Overview of Global Public Health Practice

This presentation will focus on public health practice within the global context, focusing on activities both domestic and abroad. Interactive exercises will be incorporated to emphasize the power of values and culture in international development and, in particular, global health. Participants will be taken through various activities to help them pull up unspoken values related to differences such as gender, power, outsider/insider dynamic. These scenarios will offer an increased understanding of the role these aspects play in global health work.

Case examples will also showcase innovative ideas in the field and. Through these discussions and exercises participants will be privy to the knowledge needed in the field and this will help participants to recognize the applicability of their public health course work. The presentation is aligned with the overall goal of this course which is to help students hone their public health leadership skills to be effective assets to global health work. Ultimately, the session will prompt students to start thinking of potential ways they can impact the field.