Understanding healthcare practices in superdiverse neighbourhoods and developing the concept of welfare bricolage: Protocol of a cross-national mixed-methods study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Albinism is an inherited condition with a relatively high prevalence in populations throughout sub-Saharan Africa. People with oculocutaneous albinism have little or no pigment in their hair, skin and eyes; thus they are visually impaired and extremely sensitive to the damaging effect of the sun on their ski...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Franklin A,Lund P,Bradbury-Jones C,Taylor J

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biopiracy - the use of a people's long-established medical knowledge without acknowledgement or compensation - has been a disturbing historical reality and exacerbates the global rich-poor divide. Bioprospecting, however, describes the commercialization of indigenous medicines in a manner acceptable to the l...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Puri M,Masum H,Heys J,Singer PA

更新日期：2010-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, the field of vaccines for diseases such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which take a heavy toll in developing countries has faced major failures. This has led to a call for more basic science research, and development as well as evaluation of new vaccine candidates. Human-animal chimer...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Bhan A,Singer PA,Daar AS

更新日期：2010-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The issue of child marriage is a form of human rights violation among young women mainly in resource-constrained countries. Over the past decades, child marriage has gained attention as a threat to women's health and autonomy. This study explores the prevalence of child marriage among women aged 20-24 years ...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Yaya S,Odusina EK,Bishwajit G

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Refugees are one of the most vulnerable groups in our society. They are at risk of poor physical and mental health outcomes, much of this attributed to traumatic events prior to migration and the additional risk factors refugees face in the host nations. However, how migration factors shape the health of res...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Dowling A,Enticott J,Kunin M,Russell G

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wars and violent domestic conflicts have forced millions of people to move outside their homes. Meeting the basic health needs of those people requires an understanding of research activity and research output on this topic. The objective of this study was to shed light on the quantity and impact of medicine...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Sweileh WM

更新日期：2017-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. There is therefore need to identify relevant factors associated with smoking among adolescents in order to better tailor public health interventions aimed at preventing smoking. METHODS:We used data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) c...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Siziya S,Muula AS,Rudatsikira E

更新日期：2008-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: Only governments sensitive to the demands of their citizens appropriately respond to needs of their nation. Based on Professor Amartya Sen's analysis of the link between famine and democracy, the following null hypothesis was tested: "Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence is not associated with gov...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Menon-Johansson AS

更新日期：2005-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this article we describe a phenomenological lifeworld study based on the theory of communicative action of 13 women with noncommunicable disease (NCDs) in a rural area in South Africa. The purpose of the study was to generate key concepts of health care access and the management of NCDs in a rural South A...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Lopes Ibanez-Gonzalez D,Tollman SM

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: The number of potential life years lost due to accidents and injuries though poorly studied has resulted in tremendous economic and social loss to Nigeria. Numerous socio-cultural, economic and political factors including the current epidemic of ethnic and religious conflicts act in concert in predisposing...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Aliyu ZY

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) are likely to deliver lower quality maternity care compared to professional health workers. It is important to characterize women who are assisted by TBAs in order to design interventions specific to such groups. We thus conducted a study to assess if socio-economic status...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Siziya S,Muula AS,Rudatsikira E

更新日期：2009-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research and evidence can have an impact on policy and practice, resulting in positive outcomes. However, research translation is a complex, dynamic and non-linear process. Although universities in Africa play a major role in generating research evidence, their strategic approaches to influence health polici...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Ssengooba F,Atuyambe L,Kiwanuka SN,Puvanachandra P,Glass N,Hyder AA

更新日期：2011-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:HIV risks for women who inject drugs and those who engage in sex work are well documented. Women who are dependent on non-injecting drugs and alcohol are also likely to have increased vulnerability to HIV infection, but until they actually inject drugs or engage in sex work, are unlikely to come...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Kermode M,Sono CZ,Songput CH,Devine A

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are various harmful traditional practices and beliefs across the different parts of Ethiopia. Shilshalo, which is yet little known about, is one of these practices existing in Argoba, a community in Amhara National Regional State of Ethiopia. This study was conducted to explore the various features ass...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Belete YM,Atlaw NK

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Indian Ocean region, including Mauritius. National records suggest a prevalence of HIV in Mauritius of < 1% in the general population, which is one of the lowest prevalence rates in southern Africa. However, HIV-positive cases have been increasing recently i...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Nishimura YH,Ono-Kihara M,Mohith JC,Ngmansun R,Homma T,Diclemente RJ,Lang DL,Kihara M

更新日期：2007-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The health status and lifestyle of migrants is often poorer than that of the general population of their host countries. The Nepalese represent a relatively small, but growing, immigrant community in the UK, about whom very little is known in term of public health. Therefore, our study examined the health an...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Adhikary P,Simkhada PP,van Teijlingen ER,Raja AE

