Achieving universal health coverage in India: a scoping review on the requisite public health actions by Avani Radheshyam, Vinod K. Ramani, Radheshyam Naik

“…IntroductionIn India, large inequities in health exist by geography, gender, socio-economic class, religion and caste. Universal health coverage (UHC) is envisioned to address these gaps. …”
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Swiss Сonfedеration experience on reception of migrants by N. A. Voronina

“…At the core of this system is a general strategy of integration, which constitutes a country’s core policy of integration and covers various areas: law, politics, labour issues, housing, education, culture and religion. In order to implement the policy of integration, in Switzerland there are being developed and implemented federal and cantonal integration programs. …”
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Constitutive Parliament and its speakers by Algis Kasperavičius

“…In the constitutive parliament, the Right and the Left differed from each other not only in the matter of social reforms, first of all agrarian reform, but also in their standpoint on Catholic religion and the church's place in the state. Disagreements reached their culmination in 1922 during the discussion about the final wording of the constitution. …”
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Humanitarian Aid of the Red Cross and Other Public Organizations of the Netherlands To Soviet Russia During the Famine of 1921–1923 by G. G. Tsidenkov

“…In addition to sending humanitarian supplies, the Dutch Red Cross equipped its own expedition to Samara province;2) Associations of trade unions of the Second International, which participated in the financing of an independent expedition of the "International Federation of Trade Unions" to the Chuvash Autonomous Region;3) communist trade unions and associations of the Netherlands, acting through the organization "International Workers' Aid", which took part in the restoration of the Soviet national economy, and also maintained numerous orphanages in Soviet Russia;4) Religious societies of Dutch Mennonite Protestants, which sent humanitarian aid to the places of settlement of their co-religionists, where, at the insistence of the Soviet government, they provided aid to all those in need, regardless of religion.All the activities of various Dutch organizations and individual citizens in Soviet Russia and the Ukraine showed the readiness of the population and political forces of the Netherlands to maintain close contacts and interaction between our peoples, regardless of the official relations of states and political differences.…”
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Exploring the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a qualitative multiple case study approach with family members of Muslim patients by Robert Fowler, Craig Dale, Ayah Nayfeh, Lesley Gotlib Conn

“…Four central themes were identified: (1) trust and confidence in the healthcare team overseen by medical experts; (2) quality communication with medical experts; (3) achieving patient goals of care; and (4) dignity of care through cultural respect and emotional support. Culture, religion and religiosity did not appear to have a major influence on the medical decision-making process. …”
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BOKO HARAM OPERATIONS IN NIGERIA:THE NEXUS BETWEEN FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND TERRORISTS by Musa Abdulkarim Itodo, BINTA YAKUBU SULE

“…Linking freedom fighters or agitators toBoko Haram terrorist operations, is also an attempts to develop a conceptual discourse that explains the nexus between freedom fighters and terrorism showing how politics, resources, religion, marginalization andclimate change, perceptions are implicated in the escalating terrorism (Boko Haram in the North-East) and freedom fighting (IPOB, Niger-Delta Militants). …”
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Sociological approach in managing high school violence in Serbia in the COVID - 19 postpandemic period by Milosavljević-Stević Milena, Radosavljević Života, Anđelković Aleksandar

“…Given that sociology has developed specialized branches such as cultural sociology, rural sociology, sociology of religion, business sociology, sociology of labour, sociology of sport, etc., there is a need to consider introducing sociology of violence as a branch of study that comprehensively addresses the issue of violence. …”
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Decision-making and role preferences for receiving individual pharmacogenomic research results among participants at a Ugandan HIV research institute by Sylvia Nabukenya, Catriona Waitt, Adelline Twimukye, Brian Mushabe, Barbara Castelnuovo, Stella Zawedde-Muyanja, Richard Muhindo, David Kyaddondo, Erisa S. Mwaka

“…Factors that significantly influenced preference for an active role compared with a collaborative role were marital status (OR: 0.282, p = 0.013), research experience (OR: 4.37, p = 0.028), and religion (OR: 2.346, p = 0.041). The reasons proffered for the active role included prior experience with antiretroviral treatment and increased exposure to research activities. …”
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Memorias trans: género, orientalismo, anarquismo e islam en Isabelle Eberhardt y Leda Rafanelli by Laura Galián Hernández

“…Todo ello con el fin de entender las intersecciones entre anarquismo, islam, orientalismo y género durante la pasada centuria, en lo que consideramos como un recorrido trans, tanto en lo narrativo –la idea de que sus memorias están entre la ficción y la autobiografía –como lo transnacional– por sus periplos por el Mediterráneo, y su mirada fluida y transfronteriza en su posicionamiento ideológico, anarquista y libertario– y, finalmente, respecto a su relación con la religión y las cuestiones de género que permean sus trayectorias vitales y su obra literaria.…”
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On Political Islam in Palestine by E. A. Stepkin

