Abstract Education systems and pedagogical practices in global public health are facing substantive calls for change during the current and ongoing ‘decolonising global health’ movement. Incorporating antioppressive principles into learning communities is one promising approach to decolonising global health education. We sought to transform a four-credit graduate-level global health course at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg […]
In 2012, the Nigerian-American writer and artist Teju Cole called out the culture of white saviourism in the USA and introduced the concept of the White Saviour Industrial Complex (WSIC). The make-up of global health education perpetuates and feeds into the WSIC, with universities in high-income countries (HICs) accounting for a major share of global […]
Significance Empirical evidence suggests that non-White scientists experience various forms of inequality, creating barriers to their entry and participation in academic research. We contribute to this literature by examining disparities in i) editorial board representation, ii) time spent under review, and iii) citation rates. Using a dataset of 1,000,000 papers from six publishers over the […]
In this issue of the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Entwistle and colleagues address an urgent concern in our health care systems, namely that patients are sometimes treated with disrespect and that this disrespect is not sufficiently considered or addressed. They outline a number of important reasons for this deficit, including that respect is […]
ABSTRACT To explore the narrowing of the concept of ‘global’ in global health, this article traces how Latin America has held a place of both privilege and power as well as marginalisation in the field. We employ a modified extended case method to examine how Latin America has been ‘seen’ and ‘heard’ in understandings of […]
The commitment by the global health community to promote equity in research, publishing and practice is a welcome addition to the discourse on decolonising global health. Bibliometric analysis of authorship and prime authorship positioning (first and last) has demonstrated that researchers from low-income and middle-income countries or the Global South are under-represented in academic publishing highlighting the need for […]
The field of global health aims to leverage global partnerships to investigate issues transcending local boundaries. It acknowledges the importance of forming collaborative teams with diverse knowledge and experience to combat health disparities. However, in practice, global health is dominated by high-income countries (HICs). Most global health centers, global health conferences, and corresponding authors in global health […]
Abstract Introduction Global health collaborations between individuals from high-resource and low-resource settings are complex and often built on hierarchical structures and power differentials that are difficult to change. There have been many calls and frameworks developed to facilitate more equity within these collaborations, yet little is known about the lived experiences of global health donors […]
Two years ago, PLOS Global Public Health began publishing articles with a bold vision: The mission of PLOS Global Public Health is to address deeply entrenched inequities in global health and make impactful research visible and accessible to health professionals, policymakers, and local communities. We are committed to amplifying the voices of underrepresented and historically excluded communities and are […]
Abstract Contemporary research practices link to colonial and imperialist knowledge creation and production and may promote harmful perspectives on marginalized and oppressed groups. We present a framework for a decolonial approach to research in global health and health promotion applicable across research settings. This framework is aimed at anticipating and alleviating potentially harmful practices inherent […]