Stampede at the Kumbh Mela: Preventable Accident? Discussion Guide
2017
This discussion guide supports a teaching case, Stampede at the Kumbh Mela: Preventable Accident?, which describes the stampede in Allahabad, India during the 2013 Kumbh Mela festival, and the lessons it offers for thinking about global health risks and responses to unintentional accidents and injuries related to mass gatherings. The discussion guide includes a brief overview of the case followed by a range of suggested discussion questions from which teachers can choose questions that are: information-seeking, analytical, challenge, action, hypothetical, predictive, and generalizing.
The case study and discussion guide are part of a teaching pack, “Accidents & Injuries: Lessons from a Stampede”; companion materials include an instructor’s note, role-play exercise, annotated bibliography, and glossary of terms. The materials are suitable for undergraduate and graduate classes in the study of religion, humanitarian aid, public health, and emergency medicine with a focus on disaster management.
Stampede at the Kumbh Mela: Preventable Accident? Discussion Guide
Source:
Stampede at the Kumbh Mela: Preventable Accident? Discussion Guide. Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University 2017. https://repository.gheli.harvard.edu/repository/12029.