Guilford College Public Health

[Intro music] Interviewee Amina: A lack of infrastructure is not just an inconvenience but a huge barrier to the education system. [Music] Ciara: Mali is a country with many challenges, and one of the biggest is its infrastructure. We’re talking about things like roads, electricity, water systems, and buildings but mostly things like proper school facilities. Voice acted by Cynthia Wright, Amina,...

Global Health Problem: How does the destruction of hospital infrastructure impact healthcare access for mothers giving birth and their newborn children in Gaza? *intro music* [Narration] Many women in Gaza go into labor with no hospitals or doctors nearby to safely deliver their baby. Without any access to proper prenatal care, their baby is at risk of being born prematurely. [Shatha Elnakib] Thes...

* Music Playing* Bronwyn: I don't think things can change in the midst of chaos because everyone's fighting for survival in that mode and it's understandable why. The people in Somalia are not the ones contributing a lot to climate change themselves, they're feeling the impacts of it from other countries.  Narrator: Bronwyn Tucker is a professor of the Environmental and Sustainable...

Trinity:  The Philippines and the U.S. are very different countries, geographically, economically. The Philippines has a smaller population size , and its healthcare system operates within different financial constraints. However, comparing these two countries can help us understand how systemic factors like education costs, access to providers, and government policies shape oral health outcomes a...

Narrator/David Holland: Cobalt mining is one of the biggest human rights violations happening in the modern world. According to the Council on foreign relations the DRC produces 70% of the world’s cobalt. Most of this cobalt is harvested whilst in unsafe work conditions, exploiting children and pregnant women for their labor, drastically undercompensating mine workers, and posing significant healt...

If you look at a modern map, the country of Tajikistan is wedged amidst all the other stans. The more recognizable names, Pakistan and Afghanistan, lie to the south, while up north, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan cozy up against one another, and to the east lies China. Formerly under the rule of the Russian monarchy, then communist Russia, the country entered a jarring five-year civil war almost immedi...

(Intro piano music fades out)  Narrator: “I came to A.A. in order to stop drinking; what I received in return was my life.”  ― a quote from the book “Alcoholics Anonymous”  (Crowd in a Mexican village sound)   Narrator: According to my dad, Mexicans are usually taught to drink by their parents and family members, instead of at parties hiding from their family. The legal drinking age in Mexico is 1...

Title: Stopping Sexual Street Harassment in Jamaica Thesis: Street sexual harassment is a major public health problem in Jamaica and very little is done to resolve it.  Central question: What is the prevalence of street sexual harrasment in Jamaica, what is already being done to improve this issue and what recommendations is being done to address this? Who is the audience: Average person in the US...

Title: “COVID Accessibility for all” Thesis: COVID vaccines are nearly accessible amongst specific groups of residents within Vietnam, especially the Montagnards considering where they live and how much income they receive, which can increase the risk of transmission of COVID amongst those who have not been vaccinated. Central question: [Revised questions] What should be done and provided for Mont...

Title: Familism in Hispanic/Latinx Daughters (Mental Health) Thesis: Many Hispanic/Latinx daughters have struggled with their mental health due to putting their families first. Who is the audience? - Spanish and English-speaking individuals What does the audience need to know to understand your story? - The impact of familism on mental health - Responsibilities and tasks performed by Hispanic/Lati...

“Stop TRIPs” ~Music~ Narrator: While upper-income countries are handing out COVID-19 booster shots, South Africa is still trying to get vaccination rates that are similar to the majority of the world. Why is this the case during a Global Pandemic that the world has been in, for over 2 years? ~Music~ Narrator- The COVID Vaccines, to which South Africa has not had equitable access, is protected unde...

Narrator: Were you ever a car rider after school? Remember, being a car rider after school and waiting for your parents? You are in the car rider area, eagerly waiting to leave so that you can finally feel relaxed at home and safe at home. As you wait, other kids leave, so there are fewer and fewer kids waiting as time passes by. As the number of kids waiting in the car area decreases, you would s...

