International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare: Volume 10 Issue 1

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“Don’t judge me”: narratives of living with FGM

Natasha Recchia, Julie McGarry

The purpose of this paper is to facilitate a participant led arts-based workshop for survivors of female genital mutilation (FGM) in order to explore their experiences and impact…

Religious differentials in morbidity prevalence and health care seeking behaviours among older persons in India

Gopal Agrawal, Sangram Kishor Patel

A plethora of studies have documented evidence on morbidity patterns and treatment-seeking behaviour among older persons in India. However, so far no attempt has been made to…

Type 2 diabetes prevention and self-management among Nicaraguan ethnic minorities: findings from phase 3 of a community-based participatory research study

Kelley Newlin Lew, Yolanda McLean, Sylvia Byers, Helen Taylor, Karina Cayasso

The purpose of this paper is to explore physical environmental, medical environmental, and individual factors in a sample of ethnic minority adults with or at-risk for type 2…

Implicit bias in US medicine: complex findings and incomplete conclusions

Makini Chisolm-Straker, Howard Straker

Implicit bias is the application of an unconscious attitude or belief; in the clinical setting, a provider’s perception of a patient, based upon perceived race or ethnicity, is…

Geographical perspective of modeling primary healthcare accessibility

Justice Surage, Richard Tawiah, Timothy Twumasi-Mensah

The purpose of this paper is to measure the spatial accessibility of primary healthcare facility in Ghanaian rural areas, by determining the barriers to healthcare accessibilities…

Young service users from refugee backgrounds: their perspectives on barriers to accessing Australian mental health services

Madeleine Claire Valibhoy, Josef Szwarc, Ida Kaplan

The purpose of this paper is to examine barriers to accessing mental health services, from the perspective of young people of refugee background who have been service users, and…

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ISSN:

2056-4902

Online date, start – end:

2015

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Dr Theo Gavrielides