Foundations of global health practice / [edited] by Lori DiPrete Brown. -- Hoboken, NJ, USA : Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint, 2018. – (61.1/F771)

Contents

List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes  xix

Preface  xxii

About the Author  xv

Contributors  xxvii

Acknowledgments  xlv

Introduction  xlvii

Part I  Global Health Concepts

1  Developing a Global Perspective  3

2  What Is Global Health?  27

3  Global Health Care Systems and Universal Health Care  57

4  Global Health Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals  71

5  Global Health Challenges for the 21st Century  83

6  The Right to Health and a Framework Convention on Global Health  107

7  Global Mental Health, Behavioral Medicine, and Wellness  125

8  Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Health  143

9  Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition  167

10  Climate and Health  193

11  Information Communication Technology and Health  217

12  Scaling Up in Global Health 233

Part II  Global Health Practice

13  Global Health Experiences  249

14  Global Health Competencies for the Health Sciences  271

15  Working with Communities  281

16  Transformative Engagement and Leadership for Global Health  299

17  Guidelines for Planning a Global Health Learning Experience  315

18  Navigating Global Health for Student Organizations  331

19  Planning for Health and Safety  343

20  Global Health Professional Skills and Careers  351

Part III  Global Health Perspectives

21  So You Want to Save the World? First, You've Got to Know It   371

22  Since You Asked  375

23  Leadership Lessons from the Last Mile  381

24  How Global Health Identity Politics Harms Local Communities  387

25  Gender and Community Well-Being  393

26  Strengthening Immunization Programs  405

27  HIV: US to Global Perspectives  413

28  Tuberculosis and the Long and Winding Road toward a Global Health Career 419

29  Linking Research to Applied Field Work  423

30  A Call to Surgeons to Advance Global Health  427

31  Stories and Balance  433

32  The Global Burden of Avoidable Childhood Blindness  439

33  Global Health Nursing  445

34  Contributions of Pharmacists in Global Public Health  451

35  Reflections and Stepping-Stones to a Career in Global Health 457

36  Global Health and Education 463

37  The Importance of Narrative to Global Health Research and Practice  469

38  The Urban Opportunity for Global Health  475

39  Building Effective Health Systems in Transitional Societies  481

40  Grand Challenges in Global Health and the Role of Universities  489

Glossary 496

Index  505