Foundations for Global Health Practice
Foundations for Global Health Practice by Lori DiPrete Brown, published by John Wiley & Sons on February 13, 2018, is a comprehensive introduction to global health that emphasizes ethical engagement and participatory approaches. This 576-page text offers a multi-sectoral perspective aligned with Sustainable Development Goals, preparing students for active roles in health care and public health. It covers a range of topics, including mental health, agriculture and nutrition, water and sanitation, and climate change, distinguishing itself from traditional global health texts.
Readers will find a wealth of resources designed to enhance their understanding of core concepts and principles in global health. The book includes exercises, readings, and discussion guides that facilitate personal discernment and help students develop professional goals for ethical global health engagement. Central themes such as prevention, cooperation, equity, and social justice are explored, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of health care in an increasingly interconnected world. Foundations for Global Health Practice serves as a relevant introduction to the complexities and challenges in this vital field.
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An essential introduction to global health in the modern world
Foundations for Global Health Practice offers a comprehensive introduction to global health with a focus on ethical engagement and participatory approaches. With a multi-sectoral perspective grounded in Sustainable Development Goals, the text prepares students for engagement in health care and public health and goes beyond traditional global health texts to include chapters on mental health, agriculture and nutrition, water and sanitation, and climate change. In addition to presenting core concepts, the book outlines principles for practice that enable students and faculty to plan and prepare for fieldwork in global health. The book also offers perspectives from global health practitioners from a range of disciplinary and geographic perspectives.
Exercises, readings, discussion guides and information about global health competencies and careers facilitate personal discernment and enable students to systematically develop their own professional goals and strategies for enriching, respectful, and ethical global health engagement.
- Understand the essential concepts, systems, and principles of global health
- Engage in up-to-date discussion of global health challenges and solutions
- Learn practical skills for engagement in health care and beyond
- Explore individual values and what it means to be an agent for change
Prevention, cooperation, equity, and social justice are the central themes of global health, a field that emphasizes the interdisciplinary, cross-sector, and cross-boundary nature of health care on a global scale. As the world becomes ever smaller and society becomes more and more interconnected, the broad view becomes as critical as the granular nature of practice. Foundations for Global Health Practice provides a complete and highly relevant introduction to this rich and rewarding field.
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