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Reconsidering the criteria of the healthy house's interior design during crises: COVID-19 pandemic as an example
This study methodology adopted both inductive approach and a Study Application Model to define the Healthy House Criteria and fulfill the study objectives. Under the inductive approach a holistic literature review was undertaken while the Study Application Model implied defining the conception of the overall Criteria of the Healthy House's interior design under the COVID-19. The finding of the study showed some areas needed to improve current healthy house's criteria in terms of its interior design that may be used to cope with potential crises such as the COVID-19. Based on the revealed findings, the researcher sugge...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - September 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anas Atef Shamaileh Source Type: research

Safeguarding the rights and welfare of the health-care workers amid the pandemic: a social protection approach
This study applies both doctrinal and non-doctrinal research methods with the legal and authoritative approaches by integrating the three elements of social protections, which are working conditions, insurance protection and social assistance for the protection of HCWs. A pragmatic approach to the social protection system by integrating these elements can safeguard the rights and welfare of the frontline HCWs amid the pandemic. This approach should be made effective for the sustainability of the HCW and health industry in Malaysia. This paper highlights the significance of initiating and empowering ad hoc approac...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - September 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Harlida Abdul Wahab Asmar Abdul Rahim Nor Anita Abdullah Source Type: research

The current quality criteria of MRI reports distributed to healthcare stakeholders in Jordan
Mohammad Ayasrah International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Many international radiology societies, including American College of Radiologists (ACR), have established guidelines for optimum forms and contents of medical imaging reports to ensure high quality and to guarantee the satisfaction of both the referring physician and the patient. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the criteria of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reports in Jordan according to the standards of the ACR. This cross-sectional study was conducted in early Janu...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - September 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mohammad Ayasrah Source Type: research

A systematic review and meta-analysis of screening and diagnostic accuracy for hearing loss among under-five children in South-Asian region
This study can be used as a reference for other future studies in the area of hearing-screening, diagnostic accuracy and associated risk indicators among children. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - September 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ramesh Athe Rinshu Dwivedi Krushna Chandra Sahoo Debdutta Bhattacharya Shalu Jain Sanghamitra Pati Source Type: research

Health-related needs and barriers in transgender populations: a systematic review study
In this study, health-related needs and barriers to satisfy them were categorized from the viewpoint of TG populations and health policymakers around the world, which may influence future decisions to provide services to TG populations. The results of this systematic review can help to develop different strategies by considering all TGs from individual, family and social aspects to better provide services for this group. However, given the dynamics and changes in the existing communities and the limited studies on gender minorities in developing countries, further research is required to comprehensively address the subject...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - September 3, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yousef Moradi Marzieh Mahboobi Ghobad Moradi Source Type: research

Exploring opioid addictions and responsibilities: almost lost in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic
Alan David Smith International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study is to highlight the overshadowing of the opioid crisis due to Covid-19 pandemic. Opioids are affecting increasing numbers as the current opioid overdose death rate is increasing to 209 per day. While there appears light shining on the end of the Covid-19 pandemic with the advent of a fourth vaccine, there is no such light for the opioid epidemic. Based on a sample of 603 relatively educated adults in NE Ohio, the health harm caused by both crises, prescri...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - September 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alan David Smith Source Type: research

Development and psychometric properties of fear of rejection scale (FRS): measuring social and interpersonal rejection among young adults in Pakistan
Rowaida Yawar, Muhammad Aqeel, Maryam Rafiq, Saher Navid, Nabiha Taufiq, Areesha Touqir, Moazma Imran International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Fear of rejection is a feeling experienced by every human, which influences everyday life. It impacts an individual’s physical and mental health. But still there is no valid and reliable measure to assess prevalence of fear of rejection because of interpersonal relationships and social factors. This paper aims to serve the purpose of the establishment of psychometric properties of a scale that m...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - September 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rowaida Yawar Muhammad Aqeel Maryam Rafiq Saher Navid Nabiha Taufiq Areesha Touqir Moazma Imran Source Type: research

Psychological resilience and its relationship to life stress among Al-Bayda University students
Abdullah Mohammed Al-dhuraibi, Mohammed Hasan Ali Al-Abyadh International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The phenomenon of stress is a problem for a large number of interested people and researchers, and it has even become a global phenomenon in recent times. This is due to the effect of this phenomenon on the individual's performance, efficiency and satisfaction with the work he performs. This paper aims to know the level of psychological resilience, life stress and the relationship between them among a sample of Al-Bayda University student...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - August 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Abdullah Mohammed Al-dhuraibi Mohammed Hasan Ali Al-Abyadh Source Type: research

