Main description:

This indispensable resource provides a cohesive, sustainable, and ethical approach to medical education and research that addresses the health needs of children locally and globally. Areas covered include global health education and research efforts and substantive and sustainable approaches aimed at changing the health status of children, their families and communities through effective models of research and education.

Topics Include

Operating Principles for Engaging in Global Education and Research
Domains of Competency for Global Health
Educational Models in Global Health Settings
Models for Global Health Research

Contents:

Section 1: Operating Principles for Engaging in Global Education and Research
Chapter 1: Global Child Populations: A Community Pediatrics Framework and Relevance to Education and Research
Chapter 2: Identifying Challenges in Education and Research in Global Child Health
Chapter 3: Positive Strategies in Achieving Health for All Children: An Equity Framework and Its Impact of Research Design and Education
Chapter 4: Epidemiology and Social Determinants of Global Health Problems as the Basis for Education and Research
Chapter 5: A Developmental Matrix of Global Child Health
Section 2: Domains of Competency for Global Health
Chapter 6: Global Health Administrative Competencies
Chapter 7: Global Health Education Competencies
Chapter 8: Global Health Research Competencies
Chapter 9: Global Health Clinical Competencies
Section 3: Educational Models in Global Health Settings
Chapter 10: Purposeful and Mindful Leadership: An Educational Framework for Global Child Health
Chapter 11: A New Advocacy Paradigm for Education: The Role of Persistence
Chapter 12: Cross-Cultural Training of Residents and Medical Students in Global Health
Chapter 13: The Role of Simulation in Global Health Education
Chapter 14: Educational Research in Growth and Development Globally
Section 4: Models for Global Health Research
Chapter 15: Environmental Hazards and Global Child Health: The Need for Evidence Based Advocacy
Chapter 16: Community-Based Participatory Research Models in Global Health
Chapter 17: Principles of Ethical Research in Global Health
Chapter 18: The GHESKIO Center for Research in Haiti: An Education and Research Model in Action
Chapter 19: Injury Prevention Research and Global Child Health
Chapter 20: Child Maltreatment Research
Chapter 21: Global Child Health: Setting the Organizational Agenda in Support of Global Child Health Research
Chapter 22: Global Health Research: Role of Specialty Care