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Association of positive psychological factors with the mental health of older adult retirees: a systematic review
This study aimed to identify which positive psychological factors are associated with the mental health of older adult retirees. Positive psychology is an emerging discipline of psychology. The study and identification of such factors could lead to increased mental health and lower stress levels of individuals (Ho et al., 2014; Abbas et al., 2019).The authors searched the following electronic databases: Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus. Thematic synthesis was used for analysis. Database search resulted in the recruitment of 948 articles; after the screening process, only 7 articles were left for further analysis.T...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - April 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Farhana Sajjad Kiani Saima Ehsan Source Type: research

Restrictive human rights measures against the spread of COVID-19: an interdisciplinary approach between law and health-care management
Ioanna Pervou, Panagiotis Mpogiatzidis International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the close relationship between the disciplines of law and health-care studies. This interrelation has become particularly evident during the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, when restrictive human rights provisions have been initiated by many states for the sake of public health. Research focuses on the notional proximity of the principle of proportionality and its health-care correlative: effectiveness. It also goes through the influence of a...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - April 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ioanna Pervou Panagiotis Mpogiatzidis Source Type: research

“We are experiencing pain on our own”: mental health care to prevail over impacts of cultural silence on HIV
This study fills the void. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gertrude Mwalabu Catrin Evans Sarah Redsell Pammla Petruka Patrick Mapulanga Source Type: research

Persistent economic inequalities in menstrual hygiene practices in India: a decomposition analysis
Jalandhar Pradhan, Kshirabdhi Tanaya Patra, Sasmita Behera International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study is to examine the socio-economic inequalities that exist in the use of unhygienic menstrual practices in India and its states, as well as to identify the contribution of various socio-economic factors that leads to these inequalities.Data from the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019–21) for 240,285 menstruating women aged 15–24 years is used to examine the above objectives. The concentration index for unhygienic menstrual practices i...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - February 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jalandhar Pradhan Kshirabdhi Tanaya Patra Sasmita Behera Source Type: research

Editorial
Bushra Naeem, Muhammad Aqeel, Aneela Maqsood, Ishrat Yousaf, Saima Ehsan, Theo Gavrielides International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp.1-3 (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - February 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bushra Naeem Muhammad Aqeel Aneela Maqsood Ishrat Yousaf Saima Ehsan Theo Gavrielides Source Type: research

COVID-19 phobia, response to the vaccine and the right of urban migrant dwellers in the Ghanaian slums
This study investigate urban migrant dwellers’ gender and age differences in response to the specific phobia of COVID-19 and hesitancy toward vaccines in the slum settlements.The study anchored on the two-factor model proposed by Mowrer (1939) and used a quantitative design approach with a convenience sampling method for data gathering among 362 urban migrants residing and working in the cities of Ghana. The study used the Mann–Whitney U test and the regression analysis for the analysis.The result showed that there is a significant difference between males and females in their understanding of economic phobia, thoughts...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - January 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anthony Nkrumah Agyabeng Alexander Preko Kofi Hilla Avusuglo Anthony Sumnaya Kumasey Akwasi Sarfo Kantanka Mawuli Feglo Source Type: research

“Even though we are elders living alone”: has social support reshaped the care of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic?
This study aims to explore how social support has reshaped the care of older adults living alone in northeast Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic.This study used a qualitative method using a narrative gerontological perspective with a descriptive design. Purposive sampling was conducted from 20 in-depth narrative interviews between November 2021 and February 2022 in Maha Sarakham province, northeast Thailand. Data transcriptions were performed using a narrative analytical process.The in-depth narrative interviews indicated that older adults living alone during the coronavirus pandemic valued a comfortable life, a sense o...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - January 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Washiraporn Wannachot Pimporn Phukrongpet Kanokporn Rattanasuteerakul Hanvedes Daovisan Source Type: research

