Global health as an emerging academic discipline
From: Coleman, Catherine
3 de maio de 2005 16:02
[ProCOR] Global health as an emerging academic discipline
ProCOR colleagues,
Global health as an emerging academic discipline was the subject of a Global Health Forum convened by Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 18-19, 2005 (www.stat.sfu.ca/globalhealth).
Increased focus on global health and the resulting demand for professionals knowledgeable in local, national, and international determinants of health is being reflected in the establishment of global health courses and degree programs at a number of universities worldwide. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's (LSHTM) Centre on Global Change and Health has been teaching and researching the links between global change and health since 1999.
Currently 1200 students from 120 countries are enrolled in LSHTM via distance learning and an additional 1800 students from 80 countries are enrolled on-site.
A new global health department has been established at Simon Fraser University as well as at other institutions, including Yale University, University College London, Cambridge University, and Harvard University.
Discussion of the core competencies needed now and in the future by professionals working to promote global health revealed that the need for a consistent universal definition of "global health." Kelley Lee, LSHTM, noted that global health is distinct from international health. In "Globalisation and Health, an Introduction," (2003) she developed these definitions of global versus international health:
International health: "Where a national government can assert relative control over crossborder flows that impact on the health of the population within its territorial boundaries, the term international health is more accurate.
Global health: "Where there is an erosion of that [crossborder] control by transborder flows that undermine, or even disregard territorial space, the term global health is more appropriate. It is not simply that health determinants and their consequences spill over national borders. It is the degree to which state institutions can manage such spillovers effectively."
Stephen Matlin, Executive Director, Global Forum for Health Research, Geneva, emphasized that health must be recognized, first and foremost, as a human right and th
3 de maio de 2005 16:02
[ProCOR] Global health as an emerging academic discipline
ProCOR colleagues,
Global health as an emerging academic discipline was the subject of a Global Health Forum convened by Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 18-19, 2005 (www.stat.sfu.ca/globalhealth).
Increased focus on global health and the resulting demand for professionals knowledgeable in local, national, and international determinants of health is being reflected in the establishment of global health courses and degree programs at a number of universities worldwide. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's (LSHTM) Centre on Global Change and Health has been teaching and researching the links between global change and health since 1999.
Currently 1200 students from 120 countries are enrolled in LSHTM via distance learning and an additional 1800 students from 80 countries are enrolled on-site.
A new global health department has been established at Simon Fraser University as well as at other institutions, including Yale University, University College London, Cambridge University, and Harvard University.
Discussion of the core competencies needed now and in the future by professionals working to promote global health revealed that the need for a consistent universal definition of "global health." Kelley Lee, LSHTM, noted that global health is distinct from international health. In "Globalisation and Health, an Introduction," (2003) she developed these definitions of global versus international health:
International health: "Where a national government can assert relative control over crossborder flows that impact on the health of the population within its territorial boundaries, the term international health is more accurate.
Global health: "Where there is an erosion of that [crossborder] control by transborder flows that undermine, or even disregard territorial space, the term global health is more appropriate. It is not simply that health determinants and their consequences spill over national borders. It is the degree to which state institutions can manage such spillovers effectively."
Stephen Matlin, Executive Director, Global Forum for Health Research, Geneva, emphasized that health must be recognized, first and foremost, as a human right and th
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