Foundations for global health practice
/ [edited by] Lori DiPrete Brown
- xlviii, 528 pages : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Global health concepts 1. Developing a global perspective 2. What is global health? 3. Global health care systems and universal health care 4. Global health policy and the sustainable development goals 5. Global health challenges for the 21st century 6. The right to health and a framework convention on global health 7. Global mental health, behavioral medicine, and wellness 8. Water, sanitation, hygiene, and health 9. Food, agriculture, and nutrition 10. Climate and health 11. Information communication technology and health 12. Scaling up in global health Part II. Global health practice 13. Global health experiences 14. Global health competencies for the health sciences 15. Working with communities 16. Transformative engagement and leadership for global health 17. Guidelines for planning a global health learning experience 18. Navigating global health for student organization 19. Planning for health and safety 20. Global health professional skills and careers Part III. Global health perspectives 21. So you want to save the world? First, you've got to know it 22. Since you asked 23. Leadership lessons from the last mile 24. How global health identity politics harms local communities 25. Gender and community well-being 26. Strengthening immunization programs 27. HIV : US to global perspectives 28. Tuberculosis and the long and winding road toward a global health career 29. Linking research to applied field work 30. A call to surgeons to advance global health 31. Stories and balance 32. The global burden of avoidable childhood blindness 33. Global health nursing 34. Contributions of pharmacists in global public health 35. Reflections and stepping-stones to a career in global health 36. Global health and education 37. The importance of narrative to global health research and practice 38. The urban opportunity for global health 39. Building effective health system in transitional societies 40. Grand challenges in global health and the role of universities