Preparation Materials for Hillside Health Care Center
Introduction: While the following information is not an exhaustive list of everything a person should know before coming to Belize it is designed to provide a solid background of information about health systems in other countries and cultures, diseases that are likely to be seen in Southern Belize that are relatively uncommon in the United States, and information about working in a cross-cultural environment.
International Health: Look at these sites and try to understand the magnitude of health issues ranging from lack of service availability to lack of cultural acceptance across the globe.
Text: Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0192627724
Cross Cultural Resources:
Book: Fadiman, Anne. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down ISBN: 0374525641
Tropical Disease Knowledge: Having a “book knowledge” base of diseases that you will commonly see while at HHC will enable you to better care for patients when you encounter them.
It is recommended that you read information on the following tropical diseases and their treatments:
Malaria
Dengue
Leshmaniasis
Tungiasis (AKA Pig Flea)
You should also be comfortable with diagnosis and treatment of:
