International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare: Volume 14 Issue 1

Editorial

Theo Gavrielides

Stigma and COVID-19 in Iran: a rapid assessment

Azad Shokri, Ghobad Moradi, Amjad Mohamadi Bolbanabad, Mitra Satary, Mahin Shabrandi, Parsa Sadeghkhani, Aram Mohammadi, Armin Ghorishi, Ronak Veisy, Arshad Veysi, Bakhtiar Piroozi, Shina Amiri Hoseini, Sonia Darvishi, Heshmatollah Asadi

The purpose of the study is to investigate the perceived stigma among residents of Sanandaj, west of Iran, following COVID-19 pandemic.

Perceived barriers to whistle blowing in healthcare amongst healthcare professionals: An integrative review

Mandu Stephene Ekpenyong, Mathew Nyashanu, Amina Ibrahim, Laura Serrant

Whistleblowing is a procedure where an existing or past participant of an establishment reveals actions and practices believed to be illegal, immoral or corrupt, by individuals…

Health care access issues among young African American and Hispanic men

LaTasha Johnson-Bibbs

This paper aims to clarify the relationship between characteristics that contribute to health care access issues and individual behavior seeking health care. It proposes the…

Chronic pain management a fundamental human right: adaptation and examination of psychometric properties of pain anxiety symptoms scale among osteoporosis sample from Pakistan

Kanwar Hamza Shuja, Muhammad Aqeel, Rimsha Sarfaraz

Chronic pain is a global community health and human rights issue. Proper health care is an important necessity for every human being and access for treatment is every human’s…

Do front-line employees in the Chinese commercial banks have the rights to experience psychological well-being?

Shi Hu

By drawing on leader–member exchange theory, this study aims to understand the relationship between job autonomy, transformational leadership and psychological well-being mediated…

Cultural competence as a technology of whiteness: race and responsibilisation in Scottish health and social care

Lani Russell

The purpose of this paper is to explore and extend understanding of the concept of cultural competence in relation to whiteness, particularly the implications of this link in the…

Indigenous context of vertigo: translation and validation of dizziness handicap inventory for diagnosis and evaluation of patients in Pakistani hospitals

Ammar Ahmed, Muhammad Aqeel, Naeem Aslam Chughtai

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the indigenous need for public health challenges being faced by the patients in Pakistan because of vertigo symptoms. Vertigo or benign…