| Autor: |
Galjour J; Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 9 Chemin des Mines, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland. Joshua.Galjour@etu.unige.ch.; The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland. Joshua.Galjour@etu.unige.ch., Schwarz T; Medicus Mundi International Network, Basel, Switzerland., Rusike I; Community Working Group On Health, Harare, Zimbabwe., Lomazzi M; Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 9 Chemin des Mines, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland.; World Federation of Public Health Association, Geneva, Switzerland., Hoemeke L; Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA., Prytherch H; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland., Rwafa-Ponela T; SAMRC/Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Nanyonga M; Kampala, Uganda., Ram RM; People's Health Movement Africa, Nairobi, Kenya., Neupane S; University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada., Tsasis P; School of Health Policy and Management and School of Administrative Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada., Rumaney MB; Cape Town, South Africa., Akinmurele T; Equitable Health Access Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria., Ssemakula M; Human Rights Research Documentation Center and People's Health Movement, Kampala, Uganda., Nanda RB; Global Fund for Children and Institute of Social Studies Trust, New Delhi, India., Mpinga EK; Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 9 Chemin des Mines, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland. |
| Abstrakt: |
The theme of the 8th edition of the Geneva Health Forum (GHF) was Improving access to health: learning from the field. While 'the field' often denotes people, patients, communities, and healthcare workers, we challenge the notion and its usage. A group of like-minded conference participants set up a working group to examine the term 'the field' and look at questions related to language, power, participation, and rights. By highlighting deficiencies of existing terms and jargon, we explain why language is a form of power that matters in public health. We describe global, regional, and national case studies that facilitate full participation to achieve more equitable health outcomes. By concluding with concrete recommendations, we hope to contribute to these shared goals: to correct power imbalances between health authorities and the people that they intend, and are expected, to serve. The authors are all members of the working group. |
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