TY - JOUR
T1 - Decolonizing Global Child Health Education for More Equitable and Culturally Safe Collaborations
AU - Leuche, Viviane Tchonang
AU - Delgado-Zapata, Roberto
AU - Umphrey, Lisa
AU - Lam, Suet Kam
AU - Nunez, Kristin Cardiel
AU - Musiime, Victor
AU - Rule, Amy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Global health (GH) as an academic field is fraught with both historical and present sys-temic injustice, including unilateral partnerships, power asymmetry in grant funding and research agenda setting, lack of acknowledgment of low-and middle-income countries’ contributions, and bias toward high-income countries’ institutions. Reflecting on colonialism and White supremacy’s legacy is vital for training pediatricians to actively work to create more bidirectional partnerships to improve the health of all children worldwide. In this review, we discuss the present challenges within academic GH and offer four key action steps to decolonize GH education: (1) reflecting on the history of global child health; (2) creating a new language framework; (3) reviewing cultural humility, antiracism, and decolonization curricula; and (4) discussing institutional action steps to decolonize and sustain culturally safe global child health education. [Pediatr Ann. 2023;52(12):e467– e473.].
AB - Global health (GH) as an academic field is fraught with both historical and present sys-temic injustice, including unilateral partnerships, power asymmetry in grant funding and research agenda setting, lack of acknowledgment of low-and middle-income countries’ contributions, and bias toward high-income countries’ institutions. Reflecting on colonialism and White supremacy’s legacy is vital for training pediatricians to actively work to create more bidirectional partnerships to improve the health of all children worldwide. In this review, we discuss the present challenges within academic GH and offer four key action steps to decolonize GH education: (1) reflecting on the history of global child health; (2) creating a new language framework; (3) reviewing cultural humility, antiracism, and decolonization curricula; and (4) discussing institutional action steps to decolonize and sustain culturally safe global child health education. [Pediatr Ann. 2023;52(12):e467– e473.].
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U2 - 10.3928/19382359-20231017-01
DO - 10.3928/19382359-20231017-01
M3 - Article
C2 - 38049188
AN - SCOPUS:85178571160
SN - 0090-4481
VL - 52
SP - e467-e473
JO - Pediatric annals
JF - Pediatric annals
IS - 12
ER -