Protection of intellectual property and human rights during health emergencies: an assessment of the patent waiver proposal
This study examines key arguments from economic and moral standpoints regarding the provisions of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement and other related international agreements and their validity based on the premise of the internalisation of positive externalities posed by vaccines.The effectiveness of the TRIPS agreement in securing medical access is weak on account of the ability of profit-making multinationals to secure IP rights and on account of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multilateral agreement that supports patent evergreening and a period of protection on test data whic...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - January 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Vishnu Nambiar Gayatri Kunte Varadurga Bhat Source Type: research

Enhancing female status by improving nutrition: the role of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria ’s oil region
Enhancing female status by improving nutrition: the role of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria’s oil region Joseph Ikechukwu Uduji, Nduka Elda Nduka Okolo-Obasi International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the multinational oil companies’ (MOCs) corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding (GMoU) on improving female status by improving nutrition in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.This paper adopts a su...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - December 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joseph Ikechukwu Uduji Nduka Elda Nduka Okolo-Obasi Source Type: research

Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights: Global Inequities, Challenges, and Opportunities for Action
Fung Kei Cheng International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp.499-500 (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - December 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fung Kei Cheng Source Type: research

Guest editorial
Theo Gavrielides International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp.413-415 (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - December 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Theo Gavrielides Source Type: research

Implementing Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in health care: a scoping review
Clare Davies, Donna Waters, Jennifer Anne Fraser International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a scoping review on the implementation of Article12 in health care. The scoping review will provide a summary and overview of the key concepts and published literature on this topic internationally. Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) states that children have a right to express their views, to have them heard and for their views to be given due weight i...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - December 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Clare Davies Donna Waters Jennifer Anne Fraser Source Type: research

Corona-phobia violated human rights? Impact of COVID-19 on patient ’s well-being
This study aims to measure whether admittance in the quarantine ward due to COVID-19 can affect one’s mental health. Nowadays, many countries worldwide are battling with the threat of the COVID-19 contagion, and it is difficult to understand how the pandemic leaves psychological impacts on one’s well-being. This research used qualitative and quantitative approaches to assess the psychological impacts of quarantine due to COVID-19. Population of the present study were 250 patients who were admitted in quarantine centres of Pakistan. The data analysis was conducted through univariate analysis using (ANVOVA) software...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - December 6, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Saqib Amin Waqas Mehmood Attia Aman-Ullah Mujahid Ameen Khan Source Type: research

Racial differentials in American Indian- White American Postneonatal Mortality in the United States: evidence from cohort linked birth/infant death records
Laurens Holmes Jr, Elias Malachi Enguancho, Rakinya Hinson, Justin Williams, Carlin Nelson, Kayla Janae Whaley, Kirk Dabney, Johnette Williams, Emanuelle Medeiros Dias International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Postneonatal mortality (PNM), which differs from infant and perinatal mortality, has been observed in the past 25 years with respect to the health outcomes of children. While infant and perinatal mortality have been well-evaluated regarding racial differentials, there are no substantial data on PNM in this perspective. The purpose...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - December 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laurens Holmes Jr Elias Malachi Enguancho Rakinya Hinson Justin Williams Carlin Nelson Kayla Janae Whaley Kirk Dabney Johnette Williams Emanuelle Medeiros Dias Source Type: research

Evaluation of a dementia prevention program to improve health and social care and promote human rights among older adults
This study aims to evaluate a human rights-informed dementia prevention program promoting better health and social care among older adults. In this study, the authors examined whether a dual-task training would improve cognition in healthy older adults. Individuals attending the systematic health education program for older adults based in Japan were recruited for study inclusion, and divided into a dual-task training group (TG) and a control group (CG). The TG underwent 90 min of a weekly dual-task training for 12 weeks. Severity of dementia was measured using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) test. Brain ...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - November 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Keisuke Kaneko Fumihito Sasamori Masao Okuhara Suchinda Jarupat Maruo Kazuki Ashida Hisaaki Tabuchi Hisaki Akasaki Kazuki Kobayashi Yuya Aoyagi Noriaki Watanabe Tomoyuki Nishino Koji Terasawa Source Type: research