SOLACE

Lisa Dikomitis

SOLACE is a multidisciplinary research partnership aimed at improving health care for people with non-communicable diseases within rural areas in lower-middle income countries.

Episodes

  1. 12/17/2018

    Urban versus rural Philippines

    A fascinating take on rural versus urban Philippines with lots of personal experiences of moving to Manila to pursue higher education, studying health sciences and visiting another rural province with the SOLACE team. This episode was made by Syra Petalio, a health science student at the Loyola Schools at Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) and one of the four SOLACE student ambassadors.

    21 min

  2. 11/03/2018

    Health care settings in rural Philippines

    What is the difference between a Rural Health Unit, a barangay (village) health post and a district hospital in the Philippines? How are doctor-patient relationships in rural Philippines and what is the role of community health workers? This episode was made by Harriet Howells, a student at Keele University’s School of Medicine (UK) and one of the four SOLACE student ambassadors.

    24 min

  3. 10/14/2018

    Rural health care in the Philippines

    A British medical student travels to a remote, rural area in the Philippines and observes local health care practices. This episode was made by Frances Gibson, a student at Keele University’s School of Medicine (UK) and one of the four SOLACE student ambassadors.

    31 min

  4. 09/24/2018

    Health seeking behaviour in the Philippines

    An episode about health seeking behaviour in the Philippines, resilience and herbal medicine, field observations mixed with personal experiences. This episode was made by Danielle Uayan, a student at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (Philippines) and one of the four SOLACE student ambassadors.

    25 min

  5. 08/07/2018

    Clinician-researchers in the Philippines

    This episode is a double-interview with Dr Gelo Apostol and Dr Jeremie Dr Guzman. They are both clinician-researchers and share with us their passion for research that brings about real change and their views on public and rural healthcare in the Philippines.

    28 min

  6. 07/01/2018

    Antropology & Ethnography in the Philippines

    In this episode you can hear an interview with anthropologist Dr Jowel Canuday. Jowel is SOLACE Co-Investigator and has conducted ethnographic fieldwork for the SOLACE project in Northern Samar as one of the SOLACE ethnographers. Here he talks about his own career – how he became an anthropologist – and his first thoughts of the data we collected during the team ethnography.

    24 min
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About

SOLACE is a multidisciplinary research partnership aimed at improving health care for people with non-communicable diseases within rural areas in lower-middle income countries.

Information

  • Creator
    Lisa Dikomitis
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Lisa Dikomitis
  • Show Website
    SOLACE