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March 8, 2013 CFHI Model, Cultural Humility, Global Health, Global Health Education, Local Experts, Public Health, Volunteering internationally

International Women’s Day- A Story From CFHI India

Evaleen Jones, MD is the founder of Child Family Health International (CFHI) and Clinical Faculty at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Today, on International Women’s Day we feature an experience from her recent visit to CFHI partner sites in India, and a story from a woman she met while here which carries the message of community empowerment that CFHI embodies.

February 21, 2013 CFHI Model, Ethics, Global Health, Global Health Education, Local Experts, Volunteering internationally

CFHI: Asset-Based Community Engagement

CFHI helps to identify community strengths, ingenuity, and passion. In close collaboration with local teams, CFHI creates programs and funds community health projects identified and carried out by local teams. This practice is based on the asset-based community development approach, formalized at Northwestern University.

February 6, 2013 Academic Partnerships, CFHI Model, Ethics, Global Health, Global Health Education, Global Health Elective, medical electives

Turning Dark Profits into Enlightened Transformation

I’ve been a doctor now for 13 (lucky) years but I recently had the opportunity to reflect on my path towards becoming a physician and my involvement in global health.

December 12, 2012 Global Health, Global Health Education, Global Health Elective, medical electives, Public Health, Volunteering internationally

CFHI & Northwestern University Students Impact Women’s Health in Mexico

FSM students go above and beyond the call of the program and support CFHI & Northwestern University School of Medicine Project training for parteras, or traditional midwives. Throughout the year students raise money to contribute towards a 5-day training for over 30 traditional midwives who attend over 40% of the births in the region.

October 30, 2012 CFHI Model, Global Health, Global Health Education, Public Health

CFHI Welcomes new Director of Research and Evaluation

CFHI warmly welcomes Dr. Gieseker and is enthusiastic about the skills she brings to our organization. Karen will be analyzing the outcomes of CFHI programs, as well as mentoring international partners to increase capacity building for research and assessment within and between our partner communities.

October 9, 2012 CFHI Model, Ethics, Global Health, Global Health Education, Global Health Elective, Local Experts, medical electives, Public Health

How Can We Think Globally & Act Locally?

Grand Rounds at UCSF- Dr. Evert discussed the variety of ways individuals can ‘practice’ global health, many of which lay down the stethoscope and clinical service in preference of advocacy and community-based capacity building.

June 25, 2012 CFHI Model, Ethics, Global Health, Global Health Education, Local Experts, medical electives, Public Health

Trends in Global Health Education: UT Health Science Center, San Antonio

Berggren explained she conceptualizes fundamental global health knowledge as ethics, critical thinking and an astute grasp of collaboration- with knowledge of infectious disease, chronic disease management, epidemiology and other medical topics as really being secondary building blocks of a core competency in ethics.

June 12, 2012 CFHI Model, Cultural Humility, Global Health, Global Health Education, Local Experts, medical electives, Volunteering internationally

When Community Empowerment Meets Study Abroad

Child Family Health International (CFHI) along with the greater study abroad community gathered the last week in May in Houston at the annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference. Paul Arntson led off a session entitled “Designing Transformative International Education Programs: What’s Working.” Discussed was having students participate in an asset-based model to examine a community’s strengths rather than weaknesses, which aligns with CFHI’s approach.