Book description
Andrew woke up with a guinea worm coming out of his foot as a
result of drinking unsafe water a year previously.
Anjali awoke with a cough because smoke from kilns filled her
dilapidated home.
Tyler stayed home from school because he had a stomachache from
eating bad beef.
What are the links between the environments in which these young
people live and their health problems?
The stories, most set in poor communities, draw attention to the
effects of air, water, food, climate, urbanization, and other human
impacts on health. A comprehensive teaching guide provides a context
from which readers can explore problems and solutions in environmental health.
Emily Mendenhall, a medical anthropologist, is the
editor of Global Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth (UNM
Press, 2009) and founding director of Global Health Narratives for
Change (www. ghn4c. org).
Adam Koon works in global health program management
and research. Lately he has been working on guinea worm and polio
eradication campaigns in South Sudan and India.
