Global health research suffers from a power imbalance − decolonizing mentorship can help level the playing field

Oluwafemi Atanda Adeagbo; Brenda Yankam; Engelbert Bain Luchuo

doi:10.64628/AAI.tre5uk4j3

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Global health research suffers from a power imbalance − decolonizing mentorship can help level the playing field

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Global health research suffers from a power imbalance − decolonizing mentorship can help level the playing field

Oluwafemi Atanda Adeagbo, Brenda Yankam and Engelbert Bain Luchuo

The Conversation

02/13/2024

DOI: 10.64628/AAI.tre5uk4j3

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Though the Global South tends to experience higher disease burdens, most public health decisions and knowledge generation are centered in the Global North.

Global Health

Colonialism

Hierarchy

Collaboration

Global South

Global North

Humility

Mentorship

Decolonizing science

Academic collaboration

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Title: Subtitle: Global health research suffers from a power imbalance − decolonizing mentorship can help level the playing field
Creators: Oluwafemi Atanda Adeagbo - University of Iowa, Community and Behavioral Health
Brenda Yankam - University of Nigeria
Engelbert Bain Luchuo - University of Johannesburg
Resource Type: Magazine article
Publication Details: The Conversation
DOI: 10.64628/AAI.tre5uk4j3
Language: English
Date published: 02/13/2024
Academic Unit: Community and Behavioral Health
Record Identifier: 9984558156902771

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