International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare: Volume 16 Issue 4

Editorial

Theo Gavrielides

Eliciting preference for private health services among patients in Iran: evidence from a discrete choice experiment

Fahimeh Ansari, Sima Rafiei, Edris Kakemam, Mohammad Amerzadeh, Bahman Ahadinezhad

The provision of private health-care services by public hospitals is common in Iran. Examining factors associated with patients’ preferences to use private health services and…

Policies and initiatives/programs that promote health and self-care in asylum seekers living in high income countries: a narrative review

Gloria Nkhoma, Chiao Xin Lim, Gerard Kennedy, Ieva Stupans

This paper aims to identify health-care entitlements that exist for asylum seekers with chronic non-communicable disease (CNCD) that promote their health and self-care, and to…

The role of tinnitus distress in the development of somatization symptoms among patients: implications for health care in Pakistan

Ammar Ahmed, Naeem Aslam

Tinnitus patients are among the most vulnerable group to develop psychopathological symptoms over time if left unresolved. This study aims to investigate the role of tinnitus…

Public health insurance for elderly: did researchers recognise health as human right for elderly?

Gaurav Agrawal, Aditi Mishra

This study aims to shed some light on the subject matter of the exploration of public medical coverage and elderly done as such far across the world. To achieve this objective, a…

Barriers to the right to HIV prevention health care for men who have sex with men (MSM) in Barbados: an examination of anti-gay prejudice

Alana Griffith, Mahalia Jackman

A consensus in the literature is that anti-gay prejudice has a negative impact on HIV programming for men who have sex with men (MSM). This paper aims to analyse the prevalence…

Healthcare services utilization in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bahman Ahadinezhad, Omid Khosravizadeh, Sima Rafiei, Aisa Maleki

It can be said that the most important function of the health system is to provide health-care services. This directly affects society’s health and justice. To the best of the…

Self-reported unmet health needs of adults with disabilities in Kurdistan, Iran

Arian Azadnia, Amjad Mohamadi Bolbanabad, Hossein Safari, Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh, Bakhtiar Piroozi, Darya Ghamari, Shiva Khosravi, Zhina Banafshi, Ramazan Ebrahimi

Health is one of the most basic human rights. This study aims to examine the pattern of unmet health services needs and barriers to use health services among people with…

Inequity in out-of-pocket expenditure and utilization of laboratory tests in Iran: lessons learned in human rights

Rauf Kord, Enayatollah Homaie Rad, Ali Davoudi Kiakalayeh

This study aims to calculate the inequity in out of pocket expenditures and utilization of laboratory tests in Iran. Equal access to health services is an important part of human…

The tension between INGOs’ accountability to donors’ agendas and to the affected population and its impact on their access to human rights

Tamara Zibin, Aseel Zibin, Ayman Al-Essa

This paper aims to discuss the main reasons behind the tension between accountability to donors and accountability to beneficiaries, in terms of obtaining the basic needs and…

Risk assessment of exposure to COVID-19 virus: a cross-sectional study among health-care workers

Saber Souri, Zahra Nejatifar, Mohammad Amerzadeh, Fariba Hashemi, Sima Rafiei

Health-care workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus, which necessitates implementing transmission prevention measures in health-care delivery…