Global Health and Volunteering Beyond Borders : A Guide for Healthcare Professionals
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44469
Mildred M.G. Olivier, Clarisse C. Croteau-Chonka, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
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Global Health and Volunteering: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals is designed to educate volunteers to be effective partners in delivering medical services locally and globally. Healthcare professionals are increasingly interested in global health and volunteering in areas of acute need. The biggest challenge to health in many locales is the inability to access the health care system. When people do connect with medical services, medications and surgical opportunities for chronic disease (i.…
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- Other Authors
- Olivier, Mildred M.G.
- Croteau-Chonka, Clarisse C.
- Responsibility
- Mildred M.G. Olivier, Clarisse C. Croteau-Chonka, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 303 p.) : 62 illus., 60 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319986609
- 9783319986593 (Print ed.)
- 9783319986616 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cultural Characteristics
- Cultural Competency
- Global Health
- International Cooperation
- Voluntary Health Agencies
- Volunteers
- Abstract
- Global Health and Volunteering: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals is designed to educate volunteers to be effective partners in delivering medical services locally and globally. Healthcare professionals are increasingly interested in global health and volunteering in areas of acute need. The biggest challenge to health in many locales is the inability to access the health care system. When people do connect with medical services, medications and surgical opportunities for chronic disease (i.e. glaucoma, diabetes, or hypertension) are often not affordable or cannot be sustained for a long period of time. The contributions in this book focus on a respectful dialog with local people and a willingness to learn from new experiences on the part of the volunteer. Skills transfer from visiting personnel to local providers is featured as a means to enhance healthcare sustainability. An appreciation of differing cultures, an understanding of the local economic conditions and challenges, and strategies for collaborating with the existing medical establishment are foundations of successful volunteer experiences as highlighted in this book. Dimensions of global health such as professionalism, religious beliefs, ethical dilemmas, traditional medicine, and alternative strategies for service are addressed by experts. Written and edited by leaders in the field, many of whom have more than two decades of experience volunteering abroad, Global Health and Volunteering: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals imparts lessons learned to help the reader avoid initial mistakes, while making the global health commitment stronger.
- Contents
- 1. An Overview Of Global Health For The Healthcare Professional -- 2. Global Health Education -- 3. Perspectives On Global Health And Volunteerism For Health Care Providers: The Importance Of Preparation, Identification And Management Of Infectious Diseases And Mitigation Of Other Risks -- 4. What Could Go Wrong?: Providing A Moral Grounding To The Ethics Of Short-Term Medicine -- 5. Religious Foundations For Global Health Missions -- 6. Professionalism In Global Health -- 7. Technical Factors In Telemedicine Adoption In Extreme Resource Poor Countries -- 8. Encountering Traditional Medicine In Global Health Service -- 9. Humanitarian Relief: A Public Health View -- 10. Miltary Medicine And Global Health: A Core Competency -- 11. The Role Of Professional Societies In Achieving Global Health Security: Validating A Discipline Of Disaster Medicine And Public Health -- 12. Global Health Organizations: What They Are And How They Work -- 13. Cultural Sensitivity In Global Outreach -- 14. Country Spotlight: China -- 15. Country Spotlight: India -- 16 Recollections Of My International Experiences -- 17. Country Spotlight: Africa -- 18. Country Spotlight: Eastern Mediterranean -- 19. Country Spotlight: Caribbean -- 20. Cultural Considerations For Health Care Treatment Of Latinos In The United States -- 21. Similarities Greater Than Differences: A Doctor’s Perspective -- 22. International Foundations For Ophthalmology -- 23. Global Ophthalmology -- 24. Ophthalmology: India -- 25. Coda.
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Healthcare, Frugal Innovation, and Professional Voluntarism : A Cost-Benefit Analysis
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43961
Helen Louise Ackers, James Ackers-Johnson, John Chatwin, Natasha Tyler.
--Cham:
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2017.
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- Online
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates what international placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy of the its national health system. The authors present empirical data collected from a volunteer deployment project in Uganda focused on reducing maternal and new-born mortality and discuss the learning and experiential outcomes for UK health care professionals acting as long term volunteers in low reso…
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- Author
- Ackers, Helen Louise
- Other Authors
- Ackers-Johnson, James
- Chatwin, John
- Tyler, Natasha
- Responsibility
- Helen Louise Ackers, James Ackers-Johnson, John Chatwin, Natasha Tyler
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 141 p. 8 illus., 7 illus. in color.)
