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Knowledge and practice regarding menstrual hygiene management among the Rohingya refugee adolescent girls in Cox ’s Bazar, Bangladesh: a mixed method study
This study aims to assess knowledge, practice and influencing factors for MHM among Rohingya refugee adolescent girls of 14–18 years. The study used both quantitative (a cross-sectional survey with 340 adolescent girls through a structured questionnaire) and qualitative (7 in-depth interviews with adolescent girls and 2 focus group discussions with the mothers) approaches. Quantitative data, analyzed using STATA version 13.0, were supported by qualitative data, grouped into themes and presented as matrix. Around 51% adolescent girls learned about menstruation after menarche, at the mean age of 12 years, fro...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - May 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shagoofa Rakhshanda Sahlil Ahmed Samuel Saidu Christine Nderitu Basanta Thapa Abdul Awal Nadia Farnaz Atiya Rahman Bachera Aktar A.S.G. Faruque Source Type: research

Responding to COVID-19 pandemic: interior designs ’ trends of houses in Jordan
This study revealed current and future responses that may be implemented to cope with the pandemic consequences in terms of houses’ interior design. Moreover, a conceptual model was proposed. Number of suggestions and further research were introduced considering the revealed findings. This study aimed at identifying the houses’ interior design responses in Jordan under COVID-19 pandemic. The study methodology adopted both inductive and qualitative approaches to achieve its goals. Under the qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews were undertaken by interviewing ten interior designers and academics. (Source...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - May 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anas Atef Shamaileh Source Type: research

The nursing community ’s discriminatory attitude towards LGBTQ individuals
This study involved 503 nurses and used a questionnaire to examine their views regarding members of the LGBTQ community. The questionnaire consisted of 24 questions. Ten experts from the fields of social psychology, sociology, and nursing provided the necessary inputs, which were subsequently incorporated into the questionnaire. The nurses were found to have a negative attitude toward LGBTQ individuals; they felt that they should not be allowed to live in comfort in Turkey and that they disrupted the social order and compromised public morality. It was observed that married (in general), male (in particular), and have...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - May 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Manar Aslan Eylem Pasl ı Gürdoğan Source Type: research

RHCC intervention: strengthening the delivery and coverage of sexual and reproductive health care during floods in Bangladesh
Nibedita Shankar Ray-Bennett, Denise Marsha Jeanor Corsel, Nimisha Goswami, Maqbul Hossain Bhuiyan International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The quality and availability of sexual and reproductive health care are key determinants to reducing maternal mortalities and morbidities in disaster settings; yet, these services are often lacking in developing countries. Reducing maternal mortality and morbidity is currently the main targets of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3. The purpose of this study was to develop an intervention...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - May 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nibedita Shankar Ray-Bennett Denise Marsha Jeanor Corsel Nimisha Goswami Maqbul Hossain Bhuiyan Source Type: research

Measuring the knowledge and attitudes of physicians towards patients with HIV/AIDS: study of Anatolian group
In this study, it has been found out that the physicians have a lack of knowledge on HIV/AIDS and they adopt a discriminatory attitude towards HIV-positive persons. HIV-positive patients who are exposed to discrimination and scared of being uncovered refrain from applying to hospitals for treatment, which puts public health into jeopardy due to the high viral load and these patients are faced with difficulties in coping with both medical and emotional load of the disease. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - May 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Safak Kaya Esref Arac Fethiye Akgul Senol Comoglu Sehmuz Kaya Songul Ara ç Yesim Yildiz Seyit Ali Buyuktuna Bircan Kayaaslan Emine Parlak Birol Baysal Faruk Karakecili Elif Zelal Balik Ali Akko ç K Source Type: research

Studying structure of Coronaviridae, analyzing their geometry and focusing on the role of electronic applications in health awareness of viruses
This study aims to focus on electronic applications that have an effective role in raising the awareness of the dangers of viruses’ transmission from person-to-person and their positive and important impact on people’s lives. The authors illustrated the effects of socializing with infected people on a human body by a model in geometry and how the prospected antibiotic annihilates the structure of the virus. The authors discussed vital operations inside the human body to expound the geometry of objects that are closed under their operations, such as viruses, especially Coronaviridae. Also, the authors discusse...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - May 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Eman Almuhur Manal Al-Labadi Amani Shatarah Nazneen Khan Raeesa Bashir Source Type: research

Adverse perinatal outcomes of intimate partner violence during pregnancy
This study aims to conduct to determine the adverse perinatal outcomes of intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy in Kurdistan, Iran. In a prospective cohort study, 1,080 pregnant women were categorized into 433 and 647 women, respectively, exposed and unexposed to IPV followed by 48 h post-delivery. The values of incidence rate, relative risk and corresponding 95% confidence interval were calculated for interesting outcomes. There was a statistically significant association between IPV exposure during pregnancy and perinatal mortality, pre-term birth (PTB), intra uterine growth restriction (IUGR), prema...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - April 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh Khaled Rahmani Rojin Yaghubi Mahsa Ghadrdan Obeidollah Faraji Source Type: research

