Emerson College Library: Teach-In on Sustainability Fall 2024: Sustainable Approaches to Public Health: Voices from Columbia, Guatemala, and Kenya

Sustainable Approaches to Public Health: Voices from Columbia, Guatemala, and Kenya

Wednesday, November 20 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST

Presenters

Robin Danzak, Professor, Health and Social Change
Tamera Marko, PhD, Executive Director, Elma Lewis Center at Emerson College and Co-founding President of MobilityMovilidad.org, Boston, MA
José Melvín Ramírez Hernandez, Licensed Nursing Supervisor and Nurse Educator, Intecap Región Central, Guatemala
Mathew Kinyua Karia, PhD, Lecturer in Speech-Language Pathology. Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

Description:

This panel will address what it means to take a broad and sustainable approach to public health in three different Global South countries. Speakers will first frame their community contexts in terms of the social determinants of health and healthcare systems. They then will discuss their own impacts on these constructs and systems, including engaging communities, increasing health advocacy and equity, and training healthcare professionals. Students should come prepared with questions for the panelists.

Location

This session is being held over zoom. Join the Sustainable Approaches Panel Via Zoom here.

Sustainable Development Goal

Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

The United Nations describes the importance of this goal stating "Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Urgent and concerted action is needed to set the world back on a trajectory towards achieving Goal 3."

Books at Emerson

Exploring Partnership Governance in Global Health by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Global Health; Forum on Publicâ¬"Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety; Joe Alper (Editor); Rachel M. Taylor (Editor)
Solving the world's health challenges requires multidisciplinary collaborations that bring together the talents, experiences, resources, and ideas from multiple sectors. These collaborations in global health frequently occur through public "private partnerships (PPPs) in which public and private parties share risks, responsibilities, and decision-making processes with the objective of collectively and more effectively addressing a common goal. To explore the role of governance in PPPs for global health, the Forum on Public "Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety convened a workshop. Participants explored best practices, common challenges, and lessons learned in the varying approaches to partnership governance. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Global Indigenous Health by Robert Henry (Editor); Amanda LaVallee (Editor); Nancy Van Styvendale (Editor); Robert Alexander Innes (Editor)
Indigenous peoples globally have a keen understanding of their health and wellness through traditional knowledge systems. Global Indigenous Health is unique and timely as it deals with the historical and ongoing traumas associated with colonization and colonialism, understanding Indigenous concepts of health and healing, and ways of moving forward for health equity.
Global Population Health and Well-Being in the 21st Century by George Lueddeke
Drawing on current research and the expertise of world-recognized leaders in public, global, clinical, and social health in both developed and developing nations, this book delivers an evidence-based examination of 21st-century challenges in global population health and well-being. With special attention given to major initiatives of the United Nations, especially its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2016-2030, and the priorities of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank, Dr. Lueddeke articulates an imperative to adopt a "One World, One Health" view that recognizes the interdependence of humans, animals, plants, and the environment.
Just and Lasting Change by Daniel Taylor-Ide; Carl E. Taylor
Just and Lasting Change presents how to transform communities rapidly and in locally appropriate ways. Daniel Taylor-Ide and Carl Taylor have been present at key events and worked with key thinkers in dealing with the large forces of inequity, environmental change, and globalization. With contributions from leading international experts in community-based development and public health, Just and Lasting Change offers a hopeful description of how people have made a difference in diverse communities around the world and a practical, accessible handbook for those trying to improve the quality of life in underdeveloped communities everywhere.

Resources Beyond Emerson

Mobility Movilidad
Mobility Movilidad is a nonprofit dedicated to helping artists, storytellers, and researchers cross borders with their art, stories, and research.