Abstract
It is a fact that global health indicators in vulnerable populations are not improving, despite all resources concentrated in this area. Therefore, as a teacher and researcher in an international doctorate in Public Health, I took advantage of the contact with health professionals from Colombia, Peru and Bolivia (they were all my students) to try to better understand which factors may be affecting this paradox from the perspective of the major actors and therefore through a qualitative methodology. The main conclusion is that the health goals for the target populations (emerging and developing countries) are not the same as the goals for the planners and administrators of public health budgets. So if we want to improve health outcomes, it is time to let talk the people involved, and to let the administrators listen.
Highlights
As a professor in the Department of Public Health and Medical-Social Sciences (Alcalá University), I was invited to participate in an International Doctorate in Public Health at the Andina University of Sucre (Bolivia), held from 5 to 10 October 2009
As a teacher and researcher in an international doctorate in Public Health, I took advantage of the contact with health professionals from Colombia, Peru and Bolivia to try to better understand which factors may be affecting this paradox from the perspective of the major actors and through a qualitative methodology
I will try to explain my vision as a researcher, teacher and especially as a person, based on the research objecttives that appeared in their exercise, which made me understand what are the problems found by health professionals in their daily work in these emerging countries that impeded the efficacy of the goals and budgets designed according to the reality of these populations
Summary
I tried to understand the research interests of the 21 students (all professionals in the Public Health area) and for this reason, I finished my module with an exercise of design of a participatory action research in which these professionals chose the research topic according to the local needs in their daily work. I will try to explain my vision as a researcher, teacher and especially as a person, based on the research objecttives that appeared in their exercise, which made me understand what are the problems found by health professionals in their daily work in these emerging countries that impeded the efficacy of the goals and budgets designed according to the reality of these populations. I intend to contribute to the main subject of development cooperation, the paradox of our time, which despite all the activities and resources concentrated in these countries, the health improvement is not as spectacular as expected
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