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Denying homeless persons access to municipal support
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the denial of social support to homeless persons and related societal effects of new local governance arrangements. Design/methodology/approach Analysis of new data and secondary evaluative and comparative data on the policies, administrative structures and management styles of Copenhagen, Glasgow and Amsterdam have brought better understanding of the elements of local governance arrangements that influence the number of homeless persons who are denied access to services and the number of persons sleeping...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - February 27, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Editorial
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare,Volume 12, Issue 1, Page 1-2, March 2019. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - February 21, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Antibiotic-related meanings, experiences and information sources of women in the economic margins of urban Manila
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Ahead of Print. Purpose Drawing insights from the culture-centered approach (Dutta-Bergman, 2004; Dutta, 2007), the purpose of this paper is to explore the meanings of, experiences with, and information sources for antibiotics among at-risk yet understudied populations in urban and economic margins in the Global South. Design/methodology/approach Given the exploratory purpose of this paper, it used qualitative approach specifically focus group discussions with mothers, guardians and female senior citizens from Manila, Philippines. Findings Antibiotics had multiple mea...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - November 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Addressing obesity in Roma communities: a community readiness approach
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Ahead of Print. Purpose Participation in community programmes by the Roma community is low, whilst this community presents with high risk of poor health and low levels of wellbeing. To improve rates of participation in programmes, compatibility must be achieved between implementation efforts and levels of readiness in the community. The Community Readiness Model (CRM) is a widely used toolkit which provides an indication of how prepared and willing a community is to take action on specific issues. The purpose of this paper is to present findings from a CRM assessment fo...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - October 18, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

“Healthcare as a refuge”: building a culture of care in Montreal for refugees and asylum-seekers living with HIV
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Ahead of Print. Purpose Between 2012 and 2016, the Government of Canada modified health insurance for refugees and asylum seekers. In Quebec, this resulted in refusals of care and uncertainties about publicly reimbursed services, despite guaranteed coverage for people with this status under the provincial plan. The Chronic Viral Illness Service (CVIS) at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal continued to provide care to refugees and asylum seekers living with HIV. The purpose of this paper is to explain how and why challenges brought by this policy change coul...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - October 18, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Technological improvement in modern health care applications using Internet of Things (IoT) and proposal of novel health care approach
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Ahead of Print. Purpose With the development of emerging engineering technology and industrialization, there are greater changes in the life style of people in smart urban cities; therefore, there is also more chance of various health problems in urban areas. The life style of persons in metro urban areas with the expansive volume of population is similarly influenced by different application and administration frameworks. These are affecting the human health system up to an extended extent and there are more health-related issues and health hazard concerns that can be ...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - October 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Editorial
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare,Volume 11, Issue 5, Page 317-318, December 2018. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - October 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Poor health-related quality of life in Iran: decomposition analysis of affecting factors
This study provided new evidence in this area through the investigation of socio-economic inequality in poor HRQoL and its determinants among people with health insurance in Iran using decomposition analysis. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - October 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research