rahman Source Type: research

HIV patient access to healthcare services in post-austerity era in Greece
This study attempts to fill the research gap regarding the impact of one of the severest economic crises during the past century with complex social extensions, in one of the most vulnerable patient groups. In this context, the study assesses barriers to access to optimal care of people living with HIV in Greece after a decade of austerity and the variables that impact on such access. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - June 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: George Tsiakalakis Christina Golna Nikos Dedes George Papageorgiou Kostas Athanasakis Kyriakos Souliotis Source Type: research

Assessing unmet health-care needs of the elderly in west of Iran: A case study
Bakhtiar Piroozi, Farman Zahir Abdullah, Amjad Mohamadi-Bolbanabad, Hossein Safari, Mohammad Amerzadeh, Satar Rezaei, Ghobad Moradi, Masoumeh Ansari, Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh, Jamshid Gholami International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study is to investigate the status of perceived need, seeking behavior and utilization of health services in the elderly population of Sanandaj (west of Iran). This is a cross-sectional study conducted on 800 elderly people in Sanandaj. Subjects were selected using multistage sampling a...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - June 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bakhtiar Piroozi Farman Zahir Abdullah Amjad Mohamadi-Bolbanabad Hossein Safari Mohammad Amerzadeh Satar Rezaei Ghobad Moradi Masoumeh Ansari Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh Jamshid Gholami Source Type: research

Exploring the potential causes of HIV prevalence among young women in South Africa: a critical literature review
Karin Zakeyo, Mathew Nyashanu International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study is to explore the potential causes of HIV prevalence among young women in South Africa. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is one of the leading causes of death in sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa (SA) has the largest HIV pandemic in the world with approximately 7.2 million people living with HIV as of 2017. There is a disproportionate incidence of HIV between women and men, particularly affecting young women 15–24 years of age. This pape...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - June 10, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karin Zakeyo Mathew Nyashanu Source Type: research