Child Family Health International
Child Family Health International, also known as CFHI, is a San Francisco based global health 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 1992. CFHI provides 30+ global health education programs in 10 countries, connecting undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-graduate students with opportunities for service in select countries. The programs relate to medicine, public health, and the social determinants of health in low and middle-income countries. Programs provide support in bridging the “Know-Do Gap” identified in a 2004 Bulletin of the World Health Organization[1].
Programs[edit]
CFHI offers programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States.
- Argentina: Global Perspectives in Nursing, Hospital Medicine in Latin America, Primary Care & Social Medicine
- Bolivia: Doing More with Less: Healthcare in Remote Southern Bolivia, Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine
- Ecuador: Community Medicine: From Rainforest to Coast, Intensive Beginner Spanish & Healthcare, Public Health, Reproductive & Sexual Health as a Human Right, Urban/Rural Andean Health
- Ghana: Child Health & Social Determinants, Hospital Medicine in Coastal Ghana, Social Work, Health, and Health Policy
- India: Chronic Disease & Integrative Medicine, End-of-Life & Palliative Care, Hospital Medicine & Infectious Disease, Intro to Traditional Medicine, Maternal & Child Health, Public Health Delivery Innovations & Community Medicine, Rural/Urban Himalayan Rotation, Sight for All - Ophthalmology
- Mexico: Realities of Health Access & Inequities, Intensive Beginner Spanish & Healthcare in Mexico, Tropical Medicine & Community Based Care on the Coast of Mexico, Women’s Reproductive Health
- Philippines: Remote Island Medicine
- South Africa: Healthcare Challenges, HIV/AIDS & Healthcare
- Tanzania: Healthcare Systems & Community Based Development
- Uganda: Material Child Health, HIV, & Realities of Health Access, Nutrition, Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture, OMNI MED: Community Health Workers & Global Health
- United States: Community Health & Native Healing in Hawai’i
Community Health Initiatives[edit]
CFHI's Community Health Initiatives are local, community based projects developed in collaboration with partners abroad, focusing on the existing strengths of local communities. Programs allow community health care workers and community leaders to lead in implementing sustainable, innovative ideas. Current Community Health Initiatives are listed below:
- KIHEFO Community Outreach
- Patti Village Clinic
- Rabbit Breeding and Training Center
- Reaching the Unreached
- Traditional Midwives Training
- Young Mother’s Empowerment Center (EMJ)
- Children Growth & Development Center
Educational and Global Partners[edit]
CFHI supports community health projects in each of its partner countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and the United States. CFHI programs are based on a service learning model of education. CFHI has more than 200 global partners and over 8,000+ alumni from 35 countries to date. CFHI’s institutional partnerships include the American Medical Student Association[2], The American Medical Women's Association[3], Northwestern University[4], University of California at Davis, University of Washington/ Tacoma[5] and Stanford University. Students often gain academic credit for participating in CFHI programs. Merit scholarships are available to help students pay the cost of the program fees.
Academic Journal Contributions[edit]
CFHI also contributes to many academic publications that advocate for ethically mindful, financially just, and educationally rigorous global health activities. A sampling of these publications is listed below:
· Guidelines for Undergraduate Health-Related Experiences Abroad[6]
· Preparing for International Health Experiences: A Practical Guide[7]
· Visiting Trainees in Global Health Settings: Host and Partner Perspectives on Desirable Competencies[8]
· Improving the Safety and Security of Those Engaged in Global Health Traveling Abroad[9]
· Reflection in Global Health: An Anthology[10]
· Do You Gasp? How Pre-Health Students Delivering Babies in Africa is Quickly Becoming Consequentially Unacceptable[11]
· Identifying Interprofessional Global Health Competencies for 21stCentury Health Professionals[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ "WHO | Volume 82, Number 10, October 2004, 719-810". www.who.int. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ↑ "Partnerships Poised to Meet Increasing Student Demand for Global Health". PRWeb. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ↑ "AMWA & CFHI Join Forces!". American Medical Women's Association. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ↑ "Child Family Health International: Center for Global Health: Feinberg School of Medicine: Northwestern University". www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ↑ "CFHI - Global Health Experiential Learning Program | UW Tacoma". www.tacoma.uw.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ↑ "Undergraduate Health-Related Experiences | Forum on Education Abroad". forumea.org. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ↑ "Taylor & Francis Group". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ↑ Cherniak, William; Latham, Emily; Astle, Barbara; Anguyo, Geoffrey; Beaunoir, Tessa; Buenaventura, Joel; Decamp, Matthew; Diaz, Karla; Eichbaum, Quentin; Hedimbi, Marius; Myser, Cat; Nwobu, Charles; Standish, Katherine; Evert, Jessica (2017-03-01). "Visiting Trainees in Global Settings: Host and Partner Perspectives on Desirable Competencies". Annals of Global Health. 83 (2): 359–368. doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2017.04.007. ISSN 2214-9996. PMID 28619413.
- ↑ Mishori, Ranit; Eastman, Andrew; Evert, Jessica (2016-12-23). "Improving the Safety and Security of Those Engaged in Global Health Traveling Abroad". Global Health: Science and Practice. 4 (4): 522–528. doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00203. ISSN 2169-575X. PMID 28031296.
- ↑ "Reflection in Global Health: An Anthology | Consortium of Universities for Global Health". www.cugh.org. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ↑ Evert, Jessica, Tricia Todd and Peggy Zitek (December 2015). "Do you GASP? How pre-health students delivering babies in Africa is quickly becoming consequentially unacceptable" (PDF). NAFSA.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
- ↑ Jogerst, Kristen; Callender, Brian; Adams, Virginia; Evert, Jessica; Fields, Elise; Hall, Thomas; Olsen, Jody; Rowthorn, Virginia; Rudy, Sharon (March 2015). "Identifying interprofessional global health competencies for 21st-century health professionals". Annals of Global Health. 81 (2): 239–247. doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2015.03.006. ISSN 2214-9996. PMID 26088089.
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