title: Mobile clinics in Haiti, part 2: Lessons learned through service.
abstract: Learning from experience is a positive approach when preparing for mobile clinic service in a developing country. Mobile clinics provide healthcare services to people in hard to reach areas around the world, but preparation for their use needs to be done in collaboration with local leaders and healthcare providers. For over 16 years, Azusa Pacific University School of Nursing has sponsored mobile clinics to rural northern Haiti with the aim to provide culturally sensitive healthcare in collaboration with Haitian leaders. Past Haiti mobile clinic experiences have informed the APU-SON approach on best practices in study abroad, service-learning, and mission trips providing healthcare services. Hopefully, lessons learned from these experiences with mobile clinic service-learning opportunities in Haiti will benefit others who seek to plan study abroad service-learning trips for students in healthcare majors who desire to serve the underserved around the world.
authors.affiliation: Azusa Pacific University, United States.
authors.forename: Janice M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Haley
authors.affiliation: Azusa Pacific University, United States. Electronic address: pcone@apu.edu.
authors.forename: Pamela H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Cone
mesh_terms: D006205:Haiti; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008952:Mobile Health Units / Q000639:trends*; D012424:Rural Population; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Healthcare in Haiti; Healthcare outreach; Mobile clinics; Nursing student teams; Rural healthcare; Service-learning