On November 3rd 2020, hurricane ETA ripped through Central America, with winds of up to 150 miles per hour, heavy rains, flooding, and landslides. It was approximately 4 in the afternoon when ETA first made landfall on the east coast of Honduras and then proceeded to bury homes along the coast and inland. Only two weeks later Honduras was battered by another hurricane, LOTA. The disastrous hurrica...

(0.0-0.19 Audio) Bring the u.s. Approaching another Dreadful Milestone nearly, 500,000 American lives lost since the first report of death in this country just a little over a year ago half a million lives. That's more than the Americans who died in battle during World War One World War II and the Vietnam War combined. (HANNAH) That clip is not shocking to many of us. If you live in America yo...

Hiroko-   “Most of the time, especially, I think now Japan was going through a very economically hard time. And so many people, I believe, had to prioritize work over sleep.” Anna-  In Japan, it is common for people to be seen sleeping in public places. In Japanese there is a word that explains this: inemuri . Inemuri is the concept of ‘being present while asleep’. Some people may describe it as a...

Maya - “ I read an article where it stated that Iceland is the third best place in the world to be a mother. Now I don't know about you but if you wanted to be a mother and heard that Iceland is probably one of the best places in the world to be one, wouldn't you look into it? Well luckily for you I decided to dive a little deeper into what is going on over there!  Maya - “ Let's look...

Border Patrol found a 23 month old arm wrapped around her dad's neck, both face down, dead - cause of death: drowning. They were from El Salvador and crossing the border between Mexico and the US at the Rio Grande. The family of 3 were attempting to cross the border from Mexico. The father took the mother over to the other side and left his 23 month old baby on the other side with the plan to...

Have you ever been to a grocery store with your parents as a kid and all of a sudden you find yourself lost with them nowhere in sight? Fearing that you would never see them again, yelling their names to try to find them ? What if you weren’t reunited with them until after a long time passed or never? Imagine how children of immigrants fear of never seeing their family. Intro… Every year, thousand...

Intro Music Intro: [0:23] COVID-19 is a deadly pandemic that has ravaged economies, torn apart industries, and ripped apart millions of families. According to Researchers, in over a year, COVID-19   has hit poor and vulnerable countries the hardest, threatening decades of hard-won gains while exacerbating existing inequalities in the poorest countries. However,  apparently this does not apply to H...

DaSh. K. Rouse The Dominican Republic is one of the most toured countries in the world with these beautiful beaches, delicious cuisine and friendly people, how can one not want to visit? But what about the DR's water crisis? Not many people know about this. 3 of 10 people worldwide don't have access to clean water and 2 out of 5 people don't have access to basic sanitations. Now, those...

It is four in the morning, still dark out and very humid. Ofelia gets up, showers outside behind her house, and gets dressed. The uniform is always the same, a knee length, pleated skirt with a button down white blouse, and a short white coat. Some mornings she has a cup of water with sugar, most mornings she doesn't have anything at all. Ofelia heads out, walking about 2 kilometers where a co...

A: Before we get into obstetric violence, I would like to address a bit of information on this topic and define a few medical terms. Obstetric violence is physical abuse of someone being in labor or giving birth including, failure to meet their rights, lack of treatment and proper care. Women across the world have reported physical and verbal abuse during labor or giving birth. It’s typically wome...

Annie: They line the shelves of Asian drugstores and supermarkets; they are marketed using packaging containing images of smiling, vibrant women that hide negative effects such as kidney damage; they are normalized and rampant amongst Asian media. These mysterious, hazardous substances are no other than skin whitening products, which are used by people all around the world. Every skin whitening pr...

Interested in learning about factors that influence alcohol abuse in Russia? Listen to find out more about gender and societal norms that create a problematic alcohol culture in Russia and who is facing the highest risk from alcohol use.  Click show detail for a full episode transcript  Hannah [00:00:12] Alcoholism and alcohol abuse do not just arise out of our biology. They also arise out of the...

Short Term Medical Missions In Rural Guatemala  James [00:00:00] When you give something to someone and you say it's a gift. That may not be a gift that may again put them in a position where they're actually in a weaker position rather than a stronger position.  Colby [00:00:25] Many people would consider medical mission trips to underserved countries a helpful asset. But what if I told y...