{"id":4921,"date":"2023-03-29T14:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T12:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jphres.org\/?p=4921"},"modified":"2023-04-02T13:56:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T11:56:29","slug":"a-student-led-global-health-education-initiative-reflections-on-the-kenyan-village-medical-education-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jphres.us.com\/index.php\/jphres\/article\/view\/646\/","title":{"rendered":"A student-led global health education initiative: reflections on the Kenyan Village Medical Education Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"item doi\"><span class=\"value\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4081\/jphr.2016.646\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4081\/jphr.2016.646<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"item authors\">\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Christopher John<\/strong><br \/>\nMelbourne University Health Initiative, Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Heidi Asquith<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">Melbourne University Health Initiative, Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Tom Wren<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">Melbourne University Health Initiative, Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Stephanie Mercuri<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">Melbourne University Health Initiative, Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building; Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\"><strong>Sian Brownlow<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">Melbourne University Health Initiative, Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"item abstract\">\n<h3 class=\"label\">ABSTRACT<\/h3>\n<p>The Kenyan Village Medical Education Program is a student-led global health initiative that seeks to improve health outcomes in rural Kenya through culturally appropriate health education. The month-long program, which is organised by the Melbourne University Health Initiative (Australia), is conducted each January in southern rural Kenya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4081\/jphr.2016.646 Christopher John Melbourne University Health Initiative, Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Australia. Heidi Asquith Melbourne University Health Initiative, Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Australia. 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