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Populism, pestilence and plague in the time of coronavirus
Russell Mannion, Ewen Speed International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp.175-181 This paper aims to explore right wing populist government responses to the coronavirus pandemic. This paper is a narrative overview of right-wing populist policies and strategies, which is loosely structured around fascistic themes set out in Albert Camus’ allegorical novel, The Plague. Although individual responses to the coronavirus pandemic among right-wing populists differ, they appear to coalesce around four central themes: initial denial and then mismanagement of the pan...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - January 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Russell Mannion Ewen Speed Source Type: research

Revisiting equity in healthcare spending through capability-approach: assessing the effectiveness of health-insurance schemes in reducing OOPE and CHE in India
Rinshu Dwivedi, Jalandhar Pradhan International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp.117-132 This paper aims to draw theoretical insight from Sen’s capability-approach and attempts to examine the effectiveness of health-insurance-schemes in reducing out-of-pocket-expenditure (OOPE) and catastrophic-health-expenditure (CHE) in India. Data were extracted from the National-Sample-Survey-Organization, 71st round on Health-2014. Generalized-linear-regression-model was used to investigate the impact of social-protection-schemes on OOPE and CHE. A notable segment of th...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - December 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rinshu Dwivedi Jalandhar Pradhan Source Type: research

Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health among children in China with specific reference to emotional and behavioral disorders
This study is based on review of literature focused on COVID-19. Recent articles related to coronavirus or COVID-19 and psychological distress among children were included to draw conclusion and impact of COVID-19 on mental health of children. Due to the limited availability of studies on CONID-19 impact on mental health of children, studies focused on recent pandemic were focused. The identified literature reports a negative impact of COVID-19 on individual’s mental health. Relatives’ health, poor appetite, fear of asking questions about epidemics, agitation, clinginess, physical discomfort, nightmares and poor s...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - December 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Varsha Agarwal Ganesh L. Sunitha B.K. Source Type: research

The management (or lack thereof) of COVID-19 in Brazil: implications for human rights and public health
This study provides an innovative health policy/human rights analysis to build an academic account of the ongoing pandemic in the largest country in South America. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - December 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Erick da Luz Scherf Marcos Vinicius Viana da Silva Janaina S. Fachini Source Type: research

The “stay at home” orders effect on mental health of Egyptian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic partial lockdown
In conclusion, mental health as expressed by MW and stress showed to be affected among the Egyptian adults due to the “stay at home” orders. Prompt actions are highly recommended to save vulnerable populations at the time being and from the aggravation of their mental problems in the long term. The study is the first in Egypt figuring out affected populations and vulnerable categories that need extra care in the future. It provides valuable data and expresses reasonable explanations to the obtained findings. The study also introduces recommendations and highlights hot topics for future research. (Source: Internati...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - December 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mai Sabry Saleh Source Type: research

Coronavirus containment depends on human rights: freedom of expression and press are needed to fight pandemic
This study shows the ways in which human rights are both threatened and particularly important in crises. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - November 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ellery Altshuler Source Type: research

Harmful cultural practices and HIV stigma as psychosocial issues in North Central Nigeria
This study will provide recommendations through educational teachings to community leaders and policymakers for health-care protection through Human Rights Act. This study uses the qualitative phenomenological research design through a face-to-face in-depth interview to collect data using the audio recorder and field notes. Purposive sampling technique was used to recruit, from three selected hospitals, 20 participants aged 18 years–56 years who gave their consent by filling the informed consent form between April 2019 and July 2019. The data collected were analyzed through thematic analysis using ATLAS.ti 8 sof...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - October 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Augustine Bala Nalah Azman Azlinda Singh Jamir Singh Paramjit Source Type: research

The mental health status of faculty members and students as the contemporary and future health system providers
Yadolah Zarezadeh, Amjad Mohamadi-Bolbanabad, Hossein Safari, Arian Azadnia, Bakhtiar Piroozi International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Health is one of the most basic human rights. The mental health of contemporary and future health services providers is of great significance. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mental health of the faculty members and students of Kurdistan University of medical sciences This was an analytical-descriptive and cross-sectional study, which was conducted using the Census method on 249 facul...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - September 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yadolah Zarezadeh Amjad Mohamadi-Bolbanabad Hossein Safari Arian Azadnia Bakhtiar Piroozi Source Type: research

Editorial
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare,Volume 12, Issue 3, Page 177-178, July 2019. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - June 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Frequency and potential causes of medication errors from nurses ’ viewpoint in hospitals affiliated to a medical sciences University in Iran
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prevalence of medication errors (MEs) and the factors affecting them among nurses of hospitals affiliated to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) in 2016. Design/methodology/approach This is a cross-sectional and descriptive-analytic study. In total, 503 nurses were selected using census method from six hospitals affiliated to KUMS. A self-constructed questionnaire was employed to collect information on nurses ’ socio-demographic characteristics (6 items), the prevalence and type of ME...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - May 2, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Diabetes patients ’ perspectives on the patients’ rights: evidence from east of Iran
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Ahead of Print. Purpose The Iranian patients ’ rights charter defines patient rights as a reflection of fundamental human rights in the field of medicine and incorporates all elements of patient rights accepted in international texts. The purpose of this paper is to study the way in which diabetes patients’ rights are being exercised in ev eryday hospital practice in Birjand, Iran. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional study design was used in 2014. The sample size was estimated 150 patients, out of which 108 diabetes patients completed questionnaire. The q...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - May 2, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The Burwood Academy: incorporating the principles of the independent living paradigm into rehabilitation research
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Ahead of Print. Purpose The independent living (IL) movement is a social movement but also an analytic paradigm which can be used to inform and shape rehabilitation research and practice. The purpose of this paper is to describe how the principles of DeJong ’s IL paradigm have been used to develop a guiding framework for the Burwood Academy, a rehabilitation and disability research organisation in New Zealand. The Burwood Academy drew on the consumer empowerment principles inherent in DeJong’s IL paradigm, whereby the person learns to take control of the rehabilitat...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - May 2, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Patrons ’ behaviours towards Malaysian slimming centres: paradigm of marketing mixes
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Ahead of Print. Purpose Slimming centres have become a hot spot for people to reduce their size and reshape their body figure through the sophisticated and modern treatments that are provided by the therapists. The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of price, place and promotion on the behavioural intention to consume the slimming treatments. Design/methodology/approach This research is a cross-sectional study in which 308 primary data were collected for descriptive analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. The data were c...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - May 2, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Impact of patients ’ safety rights and medical errors on the patients’ security feeling: a cross-sectional study
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Ahead of Print. Purpose The regulation defines patients ’ rights as a reflection of fundamental human rights in the field of medicine and incorporates all elements of patients’ rights accepted in international texts. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between patients’ safety, medical errors and patients’ safety r ights with patients’ security feeling in selected hospitals of Mazandaran Province, Iran. Design/methodology/approach This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in selected hospitals of Mazandaran Province ...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - May 2, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research