Healthcare Rights of Indigenous Australians with Kidney Disease: A Framework Analysis of Renal Policies and Strategic Plans for Possibilities and Limitations in the Northern Territory Health Services

Whither the Aborigine

Access of Chin and Rohingya women refugees and asylum seekers from Burma to maternal health services in the Klang Valley, Malaysia

Policy Studies JournalVolume 21, Issue 1 p. 74-81 Introduction Nahum Ben-Elia, Nahum Ben-Elia Nahum Ben-Elia leads MB—Policy Analysis, Strategic Urban Planning Ltd., an Israeli consulting firm specializing in public policy, strategic planning, and management. He is senior consultant on municipal policy and strategic urban planning for the Israeli Government, professional national agencies, individual local authorities, and nongovernmental organizations. He served as head of evaluation at the Social Policy Group, Deputy Prime Minister's Office (Jerusalem). He received his Ph.D. from University of California—Berkeley.Search for more papers by this author Nahum Ben-Elia, Nahum Ben-Elia Nahum Ben-Elia leads MB—Policy Analysis, Strategic Urban Planning Ltd., an Israeli consulting firm specializing in public policy, strategic planning, and management. He is senior consultant on municipal policy and strategic urban planning for the Israeli Government, professional national agencies, individual local authorities, and nongovernmental organizations. He served as head of evaluation at the Social Policy Group, Deputy Prime Minister's Office (Jerusalem). He received his Ph.D. from University of California—Berkeley.Search for more papers by this author First published: March 1993 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.1993.tb01454.xCitations: 2AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume21, Issue1March 1993Pages 74-81 RelatedInformation

Understanding Indigenous people’s experiences of acute health care with a focus on heart health

Over the last decade, there have been increasing calls for respecting and integrating human rights into health, including into mental health policies, plans, and programmes. The convergence of mental health and the right to health has implications for health workers, as they are the key translators of policy- and programme-related decisions into practice. This thesis is a qualitative research study which follows a case-study approach situated in the Programme for Improving Mental Health Care in Nepal. It aims to explore the perceptions and perspectives of health workers in the Chitwan district in Nepal on the use of a human rights-based approach (HRBA) to mental health. The specific objectives are to (1) examine existing evidence on the use of an HRBA to advance health; (2) explore perspectives on the right to health among mental health workers in Nepal; (3) explore health workers’ perceptions of the application of an HRBA to mental health in planning and service provision; and (4) develop a conceptual framework regarding the use of an HRBA to mental health. The literature review identified some plausible positive evidence on the use of an HRBA to advance health, but also highlighted the very limited quantity and quality of the evidence and the difficulty in determining with certainty the direct influence of an HRBA to health. No studies were identified that explored an HRBA to mental health in low- or middle-income countries. The qualitative research highlighted that participants were aware of human rights, but faced difficulty in understanding their meaning and application, including an HRBA. An HRBA to health and related plans requires an understanding of both the health system context and involvement of health workers. A conceptual framework was developed of an HRBA to mental health to help guide the application of an HRBA in mental health planning and service provision. Recommendations are provided.

Insufficient understanding of the reciprocal interactions between health and human rights, mental health and human rights and the realization of all human rights by Indigenous peoples constitute a triple jeopardy in how these topics are currently being addressed and/or openly antagonized. This paper will attempt to show how a combined health and human rights approach to mental health in Indigenous peoples can transform a triple jeopardy into a triple opportunity. The vast and growing body of literature on mental health, health as a whole, and human rights as these relate to health and to Indigenous peoples will be used to frame the discussion. Attention to the complex interactions of health and human rights can guide policy formulation and action by offering a method of analysis, a process of participatory decision and a framework for accountability. In addition, mental health can find its rightful place in the health and human rights discourse through efforts to help policymakers and practitioners broaden their vision of mental illness to holistically encompass aspects of physical, social, emotional and cultural wellbeing. Finally, connecting the role that rights realization plays in determining health and wellbeing will add power to the rightful claims by Indigenous peoples to the promotion and protection of all their human rights--civil, political, economic, social and cultural. Broadening the research agenda by applying systematically a health and human rights analytical framework to the understanding of social determinants of health would minimize the risk of assigning health outcome merely to behaviours, practices and lifestyles, uncovering structural determinants of holistic health entrenched in policies and governmental conduct. Building the evidence of the negative impact of human rights violation on health and the negative impact of ill-health on the fulfilment of other human rights can help in designing comprehensive interventions, building on the synergy between the promotion of health and the promotion of rights. A way forward is proposed for which it is essential that work be carried out across ethnic lines and professional boundaries to further advance the claim of Indigenous peoples for better health and greater enjoyment of human rights.

Welcome to the second issue of Volume 43 of the IASSIST Quarterly (IQ 43:2, 2019). Four papers are presented in this issue on qualitative research support. This special issue arises from conversations in the Qualitative Social Science and Humanities Data Interest Group (QSSHDIG) at IASSIST about how best to support qualitative researchers. This group was founded in 2016 to explore the challenges and opportunities facing data professionals in the social sciences and humanities, and has focused on using, reusing, sharing, and archiving of qualitative, textual, and other non-numeric data.
 In ‘Annotation for transparent inquiry (ATI),’ Sebastian Karcher and Nic Weber present their work on a new approach to transparency in qualitative research by the same name, which they have been exploring at the Qualitative Data Repository at the University of Syracuse, New York. As one solution to the problem of ‘showing one’s work’ in qualitative research, ATI allows researchers to link final reports back to the underlying qualitative and textual data used to support a claim. Using the example of Hypothes.is, they discuss the positives and negatives of ATI, particularly the amount of time required to annotate a qualitative article effectively and technical limitations in widespread web display.
 The next article highlights how archived materials can be re-used by qualitative researchers and used to build their arguments. In ‘Research driven approaches to archival discovery,’ Diana Marsh examines what qualitative researchers need from the collections at the National Anthropological Archives in the United States, in order to improve archival discovery for those not as accustomed to working in the archives.
 In ‘Bringing method to the madness,’ Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh, Leader of the Research Data Services Team at the Georgia State University Library, outlines a project created to bridge the gap between training researchers to use qualitative data software and training them in qualitative methods. Her answer has been a collaborative workshop with a sociology professor who provides a methodological framework while she applies those principles to a project in NVivo. These successful workshops have helped to encourage researchers to consider qualitative methods while at the same time promoting the use of CAQDAS software.
 Jonathan Cain, Liz Cooper, Sarah DeMott, and Alesia Montgomery in their article ‘Where QDA is hiding?’ draw on a study originally conducted for QSSHDIG to create a list of qualitative data services in libraries. When they realized that finding these services was quite difficult, they expanded the study to examine the discoverability of library sites supporting QDA. This study of 95 academic library websites provides insight into the issues of finding and accessing library websites that support the full range of qualitative research needs. They also outline the key characteristics of websites that provide more accessible access to qualitative data services.
 We thank our authors for participating in this special issue and providing their insights on qualitative data and research. If you are interested in issues related to qualitative research, then please join the Qualitative Social Sciences and Humanities Data Interest Group. Starting with IASSIST 2019 in Australia, our interest group has a new leadership team with two of our authors, Sebastian Karcher and Alesia Montgomery, taking over as co-conveners. We are certain that they would love to hear your ideas for the group, and we look forward to working with the qualitative data community more in the future.
 Lynda Kellam, Cornell Institute for Social & Economic Research
 Celia Emmelhainz, University of California, Berkeley

Qualitative Research in CKD: How to Appraise and Interpret the Evidence

The Coming of Age for Qualitative Research: Embracing the Diversity of Qualitative Methods

Human rights and fair access to COVID-19 vaccines: the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights

Racial disparities in kidney health: The puzzle to solve

Mitigating the impacts of racism on Indigenous wellbeing through human rights, legislative and health policy reform.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term coalition comes from the Latin coalescere or ‘coalesce’, meaning “come or bring together to form one mass or whole”. Coalesce refers to the unity affirmed as something grows: co – “together”, alesce – “to grow up”. While coalition is commonly associated with formalised alliances and political strategy in the name of self-interest and common goals, this paper will draw as well on the broader etymological understanding of coalition as “growing together” in order to discuss the Australian government’s recent changes to land rights legislation, the 2007 Emergency Intervention into the Northern Territory, and its decision to use Indigenous land in the Northern Territory as a dumping ground for nuclear waste.

This study discussed the scope of criminal law considerations for defendants exposed to the Coronavirus through legal studies and health literacy in Indonesia. This article also tries to understand the criminal sanctions carried out by defendants exposed to COVID-19 by examining the potential for criminal justice with considerations and consequences for the rights of citizens to obtain health protection. This study concludes that punishment for criminal acts related to criminal cases must be limited considering that prosecution and criminal sanctions can only be given as light as possible where the condition of the community does need help because of their right to obtain health insurance for the population as regulated in the Law on Health and Human Rights. With a set of rights inherent in the nature and existence of humans as creatures of God Almighty are His gifts that must be respected, upheld, and protected by the state. After reviewing several international and national publications active discussing criminal law and the control of COVID-19, we got all this data. We hope that all this qualitative data can be used for future studies related to health rights and criminal law.

In the environment of Greek public organizations, strategic planning has been integrated in recent years in order to strengthen the modern Public Administration to achieve efficiency, effectiveness and economy, through the adoption of modern management methods and techniques. The object of study in this dissertation is the implementation of strategic planning in the Unified Social Security Fund (EFKA). EFKA was established on January 1, 2017, unifying the multiple previous social security funds. The aim of this dissertation is to reflect the current state of strategic and business planning in a newly established fund, such as EFKA, to present the main methods and techniques of its implementation, and to highlight the most important benefits, difficulties, obstacles arising from its implementation, as well as the identification of those factors that can contribute to its improvement. The methodology followed in order that all the research questions of this dissertation can be answered is that of the qualitative research. The qualitative research was conducted through receiving interviews from EFKA managers with sufficient knowledge on the central issue of strategic and business planning in EFKA. The results obtained from the literature review, the case study analysis and the primary research conducted led to important findings regarding the object of study.