“…According to the surveys, most of Palestinians still rank their national identity number while describing their identity, while religion comes only second (despite the strong stable tendency for growing Islamization of their views). …”
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The Influence of Foundation Bodies in The Teaching of Religious Education in Selected Primary Schools in Kasagama Sub-County Lyantonde District. by Kafeero, Athanus

“…The study revealed that; there were influences of foundation bodies in the teaching of religious education in primary schools and these included encouraging to grow up following the cultures and beliefs of their religion. encouraging pupils to have good manners and putting God first in their academics'. …”
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The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV/AIDS Prevention in Rwamucucu Sub-County Rukiga District. by Owembabazi, Rabecca

“…The study concluded that FBOs provide services like religion as it provides consolation to people with HIV, including the poor, and is part of 'their identity, the foundation of their sense of community, and the basis of their hope and FBOs influence people on conduct, ethics, and morality. …”
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Lessons from Deborah’ Inspiration and Implications on the Plight of Women Leadership in A Male Dominated Society: Significances for Today’s World by Rugyendo, Medard

“…This view openly expressed a quintessential misogyny that lies at the core of a patriarchal religion.” Other examples included being left out in the counting of those that Jesus fed (Matt.14:21). …”
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Medicinal plants as alternatives for the management of hypertension and diabetes in Nigeria: Analysis of the structured interview of Nigerian patients by Rosemary A. Sylver-Francis, Olavi Pelkonen

“…Age and marital status have statistically significant association with TMP usage while no association existed between participants’ gender, level of education or religion and their usage of TMPs (P = 0.636; P = 0.533; P = 0.419 respectively). …”
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Prediction of stunting and its socioeconomic determinants among adolescent girls in Ethiopia using machine learning algorithms. by Alemu Birara Zemariam, Biruk Beletew Abate, Addis Wondmagegn Alamaw, Eyob Shitie Lake, Gizachew Yilak, Mulat Ayele, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Habtamu Setegn Ngusie

“…Region, poor wealth index, no formal education, unimproved toilet facility, rural residence, not used contraceptive method, religion, age, no media exposure, occupation, and having one or more children were the top attributes to predict stunting. …”
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National and provincial prevalence of self-reported diabetes: results from the cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey in Sri Lanka–2016 by Sobha Sivaprasad, Manjula D Nugawela, Harshana Munasinghe, Pansujee Dissanayaka, Mangalika Jayasundara

“…Age, sex, ethnicity, religion, education level, marital status, sector of the resident (urban/rural/estate) and province of residence were included as potential exposures. …”
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Prostate cancer screening knowledge and attitude among men over 50 at a referral Hospital in Oshana region, Namibia by Lonia Kashihakumwa, Daniel O. Ashipala, Yahaya Jafaru

“…There is no significant association between the respondents’ prostate cancer screening knowledge and all the respondents’ characteristics (age, level of education, marital status and religion), p  0.05, respectively. There is no significant association between respondents’ prostate cancer screening attitude and all the respondents’ characteristics, p  0.05, respectively. …”
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Validation of Spanish Version of the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS‐Sp) in Nursing Professionals by M. D. Fernández‐Pascual, A. Reig‐Ferrer, L. Martínez‐Rodríguez, J. A. Quesada‐Rico, W. McSherry, L. Riquelme‐Ros

“…The lack of formal education and confusion between religion and spirituality among healthcare professionals could have influenced the responses and interpretation of the results. …”
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Life satisfaction of Palestinian and Polish students after pandemic COVID-19 by Krzysztof Zdziarski, Anna Knyszyńska, Katarzyna Karakiewicz-Krawczyk, Mariam Awad, Salam Awad, Narmeen Qumsieh, Marek Landowski, Beata Karakiewicz

“…Palestinian students perceive life more optimistically and attach importance to family ties, physical health and religion. Polish students attach importance to social activity, meetings with friends, traveling, listening to music and watching movies. …”
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Adherence to Hemodialysis and Associated Factors among End Stage Renal Disease Patients at Selected Nephrology Units in Rwanda: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study by Marie Claire Mukakarangwa, Geldine Chironda, Busisiwe Bhengu, Godfrey Katende

“…The factors associated with adherence to hemodialysis were age (mean = 27; 95% CI 26.76–29, 17; p = 038) and religion (95% CI 26.29–60.12, p = 003). Frequencies of education of health care workers about the importance of not missing dialysis (95% CI 26.71–42.56, p = .000), perceived relative importance of hemodialysis (95% CI 20.44–27.76, p = .020), and experiencing difficulties during the procedure (95% CI 20.80–28.36, p = .004) were significantly associated with adherence to hemodialysis. …”
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