Decolonizing Global Health Research: Perspectives from US and International Global Health Trainees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

"Decolonizing global health" (DGH) may help global health trainees understand and remediate the effects of historical colonialism on global health, but little is known regarding how trainees perceive DGH. Understanding their perspectives is critical for designing educational interventions tailored to their needs.

Objectives

To understand how trainees perceive DGH research and to determine if perspectives differ between trainees from high- (HICs) versus low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Methods

An online survey of all 2017-2022 pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees (n = 111) and mentors (n = 91) within a multi-university program that supports US and international investigators in one-year mentored global health research. The survey evaluated indivi

SUBMITTER: DeCamp M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9912860 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature