South-to-North, Cross-Disciplinary Training in Global Health Practice: Ten Years of Lessons Learned from an Infectious Disease Field Course in Jamaica

Henroy P Scarlett; Richard A Nisbett; Justin Stoler; Brendan C Bain; Madhav P Bhatta; Trevor Castle; Judith Harbertson; Stephanie K Brodine; Sten H Vermund

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South-to-North, Cross-Disciplinary Training in Global Health Practice: Ten Years of Lessons Learned from an Infectious Disease Field Course in Jamaica

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South-to-North, Cross-Disciplinary Training in Global Health Practice: Ten Years of Lessons Learned from an Infectious Disease Field Course in Jamaica

Henroy P Scarlett, Richard A Nisbett, Justin Stoler, Brendan C Bain, Madhav P Bhatta, Trevor Castle, Judith Harbertson, Stephanie K Brodine and Sten H Vermund

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, Vol.85(3), pp.397-404

2011-09-01

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0524

PMCID: PMC3163856

PMID: 21896794

Abstract

Global commerce, travel, and emerging and resurging infectious diseases have increased awareness of global health threats and opportunities for collaborative and service learning. We review course materials, knowledge archives, data management archives, and student evaluations for the first 10 years of an intensive summer field course in infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance offered in Jamaica. We have trained 300 students from 28 countries through collaboration between the University of the West Indies and U.S. partner universities. Participants were primarily graduate students in public health, but also included health professionals with terminal degrees, and public health nurses and inspectors. Strong institutional synergies, committed faculty, an emphasis on scientific and cultural competencies, and use of team-based field research projects culminate in a unique training environment that provides participants with career-developing experiences. We share lessons learned over the past decade, and conclude that South-to-North leadership is critical in shaping transdisciplinary, cross-cultural, global health practice.

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Title: South-to-North, Cross-Disciplinary Training in Global Health Practice: Ten Years of Lessons Learned from an Infectious Disease Field Course in Jamaica
Creators: Henroy P Scarlett - Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, and Office of the Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica; Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Department of Geography, and Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Science and Epidemiology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; U.S. Military HIV Research Program Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California; Institute for Global Health, and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Richard A Nisbett - Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, and Office of the Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica; Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Department of Geography, and Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Science and Epidemiology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; U.S. Military HIV Research Program Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California; Institute for Global Health, and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Justin Stoler - Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, and Office of the Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica; Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Department of Geography, and Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Science and Epidemiology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; U.S. Military HIV Research Program Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California; Institute for Global Health, and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Brendan C Bain - Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, and Office of the Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica; Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Department of Geography, and Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Science and Epidemiology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; U.S. Military HIV Research Program Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California; Institute for Global Health, and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Madhav P Bhatta - Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, and Office of the Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica; Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Department of Geography, and Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Science and Epidemiology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; U.S. Military HIV Research Program Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California; Institute for Global Health, and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Trevor Castle - Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, and Office of the Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica; Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Department of Geography, and Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Science and Epidemiology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; U.S. Military HIV Research Program Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California; Institute for Global Health, and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Judith Harbertson - Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, and Office of the Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica; Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Department of Geography, and Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Science and Epidemiology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; U.S. Military HIV Research Program Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California; Institute for Global Health, and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Stephanie K Brodine - Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, and Office of the Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica; Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Department of Geography, and Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Science and Epidemiology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; U.S. Military HIV Research Program Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California; Institute for Global Health, and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Sten H Vermund - Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, and Office of the Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica; Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Department of Geography, and Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Science and Epidemiology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; U.S. Military HIV Research Program Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California; Institute for Global Health, and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Publication Details: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, Vol.85(3), pp.397-404
Publisher: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Academic Unit: College of A&S; A&S - Geography and Sustainable Development
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
PMID: 21896794
PMCID: PMC3163856
Record Identifier: 991031560903502976