TY - JOUR
T1 - Partnerships for global child health
AU - Steenhoff, Andrew P.
AU - Crouse, Heather L.
AU - Lukolyo, Heather
AU - Larson, Charles P.
AU - Howard, Cynthia
AU - Mazhani, Loeto
AU - Pak-Gorstein, Suzinne
AU - Niescierenko, Michelle L.
AU - Musoke, Philippa
AU - Marshall, Roseda
AU - Soto, Miguel A.
AU - Butteris, Sabrina M.
AU - Batra, Maneesh
N1 - Funding Information:
FUndInG: This publication was supported in part by the American Board of Pediatrics Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - Child mortality remains a global health challenge and has resulted in demand for expanding the global child health (GCH) workforce over the last 3 decades. Institutional partnerships are the cornerstone of sustainable education, research, clinical service, and advocacy for GCH. When successful, partnerships can become self-sustaining and support development of much-needed training programs in resource-constrained settings. Conversely, poorly conceptualized, constructed, or maintained partnerships may inadvertently contribute to the deterioration of health systems. In this comprehensive, literature-based, expert consensus review we present a definition of partnerships for GCH, review their genesis, evolution, and scope, describe participating organizations, and highlight benefits and challenges associated with GCH partnerships. Additionally, we suggest a framework for applying sound ethical and public health principles for GCH that includes 7 guiding principles and 4 core practices along with a structure for evaluating GCH partnerships. Finally, we highlight current knowledge gaps to stimulate further work in these areas. With awareness of the potential benefits and challenges of GCH partnerships, as well as shared dedication to guiding principles and core practices, GCH partnerships hold vast potential to positively impact child health.
AB - Child mortality remains a global health challenge and has resulted in demand for expanding the global child health (GCH) workforce over the last 3 decades. Institutional partnerships are the cornerstone of sustainable education, research, clinical service, and advocacy for GCH. When successful, partnerships can become self-sustaining and support development of much-needed training programs in resource-constrained settings. Conversely, poorly conceptualized, constructed, or maintained partnerships may inadvertently contribute to the deterioration of health systems. In this comprehensive, literature-based, expert consensus review we present a definition of partnerships for GCH, review their genesis, evolution, and scope, describe participating organizations, and highlight benefits and challenges associated with GCH partnerships. Additionally, we suggest a framework for applying sound ethical and public health principles for GCH that includes 7 guiding principles and 4 core practices along with a structure for evaluating GCH partnerships. Finally, we highlight current knowledge gaps to stimulate further work in these areas. With awareness of the potential benefits and challenges of GCH partnerships, as well as shared dedication to guiding principles and core practices, GCH partnerships hold vast potential to positively impact child health.
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2016-3823
DO - 10.1542/peds.2016-3823
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28931576
AN - SCOPUS:85030628430
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 140
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 4
M1 - e20173823
ER -