Health Volunteers Overseas: A Model for Ethical and Effective Short-Term Global Health Training in Low-Resource Countries

Three core attributes enable short-term volunteers to make incremental contributions to long-term outcomes at host institutions: (1) focusing on teaching rather than service delivery, (2) engaging in mutually beneficial and equitable partnerships with host institutions, and (3) operating within a st...

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Autor principal: MacNairn, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6816812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31558594
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00140
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Sumario:Three core attributes enable short-term volunteers to make incremental contributions to long-term outcomes at host institutions: (1) focusing on teaching rather than service delivery, (2) engaging in mutually beneficial and equitable partnerships with host institutions, and (3) operating within a structured management system.

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