International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare: Volume 15 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Theo Gavrielides

Sleep habits among overweight and obese school-aged children and the right to health

Hamed El Khayat, Marwa El Deeb, Mahmoud Elhabiby, Amira Mohammed Ibrahim Ahmad Mourad, Michael Elnemais Fawzy

This study aims to assess the relationship between sleep habits and obesity in children.

Body image perception as predictor of positive and negative self-concept scale for young adults (BIPS)

Syeda Hira Fatima, Muhammad Aqeel, Aamna Anwar, Mahnoor Tariq

Body image perception is a complex cognitive process that involves several different dimensions. This has necessitated several studies to have different findings about each…

Association of child survival with birth size and mother’s BMI: a human right approach

Abhishek Singh, Kshipra Jain

Children are the most vulnerable group owing to long lasting impact of the violation of human rights in term of proper nutrition and their right to live. The purpose of this paper…

Psychometric development and validation of ostracism experience scale (OES): across sample of young adults from Pakistan

Beenish Shahzad, Muhammad Aqeel, Hifza Naseer, Muhammad Abdullah Khan, Nimra Fawad, Amna Tahreem

Ostracism is being socially ignored or excluded by others. Ostracism leads to serious psychological distress and health issues in the young adults being ostracized. However, there…

Predicting physical and verbal aggression perpetration among teenage boys: an application of the theory of planned behavior

Kayvan Alimoradi, Seyed Hedayat Davarpanah, Parvaneh Taymoori, Afshin Ostovar, Khaled Rahmani

Aggression has been introduced as one of the serious problems in public health. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the ability of the extended theory of planned behavior…

Development and psychometric properties of fear of rejection scale (FRS): measuring social and interpersonal rejection among young adults in Pakistan

Rowaida Yawar, Muhammad Aqeel, Maryam Rafiq, Saher Navid, Nabiha Taufiq, Areesha Touqir, Moazma Imran

Fear of rejection is a feeling experienced by every human, which influences everyday life. It impacts an individual’s physical and mental health. But still there is no valid and…

A systematic review and meta-analysis of screening and diagnostic accuracy for hearing loss among under-five children in South-Asian region

Ramesh Athe, Rinshu Dwivedi, Krushna Chandra Sahoo, Debdutta Bhattacharya, Shalu Jain, Sanghamitra Pati

Congenital hearing disabilities among children are associated with lifetime discrepancies in the attainment of speech, poor academic-performance, socio-individual isolation and…