What does Global Engagement Mean to Me?
Henry Leighton Wesleyan University Class of 2025
What does Global Engagement Mean to Me?
Henry Leighton Wesleyan University Class of 2025
Because of my career interests in Public Health and plans to get a master’s degree in the field, I’m particularly interested in how people of different cultures conceptualize and interact with healthcare institutions. Moreover, I am interested in the beliefs that drive who gets access to healthcare and who does not.
While touring one of Cuba’s health facilities, I found this poster very fascinating as a physical representation of the Cuban healthcare system and its differences with respect to the American system to which I was accustomed. In the United States I haven’t come across this level of cost transparency, and this representation isn’t intended to …
During a visit to one of Cuba’s mental health centers through my Global Coursework class specific to the region of the Caribbean (SOC Health & Society Cuba), I was struck by the cultural differences I experienced. The facility had once been the home of a wealthy landowner before the revolution, after which point its beautiful …
