Global Health Equity and Advocacy: The roles of international Non-Governmental Organizations

Authors

  • S G Lurie University of North Texas Health Science Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/hcs.2012.41

Keywords:

global health, health equity, non-governmental organizations

Abstract

International health equity and community empowerment are promoted through local and global collaborations with non-governmental organizations (NGO’s). Civil society organizations and inter-agency partnerships assume central roles in addressing global health inequity, within the context of national health and social systems, local realities and priorities. Community health promotion through public-private collaboration by NGO’s on health needs assessments and fund-raising is designed to increase support for local programs in the United States. This paper compares health promotion and advocacy roles of an international non-governmental organization in global and local arenas, based on community case studies by the author in rural Hungary and North Texas from 2009 to 2011, using ethnographic and qualitative research methods. Findings confirm the need for systematic evaluation of the effects of complex socioeconomic, political and multi-ethnic contexts, and the impacts of prevention programs and healthcare on health equity.


Author Biography

S G Lurie, University of North Texas Health Science Center

Sue Gena Lurie is a professor and researcher with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas

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Published

2012-04-18

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012): Health System Dynamics and Barriers

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Invited Articles

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