The Extractive Industries Asserting Their Place in Global Health Pedagogy

The extractive industries play a central role in determining the social determinants of global health yet may not be a core subject of global health studies. This article describes how an undergraduate seminar in global health takes on questions and examples related to the “causes of causes” and cha...

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Published inNew solutions Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 431 - 435
Main Author Roelofs, Cora
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.02.2016
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Extraction and Processing Industry - economics
Extraction and Processing Industry - legislation & jurisprudence
Extraction and Processing Industry - organization & administration
Global Health
Humans
Politics
Social Determinants of Health
Violence
global health
social determinants
undergraduate education
extractive industries
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Summary:The extractive industries play a central role in determining the social determinants of global health yet may not be a core subject of global health studies. This article describes how an undergraduate seminar in global health takes on questions and examples related to the “causes of causes” and challenges instructors to find a place for discussion of extraction of wealth, development, and health in their curricula.
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ISSN:1048-2911
1541-3772
1541-2772
1541-3772
DOI:10.1177/1048291115610343