Journal Issue: BMC Int Health Hum Rights Volume 20;  2020

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Volume 20;  2020

Editorial

A renewed call for transdisciplinary action on NCDs
Brigit Toebes, Marlies Hesselman, Jochen O. Mierau, Jitse P. van Dijk
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 22. Published online 2020 Aug 28. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00241-z
PMCID:
PMC7453365
Abstract Article PDF–503K

Research Articles

The patient voice: a survey of worries and anxieties during health system transition in HIV services in Vietnam
Shoko Matsumoto, Hoai Dung Thi Nguyen, Dung Thi Nguyen, Giang Van Tran, Junko Tanuma, Daisuke Mizushima, Kinh Van Nguyen, Shinichi Oka
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 1. Published online 2020 Jan 10. doi: 10.1186/s12914-019-0221-7
PMCID:
PMC6954624
Abstract Article PDF–1.1M
Trends in prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence against women in Zimbabwe, 2005–2015
Jeanette Iman’ishimwe Mukamana, Pamela Machakanja, Nicholas Kofi Adjei
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 2. Published online 2020 Jan 20. doi: 10.1186/s12914-019-0220-8
PMCID:
PMC6971918
Abstract Article PDF–632K
Exploring barriers to seeking health care among Kenyan Somali women with female genital mutilation: a qualitative study
Samuel Kimani, Caroline W. Kabiru, Jacinta Muteshi, Jaldesa Guyo
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 3. Published online 2020 Jan 28. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-0222-6
PMCID:
PMC6986153
Abstract Article PDF–530K
Sexual and reproductive health rights knowledge and reproductive health services utilization among rural reproductive age women in Aleta Wondo District, Sidama zone, Ethiopia: community based cross-sectional study
Tariku Tadesse, Mesay Hailu Dangisso, Teshome Abuka Abebo
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 4. Published online 2020 Mar 11. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00223-1
PMCID:
PMC7065338
Abstract Article PDF–723K
Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Muslim-majority countries: a systematic mixed studies review
Dyah Juliastuti, Judith Dean, Lisa Fitzgerald
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 5. Published online 2020 Mar 11. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00225-z
PMCID:
PMC7066758
Abstract Article PDF–848K
Community mobilisation to prevent violence against women and girls in eastern India through participatory learning and action with women’s groups facilitated by accredited social health activists: a before-and-after pilot study
Nirmala Nair, Nayreen Daruwalla, David Osrin, Suchitra Rath, Sumitra Gagrai, Rebati Sahu, Hemanta Pradhan, Megha De, Gauri Ambavkar, Nibha Das, G. Pramila Dungdung, Damini Mohan, Bahadur Munda, Vijay Singh, Prasanta Tripathy, Audrey Prost
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 6. Published online 2020 Mar 25. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00224-0
PMCID:
PMC7093987
Abstract Article PDF–559K
Assessing medical impoverishment and associated factors in health care in Ethiopia
Amarech G. Obse, John E. Ataguba
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 7. Published online 2020 Mar 30. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00227-x
PMCID:
PMC7106681
Abstract Article PDF–619K
Expanding the role of paralegals: supporting realization of the right to health for vulnerable communities
Albert Wirya, Ajeng Larasati, Sofia Gruskin, Laura Ferguson
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 8. Published online 2020 Mar 30. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00226-y
PMCID:
PMC7106642
Abstract Article PDF–536K
Misoprostol for the prevention of post-partum haemorrhage in Mozambique: an analysis of the interface between human rights, maternal health and development
Karen Hobday, Anthony B. Zwi, Caroline Homer, Renae Kirkham, Jennifer Hulme, Páscoa Zualo Wate, Ndola Prata
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 9. Published online 2020 Apr 8. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00229-9
PMCID:
PMC7140325
Abstract Article PDF–790K
Community perspectives on the extent to which transactional sex is viewed as sexual exploitation in Central Uganda
N. Kyegombe, R. Meiksin, S. Namakula, J. Mulindwa, R. Muhumuza, J. Wamoyi, L. Heise, A. M. Buller
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 11. Published online 2020 May 1. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00228-w
PMCID:
PMC7193338
Abstract Article PDF–618K
“An ethnographic exploration of factors that drive policing of street-based female sex workers in a U.S. setting - identifying opportunities for intervention”
Katherine H. A. Footer, Bradley E. Silberzahn, Sahnah Lim, Steven Huettner, Victor A. Kumar, Derek Loeffler, Sarah M. Peitzmeier, Susan G. Sherman
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 12. Published online 2020 May 14. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00232-0
PMCID:
PMC7227297
Abstract Article PDF–588K
Development and validation of the LoVI: the Laws on Violence against women and girls Index
Kathryn M. Yount, Patricia C. Lewis, Cari Jo Clark, Lori Heise, Ruchira T. Naved, Lauren Maxwell
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 13. Published online 2020 May 29. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00233-z
PMCID:
PMC7260825
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Illicit financial flows and the provision of child and maternal health services in low- and middle-income countries
Bienvenido Ortega, Jesús Sanjuán, Antonio Casquero
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 15. Published online 2020 Jul 11. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00236-w
PMCID:
PMC7353727
Abstract Article PDF–1.5M
A social-ecological examination into the research, policy and health service delivery environment related to early marriage and sexual and gender-based violence among youth in Jordan
Jewel Gausman, Areej Othman, Abeer Dababneh, Maysoon Dabobe, Iqbal Hamad, Insaf Daas, Ana Langer
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 16. Published online 2020 Jul 13. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00234-y
PMCID:
PMC7359002
Abstract Article PDF–904K
Female genital mutilation/cutting in Sierra Leone: are educated women intending to circumcise their daughters?
Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Justice Kanor Tetteh, Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-Ansah, Kofi Aduo-Adjei, Aisha Sena-Iddrisu
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 19. Published online 2020 Jul 23. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00240-0
PMCID:
PMC7376916
Abstract Article PDF–576K
Status and associated factors of birth registration in selected districts of Tigray region, Ethiopia
Shishay Tadesse Abay, Ataklti Gebreyesus Gebre-egziabher
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 20. Published online 2020 Jul 29. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00235-x
PMCID:
PMC7388520
Abstract Article PDF–529K
Disrespect and abuse of women during the process of childbirth at health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zemenu Yohannes Kassa, Berhan Tsegaye, Abebaw Abeje
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 23. Published online 2020 Sep 7. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00242-y
PMCID:
PMC7487593
Abstract Article PDF–1.2M
The correlation between sexual dysfunction and intimate partner violence in young women during pregnancy
Ellahe Bahrami_Vazir, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Mahin Kamalifard, Fatemeh Ghelichkhani, Azam Mohammadi, Mojgan Mirghafourvand
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 24. Published online 2020 Sep 14. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00245-9
PMCID:
PMC7491062
Abstract Article PDF–535K
Understanding access to professional healthcare among asylum seekers facing gender-based violence: a qualitative study from a stakeholder perspective
Mirjam D. Rodella Sapia, Tenzin Wangmo, Stéphanie Dagron, Bernice S. Elger
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 25. Published online 2020 Sep 21. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00244-w
PMCID:
PMC7507652
Abstract Article PDF–616K
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Slovakia and in Finland: one law, two different practices?
Barbara Pavlikova, Jitse P. van Dijk
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 26. Published online 2020 Sep 29. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00243-x
PMCID:
PMC7523304
Abstract Article PDF–664K
Engaging with faith groups to prevent VAWG in conflict-affected communities: results from two community surveys in the DRC
Elisabet Le Roux, Julienne Corboz, Nigel Scott, Maggie Sandilands, Uwezo Baghuma Lele, Elena Bezzolato, Rachel Jewkes
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 27. Published online 2020 Oct 7. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00246-8
PMCID:
PMC7539417
Abstract Article PDF–1.1M
Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons
Priscila França de Araújo, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr, Carl Kendall, George W. Rutherford, David W. Seal, Roberto da Justa Pires Neto, Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro, Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão, Larissa Fortunato Araújo, Francisco Marto Leal Pinheiro, Ana Zaira da Silva
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 28. Published online 2020 Oct 29. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00247-7
Correction in:
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 31.
PMCID:
PMC7594946
Abstract Article PDF–342K
Quality of life of women from families of martyred individuals in the Kurdistan region of Iraq as a conflict area in the Middle East
Hamdia Mirkhan Ahmed
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 29. Published online 2020 Nov 30. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00248-6
PMCID:
PMC7708142
Abstract Article PDF–584K
Early marriage and women’s empowerment: the case of child-brides in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia
Mikyas Abera, Ansha Nega, Yifokire Tefera, Abebaw Addis Gelagay
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 30. Published online 2020 Dec 14. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00249-5
PMCID:
PMC7734808
Abstract Article PDF–720K

