From short-term engagements to meaningful and equitable global health partnerships

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ID19590754
AuthorsShailendra Prasad (0000-0003-1168-5917, University of Minnesota, corresponding author), Eunice Kamaara (0000-0003-2233-5365, Moi University, corresponding author), Bruce Compton (Catholic Health Association of the United States, corresponding author)
EditorsJulia Robinson (0000-0003-0719-3995), Rachel Hall‐clifford (0000-0002-1051-5230), Rachel Hall-Clifford
Year2024
Volume4
Issue12
Pagese0004011
Publication date2024-12-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375
PublisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1371/journal.pgph.0004011
PMID39666685
OpenAlexW4405307012
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

The struggle for global health equity is complex, often fueled by a desire for quick solutions. Though global health should be a broad, 'big-tent' endeavor, quite often it gets simplified to the immediacy of clinical medicine. Short-term global engagements in global health (STEGH), like medical missions and student trips, embody this impulse. These, like many other aspects of global health, have roots in the late 19 th century as a largely neocolonial pursuit of "international medicine" These may also be driven by availability of opportunities and push towards broader marketization of global experiences-not just by the need of the respondents, but also by the supply of these opportunities While these activities may come from altruistic intentions, that of 'hoping to help', they often create more problems than they solve

Business · Political science · Public relations · Global Health and Surgery · Global Health Workforce Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health

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