Social solidarity and the right to health: essential elements for people-centred health systems

London, Leslie; Himonga, Chuma; Fick, N.; Stuttaford, Maria

doi:10.1093/heapol/czu083

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“…Though commendable initiatives have been in place to improve girls participation in education in Nigeria, however, as supported by Herz and Sperling (2004) and Khoja-Moolji (2015) improving girls' education in Nigeria will involve packaging of supplementary policies that address barriers at the level of both supply and demand to meet the needs of girls. Also, the need for collective engagement approaches in addressing barriers to well-being and agency through deliberation and collaboration at the various levels of the society to encourage even access to education opportunities for girls is essential (Rao and Sanyal, 2010;Jones and Presler-Marshall, 2012;London et al, 2015;Ibrahim, 2017;Walker, 2018). Hence, there is the need to encourage all stakeholders' involvement in actions to tackle girls' sexual maturation issues and developing the capabilities of adolescent girls in education at the various level of the society through collective capabilities.…”

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“Of age – off school”: sexual maturation, girls’ education and capabilities

Ogamba¹

2019

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Purpose Over the years, efforts to ensure equal participation of girls in school in Nigeria have been met with some setbacks, amidst significant progress in mobilising communities for gender equality and mainstreaming. The purpose of this paper is to explore a number of features associated with sexual maturation that affect girls’ non-enrolment, limited attendance, performance at school and gender inequality in primary and secondary education in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The analytical engagement with the capability approach draws out elements of inequalities and demonstrates that issues of sexual maturation do not just constitute personal health challenge for adolescent girls, but bring up wider issues of socio-cultural, community and institutional deprivation and injustice. Findings Though laudable initiatives have been in place to improve girls’ participation and attainment in education, there is a dire need for appropriate policy and actions to address the supply and demand barriers to meeting girls’ needs, including making schools more girl-friendly and safe, providing school-based health programmes, sex education and sanitation facilities, train teachers against gender-stereotype, flexible school schedules and enforce re-admission policy. But beyond school policy and environment, there is also the need to respond to opportunity costs of schooling and leverage collective capabilities. Originality/value This paper argues that cultural and socioeconomic factors surrounding sexual maturation are implicated in gender differentials in participation and performance of girls and gender inequality in education. It suggests the need for the application of collective capabilities for action towards addressing girls’ sexual maturation issues and education in the society.

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“Of age – off school”: sexual maturation, girls’ education and capabilities

Ogamba¹

2019

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“…Yet, micro-level events such as patient participation facilitated by genuine two-way communication between health care staff and patients are described as vital signs of the impact of rights based approaches for improving health equity 6,7 . This implicates that records of government activities and examinations of official hospital documents need to be complemented by studies of patient perceptions of health care experiences with special attention given to "vulnerable and marginalized groups" 8 .…”

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“…Interview excerpts categorized under the six subthemes were analyzed in relation to accounts of what the framework's different aspects and The Right to Health-concept are meant to capture [6][7][8] . These subthemes structure the study results presented below.…”

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Micro Level Impact of the Right to Health – A Qualitative Study of Patient Perceptions

Priebe¹

2016

Divers Equal Health Care

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Conclusion:The analysis of patient perspectives on health care experiences highlighted the significance of respectful and personalized treatment. In addition to providing functioning health care facilities, a vital part of health care quality work is securing empowering care encounters. Even though human rights inspired state regulations and health care policies are imperative, specific strategies to secure their implementation on the health care micro level is needed, e.g. staff training in communication skills as well as follow up mechanisms measuring patient satisfaction and levels of participation.Keywords: Patient RIGHTS; Patient participation; Health care quality; Access and evaluation; Guideline adherence Key Points• The Right to Health is not simply a one-directional delivery from government regulations, to health care policy and the patient, but depends -for its impact on the patient level -on the health care services ability to embrace patients' individual characteristics.• What The Right to Health means varies between different populations as its connotations are determined by marginalization indicators such as socioeconomic status, language capabilities and so forth.• Specific human rights focused training is recommended for all health care staff as the realization of The Right to Health depends on their ability to appreciate the concept's meaning, e.g. acknowledge patients' right to participate in decisions pertaining to health.

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“…38 The implication is that in order to understand illness and alleviate suffering, medicine must first understand the personal meaning of illness for the patient. 39 Research, where a systems approach is used means each patient is viewed as unique and their treatment is unique to their needs; we treat the patient not their disease. TCM and other traditional medicines are ancient systems medicine, where diagnosis by traditional means determined the protocol used and this is already highly quantified.…”

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The Need for Integrative Oncology and a Remodeling of Evidence-Based Medicine

Weber¹

2015

IJCAM

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Social solidarity and the right to health: essential elements for people-centred health systems

Cited by 12 publications

References 36 publications

“Of age – off school”: sexual maturation, girls’ education and capabilities

“Of age – off school”: sexual maturation, girls’ education and capabilities

Micro Level Impact of the Right to Health – A Qualitative Study of Patient Perceptions

The Need for Integrative Oncology and a Remodeling of Evidence-Based Medicine

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