Global health experiences of U.S. Physicians: a mixed methods survey of clinician-researchers and health policy leaders

Table 2 Characteristics of global health work of respondents reporting global health experience during/since fellowship (n=229), overall and by level of reported experience

Characteristic	Overall			Level of Global Health Experience*
				Low	Moderate	High
	% Reporting product, funder, population, or disease focus
	N	%	%	%	%	p-value
Product Type
Peer-reviewed publication	108	47%	29%	57%	69%	<0.01
Government or NGO report	81	35%	17	41	61	<0.01
Book or monograph	46	20%	5	17	48	<0.01
Media, web-only, or teaching material	131	57%	48	55	75	<0.01
Any above product	190	83%	73	90	94	<0.01
Funder of Global Health Work
NIH, CDC, or other US government agency	82	36%	22	43	52	<0.01
Other (non-US) government	62	27%	22	22	39	0.04
World Health Organization	33	14%	7	19	23	<0.01
Philanthropy	100	44%	35	45	58	0.01
IMF, NGO, or other organization	43	19%	15	17	27	0.16
Any above funding	179	78%	67	86	89	<0.01
Population Focus of Global Health Work
General population	101	44%	38	38	59	0.02
Health workforce (clinicians)	104	45%	38	47	56	0.07
Women or children	76	33%	31	22	47	0.01
HIV/AIDS	43	19%	12	17	31	<0.01
Other population focus**	37	16%	16	10	22	0.22
Disease Focus of Global Health Work
Infectious diseases	85	37%	32	38	45	0.21
Chronic diseases (non-infectious, cancer)	82	36%	29	38	45	0.09
Mental health or neurologic	43	19%	16	26	17	0.27
Reproductive health	36	16%	15	12	20	0.44
Injury	31	14%	9	9	23	0.02
Nutrition	24	10%	10	5	16	0.17
Surgical	12	5%	7	3	5	0.68
Environmental / occupational	11	5%	3	3	9	0.13

* Low/Moderate/High level of GH experience defined by combination of 1) total number of GH products produced in career to date and 2) percentage of time dedicated to GH work in the past year. See text for details.
** Other population focus = displaced persons/refugees, racial/ethnic minorities, or elderly.

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