BMC International Health and Human Rights This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.

The impact of Brazil's Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program on children's health care utilization and health outcomes
Conclusions: Bolsa Familia has improved health care utilization, especially for services related to the health conditionalites, and there were positive spillover effects on older siblings. The findings of this study are promising, but they also suggest that further improvements in health may depend on the quality of health care services provided, the scope of services linked to the health conditionalities, and coordination with other social safety net programs. (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - April 1, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Amie SheiFederico CostaMitermayer ReisAlbert Ko Source Type: research

Models of care for orphaned and separated children and upholding children's rights: cross-sectional evidence from western Kenya
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa is home to approximately 55 million orphaned children. The growing orphan crisis has overwhelmed many communities and has weakened the ability of extended families to meet traditional care-taking expectations. Other models of care and support have emerged in sub-Saharan Africa to address the growing orphan crisis, yet there is a lack of information on these models available in the literature. We applied a human rights framework using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to understand what extent children's basic human rights were being upheld in institutional vs. community...
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - April 1, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lonnie EmbletonDavid AyukuAllan KamandaLukoye AtwoliSamuel AyayaRachel VreemanWinstone NyandikoPeter GisoreJulius KoechPaula Braitstein Source Type: research

Child neglect in one-child families from Suzhou City of Mainland China
Conclusion: The rates of child neglect subtypes vary across different regions in China probably due to the different policy implementation and socio-economic levels, with a lower level of physical and educational neglect and a higher level of emotional neglect in this study. The three-generation family structure was correlates of neglect which may be unique in one child families. This indicates that future intervention programs in one-child families should target these factors. (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - March 25, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jing HuaZhe MuBright NwaruGuixiong GuWei MengZhuochun Wu Source Type: research

HIV testing among pregnant women living with HIV in India: are private healthcare providers routinely violating women's human rights?
Conclusions: There is an urgent need for capacity building among private healthcare providers to improve standards of practice with regard to informed consent process, HIV testing, patient confidentiality, treatment, and referral of pregnant women living with HIV. (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - March 24, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Purnima MadhivananKarl KruppVinay KulkarniSanjeevani KulkarniNeha VaidyaReshma ShaheenSean PhilpottCelia Fisher Source Type: research

Adverse childhood experiences, psychosocial well-being and cognitive development among orphans and abandoned children in five low income countries
Conclusions: These findings suggest that interventions targeting psychosocial support for vulnerable children, especially vis a vis traumatic experiences, may ease strains inhibiting a child's learning. Family based interventions to stabilize socioeconomic conditions may help overcome psychosocial challenges that otherwise would present as barriers to the child's learning. (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - March 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Maya EscuetaKathryn WhettenJan OstermannKaren O¿Donnell Source Type: research

The emergence of a global right to health norm ¿ the unresolved case of universal access to quality emergency obstetric care
Conclusions: Despite United Nations recognition of maternal mortality as a human rights issue, the relevant policy communities have not yet managed to shift the policy agenda to prioritise the global right to health norm of shared responsibility for realising access to emergency obstetric care. The experience of HIV advocates in pushing for global solutions based on right to health principles, including participation, solidarity and accountability; suggest potential avenues for utilising right to health based arguments to push for policy priority for universal access to emergency obstetric care in the post-2015 global agen...
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - February 27, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Rachel HammondsGorik Ooms Source Type: research

The emergence of a global right to health norm - the unresolved case of universal access to quality emergency obstetric care
Conclusions: Despite United Nations recognition of maternal mortality as a human rights issue, the relevant policy communities have not yet managed to shift the policy agenda to prioritise the global right to health norm of shared responsibility for realising access to emergency obstetric care. The experience of HIV advocates in pushing for global solutions based on right to health principles, including participation, solidarity and accountability; suggest potential avenues for utilising right to health based arguments to push for policy priority for universal access to emergency obstetric care in the post-2015 global agen...
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - February 27, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Rachel HammondsGorik Ooms Source Type: research

Is universal health coverage the practical expression of the right to health care?
The present Millennium Development Goals are set to expire in 2015 and their next iteration is now being discussed within the international community. With regards to health, the World Health Organization proposes universal health coverage as a 'single overarching health goal' for the next iteration of the Millennium Development Goals.The present Millennium Development Goals have been criticised for being 'duplicative' or even 'competing alternatives' to international human rights law. The question then arises, if universal health coverage would indeed become the single overarching health goal, replacing the present health...
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - February 24, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gorik OomsLaila LatifAttiya WarisClaire BrolanRachel HammondsEric FriedmanMoses MulumbaLisa Forman Source Type: research