Multiple sclerosis patients and e-health system in Saudi Arabia
Foziah Alshamrani, Hind Alnajashi International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune neurological disease. Disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) are mainstay lifelong treatment with no immediate benefits observed. Adherence to treatment is necessary, however, non-adherence is common problem in MS patients. This paper aims to evaluate patient-related factors and satisfactions affecting medication adherence in Saudi MS patients and their rights to discontinue them against medical advice. In total, 40...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - April 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Foziah Alshamrani Hind Alnajashi Source Type: research

The role of Muslim women in managing the family during crisis: corona pandemic as a model
This study aims to clarify the role of Muslim women in managing their families during the corona pandemic crisis. To achieve this aim, the researcher applied the descriptive and analytical approach. The Muslim women have had a prominent position consistent with the physical, psychological and mental characteristics that Allah has created them. This status is shown by: affirming their rights in all areas of life; affirming everything that preserved the dignity of women before Islam; and correcting all the conditions that detracted their dignity before the advent of Islam and making them responsible in public Islamic li...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - March 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Haifa F. Fawaris Source Type: research

“We couldn’t talk to her”: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of UK midwives when navigating women’s care without language
This study aims to understand the experiences of midwives using language support services. A maximum variation purposive sampling strategy was used to recruit midwives (N = 12) to a qualitative, semi-structured interview study. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Four themes were generated from the data analysis with a central organising concept of “Navigating Care Without Language”. These themes were: “Continuity as Key”, “Facilitating Tools”, “Networks of Support” and “Innovative Planning”. Each of these themes had between three and four sub-themes. It was found midwives are keen...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - March 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laura Bridle Sam Bassett Sergio A. Silverio Source Type: research

Analysis of the mental health response to COVID-19 and human rights concerns in the occupied Palestinian territories
This study analyzes the double struggle of Palestinians not only dealing with COVID-19 but with the ongoing Israeli occupation and human rights violations and focuses on the challenges in providing mental health services due to existing inequalities, systemic discrimination and lack of resources as a result of the political system of oppression. The findings are based on previously published articles concerning mental health related to the COVID-19 outbreak in other countries, as well as the authors’ clinical experience in the oPt and direct involvement in providing mental health services. The paper highlights how t...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - March 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maria Helbich Samah Jabr Source Type: research

Analysing the interplay between the right to health and pharmaceutical patent rights in the introduction of a COVID-19 vaccine into the Philippines
Mario C. Cerilles Jr, Harry Gwynn Omar M. Fernan International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated economies and public health systems across the globe, increasing the anticipation for the creation of an effective vaccine. With this comes the reinforcement of debates between the right to health and pharmaceutical patent rights. The purpose of this study is to illustrate how the Philippines could attempt to balance the right to health with pharmaceutical patent rights in the introduction of a potential COVID-19...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - March 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mario C. Cerilles Jr Harry Gwynn Omar M. Fernan Source Type: research

Enhancing nurses well-being through managerial coaching: a mediating model
Muhammad Ali, Talat Islam, Fouzia Hadi Ali, Basharat Raza, Golam Kabir International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp.143-157 Workplace well-being has emerged as an important aspect in the field of health care. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the role of managerial coaching on nurses’ well-being through psychological ownership and organizational identity. The authors approached 284 nurses working in both public and private hospitals (between December 2019 and February 2020) on convenience basis, and data were collected through an online questionnaire-ba...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - February 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Muhammad Ali Talat Islam Fouzia Hadi Ali Basharat Raza Golam Kabir Source Type: research

Limit your body area -a COVID-19 mass radicalisation challenging autonomy and basic human rights
Stinne Glasdam, Sigrid Stjernswärd International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to explore articulations of how individuals internalise official demands on handling COVID-19 and the function of social media in this process, and further to discuss this from a human rights’ perspective. A thematic analysis of qualitative data from an international survey on COVID-19 and social media. The analysis was inspired by Berger and Luckmann's theory of reality as a social construction. Articulations expressed an instant int...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - February 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Stinne Glasdam Sigrid Stjernsw ärd Source Type: research

Health system responsiveness in Iran: a cross-sectional study in hospitals of Mazandaran province
Roya Malekzadeh, Samereh Yaghoubian, Edris Hasanpoor, Matina Ghasemi International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp.133-142 Responsiveness is a reaction to the reasonable expectations of patients regarding ethical and non-clinical aspects of the health-care system. Responsiveness is a characteristic of health-care system and the observance of the patient’s rights. The purpose of this study is to compare the responsiveness of the health-care system based on the hospital ownership in Mazandaran province in Iran. The cross-sectional study design was used on 1,083 pa...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - January 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Roya Malekzadeh Samereh Yaghoubian Edris Hasanpoor Matina Ghasemi Source Type: research