BACKGROUND Justice has gained much attention in social and human studies and has many consequences on employees and the organizations, especially on health system workers such as nurses who are among the key factors in health care systems. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate perception of organizational justice among nurses in educational hospitals of Shiraz University of ...

Background Macro-level factors (MF) such as wealth, justice and freedom measured with objective country-level indicators (objective MF), for instance the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), have been investigated in relation to health and well-being, but rarely in connection with depression, anxiety and stress subsumed as poor mental health. Also, a combination of different objective MF and of how in...

Objective: At national, state, and local levels, there is increasing recognition of the importance of identifying and responding to the mental health needs of youths in the juvenile justice system, as policymakers and practitioners struggle to find ways to address causes and correlates of juvenile crime and delinquency. The proposed guidelines for mental health assessment provide explicit infor...

International research has suggested that women in the criminal justice system carry a higher burden of many illnesses than women in the community, especially mental health disorders, substance use disorders, sexually transmitted infections, and a history of violent victimization. Knowledge of these health disparities is often used to advocate for relevant screening and treatment services for w...

The American health system is deeply rooted in notions of individual freedom, capitalism, and western Judeo-Christian values. Since its founding, the United States has been a free society built on laws, customs, and culturally engrained beliefs that strongly support individual freedoms for its citizens. These freedoms have also extended to an individual’s health. Benjamin Franklin famously rema...

Scholarship focusing on how international research can contribute to justice in global health has primarily explored requirements for the conduct of clinical trials. Yet health systems research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has increasingly been identified as vital to the reduction of health disparities between and within countries. This paper expands an existing ethical framework...

1 Svensk sammanfattning 5 Preface 9 Included empirical studies 11 Abbreviations 13 Definitions 15 Introduction 17 Theoretical framework 19 Organizational justice 19 Behavioural responses 21 Health 25 The relation between organizational justice and behavioural responses 27 The relation between organizational justice and health 30 The relation between behavioural responses and health 38 Conclusio...

introduction: direct cash payments are the principal sources of health care finance in most countries. health services may impose a regressive cost burden on households, especially in developing countries. the purpose of this study was to calculate households encountered with catastrophic healthcare expenditures in qazvin, iran. methods: the statistical society included 100 household equaled to...

the relevance and effectiveness of the world health organization’s (who’s) global code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel is being reviewed in 2015. the code, which is a set of ethical norms and principles adopted by the world health assembly (wha) in 2010, urges members states to train and retain the health personnel they need, thereby limiting demand for internat...