Public stigma against family members of people with mental illness: findings from the Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center (GGFRC), Southwest Ethiopia
Conclusion: Our findings revealed moderate level of family stigma. Place of residence, perceived signs and explanations of mental illness were independent correlates of public stigma against family members of people with mental illness. Therefore, mental health communication programs to inform explanations and signs of mental illness need to be implemented. (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - February 21, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Eshetu GirmaAnne Maria Möller-LeimkühlerNorbert MüllerSandra DehningGuenter FroeschlMarkos Tesfaye Source Type: research

Barriers to using skilled birth attendants¿ services in mid- and far-western Nepal: a cross-sectional study
Conclusions: Less than half of the women in our study delivered babies with the aid of SBAs, indicating a need to increase utilization of such services in rural and remote areas of Nepal. Distance from health facilities and inadequate transportation pose major barriers to the utilization of SBAs. Providing women with transportation funds before they go to a facility for delivery and managing transportation options will increase service utilization. Moreover, SBA utilization associates positively with women’s knowledge of pregnancy danger signs, wealth quintile, and completed antenatal care visits. Nepal’s health system...
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - December 23, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Bishnu ChoulagaiSharad OntaNarayan SubediSuresh MehataGajananda BhandariAmod PoudyalBinjwala ShresthaMatthews MathaiMax PetzoldAlexandra Krettek Source Type: research

Barriers to using skilled birth attendants' services in mid- and far-western Nepal: a cross-sectional study
Conclusions: Less than half of the women in our study delivered babies with the aid of SBAs, indicating a need to increase utilization of such services in rural and remote areas of Nepal. Distance from health facilities and inadequate transportation pose major barriers to the utilization of SBAs. Providing women with transportation funds before they go to a facility for delivery and managing transportation options will increase service utilization. Moreover, SBA utilization associates positively with women's knowledge of pregnancy danger signs, wealth quintile, and completed antenatal care visits. Nepal's health system mus...
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - December 23, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Bishnu ChoulagaiSharad OntaNarayan SubediSuresh MehataGajananda BhandariAmod PoudyalBinjwala ShresthaMatthews MathaiMax PetzoldAlexandra Krettek Source Type: research

Factors in the management of feeding in nursery school children as perceived by their mothers in rural Bondo County, Kenya
Conclusions: Based on these findings, there is an urgent need for sensitization of the mothers on the management of feeding of these pre-school children in Bondo County. It is hoped that relevant interventions would then be designed with the view of managing children feeding in such rural settings as in Bondo County in Kenya. (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - November 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Allan WereFelix KioliKennedy OnkwareElizabeth OnyangoSussy GumoCollins Ouma Source Type: research

Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d¿Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study
This study took place in north and northwestern rural Côte d’Ivoire. Methods: Between 2010 and 2012, we conducted a two-armed, non-blinded randomized-controlled trial (RCT) comparing group savings only (control) to “gender dialogue groups” added to group savings (treatment). The gender dialogue group consisted of eight sessions that targeted women and their male partner. Eligible Ivorian women (18+ years, no prior experience with group savings) were invited to participate. 934 out of 981 (95.2%) partnered women completed baseline and endline data collection. The primary trial outcome measure was an overall measure o...
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - November 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jhumka GuptaKathryn FalbHeidi LehmannDenise KpeboZiming XuanMazeda HossainCathy ZimmermanCharlotte WattsJeannie Annan Source Type: research

Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Cote d'Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study
Conclusions: Results from this pilot RCT suggest the importance of addressing household gender inequities alongside economic programming, because this type of combined intervention has potential to reduce levels of IPV. Additional large-scale intervention research is needed to replicate these findings.Trial registrationRegistration Number: NCT01629472. (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - November 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jhumka GuptaKathryn FalbHeidi LehmannDenise KpeboZiming XuanMazeda HossainCathy ZimmermanCharlotte WattsJeannie Annan Source Type: research

Evaluating traditional healers knowledge and practices related to HIV testing and treatment in South Africa
Conclusion: The results indicate that traditional healers could be used for prevention as well as referring HIV positive individuals for treatment. Traditional healers were enthusiastic about the possibility of collaborating with bio-medical practitioners in the prevention and care of HIV and AIDS patients. This is significant considering they already service the health needs of a large percentage of the South African population. However, further development of training programmes and materials for them on HIV and AIDS related issues would seem necessary. (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - October 23, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gavin GeorgeEthel ChitindinguJeff Gow Source Type: research