Debates

Scheduling medicines as controlled substances: addressing normative and democratic gaps through human rights-based analysis
Diederik Lohman, Damon Barrett
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 10. Published online 2020 Apr 21. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00231-1
PMCID:
PMC7171726
Abstract Article PDF–566K
Where boys don’t dance, but women still thrive: using a development approach as a means of reconciling the right to health with the legitimization of cultural practices
Melisa Demir, Bilkis Vissandjée, Danielle Jacobson, Gillian Einstein
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 14. Published online 2020 Jun 15. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00230-2
PMCID:
PMC7294601
Abstract Article PDF–598K
The role of local and regional authorities in prevention and control of NCDs: the case of Poland
Robert Tabaszewski
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 17. Published online 2020 Jul 22. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00238-8
PMCID:
PMC7374884
Abstract Article PDF–611K
International norm development and change: can international law play a meaningful role in curbing the lifestyle disease pandemic?
Preslava Stoeva
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 18. Published online 2020 Jul 23. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00239-7
PMCID:
PMC7376856
Abstract Article PDF–620K
Universal cervical cancer control through a right to health lens: refocusing national policy and programmes on underserved women
Katrina Perehudoff, Heleen Vermandere, Alex Williams, Sergio Bautista-Arredondo, Elien De Paepe, Sonia Dias, Ana Gama, Ines Keygnaert, Adhemar Longatto-Filho, Jose Ortiz, Elizaveta Padalko, Rui Manuel Reis, Nathalie Vanderheijden, Bernardo Vega, Bo Verberckmoes, Olivier Degomme
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 21. Published online 2020 Jul 31. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00237-9
PMCID:
PMC7393343
Abstract Article PDF–589K

Correction

Correction to: Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons
Priscila França de Araújo, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr, Carl Kendall, George W. Rutherford, David W. Seal, Roberto da Justa Pires Neto, Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro, Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão, Larissa Fortunato Araújo, Francisco Marto Leal Pinheiro, Ana Zaira da Silva
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 31. Published online 2020 Dec 14. doi: 10.1186/s12914-020-00250-y
Corrects:
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2020; 20: 28.
PMCID:
PMC7735411
Correction PDF–193K
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