TY - JOUR
T1 - Health and human rights
T2 - A statistical measurement framework using household survey data in Uganda
AU - Wesonga, Ronald
AU - Owino, Abraham
AU - Ssekiboobo, Agnes
AU - Atuhaire, Leonard
AU - Jehopio, Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Wesonga et al.; licensee BioMed Central.
PY - 2015/5/3
Y1 - 2015/5/3
N2 - Background: Health is intertwined with human rights as is clearly reflected in the right to life. Promotion of health practices in the context of human rights can be accomplished if there is a better understanding of the level of human rights observance. In this paper, we evaluate and present an appraisal for a possibility of applying household survey to study the determinants of health and human rights and also derive the probability that human rights are observed; an important ingredient into the national planning framework. Methods: Data from the Uganda National Governance Baseline Survey were used. A conceptual framework for predictors of a hybrid dependent variable was developed and both bivariate and multivariate statistical techniques employed. Multivariate post estimation computations were derived after evaluations of the significance of coefficients of health and human rights predictors. Results: Findings, show that household characteristics of respondents considered in this study were statistically significant (p < 0.05) to provide a reliable assessment of human rights observance. For example, a unit increase of respondents' schooling levels results in an increase of about 34% level of positively assessing human rights observance. Additionally, the study establishes, through the three models presented, that household assessment of health and human rights observance was 20% which also represents how much of the entire continuum of human rights is demanded. Conclusion: Findings propose important evidence for monitoring and evaluation of health in the context human rights using household survey data. They provide a benchmark for health and human rights assessments with a focus on international and national development plans to achieve socio-economic transformation and health in society.
AB - Background: Health is intertwined with human rights as is clearly reflected in the right to life. Promotion of health practices in the context of human rights can be accomplished if there is a better understanding of the level of human rights observance. In this paper, we evaluate and present an appraisal for a possibility of applying household survey to study the determinants of health and human rights and also derive the probability that human rights are observed; an important ingredient into the national planning framework. Methods: Data from the Uganda National Governance Baseline Survey were used. A conceptual framework for predictors of a hybrid dependent variable was developed and both bivariate and multivariate statistical techniques employed. Multivariate post estimation computations were derived after evaluations of the significance of coefficients of health and human rights predictors. Results: Findings, show that household characteristics of respondents considered in this study were statistically significant (p < 0.05) to provide a reliable assessment of human rights observance. For example, a unit increase of respondents' schooling levels results in an increase of about 34% level of positively assessing human rights observance. Additionally, the study establishes, through the three models presented, that household assessment of health and human rights observance was 20% which also represents how much of the entire continuum of human rights is demanded. Conclusion: Findings propose important evidence for monitoring and evaluation of health in the context human rights using household survey data. They provide a benchmark for health and human rights assessments with a focus on international and national development plans to achieve socio-economic transformation and health in society.
KW - Health indicators
KW - Household survey
KW - Human rights
KW - Statistical models
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84976358984&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84976358984&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/s12914-015-0049-8
DO - 10.1186/s12914-015-0049-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 25935737
AN - SCOPUS:84976358984
SN - 1471-2458
VL - 15
JO - BMC International Health and Human Rights
JF - BMC International Health and Human Rights
IS - 1
M1 - 11
ER -