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Representative for Belize and Guatemala
1331 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 1200 North
Washington DC, 20004
Phone: +1 (202) 688-3045 Jose Toasa <jtoasa@iaf.gov>
The field school is a project of the NAPA-OT SIG (National Association for the Practice of Anthropology – Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group) of the American Anthropological Association. Faculty include anthropologists and occupational therapists with credentials and interests in health care access and human rights, child development, and public health.
The objectives of the program are:
· To explore efforts to achieve social justice in Guatemala, a country with a history of ethnic and class violence
· To examine health disparities in Guatemala through applied medical anthropology theory and human rights discourse
· To understand the determinants of health and basic epidemiology in developing nations
· To provide a transdisciplinary fieldwork opportunity to students of occupational therapy, anthropology, and related subjects
· To promote social justice through partnerships in and around Antigua, Guatemala with NGOs, community groups, health care workers, and other social change agents
· To explore the concept of “occupational justice” as an emerging practice area in occupational therapy and applied anthropology
Applicants students will have the opportunity to work in one of three project groups:
- Midwifery: Cultural Complexities and Health Care Accessibility
- Pediatric Practice: Play as a Therapeutic Practice for Undernutrition, Feeding, and Development
- Short-term Medical Missions: Critical Humanitarianism
Students also will study Spanish a minimum of 9 hours per week, working one-on-one with certified language instructors at their own level and pace. Visit our website for more information at www.napaotguatemala.org