Alexis Henshaw

Tucson, AZ

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Human security, learning, and making the world a better place.

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U of Arizona COP Med/Dental Brigade Honduras 2013



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Thank you for visiting my page! I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Arizona, where I study Political Science with a focus on international gender and human security issues. I'm participating in a global brigade to Honduras in 2013 because I want to interact with people in underserved communities, learn more about their lives and needs, and bring these experiences back home. I hope this trip will make me a better teacher and researcher, as well as improving lives in the communities served by Global Brigades. Please consider donating to this cause!

Volunteer Activity Description

Volunteers on Medical and Dental Brigades work closely together with licensed medical and dental professionals to provide quality health initiatives to a community that otherwise has limited access to health care. Volunteers spend three days in a community in order to optimize the amount of time patients are able to spend with the physicians and dentists. Each patient receives a physician consultation, public health talk, and prescribed medicines as well as have access to PAP smears, prostate exams and restorative dental care as necessary. Children, in addition, receive teeth cleaning, a fluoride treatment, and vitamins necessary for proper growth and development. Volunteers have the opportunity to take patient vitals, obtain patient history and current symptoms, shadow and assist licensed physicians and dentists, participate in preventative education, and fill prescriptions under a licensed pharmacist. Volunteers will become familiar with the prevalent health issues in their community and learn about how to prevent and treat those illnesses. These brigades provide each volunteer with the opportunity to make a tangible impact on a specific community while gaining real life experience in the field of international medicine and dentistry.

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