- ISBN
- 9783319483665
- 9783319483658 (Print ed.)
- 9783319483672 (Print ed.)
- 9783319839233 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Health Personnel - economics
- Internationality
- Volunteers
- Other Subjects
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- Specialty
- Health Services
- Abstract
- This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates what international placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK workforce and the efficacy of the its national health system. The authors present empirical data collected from a volunteer deployment project in Uganda focused on reducing maternal and new-born mortality and discuss the learning and experiential outcomes for UK health care professionals acting as long term volunteers in low resource settings. They also develop a model for structured placement that offers optimal learning and experiential outcomes and minimizes risk, while shedding new light on the role that international placements play as part of continuing professional development both in the UK and in other sending countries.
- Contents
- 1. International mobility and learning in the UK National Health Service -- 2. Internationalisation and placement activity in the UK National Health Service -- 3. What do health workers learn on international placements? -- 4. Managing costs and risks -- 5. Conclusions: Towards a model for sustainable professional volunteering -- Appendix 1. Data collection and methods -- Appendix 2. The Sustainable Volunteering Project -- Appendix 3. The MOVE survey.
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- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Managing spontaneous community volunteers in disasters : a field manual
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30694
Orloff, Lisa.
--London, England:
CRC Press
, 2011.
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- Online
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- Author
- Orloff, Lisa
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 312 p.
- ISBN
- 9781439818343
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disaster Planning
- Rescue Work - organization & administration
- Volunteers
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency management
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Handbook
- Location
- Online
Mass fatalities : managing the community response
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30695
Teahen, Peter R.
--London, England:
CRC Press
, 2012.
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- Online
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- Author
- Teahen, Peter R
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 402 p.
- ISBN
- 9781439849033
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disasters
- Disaster Planning
- Volunteers - organization & administration
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency management
- Volunteers
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Palliative Care Volunteer Services : Centennial Building, QE II
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35911
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QE II. Volunteer Services, Nova Scotia Health Authority. QE II. Palliative Care and Bereavement, Nova Scotia Health Authority. QE II. Social Work.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2023.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1864
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This pamphlet lists services provided by Palliative Care volunteers (like therapy dog visits, photography, grief resources, cookie time, the breakfast club, and more). Other supports on 7A include a social worker, music therapy, spiritual care, and a bereavement program.
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QE II. Volunteer Services
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QE II. Palliative Care and Bereavement
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QE II. Social Work
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2023
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([6] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Palliative Care
- Patient Comfort
- Volunteers
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Volunteers
- Palliative treatment
- Specialty
- Palliative Care
- Abstract
- This pamphlet lists services provided by Palliative Care volunteers (like therapy dog visits, photography, grief resources, cookie time, the breakfast club, and more). Other supports on 7A include a social worker, music therapy, spiritual care, and a bereavement program.
- Notes
- Previous title: Palliative Care Volunteer Services
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Volunteer Services, Palliative Care and Bereavement, Social Work
- Pamphlet Number
- 1864
Parent Partners
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37856
IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, IWK. Neonatal Care Team.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0860
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Parent Partners are a group of volunteers who have had babies in the NICU. We're here to help you parent in the NICU and to support you while you're here.
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- Corporate Author
- IWK. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- IWK. Neonatal Care Team
- Alternate Title
- Building Heart Connections in the NICU
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Hospital Volunteers
- Hospital Units
- Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
- Neonatal Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Hospital wards
- Neonatal intensive care
- Newborn infants--Care
- Volunteers
- Abstract
- Parent Partners are a group of volunteers who have had babies in the NICU. We're here to help you parent in the NICU and to support you while you're here.
- Responsibility
- IWK Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0860
Volunteer handbook : Nova Scotia Hospital : mental health and addictions program
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat25304
Capital Health. Volunteer Services.
--Halifax, NS:
Capital Health
, 2015.
- Call Number
- WX 159.5 C244v 2015 REF
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Call Number
- WX 159.5 C244v 2015 REF
- Corporate Author
- Capital Health. Volunteer Services
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Capital Health
- Date of Publication
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 30 p.
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Hospital Volunteers - organization & administation
- Mental Health Services - organization & administration
- Other Subjects
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Format
- Book
- Publication Type
- Handbook
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Loan Period
- In library use