Measurement and evaluation the impact of perceived healthcare service quality on guest loyalty during COVID-19
This study reveals that human aspects, technical aspects and tangible aspects directly positively affect satisfaction and guest loyalty in the hotel industry. This study highlights that perceived service quality (human aspects, technical aspects and tangible aspects) are vital and practical strategic tools that could be positioned to accelerate guest loyalty in the hotel industry. Furthermore, satisfaction mediates the relationship between human aspects, technical aspects, tangible aspects and guest loyalty. (Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - August 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Husam Jasim Mohammed Qasim Ali Mohammed Mustafa Hatwan Rhima Source Type: research

Human rights in mental health with specific focus on international standards and clinical practices
This study is based on review of literature focused on mental health and human rights with special reference to international standards and clinical practices. Recent articles related to mental health and human rights and mechanisms suggested by United nations were included to draw conclusion. Review of literature suggested to switch from reactive to a constructive and pragmatic approach, which is community-based, emphasizing alliance, rather than action, when the client is still too damaged to agree. Treatment should go hand in hand with mental health and civil rights education in the neighbourhood, as well as opport...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - August 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Varsha Agarwal Avnish Sharma Aneesya Panicker Syeda Shifa Rohit Rammurthy Source Type: research

From accident to hospital: measuring inequality in pre-hospital emergency services in a city in the North of Iran
This study aimed to investigate inequality in arrival time of emergent traffic accident patients to the hospital in 2018–2019 in a city in the North of Iran. The authors extracted the data from the Guilan province trauma system databank in Poursina Hospital in Rasht in 2018 and 2019. The Gini coefficient was used to calculate inequality, and a regression model was estimated for determining the reason for inequality in time to receive hospital services. The study showed that patients’ arrival time from the time of the accident to the time of arrival to the hospital was 64.48 ± 47.63 min (minimum of 9 ...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - August 23, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mohaddese Omidi Behzad Zohrevandi Enayatollah Homaie Rad Source Type: research

Failing the rights: sexual vulnerability, access to services and barriers to contraceptives among adolescents in Narok County, Kenya
This study aims to explore drivers to sexual activity, access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and barriers to contraceptive use among adolescents in Narok County, Kenya to inform the design of SRH interventions and safeguard young people’s rights to sexual health. A cross-sectional mixed methods study was conducted in December 2019. Quantitative data were collected through structured questionnaires among girls aged 15 to 19 years old who were either pregnant or had given birth and those who had not and boys aged 15 to 19 years old. Qualitative data were collected through focus group discussions ...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - August 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Griffins Manguro Jefferson Mwaisaka Dan Okoro Kigen Korir Patricia Owira Gerald Githinji Ademola Olajide Marleen Temmerman Source Type: research

Articulating key obligations of states to persons deprived of liberty under a right to health framework: the Philippine case study
Lee Edson P. Yarcia, Jan Michael Alexandre C. Bernadas International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to examine key obligations of states to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) under the right to health framework in the context of COVID-19. As a case study, it also describes the state of health in places of detention in the Philippines during the pandemic, with an end view of providing granular recommendations for prison policy reforms. Relevant rules under international human rights law related to places of detention were...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - August 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lee Edson P. Yarcia Jan Michael Alexandre C. Bernadas Source Type: research

A hindrance to proper health care: psychometric development and validation of opiophobia questionnaire among doctors in Pakistan
Faiqa Naz, Kanwar Hamza Shuja, Muhammad Aqeel, Saima Ehsan, Atqa Noor, Dua Butt, Hajra Gul, Ushba Rafaqat, Amna Khan, Shafaq Gulzamir International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- There is an ever-increasing number of patients suffering from various forms of acute and chronic pain and getting treatment for such ailments is a basic human right. Opioid analgesics remain one way of managing and attending to such patients. However, due to the prevalence of opiophobia, many doctors avoid prescribing opioid-based medicines, even at the cost of pati...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - August 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Faiqa Naz Kanwar Hamza Shuja Muhammad Aqeel Saima Ehsan Atqa Noor Dua Butt Hajra Gul Ushba Rafaqat Amna Khan Shafaq Gulzamir Source Type: research

“The door has opened”: moving forward with menstrual health programming in Bangladesh
Siobhan Warrington, Mimi Coultas, Mitali Das, Effat Nur International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- In Bangladesh, as elsewhere, menstruation is surrounded by stigma, silence, and shame. Despite being a critical part of women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), it remains significantly under-researched and addressed. However, the focus on menstrual health (MH) programming is growing globally, with increased awareness of the importance of holistic and rights-based approaches. This case study aims to examine and...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - August 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Siobhan Warrington Mimi Coultas Mitali Das Effat Nur Source Type: research