Utilisation of maternal health services in Ethiopia: a key informant research project

This article explores the application of key informant research to examine barriers and facilitators to maternal health services in rural and pastoralist Ethiopia. The key informants were health extension workers (HEWs) who assist women with birth preparedness and facilitate timely referral to health centres for birth. While women encounter many barriers to giving birth in health facilities, where HEWs are supported by their communities and health centre staff, they can effectively encourage women to travel to health centres to give birth with skilled birth attendants rather than at home with unskilled relatives or traditional birth attendants.     

Play by the Rules: why States Should Adopt Uniform Court Rules for Forensic Psychologists in Child Custody Evaluations

It is not uncommon for children to fall victim to the stress and tension of a contentious custody dispute. If a party seeks a mental health evaluation and the opposing party challenges the results, the child then endures a series of evaluations until a valid report is produced. The court will often remedy this situation by appointing a neutral forensic psychologist to perform the evaluation independent from a previous party‐hired forensic psychologist. 1 This Note proposes that the court instead appoint the forensic psychologist first to conduct an evaluation and draft a report. Only at the judge's discretion may the parties hire a private forensic psychologist to challenge the report. Additionally, states should codify court rules that enumerate standards for forensic psychologists in child custody evaluations. These rules should set forth criteria that shall be required and highlighted throughout each mental health evaluator's report, allowing judges to compare and contrast each evaluation more effectively. This legislation will not only reduce the child's exposure to excessive testing, but will also provide a more efficient way of arriving at a just result.     

医疗纠纷民事案件处理的发展——从“事故论”向“侵权论”的转变

在我国现代历史上。“医疗事故”这一词汇经历了从新闻语言向卫生管理语言、卫生立法语言以及民事、刑事立法语言演变的过程。由于国情和社会制度的特点．卫生行政部门长时间强势主导“医疗事故”事件的处理．也使“医疗事故”概念深深地植入于我国法官的思维之中．对法院民事审判理念产生了深刻地影响作用。因我国医学界、法学界和审判实务界等对于医疗纠纷的法律处理制度和观点分歧之大，超越了其他各国和我国台湾、香港地区的法学认识．以致形成了独特的医学法律观点——即“事故论”和“侵权论”。近年来随着民事法律思想的深入研究以及对侵权法律概念的进一步认识．具有浓厚卫生行政色彩的“医疗事故”概念逐渐退出民事审判的舞台．侵权思想已经逐步回归，充分体现了我国民事法律和民事审判的进步。     

《精神卫生法》对“被精神病”现象规制之评析

摘要在防止“被精神病”问题上，新出台的《精神卫生法》围绕“送、诊、治”三个环节及再次诊断和鉴定等程序作了较为详尽的规定，但仍存在一些不足。通过对其深入剖析，提出进一步完善强制送治制度、诊断制度、强制住院治疗制度及出院制度的建议。     

澳大利亚基本公共卫生服务的法律保障（一）——公共卫生的法律支撑

通过国际视角分析,本文研究了澳大利亚的法律体系、公共卫生法律的内涵以及公共卫生职能的法律界定,为进一步研究澳大利亚依法为国民提供基本公共卫生服务奠定基础。     

卫生行政处罚调查程序中相对人协力行为研究

行政调查是行政处罚的先行程序，是行政机关的重要权力活动之一，是行政处罚与决定的基础。因为卫生行政调查的专业性与技术性，相对人的协力行为对达成行政目的就显得格外重要，但是我国对其研究较少。行政协力符合行政民主化、法治化的制度选择，已成为当今行政实践重要的行政手段和行为形式。所以应该借鉴外国经验结合我国实际，在《行政程序法》的制定过程中加入此内容，建立以非法证据排除为核心的相对人救济手段，采取相关措施以约束行政权。     

高校心理健康教育面临的问题与对策

高校大学生心理健康教育面临的问题主要有:学校重视不够,使心理健康教育发展迟缓;理论研究薄弱,心理健康教育没有科学规范的理论体系,实践中缺乏理论指导;专业人员缺乏,心理健康教育专职化、科学化水平不高;心理健康教育工作的现有模式不能适应社会发展,需要变革。加强大学生的心理健康教育,可采取以下措施:必须使心理健康成为全社会的共识,让家庭教育、学校教育、自我教育形成合力;整合利用教育资源,将心理健康教育贯穿在学校的各项工作中;重视理论研究,推进心理健康教育课程化;建设一支稳定的、高素质的心理健康教育的师资队伍,使心理健康教育工作走向专业化轨道。     

The unhealthy divide: how the secular-faith binary potentially limits GBV prevention and response

ABSTRACT

While progress has been made in creating conversations between the secular and faith actors involved in developmental issues, a distinct binary still exists. This could potentially be limiting a holistic response to gender-based violence, a global public health, development, humanitarian, and human rights issue. This article explores how perceptions of this binary – faith versus secular – are understood to impact GBV prevention and response efforts. Drawing on interviews conducted during a scoping study, the opinions and experiences of actors from faith-based organisations and academic institutions are used to shed light on how the faith-secular binary is being upheld and challenged, and how it is perceived to be impacting holistic GBV prevention and response.     

Positions on sexual and reproductive rights in Muslim-majority countries and institutions: a telling indication of things to come?

ABSTRACT

This article provides a policy analysis of Muslim-majority countries’ positions on sexual and reproductive rights (SRR). First-hand observations, interviews, and reports are used to review how statements around various intergovernmental moments continue to be formulated since the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994. The analysis outlines both the similarity and diversity between and among Muslim-majority countries on a range of SRR areas, while pointing out that positions are by no means unique to them. Rather, it is argued that opposition to SRR defines a terrain of “unholy alliances” between and among different religiously inspired nations, and ends by enquiring whether SRR may be an important political indicator of real politik.