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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spelling pubmed-68168122019-10-31 Health Volunteers Overseas: A Model for Ethical and Effective Short-Term Global Health Training in Low-Resource Countries MacNairn, Elizabeth Glob Health Sci Pract Commentaries 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. Global Health: Science and Practice 2019-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6816812/ /pubmed/31558594 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00140 Text en © MacNairn. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00140
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title_full Health Volunteers Overseas: A Model for Ethical and Effective Short-Term Global Health Training in Low-Resource Countries
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title_full_unstemmed Health Volunteers Overseas: A Model for Ethical and Effective Short-Term Global Health Training in Low-Resource Countries
title_short Health Volunteers Overseas: A Model for Ethical and Effective Short-Term Global Health Training in Low-Resource Countries
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