A Shift in Global Thought and Practice: Assessing the Impacts of the Human Security Paradigm on Global Public Health

Name

Elizabeth Livingston Leone, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Publication Date

12-4-2019

Major

International Studies (B.A.)

Document Type and Release Option

Thesis (open access)

Faculty Mentor

Dr. William Biebuyck

Abstract

With the increasing emphasis on health through human security since the 1990s by the United Nations, scholars have debated how human security has influenced public health. I examine how the idea of human security has become a paradigm and if this paradigm has adopted in public health programs. I argue that the rise of human security has led to an emphasis on the role of global actors, preventative care and health education when states adopt the paradigm. This adoption should in turn improve public health in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.

Thesis Summary

This thesis defines the human security paradigm and how it can be adopted by public health programs in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.

Recommended Citation

Leone, Elizabeth Livingston, "A Shift in Global Thought and Practice: Assessing the Impacts of the Human Security Paradigm on Global Public Health" (2019). Honors College Theses. 454.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/honors-theses/454