Relational One Health: A more-than-biomedical framework for more-than-human health, and lessons learned from Brazil, Ethiopia, and Israel
The One Health conceptual framework envisions human, animal, and environmental health as interconnected. This framework has achieved remarkable progress in the control of zoonotic diseases, but it commonly neglects the environmental domain, implicitly prioritizes human life over the life of other be...
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| author | Julianne Meisner Hilary McLeland-Wieser Elizabeth E. Traylor Barak Hermesh Tabata Berg Amira Roess Lauren Van Patter Anat Rosenthal Nadav Davidovitch Peter M. Rabinowitz |
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| description | The One Health conceptual framework envisions human, animal, and environmental health as interconnected. This framework has achieved remarkable progress in the control of zoonotic diseases, but it commonly neglects the environmental domain, implicitly prioritizes human life over the life of other beings, and fails to consider the political, cultural, social, historical, and economic contexts that shape the health of multispecies collectives. We have developed a novel theoretical framework, Relational One Health, which expands the boundaries of One Health, clearly defines the environmental domain, and provides an avenue for engagement with critical theory. We present a systematic literature review of One Health frameworks to demonstrate the novelty of Relational One Health, and to orient it with respect to other critically-engaged frameworks for One Health. Our results indicate that while Relational One Health complements several earlier frameworks, these other frameworks are either not intended for research, or for narrow sets of research questions. We then demonstrate the utility of Relational One Health for One Health research through case studies in Brazil, Israel, and Ethiopia. Empirical research which is grounded in theory can speak collectively, increasing the impact of individual studies and the field as a whole. One Health is uniquely poised to address several wicked challenges facing the 21st century—climate change, pandemics, neglected zoonoses, and biodiversity collapse—and a unifying theoretical tradition is key to generating the evidence needed to meet these challenges. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95480822bd18426981c898d852cecbd82024-06-16T05:45:24ZengElsevierOne Health2352-77142024-06-0118100676Relational One Health: A more-than-biomedical framework for more-than-human health, and lessons learned from Brazil, Ethiopia, and IsraelJulianne Meisner0Hilary McLeland-Wieser1Elizabeth E. Traylor2Barak Hermesh3Tabata Berg4Amira Roess5Lauren Van Patter6Anat Rosenthal7Nadav Davidovitch8Peter M. Rabinowitz9Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Center for One Health Research, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Corresponding author at: Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.Center for One Health Research, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USACenter for One Health Research, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USADepartment of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Center for One Health Research, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Meuhedet Health Services, Israel; University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil; George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA; Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada; School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, IsraelUniversity of Brasilia, Brasilia, BrazilGeorge Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USAOntario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, CanadaSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, IsraelSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, IsraelDepartment of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Center for One Health Research, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAThe One Health conceptual framework envisions human, animal, and environmental health as interconnected. This framework has achieved remarkable progress in the control of zoonotic diseases, but it commonly neglects the environmental domain, implicitly prioritizes human life over the life of other beings, and fails to consider the political, cultural, social, historical, and economic contexts that shape the health of multispecies collectives. We have developed a novel theoretical framework, Relational One Health, which expands the boundaries of One Health, clearly defines the environmental domain, and provides an avenue for engagement with critical theory. We present a systematic literature review of One Health frameworks to demonstrate the novelty of Relational One Health, and to orient it with respect to other critically-engaged frameworks for One Health. Our results indicate that while Relational One Health complements several earlier frameworks, these other frameworks are either not intended for research, or for narrow sets of research questions. We then demonstrate the utility of Relational One Health for One Health research through case studies in Brazil, Israel, and Ethiopia. Empirical research which is grounded in theory can speak collectively, increasing the impact of individual studies and the field as a whole. One Health is uniquely poised to address several wicked challenges facing the 21st century—climate change, pandemics, neglected zoonoses, and biodiversity collapse—and a unifying theoretical tradition is key to generating the evidence needed to meet these challenges.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771424000028 |
| spellingShingle | Julianne Meisner Hilary McLeland-Wieser Elizabeth E. Traylor Barak Hermesh Tabata Berg Amira Roess Lauren Van Patter Anat Rosenthal Nadav Davidovitch Peter M. Rabinowitz Relational One Health: A more-than-biomedical framework for more-than-human health, and lessons learned from Brazil, Ethiopia, and Israel One Health |
| title | Relational One Health: A more-than-biomedical framework for more-than-human health, and lessons learned from Brazil, Ethiopia, and Israel |
| title_full | Relational One Health: A more-than-biomedical framework for more-than-human health, and lessons learned from Brazil, Ethiopia, and Israel |
| title_fullStr | Relational One Health: A more-than-biomedical framework for more-than-human health, and lessons learned from Brazil, Ethiopia, and Israel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relational One Health: A more-than-biomedical framework for more-than-human health, and lessons learned from Brazil, Ethiopia, and Israel |
| title_short | Relational One Health: A more-than-biomedical framework for more-than-human health, and lessons learned from Brazil, Ethiopia, and Israel |
| title_sort | relational one health a more than biomedical framework for more than human health and lessons learned from brazil ethiopia and israel |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771424000028 |
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