tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8974663230424208222.post1976086945124377019..comments2023-09-24T01:24:58.450-07:00Comments on Adventures in Health: Webinar with Dr. Joia Mukherjeejshafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881006270574519837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8974663230424208222.post-17335141133337286452012-05-30T07:25:13.490-07:002012-05-30T07:25:13.490-07:00I saw really much useful information above!I saw really much useful information above!camobelhttp://www.camobel.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8974663230424208222.post-23892593257536299682008-12-17T09:15:00.000-08:002008-12-17T09:15:00.000-08:00Great post, Jon. I have a few 'unsettling' feeling...Great post, Jon. I have a few 'unsettling' feelings of my own after reading your paragraph about how we "expect" a 9 year old in Africa to care for 3 children. I hardly think that anyone could feel content after Joia explains that this small girl acts as a mother to 3 others.<BR/><BR/>It isn't lack of empathy for such situations that increases our contribution to structural violence, but rather lack of awareness. We don't often enough ask ourselves and our peers the tough questions that Joia posed in her webinar. Through education, peer discussions, and a little critical thinking we can begin to better understand how things like structural violence contribute to the twin epidemics of disease and poverty.Ashley K Hagamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06797556309514766419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8974663230424208222.post-84227096215571546652008-12-10T14:09:00.000-08:002008-12-10T14:09:00.000-08:00Hi Christine,I agree that terms such as those are ...Hi Christine,<BR/><BR/>I agree that terms such as those are mired in jargon. However, like most things in global health, structural violence is such a big, broad, complex issue that it is really hard to boil it down into a few words. I'm sure hundreds of books have been written about the sociological term, "structure." I'm sure the same is true of "violence."<BR/><BR/>The thing that has always amazed me about Farmer, Mukherjee, and the whole PIH crew is that they are so good at communicating these massive ideas through poignant anecdotes. Concepts that may seem sterile and academic become gut-wrenchingly real when they are presented as the story of an actual patient whose life has been harmed by forces outside of their control.jshafferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881006270574519837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8974663230424208222.post-20015644288989801172008-12-09T17:56:00.000-08:002008-12-09T17:56:00.000-08:00"Structural violence," like "capacity building" is..."Structural violence," like "capacity building" is an important concept burdened by opaque jargon. <BR/><BR/>A truly fantastic contribution to global health would be to come up with more evocative phrases for these bloodless terms.Christine Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083noreply@blogger.com