title: Preserving idealism in global health promotion.
abstract: If the field of global health is to evolve in the second decade of the new millennium, we need to revive the idealistic spirit and by using the lens of health equity work toward improved health status around the world. Morality and empathy are considered by-products of our evolutionary history as a human species. Idealism may be a trait that we may choose to preserve in our modern evolutionary history.
authors.affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. cfranco@sph.emory.edu
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franco-Paredes
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zeuli
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hernández-Ramos
authors.forename: Jose I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Santos-Preciado
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D014943:Global Health; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D040241:Social Marketing