Introduction: One world, one health

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  • Teresa L. Thompson University of Dayton (USA).

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https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.13.23768

Keywords:

One Health, social science, environment, zoonoses, veterinary science

Abstract

Although a One Health perspective has, in one way or another, been around at least since the time of Hippocrates, the term itself was coined by William Karesh in a 2003 The Washington Post article. Since that time, the concept has been discussed, applied, and elaborated in numerous ways. Little, however, has done more to make the concept relevant to global concerns than the Covid-19 pandemic (the third major coronavirus to emerge in this millennium, including SARS and MERS). As is evident in the label, One Health essentially «is an intersectoral and interdisciplinary approach that focuses on where the health of humans, animals and environments or ecosystems converge» (Soares, 2020, p. 652). Although some who write on One Health have argued about definitional issues, such argumentation is not particularly helpful to our discussion at present.

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Author Biography

Teresa L. Thompson, University of Dayton (USA).

Emeritus Professor of Communication at the University of Dayton (USA). Her research focuses on health communication and gender, ethics, provider-patient interaction, and coping with bereavement. She has edited the journal Health Communication for almost 35 years and she has authored and edited numerous books and articles, including all three editions of The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication and the three volume SAGE Encyclopedia of Health Communication .

References

Canali, M., Aragrande, M., Angheben,A., Capelli, G., Drigo, M., Gobbi, F., Tamarozzi, F., & Cassini, R. (2020). Epidemiologic-economic models and the One Health paradigm: Echinococcosis and leishmaniasis, case studies in Veneto region, Northeastern Italy. One Health, 9, 100115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2019.100115

Grace, D. (2014) The business case for One Health. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 81(2), 725. https://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v81i2.725

Soares, A. (2020). William Karesh: Championing «One Health». Bulletin of the World Health Organization98(10), 652–653. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.031020

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Published

2023-02-23

How to Cite

Thompson, T. L. (2023). Introduction: One world, one health. Metode Science Studies Journal, (13), 92–93. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.13.23768
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