TY - JOUR
T1 - Advancing One Health
T2 - Updated core competencies
AU - Laing, Gabrielle
AU - Duffy, Eleanor
AU - Anderson, Neil
AU - Antoine-Moussiaux, Nicolas
AU - Aragrande, Maurizio
AU - Luiz Beber, Caetano
AU - Berezowski, John
AU - Boriani, Elena
AU - Canali, Massimo
AU - Pedro Carmo, Luis
AU - Chantziaras, Ilias
AU - Cousquer, Glen
AU - Meneghi, Daniele
AU - Gloria Rodrigues Sanches da Fonseca, Ana
AU - Garnier, Julie
AU - Hitziger, Martin
AU - Jaenisch, Thomas
AU - Keune, Hans
AU - Lajaunie, Claire
AU - Franco Martinez, Lorena
AU - Maudling, Rebecca
AU - McIntyre, Marie K.
AU - McMahon, Barry J.
AU - Munoz Prieto, Alberto
AU - Rosenbaum Nielsen, Liza
AU - Özçelik, Ranya
AU - Rossen, John W.A.
AU - Rüegg, Simon R.
AU - Savić, Sara
AU - Pires Simoes, Margarida
AU - Thomson, Deborah J.
AU - Tomassone, Laura
AU - Tvarijonaviciute, Asta
AU - Vilhena, Manuela
AU - Vogler, Barbara
AU - Häsler, Barbara
PY - 2023/1/3
Y1 - 2023/1/3
N2 - One Health recognises the interdependence between the health of humans, animals, plants and the environment. With the increasing inclusion of One Health in multiple global health strategies, the One Health workforce must be prepared to protect and sustain the health and well-being of life on the planet. In this paper, a review of past and currently accepted One Health core competencies was conducted, with competence gaps identified. Here, the Network for Ecohealth and One Health (NEOH) propose updated core competencies designed to simplify what can be a complex area, grouping competencies into three main areas of: Skills; Values and Attitudes; and Knowledge and Awareness; with several layers underlying each. These are intentionally applicable to stakeholders from various sectors and across all levels to support capacity-building efforts within the One Health workforce. The updated competencies from NEOH can be used to evaluate and enhance current curricula, create new ones, or inform professional training programs at all levels, including students, university teaching staff, or government officials as well as continual professional development for frontline health practitioners and policy makers. The competencies are aligned with the new definition of One Health developed by the One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP), and when supported by subjectspecific expertise, will deliver the transformation needed to prevent and respond to complex global challenges. One Health Impact Statement Within a rapidly changing global environment, the need for practitioners competent in integrated approaches to health has increased substantially. Narrow approaches may not only limit opportunities for global and local solutions but, initiatives that do not consider other disciplines or social, economic and cultural contexts, may result in unforeseen and detrimental consequences. In keeping with principles of One Health, the Network for Ecohealth and One Health (NEOH) competencies entail a collaborative effort between multiple disciplines and sectors. They focus on enabling practitioners, from any background, at any level or scale of involvement, to promote and support a transformation to integrated health approaches. The updated competencies can be layered with existing disciplinary competencies and used to evaluate and enhance current education curricula, create new ones, or inform professional training programs at all levels-including for students, teachers and government officials as well as continual professional development for frontline health practitioners and policymakers. The competencies outlined here are applicable to all professionals and disciplines who may contribute to One Health, and are complimentary to, not a replacement for, any discipline-specific competencies. We believe the NEOH competencies meet the need outlined by the Quadripartite’s (Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations Environment Programme, World Health Organisation, World Organisation for Animal Health) Joint Plan of Action on One Health which calls for cross-sectoral competencies.
AB - One Health recognises the interdependence between the health of humans, animals, plants and the environment. With the increasing inclusion of One Health in multiple global health strategies, the One Health workforce must be prepared to protect and sustain the health and well-being of life on the planet. In this paper, a review of past and currently accepted One Health core competencies was conducted, with competence gaps identified. Here, the Network for Ecohealth and One Health (NEOH) propose updated core competencies designed to simplify what can be a complex area, grouping competencies into three main areas of: Skills; Values and Attitudes; and Knowledge and Awareness; with several layers underlying each. These are intentionally applicable to stakeholders from various sectors and across all levels to support capacity-building efforts within the One Health workforce. The updated competencies from NEOH can be used to evaluate and enhance current curricula, create new ones, or inform professional training programs at all levels, including students, university teaching staff, or government officials as well as continual professional development for frontline health practitioners and policy makers. The competencies are aligned with the new definition of One Health developed by the One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP), and when supported by subjectspecific expertise, will deliver the transformation needed to prevent and respond to complex global challenges. One Health Impact Statement Within a rapidly changing global environment, the need for practitioners competent in integrated approaches to health has increased substantially. Narrow approaches may not only limit opportunities for global and local solutions but, initiatives that do not consider other disciplines or social, economic and cultural contexts, may result in unforeseen and detrimental consequences. In keeping with principles of One Health, the Network for Ecohealth and One Health (NEOH) competencies entail a collaborative effort between multiple disciplines and sectors. They focus on enabling practitioners, from any background, at any level or scale of involvement, to promote and support a transformation to integrated health approaches. The updated competencies can be layered with existing disciplinary competencies and used to evaluate and enhance current education curricula, create new ones, or inform professional training programs at all levels-including for students, teachers and government officials as well as continual professional development for frontline health practitioners and policymakers. The competencies outlined here are applicable to all professionals and disciplines who may contribute to One Health, and are complimentary to, not a replacement for, any discipline-specific competencies. We believe the NEOH competencies meet the need outlined by the Quadripartite’s (Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations Environment Programme, World Health Organisation, World Organisation for Animal Health) Joint Plan of Action on One Health which calls for cross-sectoral competencies.
KW - One Health
KW - planetary health
KW - ecohealth
KW - education
KW - systems thinking
KW - interdisciplinary
KW - transdisciplinary
KW - workforce development
KW - capacity building
U2 - 10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0002
DO - 10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0002
M3 - Article
SN - 2792-223X
VL - 2023
JO - CABI One Health
JF - CABI One Health
ER -