Towards a common definition of global health

Koplan, Jeffrey P.; Bond, T. Christopher; Merson, Michael H.; Reddy, K. Srinath; Rodrı́guez, Mario H.; Sewankambo, Nelson; Wasserheit, Judith N.

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(09)60332-9

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“…En el medio académico internacional se ha definido por el Consortium of Universities for Global Health Executive Board la salud global como: un área de estudio, investigación y práctica que toma un lugar prioritario en la mejora de la salud y el logro de la equidad sanitaria a lo ancho de todo el mundo, con impacto en todas las poblaciones 14 . Esta definición, retomada de Jeffrey Koplan et al 14 , concluye que la salud mundial pone de relieve los problemas transnacionales de salud, sus determinantes y soluciones.…”

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Revisión de enfoques académicos en salud global: un marco analítico

Franco-Giraldo

2015

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Revisión de enfoques académicos en salud global: un marco analítico

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2015

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“…While there remains no standard definition of ‘global health’ [18], efforts have been made to move towards a common definition [43]. Key features include the incorporation of research and practice with a priority of achieving health equity worldwide, and a recognition of the need for an inter-disciplinary, multi-directional approach that reaches beyond the health sciences to address these inequalities [43].…”

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“…Key features include the incorporation of research and practice with a priority of achieving health equity worldwide, and a recognition of the need for an inter-disciplinary, multi-directional approach that reaches beyond the health sciences to address these inequalities [43]. The contemporary state of our world remains characterized both by a deep interconnectedness and by marked inequalities in health and wellbeing within and between countries.…”

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Power, potential, and pitfalls in global health academic partnerships: review and reflections on an approach in Nepal

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Mehanni

Acharya

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Background: Global health academic partnerships are centered around a core tension: they often mirror or reproduce the very cross-national inequities they seek to alleviate. On the one hand, they risk worsening power dynamics that perpetuate health disparities; on the other, they form an essential response to the need for healthcare resources to reach marginalized populations across the globe. Objectives: This study characterizes the broader landscape of global health academic partnerships, including challenges to developing ethical, equitable, and sustainable models. It then lays out guiding principles of the specific partnership approach, and considers how lessons learned might be applied in other resource-limited settings. Methods: The experience of a partnership between the Ministry of Health in Nepal, the non-profit healthcare provider Possible, and the Health Equity Action and Leadership Initiative at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine was reviewed. The quality and effectiveness of the partnership was assessed using the Tropical Health and Education Trust Principles of Partnership framework. Results: Various strategies can be taken by partnerships to better align the perspectives of patients and public sector providers with those of expatriate physicians. Actions can also be taken to bring greater equity to the wealth and power gaps inherent within global health academic partnerships. Conclusions: This study provides recommendations gleaned from the analysis, with an aim towards both future refinement of the partnership and broader applications of its lessons and principles. It specifically highlights the importance of targeted engagements with academic medical centers and the need for efficient organizational work-flow practices. It considers how to both prioritize national and host institution goals, and meet the career development needs of global health clinicians.

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“…health issues that have the potential to directly or indirectly transcend national, governmental and geographical borders [32]. Nurses employed by humanitarian non-governmental organisations are recurrently exposed to risks of infections and even life-threatening dangers.…”

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Global nursing in an Ebola viral haemorrhagic fever outbreak: before, during and after deployment

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Paillard-Borg

Holmgren

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Background: Nurses are on the forefront and play a key role in global disaster responses. Nevertheless, they are often not prepared for the challenges they are facing and research is scarce regarding the nursing skills required for first responders during a disaster situation. Objectives: To investigate how returnee nursing staff experienced deployment before, during and after having worked for the Red Cross at an Ebola Treatment Center in Kenema, West Africa, and to supply knowledge on how to better prepare and support staff for viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional approach. Questionnaires were administered to nurses having worked with patients suffering from Ebola in 2014 and 2015. Data collection covered aspects of pre-, during and post-deployment on clinical training, personal health, stress management, leadership styles, socio-cultural exposure and knowledge transfer, as well as attitudes from others. Data was analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Results: Response-rate was 88%: forty-four nurses from 15 different countries outside West Africa answered the questionnaire. The respondents identified the following needs for improvement: increased mental health and psychosocial support and hands-on coping strategies with focus on pre- and post-deployment; more pre-deployment task-oriented clinical training; and workload reduction, as exhaustion is a risk for safety. Conclusions: This study supplies knowledge on how to better prepare health care staff for future viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks and other disasters. Participants were satisfied with their pre-deployment physical health preparation, whereas they stressed the importance of mental health support combined with psychosocial support after deployment. Furthermore, additional pre-clinical training was requested.

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Towards a common definition of global health

Cited by 1,143 publications

References 3 publications

Revisión de enfoques académicos en salud global: un marco analítico

Revisión de enfoques académicos en salud global: un marco analítico

Power, potential, and pitfalls in global health academic partnerships: review and reflections on an approach in Nepal

Global nursing in an Ebola viral haemorrhagic fever outbreak: before, during and after deployment

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