Guest Speaker: Dr. Stefanie Harsch, University of Education, Freiburg
Topic: Using narratives in global health research and education. Insights gained from a project on cancer health literacy in Kenya.
Postponed due to illness: The session will take place on March, 10th instead of March, 3rd
The Series directs special attention towards the added value of interdisciplinary and international cooperation in global health research. Every first Tuesday of the month, speakers share insights into their research projects while focusing on research processes, methods, as well as lessons learned. Following the speaker’s 30-minute presentation, the Series encourages an academic exchange between the speaker and the audience in a 30-minute Q&A session.
Dr. Stefanie Harsch is a researcher at the University of Education Freiburg, specializing in health literacy, health promotion and health inequalities. Her work focuses on how language, culture and social position shape people’s opportunities to understand and act on health information, with projects in Germany, Afghanistan and the Sub-Saharan region. In this presentation, she will discuss the use of narratives in global health research and education, drawing on a project on cancer health literacy in Kenya. She will explore how patients’ stories, collected and shared through online formats, can deepen our understanding of lived experiences of cancer and be used in teaching to sensitise students to context-specific challenges and resources in global health.