更新日期：2008-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Under the "two countries, one system" policy implemented by China to manage the return of Hong Kong's sovereignty, Hong Kong has maintained a comparatively prosperous economy within the Asian region. This has resulted in an environment which fosters migration from the mainland to Hong Kong, due largely to pr...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Wong WC,Holroyd E,Chan EY,Griffiths S,Bingham A

更新日期：2008-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC) at antenatal care (ANC) settings allows pregnant women to learn the HIV status of themselves and their partners. Couples can make decisions together to prevent HIV transmission. In Thailand, men were tested at ANC settings only if their pregnant partners were HIV pos...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Lolekha R,Kullerk N,Wolfe MI,Klumthanom K,Singhagowin T,Pattanasin S,Sombat P,Naiwatanakul T,Leartvanangkul C,Voramongkol N

更新日期：2014-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the main treatment procedures is through medicine prescription. Considering the rising burden of drug costs, we conducted this study to estimate the impoverishing effects of medicine on Iranian households. METHOD:We carried out calculations based on the Iranian National Household Survey for the year ...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Amiresmaili M,Emrani Z

更新日期：2019-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rights of women and people living with HIV (PLHIV) are protected under South African law, yet there is a gap in the application of these laws. While there are numerous systemic and social barriers to women's and PLHIV's exercise of their legal rights and rights to access social services, there has been l...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Hill LM,Maman S,Holness D,Moodley D

更新日期：2016-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimation of the size of populations at risk of HIV is a key activity in the surveillance of the HIV epidemic. The existing framework for considering future research needs may provide decision-makers with a basis for a fair process of deciding on the methods of the estimation of the size of key populations ...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Safarnejad A,Groot W,Pavlova M

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Armed conflict potentially poses serious challenges to access and quality of maternal and reproductive health (MRH) services, resulting in increased maternal morbidity and mortality. The effects of armed conflict may vary from one setting to another, including the mechanisms/channels through which the confli...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Chi PC,Bulage P,Urdal H,Sundby J

更新日期：2015-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In September 2003, the Canadian government committed to developing legislation that would facilitate greater access to affordable medicines for developing countries. Over the course of eight months, the legislation, now known as Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR), went through a controversial policy ...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Esmail LC,Phillips K,Kuek V,Cosio AP,Kohler JC

更新日期：2010-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Costa Rica, like other developing countries, is experiencing an increasing burden of chronic conditions such as diabetes mellitus (DM), especially among its elderly population. This article has two goals: (1) to assess the level of metabolic control among the diabetic population age >or= 60 years old in Cost...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Brenes-Camacho G,Rosero-Bixby L

更新日期：2008-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myanmar/Burma has received increased development and humanitarian assistance since the election in November 2010. Monitoring the impact of foreign assistance and economic development on health and human rights requires knowledge of pre-election conditions. METHODS:From October 2008-January 2009, community-b...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Parmar PK,Benjamin-Chung J,Smith LS,Htoo SN,Laeng S,Lwin A,Mahn M,Maung C,Reh D,Shwe Oo EK,Lee T,Richards AK

更新日期：2014-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a significant aspect of adolescents' growth, safeguarded by SRH rights (SRHR). Despite various global efforts to promote adolescents SRHR (ASRHR), the majority of adolescents still lack awareness and autonomy to access SRH related information and services. This researc...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Iqbal S,Zakar R,Zakar MZ,Fischer F

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are a unique group that are often overlooked in many developing countries due to systemic weaknesses, lack of political commitment and inadequate support from government and non-governmental agencies. The population of these individuals is however steadily on the increase and...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Dogbe J,Owusu-Dabo E,Edusei A,Plange-Rhule G,Addofoh N,Baffour-Awuah S,Sarfo-Kantanka O,Hammond C,Owusu M

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The current political crisis, conflicts and riots in many Middle Eastern and African countries have led to massive migration waves towards Europe. European countries, receiving these migratory waves as first port of entry (POE) over the past few years, were confronted with several challenges as a result of the sheer v...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Lionis C,Petelos E,Mechili EA,Sifaki-Pistolla D,Chatzea VE,Angelaki A,Rurik I,Pavlic DR,Dowrick C,Dückers M,Ajdukovic D,Bakic H,Jirovsky E,Mayrhuber ES,van den Muijsenbergh M,Hoffmann K

更新日期：2018-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide, thousands of children are acting in different roles in armed groups. Whereas human rights activism and humanitarian imperatives tend to emphasize the image of child soldiers as incapable victims of adults' abusive compulsion, this image does not fully correspond with prevailing pedagogical and jur...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Derluyn I,Vandenhole W,Parmentier S,Mels C

更新日期：2015-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public health research is shifting focus to the role of socioeconomic indicators in the promotion of health. As such an understanding of the roles that socio-economic factors play in improving health and health-seeking behaviour is important for public health policy. This is because the share of resources de...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Olaogun AA,Adebayo AA,Ayandiran OE,Olasode OA

更新日期：2006-01-20 00:00:00