Lawrence C Loh
Biographic Data
| ID | 5409498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence C Loh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence C |
| FAMILY NAME | Loh |
| SIGNATURE | LOH L C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9210-3290 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Covid-19 Pandemic: Informing Policy Decision-Making for a Vulnerable Population
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted society. Vulnerable populations are at heightened risk for exposure, as well as adverse health and social consequences. Policymakers are operating under difficult circumstances, making crucial policy decisions to maximize impact and mitigate harm, with limited scientific evidence. This article examines the pronounced vulnerability of Indigenous Peoples in Canada to the pandemic. We highlight the im…
A Comprehensive Framework to Optimize Short-Term Experiences in Global Health (STEGH)
Increasing demand for Short-term Experiences in Global Health (STEGH), particularly among medical trainees, has seen a growth in programming that brings participants from high-income countries to low and middle-income settings in order to engage in service, teaching or research activities. Historically the domain of faith-based organizations conducting "missions", STEGH are now offered by diverse groups including academic institutions, non-profit…
From priority to endgame: The Region of Peel Living Tobacco-Free strategy
Integrating clinical medicine and population health: Where to from here
Guidelines for responsible short-term global health activities: Developing common principles
BACKGROUND: Growing concerns about the value and effectiveness of short-term volunteer trips intending to improve health in underserved Global South communities has driven the development of guidelines by multiple organizations and individuals. These are intended to mitigate potential harms and maximize benefits associated with such efforts. METHOD: This paper analyzes 27 guidelines derived from a scoping review of the literature available in ear…
Innovative public health response to an event on the fringe of regulatory changes
Coalicion de Salud Comunitaria (Cosaco): Using a Healthy Community Partnership framework to integrate short-term global health experiences into broader community development
BACKGROUND: There is growing concern that short-term experiences in global health experiences (STEGH), undertaken by healthcare providers, trainees, and volunteers from high income countries in lower and middle income countries, risk harming the community by creating a parallel system of care separate from established community development efforts. At the same time, the inclusion of non-traditional actors in health planning has been the basis of …
Maintaining Research Integrity While Balancing Cultural Sensitivity: A Case Study and Lessons From the Field
Contemporary emphasis on creating culturally relevant and context specific knowledge increasingly drives researchers to conduct their work in settings outside their home country. This often requires researchers to build relationships with various stakeholders who may have a vested interest in the research. This case study examines the tension between relationship development with stakeholders and maintaining study integrity, in the context of pot…
Let’s stop calling it a “health system”
Short term global health experiences and local partnership models: A framework
Contemporary interest in in short-term experiences in global health (STEGH) has led to important questions of ethics, responsibility, and potential harms to receiving communities. In addressing these issues, the role of local engagement through partnerships between external STEGH facilitating organization(s) and internal community organization(s) has been identified as crucial to mitigating potential pitfalls. This perspective piece offers a fram…
Authors’ Response
A Look to the Past as We Look Ahead: The Specialty of Public Health Medicine in Canada
Authors’ Response
A Look to the Past as We Look Ahead: The Specialty of Public Health Medicine in Canada
Short term global health experiences and local partnership models: A framework
Contemporary interest in in short-term experiences in global health (STEGH) has led to important questions of ethics, responsibility, and potential harms to receiving communities. In addressing these issues, the role of local engagement through partnerships between external STEGH facilitating organization(s) and internal community organization(s) has been identified as crucial to mitigating potential pitfalls. This perspective piece offers a fram…
Coalicion de Salud Comunitaria (Cosaco): Using a Healthy Community Partnership framework to integrate short-term global health experiences into broader community development
BACKGROUND: There is growing concern that short-term experiences in global health experiences (STEGH), undertaken by healthcare providers, trainees, and volunteers from high income countries in lower and middle income countries, risk harming the community by creating a parallel system of care separate from established community development efforts. At the same time, the inclusion of non-traditional actors in health planning has been the basis of …
Maintaining Research Integrity While Balancing Cultural Sensitivity: A Case Study and Lessons From the Field
Contemporary emphasis on creating culturally relevant and context specific knowledge increasingly drives researchers to conduct their work in settings outside their home country. This often requires researchers to build relationships with various stakeholders who may have a vested interest in the research. This case study examines the tension between relationship development with stakeholders and maintaining study integrity, in the context of pot…
Let’s stop calling it a “health system”
Guidelines for responsible short-term global health activities: Developing common principles
BACKGROUND: Growing concerns about the value and effectiveness of short-term volunteer trips intending to improve health in underserved Global South communities has driven the development of guidelines by multiple organizations and individuals. These are intended to mitigate potential harms and maximize benefits associated with such efforts. METHOD: This paper analyzes 27 guidelines derived from a scoping review of the literature available in ear…
Innovative public health response to an event on the fringe of regulatory changes
A Comprehensive Framework to Optimize Short-Term Experiences in Global Health (STEGH)
Increasing demand for Short-term Experiences in Global Health (STEGH), particularly among medical trainees, has seen a growth in programming that brings participants from high-income countries to low and middle-income settings in order to engage in service, teaching or research activities. Historically the domain of faith-based organizations conducting "missions", STEGH are now offered by diverse groups including academic institutions, non-profit…
From priority to endgame: The Region of Peel Living Tobacco-Free strategy
Integrating clinical medicine and population health: Where to from here
The Covid-19 Pandemic: Informing Policy Decision-Making for a Vulnerable Population
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted society. Vulnerable populations are at heightened risk for exposure, as well as adverse health and social consequences. Policymakers are operating under difficult circumstances, making crucial policy decisions to maximize impact and mitigate harm, with limited scientific evidence. This article examines the pronounced vulnerability of Indigenous Peoples in Canada to the pandemic. We highlight the im…
Political science (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Global Health and Surgery (4 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (4 works) · Health care (4 works)