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Perspectives on global health amongst obstetrician gynecologists: A national survey
OBJECTIVE: To characterize contemporary attitudes toward global health amongst board-certified obstetricians-gynecologists (Ob-Gyns) in the US. METHODS: A questionnaire was mailed to members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Respondents were stratified by interest and exper...
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2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5971485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27565747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060516658378 |
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author | Easter, Sarah Rae Raglan, Greta B Little, Sarah E Schulkin, Jay Robinson, Julian N |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To characterize contemporary attitudes toward global health amongst board-certified obstetricians-gynecologists (Ob-Gyns) in the US. METHODS: A questionnaire was mailed to members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Respondents were stratified by interest and experience in global health and group differences were reported. RESULTS: A total of 202 of 400 (50.5%) surveys were completed; and 67.3% (n = 136) of respondents expressed an interest in global health while 25.2% (n = 51) had experience providing healthcare abroad. Personal safety was the primary concern of respondents (88 of 185, 47.6%), with 44.5% (57 of 128) identifying 2 weeks as an optimal period of time to spend abroad. The majority (113 of 186, 60.8%) cited hosting of local physicians in the US as the most valuable service to developing a nation’s healthcare provision. CONCLUSION: Despite high interest in global health, willingness to spend significant time abroad was limited. Concerns surrounding personal safety dovetailed with the belief that training local physicians in the US provides the most valuable service to international efforts. These attitudes and concerns suggest novel solutions will be required to increase involvement of Ob-Gyns in global women’s health. |
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spelling | pubmed-59714852018-05-31 Perspectives on global health amongst obstetrician gynecologists: A national survey Easter, Sarah Rae Raglan, Greta B Little, Sarah E Schulkin, Jay Robinson, Julian N J Int Med Res Special Issue: Global Health Care for Long-Term Conditions and Multimorbidity OBJECTIVE: To characterize contemporary attitudes toward global health amongst board-certified obstetricians-gynecologists (Ob-Gyns) in the US. METHODS: A questionnaire was mailed to members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Respondents were stratified by interest and experience in global health and group differences were reported. RESULTS: A total of 202 of 400 (50.5%) surveys were completed; and 67.3% (n = 136) of respondents expressed an interest in global health while 25.2% (n = 51) had experience providing healthcare abroad. Personal safety was the primary concern of respondents (88 of 185, 47.6%), with 44.5% (57 of 128) identifying 2 weeks as an optimal period of time to spend abroad. The majority (113 of 186, 60.8%) cited hosting of local physicians in the US as the most valuable service to developing a nation’s healthcare provision. CONCLUSION: Despite high interest in global health, willingness to spend significant time abroad was limited. Concerns surrounding personal safety dovetailed with the belief that training local physicians in the US provides the most valuable service to international efforts. These attitudes and concerns suggest novel solutions will be required to increase involvement of Ob-Gyns in global women’s health. SAGE Publications 2016-08-25 2018-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5971485/ /pubmed/27565747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060516658378 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Special Issue: Global Health Care for Long-Term Conditions and Multimorbidity Easter, Sarah Rae Raglan, Greta B Little, Sarah E Schulkin, Jay Robinson, Julian N Perspectives on global health amongst obstetrician gynecologists: A national survey |
title | Perspectives on global health amongst obstetrician gynecologists: A national survey |
title_full | Perspectives on global health amongst obstetrician gynecologists: A national survey |
title_fullStr | Perspectives on global health amongst obstetrician gynecologists: A national survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Perspectives on global health amongst obstetrician gynecologists: A national survey |
title_short | Perspectives on global health amongst obstetrician gynecologists: A national survey |
title_sort | perspectives on global health amongst obstetrician gynecologists: a national survey |
topic | Special Issue: Global Health Care for Long-Term Conditions and Multimorbidity |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5971485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27565747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060516658378 |
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