Sánchez Benito Marc, Bielik Julia, Rauh Garrido Carmen, Krüger Johanna, Noe Selina, Stämmler Saskia-Linda, Steinke Salome, Tzirita Sofia, Zhang Xuan
Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Glob Health Action. 2025 Dec;18(1):2448896. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2024.2448896. Epub 2025 Feb 3.
Environmental sustainability stands out as a crucial topic in global health. Although this concept has been part of ethical discussions for over two decades, progress toward its adoption within global health ethics education remains slow and hesitant, hindering its integration into global health practice and decision-making processes. As recent global health graduates, we believe that global health relies on the interconnectedness of human and environmental health. Therefore, we sought to address a gap in our ethics formation by proposing the inclusion of an environmental sustainability perspective in global health ethics teaching through a revised question checklist and classroom activity. This question checklist expands on the seven teaching principles for public health ethics by Schröder-Bäck et al. applying an environmental ethics lens to global health ethics. The group activity offers a structured method for students to explore practical applications of environmental sustainability in global health processes. We aim to foster more critical reflections and discussions on this topic among future global health professionals and students, paving the way for a more environmentally sustainable future in global health.
环境可持续性是全球健康领域的一个关键话题。尽管这一概念在伦理讨论中已存在二十多年,但在全球健康伦理教育中采用该概念的进展仍然缓慢且迟疑,阻碍了其融入全球健康实践和决策过程。作为近期的全球健康专业毕业生,我们认为全球健康依赖于人类健康与环境健康的相互联系。因此,我们试图通过修订问题清单和课堂活动,在全球健康伦理教学中纳入环境可持续性视角,以弥补我们在伦理素养形成方面的差距。这份问题清单在施罗德 - 贝克等人提出的公共卫生伦理七条教学原则基础上进行拓展,将环境伦理视角应用于全球健康伦理。小组活动为学生提供了一种结构化方法,以探索环境可持续性在全球健康过程中的实际应用。我们旨在促使未来的全球健康专业人员和学生对这一话题进行更深入的思考和讨论,为全球健康领域更具环境可持续性的未来铺平道路。