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 talkingabout things like roads, electricity, water systems, and buildings but mostly things like properschool facilities.Voice acted by Cynthia Wright, Amina, a...

Global Health Problem: How does the destruction of hospital infrastructure impact healthcareaccess 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 theirbaby. Without any access to proper prenatal care, their baby is at risk of being born prematurely.[Shatha Elnakib]These...

*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 studies...

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...

Narrator/David Holland: Cobalt mining is one of the biggest human rights violationshappening in the modern world. According to the Council on foreign relations the DRCproduces 70% of the world’s cobalt. Most of this cobalt is harvested whilst in unsafework conditions, exploiting children and pregnant women for their labor, drasticallyundercompensating mine workers, and posing significant health...

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

(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 18...

Title: Stopping Sexual Street Harassment in JamaicaThesis: 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 withinVietnam, especially the Montagnards considering where they live and how much income theyreceive, which can increase the risk of transmission of COVID amongst those who have notbeen vaccinated.Central question: [Revised questions] What should be done and provided for...

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