Principles of Global Child Health: Education and Research (eBook)

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. Each chapter contains an abstract of the core concept; teaching points; history and context of the topic relating back to the perspective of high-, middle-, and low-income/resourced countries; core principles and competencies; and an environmental scan of the current state with identification of successes and gaps.TOPICS INCLUDEOperating Principles for Engaging in Global Education and ResearchPositive Strategies in Achieving Health for All ChildrenEpidemiology and Social Determinants of Global Health as the Basis for Education and ResearchDomains of Competency for Global HealthGlobal Health Administrative and Clinical CompetenciesEducational Models in Global Health SettingsPurposeful and Mindful LeadershipChild Development: The Next Global Health FrontierModels for Global Health ResearchEnvironmental Hazards and Global Child HealthA Global Snapshot of Child Maltreatment and Child ProtectionAnd more...