Evolution and Expansion of the One Health Approach to Promote Sustainable and Resilient Health and Well-Being: A Call to Action

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• Personal Author:
  Cook A ; Hansen GR ; Labonté R ; Martinez DJ ; Mazet JAK ; Mumford EC ; Mumford EL ; Parrish-Sprowl J ; Rizzo DM ; Togami E ; Tyance-Hassell K ; Vreedzaam A
• Description:
  One Health is a transdisciplinary approach used to address complex concerns related to human, animal, plant, and ecosystem health. One Health frameworks and operational tools are available to support countries and communities, particularly for the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance and the protection of food safety. However, One Health has yet to be implemented in a manner that fully considers the complexities and interconnectedness of the diverse influences that have impacts at a larger system level. This lack of consideration can undermine the sustainability of any positive outcomes. To ensure the One Health approach can function effectively within the new global context of converging and escalating health, social, economic, and ecological crises, it must evolve and expand in three overlapping dimensions: (1) Scope: the partners, knowledge, and knowledge systems included, (2) Approach: the techniques, methodologies, and scholarship considered, and (3) Worldview inclusivity: the interweaving of other worldviews together with the mainstream scientific worldview that currently predominates. Diverse partners and knowledge from outside the mainstream health and scientific sectors, including Indigenous peoples and representatives of local communities, and traditionally generated knowledge, must be included. These systems of knowledge can then be braided together with mainstream science to comprise a holistic framework for decision-making. Scholarship and methodologies being applied in other fields and contexts to solve complex challenges and manage uncertainty, such as collaborative governance, social-ecologic systems theory, and complexity science, must be recognized and incorporated. The spectrum of considered worldviews must also expand to authentically integrate the expanded scope and approach into action and sustainable impact. By increasing community and social engagement and by recognizing and entwining different worldviews, the plurality of disciplines, and traditional and scientific ways of knowing to address community concerns in the contexts in which they exist, we can ensure that One Health remains effective and true to its paradigm in our rapidly changing and complex world. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Decision Making Health Personnel Occupational Health Public Health Safety Veterinarians
• Keywords:
  Animal-related Diseases Author Keywords: One Health Community Complexity Decision Making Ecology Global Health Partnership Public Health Sustainability Systems Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Veterinary Medicine Worldview Zoonoses

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• ISSN:
  2296-2565
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; California ; District of Columbia ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067054
• Citation:
  Front Public Health 2023 Jan; 10:1056459
• Contact Point Address:
  Elizabeth L. Mumford, Wageningen School of Social Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
• Email:
  e.mumford@surrey.ac.uk
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Frontiers in Public Health
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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