Ferguson, Laura --- "Assessing work at the intersection of health and human rights: why, how and who?" [2017] ELECD 723; in Andreassen, A. Bård; Sano, Hans-Otto; McInerney-Lankford, Siobhán (eds), "Research Methods in Human Rights" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 408

Book Title: Research Methods in Human Rights

Editor(s): Andreassen, A. Bård; Sano, Hans-Otto; McInerney-Lankford, Siobhán

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785367786

Section: Chapter 17

Section Title: Assessing work at the intersection of health and human rights: why, how and who?

Author(s): Ferguson, Laura

Number of pages: 27

Abstract/Description:

This chapter explores the methodological challenges in assessing health-related human rights from both a human rights perspective and a public health perspective. It provides an introduction to the relevance of human rights to health, and how to think about assessment in this context. Examples are provided of tools, mechanisms and datasets that can provide information relevant to assessing health-related rights. Finally, key challenges are explored. Overall, it surveys some different methods that can be used for assessing human rights in health, noting their respective pitfalls and advantages, with a view to informing the selection of methods for future work in this area.