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Hoping to Help
The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering
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ISBN-13:
9781501703843
Veröffentl:
2016
Seiten:
272
Autor:
Judith N. Lasker
Serie:
The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Overseas volunteering has exploded in numbers and interest in the last couple of decades. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people travel from wealthier to poorer countries to participate in short-term volunteer programs focused on health services. Churches, universities, nonprofit service organizations, profit-making "voluntourism" companies, hospitals, and large corporations all sponsor brief missions. Hoping to Help is the first book to offer a comprehensive assessment of global health volunteering, based on research into how it currently operates, its benefits and drawbacks, and how it might be organized to contribute most effectively. Given the enormous human and economic investment in these activities, it is essential to know more about them and to understand the advantages and disadvantages for host communities.
Introduction: A "Tsunami" of VolunteersPart I. The Sponsoring Organizations1. Who Sponsors International Medical Missions?2. The Activities and Goals of Sponsoring OrganizationsPart II. The Volunteers3. Becoming a Volunteer4. What Leads to Volunteering, What Volunteering Leads ToPart III. The Host Communities5. The Best and the Worst: Host Perspectives on Volunteer Programs6. Benefits to Host Communities7. "First, Do No Harm": The Unintended Negatives for Host CommunitiesPart IV. Principles for Maximizing the Benefits of Volunteer Health Trips8. Mutuality and Continuity: Two Pillars of Effective Programs9. Community-Focused Research10. Programmatic FocusConclusion: Lessons Learned; Responding to the DebateAppendix A: Methods of StudyAppendix B: Recommendations for Having the Best Possible Global Health Volunteer TripNotesReferencesIndex
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