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Women
       

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Human rights and the sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV - a literature review.
Kumar S, Gruskin S, Khosla R, Narasimhan M.
J Int AIDS Soc. 2015 Dec 1;18(6(Suppl 5)):20290.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Advancing the sexual and reproductive health and human rights of women living with HIV: a review of UN, regional and national human rights norms and standards.
Khosla R, Van Belle N, Temmerman M.

J Int AIDS Soc
. 2015 Dec 1;18(6(Suppl 5)):20280.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Advancing the sexual and reproductive health and human rights of women living with HIV.
Loutfy M, Khosla R, Narasimhan M.
J Int AIDS Soc
. 2015 Dec 1;18(6(Suppl 5)):20760.

Paper

HIV, unwanted pregnancy and abortion - where is the human rights approach?
de Bruyn M.
Reprod Health Matters
. 2012 Dec;20(39 Suppl):70-9.
Abstract

"She made up a choice for me": 22 HIV-positive women's experiences of involuntary sterilization in two South African provinces.
Strode A, Mthembu S, Essack Z.
Reprod Health Matters
. 2012 Dec;20(39 Suppl):61-9
Abstract

"How Would That Help Our Work?": The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Human Rights
in the United States. 

Morgaine K. 
Violence Against Women
. 2009 Oct 22
Abstract
 

Reframing Violence Against Women as a Human Rights Violation:Evan Stark's Coercive Control.
Libal K, Parekh S.
Violence Against Women. 2009 Oct 15
Abstract

Building International Research Partnerships to Develop HIV Programs for Women of Color in the
Context of Social Inequalities and Human Rights.
Sanders-Phillips K, Pretorius L, Reddy P.

Soc Work Public Health
. 2009 Jan;24(1):60-75
Abstract|
 

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Access To Essential Maternal Health Interventions and Human Rights Violations
among Vulnerable Communities in Eastern Burma.

Mullany LC, Lee CI, Yone L, Paw P,  et al
PLoS Med. 2008 Dec 23;5(12):e242.
Paper
 
Human rights abuses and concerns about women's health and human rights in southern Iraq.
Amowitz LL, Kim G, Reis C, et al.   

JAMA.
2004 Mar 24;291(12):1471-9.
Abstract

The HIV/AIDS pandemic: African women at the heart of the control program or the difficulties
with regard to gender
.
Moulin B, Louis JP

Med Trop
(Mars) 1999;59(4 Pt 2):465-7
Abstract

Human Rights Approaches to an Expanded Response to Address Women's Vulnerability
to HIV/AIDS.

Whelan D
Health Hum Rights 1998;3(1):20-36
Abstract

 

Children
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Why children's rights are central to international child health.
Waterston T, Goldhagen J.

Arch Dis Child.
2007 Feb;92(2):176-80.
Abstract 
 
Pediatricians and the Rights of the Child. UN Convention provides blueprint for monitoring
the well-being of children worldwide.
Kasper J.  Pediatr Ann. 2004 Oct;33(10):712-5.
Abstract 

Child labor. A matter of health and human rights.
Mathews R, Reis C, Iacopino V.
J Ambul Care Manage
2003 Apr-Jun;26(2):181-2
Abstract 

What is the system of care for abused and neglected children in children's institutions?
Tien I, Bauchner H, Reece RM.

Pediatrics
2002 Dec;110(6):1226-31
Abstract 

Working to improve mental health services: the North Carolina
advocacy effort.

Foy JM, Earls MF, Horowitz DA.
Pediatrics 2002 Dec;110(6):1232-7
Abstract 

Ethics and children's rights: learning from past mistakes.
Charles-Edwards I, Glasper EA.

Br J Nurs
2002 Sep 26-Oct 9;11(17):1132-40
Abstract 
 
Children's rights: a decade of dispute.
Lowden J.
J Adv Nurs 2002 Jan;37(1):100-7
Abstract 
 
Children Confronting HIV/AIDS: Charting the Confluence of Rights and Health.
Tarantola D, Gruskin S

Health Hum Rights
1998;3(1):60-86
Abstract 
 

 

Drug Users
       

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Stigma and Human Rights Abuses against People Who Inject Drugs in Russia-A Qualitative Investigation to Inform Policy and Public Health Strategies.
Lunze K, Lunze FI, Raj A, Samet JH.

PLoS One
. 2015 Aug 25;10(8):e0136030.
Paper

Human rights and access to hepatitis C treatment for people who inject drugs.
Wolfe D, Luhmann N, Harris M,
Int J Drug Policy. 2015 Jun 23.

Abstract

The Paradigm of Universal Access to HIV-Treatment and Human Rights Violation: How Do We Treat HIV-Positive People Who Use Drugs?
Malta M, Ralil da Costa M, Bastos FI.
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2013 Dec 27
Abstract

The impact of human rights violations and perceptions of discrimination on health service utilization among
injection drug users in Delhi, India.
Sarin E, Kerrigan D.

Subst Use Misuse
. 2012 Feb;47(3):230-43.
Abstract

Human rights and universal access for men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs: A qualitative analysis of the 2010 UNGASS narrative country progress reports.
Persson A, Ellard J, Newman C,  et al

Soc Sci Med
. 2011 Jun 28.
Abstract

Human rights abuses and suicidal ideation among male injecting drug users in Delhi, India.
Sarin E, Samson L, Sweat M, Beyrer C.
Int J Drug Policy. 2011 Mar;22(2):161-6
Abstract

Time to act: a call for comprehensive responses to HIV in people who use drugs.
Beyrer C, Malinowska-Sempruch K, Kamarulzaman A, et al

Lancet
. 2010 Aug 14;376(9740):551-63.
Abstract
 

People who use drugs, HIV, and human rights.
Jürgens R, Csete J, Amon JJ, et al
 
Lancet
. 2010 Aug 7;376(9739):475-85
Abstract

Protecting the unprotected: mixed-method research on drug use, sex work and rights in Pakistan's
fight against HIV/AIDS.
Mayhew S, Collumbien M, Qureshi A, et al 

Sex Transm Infect
. 2009 Apr;85 Suppl 2:ii31-6.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Health and Human Rights Concerns of Drug Users in Detention in Guangxi Province, China
Cohen JE, Amon JJ.

PLoS Med. 2008
Dec 9;5(12):e234.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The Disconnect between China's Public Health and Public Security Responses to Injection Drug Use,
and the Consequences for Human Rights
Koester S
PLoS Med. 2008 Dec 9;5(12):e240
Paper

Sexworkers
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
A human rights-focused HIV intervention for sex workers in Metro Manila, Philippines: evaluation of effects in a quantitative pilot study.
Urada LA, Simmons J, Wong B,
et al
Int J Public Health
. 2016 Nov;61(8):945-957.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Enhancing the Ethical Conduct of HIV Research with Migrant Sex Workers: Human Rights, Policy, and Social Contextual Influences.
Goldenberg SM, Brouwer KC, Jimenez TR, et al

PLoS One
. 2016 May 9;11(5):e0155048 
Paper

Human rights protections and HIV prevalence among MSM who sell sex: Cross-country comparisons from a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Oldenburg CE, Perez-Brumer AG, Reisner SL,  et al

Glob Public Health
. 2016 Mar 15:1-12
Abstract

Human rights violations against sex workers: burden and effect on HIV.
Decker MR, Crago AL, Chu SK, et al
Lancet. 2014 Jul 21. pii: S0140-6736(14)60800-X.
Abstract

Toward a legal framework that promotes and protects sex workers' health and human rights.
Overs C, Loff B.

Health Hum Right
s
. 2013 Jun 14;15(1):E186-96.
Abstract

Human rights and universal access for men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs: A qualitative analysis of the 2010 UNGASS narrative country progress reports.
Persson A, Ellard J, Newman C,  et al

Soc Sci Med
. 2011 Jun 28.
Abstract

Developing human rights-based strategies to improve health among female sex workers in Rwanda.
Binagwaho A, Agbonyitor M, Mwananawe A,  et al

Health Hum Rights
. 2010 Dec 15;12(2):89-100.
Abstract

Protecting the unprotected: mixed-method research on drug use, sex work and rights in Pakistan's
fight against HIV/AIDS.
Mayhew S, Collumbien M, Qureshi A, et al 

Sex Transm Infect
. 2009 Apr;85 Suppl 2:ii31-6.
Abstract
 

Women trafficked into prostitution: determinants, human rights and health needs.
Gajic-Veljanoski O, Stewart DE.
 
Transcult Psychiatry.
2007 Sep;44(3):338-58.
Abstract

Shan women and girls and the sex industry in Southeast Asia; political causes and
human rights implications.
Beyrer C,
Soc Sci Med 2001 Aug;53(4):543-50
Abstract
 


Mentally Ill
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
A place to live: Housing needs for people with psychotic disorders identified in the second Australian national survey of
psychosis.
Harvey C, Killackey E, Groves A, Herrman H.

Aust N Z J Psychiatry
. 2012 May 22.
Abstract

Addressing the ethical, legal, and social issues raised by voting by persons with dementia.
Karlawish JH, Bonnie RJ, Appelbaum PS, et al

JAMA.
2004 Sep 15;292(11):1345-50.
Abstract


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