Global Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth
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Global Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth
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Overview
This collection of unique narratives told from the perspectives of young people from around the world serves as a valuable educational tool, providing youth with a context for understanding global health, not just in a physiological sense, but from psychological and sociological perspectives as well. Representing six geographical regions and twenty-three countries, these stories address chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer, and epilepsy; infectious diseases like HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and typhoid; and mental and behavioral health issues such as depression, eating disorders, and smoking cessation.
These stories, along with ones that illustrate the environmental, political, and socio-cultural health factors that affect young people and their communities every day, are sure to spark debate and stimulate discussions in classrooms, community centers, and at dinner tables around the world. To assist in leading the conversations, Mendenhall has established a website: www.ghn4c.org/, to which she invites all teachers and parents.
Ages 12 and up.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780826346056 |
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| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Publication date: | 02/16/2009 |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d) |
| Age Range: | 14 - 17 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Foreword Kate Winskell xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction Emily Mendenhall xv
Part 1 Asia
1 Toshio and the Crane (cancer, toxic chemicals: Japan) Jackie Protos 1
2 The Little Dhami (epilepsy, traditional healers: Nepal) Brandon Kohrt 7
3 A Brighter Future (air pollution: India) Ajay Pillarisetti 14
4 Leilei's Breakfast (eating and exercise: China) Jie Liu 20
5 Tuya's Ride (pollution, mercury exposure: Mongolia) Ember Keighley Leslie Greene 26
6 Lek's Story (HIV/AIDS: Thailand) Dredge Byung'chu Kang 36
Part 2 Oceania
7 Fa'asamoa: A Sizable Health Problem (obesity: American Samoa) Chandra Y. Osborn 43
Part 3 The United States
8 Overcast Highs (drugs, depression: United States) Mary Souder 49
9 Bathroom Numb (body image, anorexia, and bulimia: United States) Courtney E. Martin 54
10 Dancing between Cleveland and Standing Rock (race, juvenile diabetes: United States) Lavone G. Bradfield 60
11 Joey and the Rain (drug use: United States) Ryan A. Brown 68
12 Between Cheeseburgers and Burek: Refugee Life in America (refugee health, depression: United States) Ana Croegaert 74
13 The Cries of a Drum (HIV/AIDS, youth mentors: United States) Alyce Latisha Tucker Sangogbemi J. Ajamu 81
14 Azucar en la sangre (diabetes, depression: United States) Emily Mendenhall Elizabeth A. Jacobs 87
Part 4 Latin America and the Caribbean
15 Paola's Tijuana (environmental contamination and violence on the border: Mexico) Elizabeth Burpee 95
16 Growing Up Maya (labor migration: Guatemala) Matthew Dudgeon 101
17 The Shaman's Daughter (cross-cultural friendship: Guatemala) Dorothy Foster 108
18Students Fight Rubella (vaccinations: El Salvador) Ana Elena Chevez 112
19 DOTS (multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Peru) Emily Mendenhall 118
20 Karai Guasu's Cock-a-Doodle-Doo (access to clean water: Paraguay) Deborah Casanova 123
21 Rosa's Farm (urbanization: Chile) Emily Mendenhall 128
Part 5 Africa
22 The Pen Pals (gender-based violence: South Africa) Sarah Raskin 135
23 Innocence's Journey (HIV/AIDS, access to health care: Zambia) Verna Miller Case 145
24 Maji Ni Uhai (water, typhoid, trachoma: Tanzania) Maggie Montgomery 153
25 The Open Door (maternal mortality, midwifery: Burkina Faso) Nicole Warren 159
26 The Accident (traffic accidents: Ghana) Kenneth Maes Gabriel Okpattah 169
27 Mr. Coulibaly's Advice (malaria, water: Mali) Amy Patterson 176
28 Amina Ndiaye (tuberculosis, stigma: Senegal) Charlotte Kvasnovsky 181
Part 6 Europe
29 The Birthday House (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis: Romania) Mary Carleen Veal 187
30 Little Ashes (smoking, emphysema: France) Laurie R. Hibbett 194
31 Broken Strings (war, refugees: Bosnia) The ArtReach Foundation 201
32 Envisioning Invisibility (body image, cerebral palsy: England) Athena Stevens 211
Postscript
Glossary of Selected Words and Concepts 217
Contributors 225
Index 231