scholarly journals A Body of Knowledge and Pedagogy for Global Engineering

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-57
Author(s):  
Evan Thomas ◽  
Carlo Salvinelli ◽  
James Harper ◽  
Laura MacDonald ◽  
Rita Klees ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Development Economics ◽  
Community Level ◽  
University Of Colorado ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Global Engineering ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
Persistent Poverty ◽  
The University ◽  
Global Health And Development

Global engineers must be taught to consider the historical and present causes of persistent poverty and systematic barriers to prosperity. Such training will better inform the choices engineers make and help move the engineering sector away from a product and community-level focus towards working to address the root causes of poverty. A framing for Global Engineering has recently been proposed by the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, building on over 15 years of curricular efforts. Global Engineering, as taught by the Mortenson Center, positions the field as a complement to Global Health and Development Economics while further embracing a historically contextualized and anti-colonial training.

scholarly journals Conference Proceeding for the 6th Annual Action Global Health Network Conference: A Student-led Movement Encouraging Advocacy, Research and Outreach

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Marie Clare Cerqueira ◽  
Andréanne Chaumont ◽  
Jennifer D’Cruz ◽  
Melissa Govindaraju ◽  
Syeda Shanza Hashmi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Social Medicine ◽  
Conference Proceeding ◽  
Future Planning ◽  
Health Network ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
The University ◽  
Full Day ◽  
Global Health And Development

On September 30th, 2017, medical students from the University of Ottawa organized and attended the 6th annual Action Global Health Network Conference (AGHN), in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine. This full-day event aimed to challenge perceptions about global health and development, and encouraged participants to explore global health and social medicine as an avenue to improve equity. This conference proceeding recounts the key components of the 6th annual AGHN Conference, including keynote speakers, workshop speakers, and the research symposium. Core themes, learning takeaways, and future planning are also discussed in hopes of inspiring similar student-led initiatives across campuses.

scholarly journals How U.S. Conservatives Perceive and Respond to International Nutrition Issues, and How to Shape Messaging for Successful Advocacy

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-43
Author(s):  
Jennifer Eaton Dyer ◽  
Brian Lloyd Heuser
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Foreign Assistance ◽  
Moral Foundation ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Philanthropic Organizations ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Global Health And Development ◽  
Made In

Since 1990, epic strides have been made in global health and development toward achieving Millennium Development Goals. With a united front of forces, including governments, coalitions, private sector, foundations, philanthropic organizations, and the faith community, millions of lives have been saved from extreme poverty and disease. Yet, some issues enjoy more robust funding and notoriety than others.  For instance, AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria enjoy the majority of the U.S. foreign assistance funding in global health. Nutrition, notably, has remained stagnant for decades. We wanted to test the appetite for increased funding for international nutrition and food security issues among Political, Religious, Social Conservatives (PRSCs), and the General Population (GP) to gauge perception and response to the issue and its correlates. Our goal with these national surveys was to understand the best choice of language to promote awareness, education, and prompt advocacy for global nutrition and food security issues. With this research, we found that conservatives were motivated by national security issues first and foremost, not their faith, finances or moral foundation. We recommend that education be enhanced among conservatives regarding U.S. foreign assistance, nutrition funding and implementation, and nutrition-related terminology, including stunting, wasting, and anemia. Moreover, we recommend strong narratives about mothers, children, and infants, particularly a child’s first 1,000 days, from conception to two years, which has proved to elicit the most positive response among all messaging.

scholarly journals A research utilisation framework for informing global health and development policies and programmes

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Kim ◽  
Rose Wilcher ◽  
Tricia Petruney ◽  
Kirsten Krueger ◽  
Leigh Wynne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Research Utilisation ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
Global Health And Development
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