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Mental Health Vulnerabilities and Environmental Justice: A Collaborative Online International Learning Experience
Sara J Newman1, Melanie Baker2, Linda Sue Hammonds2
1College of Arts and Sciences, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
Abstract:
Collaboration and intercultural interaction and engagement are relevant to all aspects of higher education including distance/remote/virtual courses. Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) experiences connect students in different countries and provide them with meaningful and significant opportunities for global and intercultural exposure. Such an educational environment enhances students' cultural awareness and knowledge, and guides their personal, relational, and professional actions. Accordingly, engagement in COIL experiences can increase students' understanding of and ability to respond to significant global health-care issues both locally and internationally and to recognize their impact on mental health, and can lead to reflection and awareness that will endure beyond students' individual class experiences. One of these urgent issues is mental health vulnerabilities associated with environmental justice issues. This article describes participation in an international collaborative experience between the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, and the College of Nursing at the University of South Alabama, USA.
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