Understanding perceptions of global healthcare experiences on provider values and practices in the USA: a qualitative study among global health physicians and program directors.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study aimed to qualitatively examine the perspectives of US-based physicians and academic global health programme leaders on how global health work shapes their viewpoints, values and healthcare practices back in the USA.

Design

A prospective, qualitative exploratory study that employed online questionnaires and open-ended, semi-structured interviews with two participant groups: (1) global health physicians and (2) global health programme leaders affiliated with USA-based academic medical centres. Open coding procedures and thematic content analysis were used to analyse data and derive themes for discussion.

Participants

159 global health physicians and global health programme leaders at 25 academic medical institutions were invited via email to take a

SUBMITTER: Matthews-Trigg N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500299 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature