Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Nov 29;22(1):1444. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08624-9.
BACKGROUND: In Nigeria, vulnerability status may increase the risk for the violation of human rights while receiving health care. The present study determined the proportion and profile of people who reported rights violation while accessing HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. METHODS: This was a cross sectional study with data collected between February and March 2021. The dependent variables were patients' rights to autonomy: right to privacy and confidentiality of medical records; right to be treated with respect, regardless of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, allegations of crime, disability or economic circumstances; right to decline or consent to participation in medical research, experimental procedures or clinical trials; right to quality care in accordance to prevailing standards; and right to complain and express dissatisfaction regarding services received. The independent variables were sexual identity (heterosexual/straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer), HIV status (positive, negative, do not know), living with disability (yes/no), and access point to HIV services (public or donor funded/private). Five multivariate regression models were developed to determine associations between the dependent and independent variable after adjusting for age, education level (no formal education, primary, secondary, tertiary), sex (male, female, intersex), marital status (single, married, separated/divorced, cohabiting) and gender identity (male, female, transgender). RESULTS: Complete data from 2119 study participants were analysed. Transgender individuals had significantly higher odds of experiencing violation of their rights to privacy and confidentiality of medical records (AOR:1.70), right to be treated with respect (AOR:1.71), right to complain and express dissatisfaction regarding services received (AOR:1.57) and right to decline consent to participate in medical research, experimental research, experimental procedures or clinical trials (AOR:1.81) compared to individuals who were males. CONCLUSION: A high proportion of recipients of HIV and SRH services in Nigeria reported rights violations. Transgender individuals appear to have higher risk and those in spousal relationships have lower risk for rights violations. Studies are needed to learn how to improve rights-based HIV and SRH service delivery in Nigeria especially for transgender individuals.
背景:在尼日利亚,脆弱性状况可能会增加在接受医疗保健时侵犯人权的风险。本研究旨在确定报告在获取艾滋病毒和性健康与生殖健康(SRH)服务时权利受到侵犯的人数比例和特征。
方法:这是一项横断面研究,数据收集于 2021 年 2 月至 3 月之间。因变量为患者自主权的权利:隐私和医疗记录保密权;无论性别、种族、宗教、族裔、犯罪指控、残疾或经济状况如何,均受到尊重的治疗权;拒绝或同意参与医学研究、实验程序或临床试验的权利;根据现行标准获得优质护理的权利;以及对所接受服务的投诉和表达不满的权利。自变量为性身份(异性恋/直人、同性恋、女同性恋、双性恋、酷儿)、艾滋病毒状况(阳性、阴性、不知道)、残疾(是/否)和艾滋病毒服务获取途径(公共或捐助者资助/私人)。建立了五个多变量回归模型,以在调整年龄、教育水平(无正规教育、小学、中学、大学)、性别(男性、女性、两性人)、婚姻状况(单身、已婚、分居/离婚、同居)和性别认同(男性、女性、跨性别)后,确定因变量与自变量之间的关联。
结果:对 2119 名研究参与者的完整数据进行了分析。与男性相比,跨性别个体经历侵犯其医疗记录隐私和保密性权利(AOR:1.70)、受到尊重的治疗权利(AOR:1.71)、对所接受服务的投诉和表达不满的权利(AOR:1.57)以及拒绝同意参与医学研究、实验研究、实验程序或临床试验的权利(AOR:1.81)的可能性显著更高。
结论:在尼日利亚,接受艾滋病毒和 SRH 服务的接受者中,有相当比例的人报告权利受到侵犯。跨性别者似乎面临更高的风险,而处于婚姻关系中的人权利受到侵犯的风险较低。需要开展研究,以了解如何在尼日利亚改善基于权利的艾滋病毒和 SRH 服务提供,特别是针对跨性别者。
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