Global Health Mentoring Toolkits: A Scoping Review Relevant for Low- and Middle-Income Country Institutions
Year: 2018
Type: review
Abstract: Capacity building in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions hinges on the delivery of effective mentorship. This study presents an overview of mentorship toolkits applicable to LMIC institutions identified through a scoping review. A scoping review approach was used to 1) map the extent, range, and nature of mentorship resources and tools available and 2) to identify knowledge gaps in the current literature. To identify toolkits, we collected and analyzed data provided online that met the following criteria: written in English and from organizations and individuals involved in global health mentoring. We searched electronic databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar, and Google search engine. Once toolkits were identified, we extracted the available tools and mapped them to pre-identified global health competencies. Only three of the 18 identified toolkits were developed specifically for the LMIC context. Most toolkits focused on individual mentor-mentee relationships. Most focused on the domains of communication and professional development. Fewer toolkits focused on ethics, overcoming resource limitations, and fostering institutional change. No toolkits discussed strategies for group mentoring or how to adapt existing tools to a local context. There is a paucity of mentoring resources specifically designed for LMIC settings. We identified several toolkits that focus on aspects of individual mentor-mentee relationships that could be adapted to local contexts. Future work should focus on adaptation and the development of tools to support institutional change and capacity building for mentoring.
Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Centre for Chronic Disease Control, Public Health Foundation of India, University of Pittsburgh, Stellenbosch University, University of Cape Town, Morehouse School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, University of California Global Health Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Yale University, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pittsburgh, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, UnitedHealth Group, Public Health Foundation of India, University of Cape Town, National Institutes of Health, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of California, San Diego, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Stanford University Center for Innovation in Global Health
Awards: Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Consortium for Global Health Fellows (VECDor), Protective role of Neuregulin-1 against cerebral malaria-induced neuronal injury and behavioral sequelae, PROTECTIVE ROLE OF NEUREGULIN-1 AGAINST CEREBRAL MALARIA PATHOGENESIS AND MORTALITY, G8504481220, Partnership for Global Health Research Training Program(Renewal), University of California Launching Future Leaders in Global Health Research Training Program, Northern Pacific Global Health Leadership, Education, and Development for Early-career Researchers (NPGH LEADERs), Global Health Emerging Scholars Program, UJMT LAUNCH: Training the next generation of leaders in global health research
OpenAlex ID: W2900880503