URI nursing students got a lesson in global health during a J-Term trip to Indonesia, where they collaborated with their counterparts from Universitas Islam Indonesia, and helped lead a lecture series on social health.
Students spend J-Term in‘Global Health Indonesia’ Nursing students traveled in January to Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia, to take part in “Global Health Indonesia,” an interdisciplinary program in association with Universitas Islam Indonesia and Politeknik Kesehatan Yogyakarta. As part of the J-term program, the URI students teamed with Indonesian university students to help spread awareness about healthy living and chronic disease to the local community. They created public presentations promoting the prevention of heart disease, obesity, hypertension, and the dangers of smoking. The students also asisted in community health services including a blood pressure drive. The students attended two guest lecture series about Indonesian diseases and traditional medicine, and participated in an interprofessional workgroup. They also toured the museum and temple located at the Indonesian university and visited a public hospital and stroke unit.
During a the trip to Indonesia in January, College of Nursing students and faculty members helped conduct the J-Term Indonesia Global Health Program 2020 lecture program along with the Health Polytechnic of Yogyakarta and Universitas Islam Indonesia. With the theme of “Interdisciplinary Exploration of Key Health Issues and Determinants of Social Health Related to the World Development Organization’s Sustainable Development Goals in Indonesia,” students and professors conducted a series of lectures, including: » Overview of Indonesia Public Health & Non-Communicable Diseases in Java » Diabetes in Indonesia » Stroke and Hypertension (delivered by URI Nursing Faculty Member Dr. Kerri Ellis) » Psychosocial Interventions for Patients with Stroke and Hypertension
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In addition to the lectures, the participants also took part in a series of activities in the J-Term Indonesia Global Health Program, including visits to the Center for Innovation Excellence (PUI).
