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The patient voice: a survey of worries and anxieties during health system transition in HIV services in Vietnam
Vietnam is shifting toward integrating HIV services into the public health system using social health insurance (SHI), and the HIV service delivery system is becoming decentralized. The study aim was to invest... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - January 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shoko Matsumoto, Hoai Dung Thi Nguyen, Dung Thi Nguyen, Giang Van Tran, Junko Tanuma, Daisuke Mizushima, Kinh Van Nguyen and Shinichi Oka Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Prevalence of child marriage and its impact on fertility outcomes in 34 sub-Saharan African countries
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 hea... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - December 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sanni Yaya, Emmanuel Kolawole Odusina and Ghose Bishwajit Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Protocol of a longitudinal study on the specific needs of Syrian refugee families in Switzerland
The ongoing Syrian civil war has led to massive population displacements, leading to the reorganization of the asylum policies of several countries. Accordingly, like other European countries, the Swiss govern... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - December 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nahema El Ghaziri, J érémie Blaser, Joëlle Darwiche, Joan-Carles Suris, Javier Sanchis Zozaya, Régis Marion-Veyron, Dario Spini and Patrick Bodenmann Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research

Sexual and gender minorities rights in Latin America and the Caribbean: a multi-country evaluation
Although the extent of legal inequities experienced by sexual and gender minorities (SGM) has declined during recent decades, this population still enjoys fewer legal protections and benefits than the non-gend... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - November 6, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Monica Malta, Reynaldo Cardoso, Luiz Montenegro, Jaqueline Gomes de Jesus, Michele Seixas, Bruna Benevides, Maria das Dores Silva, Sara LeGrand and Kathryn Whetten Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Rethinking obstetric violence and the “neglect of neglect”: the silence of a labour ward milieu in a South African district hospital
Research into the mistreatment of women during childbirth has increased over recent years. Overt violence is an important focus of research, but recently there has been increasing recognition that there are ot... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - October 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maura Lappeman and Leslie Swartz Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Prevalence of intimate partner violence against women in the Arab world: a systematic review
Violence against women has particular importance for women ’s health and wellbeing in the Arab world, where women face persistent barriers to social, political and economic equality. This review aims to summari... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - October 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tatiana Elghossain, Sarah Bott, Chaza Akik and Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Social support attenuates the link between torture exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among male and female Syrian refugees in Sweden
The aim of this study is threefold: (i) to establish the psychometric properties and gender invariance of ENRICHD Social Support Inventory (ESSI), which was used for the first time in the present study in the ... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - September 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maria Gottvall, Marjan Vaez and Fredrik Saboonchi Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Perceptions of brazilian nursing faculty members regarding literacy of human rights related to health in nursing undergraduate programs
This study seeks t... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - August 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carla Aparecida Arena Ventura, Isabel Amelia Costa Mendes, Simone de Godoy, La ís Fumincelli, Mirella Castellano Souza and Valtuir Duarte Souza Junior Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Health care providers ’ and mothers’ perceptions about the medicalization of female genital mutilation or cutting in Egypt: a cross-sectional qualitative study
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a traditional harmful practice that has been prevalent in Egypt for many years. The medicalization of FGM/C has been increasing significantly in Egypt making it the... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - August 27, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Omaima El-Gibaly, Mirette Aziz and Salma Abou Hussein Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Child marriage among boys in high-prevalence countries: an analysis of sexual and reproductive health outcomes
While the determinants and impacts of child marriage among girls have been well documented, little research exists on the practice among boys. This paper explores the sociodemographic profile of men who marrie... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - August 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christina Misunas, Colleen Murray Gast ón and Claudia Cappa Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Effects of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on child mortality and vaccination rates: a synthetic control analysis
Scholars have long been sceptical about the effectiveness of human rights treaties in changing the behaviour of states parties and prior empirical research has often justified that scepticism. However, only a ... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - August 2, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gary W. Reinbold Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Studying the impoverishing effects of procuring medicines: a national study
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. (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - July 31, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mohammadreza Amiresmaili and Zahra Emrani Tags: Research article Source Type: research

A model explaining refugee experiences of the Australian healthcare system: a systematic review of refugee perceptions
Refugees have significant unmet health needs. Delivering services to refugees continues to be problematic in the Australian healthcare system. A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the literature explo... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - July 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Michael Au, Athire Debbie Anandakumar, Robyn Preston, Robin A. Ray and Meg Davis Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Current care for victims of sexual violence and future sexual assault care centres in Belgium: the perspective of victims
Sexual violence is a global health problem. After ratifying the Convention of Istanbul in 2016, this Belgian study was set up to map the perspective of victims of rape on the current sexual violence care provi... (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - June 27, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laura Peeters, Anke Vandenberghe, Bavo Hendriks, Christine Gilles, Kristien Roelens and Ines Keygnaert Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Quality of health care for refugees – a systematic review
The aim of this systematic review was to identify quality indicators (QI) developed for health care for refugees. (Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights)
Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - June 13, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karolin Hahn, Jost Steinh äuser, Denise Wilfling and Katja Goetz Tags: Research article Source Type: research