“Public health is global”: examining Indian stakeholders’ perspectives on Global Health education

Resumo

Background Global health education has attracted significant attention in recent years from academic institutions in developed countries. In India however, a recent analysis found that delivery of global health education is fragmented and called for academic institutions to work towards closing the developing country/developed country dichotomy. Our study explored the understanding of global health in the Indian setting and opportunities for development of a global health education framework in Indian public health institutions. Methods The study involved semi-structured interviews with staff of Indian public health institutes and other key stakeholders in global health in India. The interview questions covered participants’ interpretation of global health and their opinion about global health education in India. Thematic analysis was conducted. A theoretical framework developed by Smith and Shiffman to explain political priority for global health initiatives was adapted to guide our analysis to explore development of global health education in Indian public health institutions. Results A total of 17 semi-structured interviews were completed which involved 12 faculty members from five public health institutes and five stakeholders from national and multilateral organisations. Global health was viewed as the application of public health in real-world setting and at a broader, deeper and transnational scale. The understanding of global health was informed by participants’ expos

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Artigo

Área

Saúde

Ano

2020

Idioma

Inglês

Licença

CC BY

DOI

10.1186/s12889-020-09357-2

Como citar (ABNT)

SAWLESHWARKAR, Shailendra; ZODPEY, Sanjay; NEGIN, Joel. “Public health is global”: examining Indian stakeholders’ perspectives on Global Health education. BMC Public Health, v. 20, n. 1, 2020. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09357-2.