Department of Nursing, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA, USA.
Nurs Outlook. 2013 Mar-Apr;61(2):85-92. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2012.07.013. Epub 2012 Sep 19.
The increasing interconnectedness of the world and the factors that affect health lay the foundation for the evolving practice of global health diplomacy. There has been limited discussion in the nursing literature about the concept of global health diplomacy or the role of nurses in such initiatives. A discussion of this concept is presented here by the members of a Task Force on Global Health Diplomacy of the American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel on Global Nursing and Health (AAN EPGNH). The purpose of this article is to present an integrative review of literature on the concept of global health diplomacy and to identify implications of this emerging field for nursing education, practice, and research. The steps proposed by Whittemore and Knafl (2005) were adapted and applied to the integrative review of theoretical and descriptive articles about the concept of global health diplomacy. This review included an analysis of the historical background, definition, and challenges of global health diplomacy and suggestions about the preparation of global health diplomats. The article concludes with a discussion of implications for nursing practice, education, and research. The Task Force endorses the definition of global health diplomacy proposed by Adams, Novotny, and Leslie (2008) but recommends that further dialogue and research is necessary to identify opportunities and educational requirements for nurses to contribute to the emerging field of global health diplomacy.
世界的日益相互关联以及影响健康的因素为全球卫生外交实践的发展奠定了基础。在护理文献中，关于全球卫生外交的概念或护士在这些倡议中的作用的讨论有限。美国护理学院全球护理与健康专家小组全球卫生外交工作队的成员在这里提出了对这一概念的讨论。本文的目的是对全球卫生外交概念的文献进行综合回顾，并确定这一新兴领域对护理教育、实践和研究的影响。Whittemore 和 Knafl（2005 年）提出的步骤经过改编并应用于关于全球卫生外交概念的理论和描述性文章的综合回顾。这项审查包括对全球卫生外交的历史背景、定义和挑战的分析，并就全球卫生外交家的准备工作提出了建议。文章最后讨论了对护理实践、教育和研究的影响。工作队认可 Adams、Novotny 和 Leslie（2008 年）提出的全球卫生外交定义，但建议需要进一步进行对话和研究，以确定护士为新兴的全球卫生外交领域做出贡献的机会和教育要求。
