The Interconnected Health Initiative: A Smithsonian Framework to Extend One Health Research and Education

To better tackle diseases and sustain healthy ecosystems, One Health programs must efficiently bridge health in humans, domestic/livestock species, wild animals and plants, agriculture/aquaculture, and the environment. The Smithsonian Institution proposes to address this by considering ‘health'...

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Autores principales: Comizzoli, Pierre, Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M., Muletz-Wolz, Carly, Hassell, James, Coyle, Brian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8021902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33834047
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.629410
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author Comizzoli, Pierre
Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M.
Muletz-Wolz, Carly
Hassell, James
Coyle, Brian
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Coyle, Brian
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description To better tackle diseases and sustain healthy ecosystems, One Health programs must efficiently bridge health in humans, domestic/livestock species, wild animals and plants, agriculture/aquaculture, and the environment. The Smithsonian Institution proposes to address this by considering ‘health' in a broad sense – the absence of undue pathogens and unnecessary stress for any organisms as well as access to good living conditions in functional environments. Considering the interconnectedness of all life forms, the Smithsonian plans to create a framework that will integrate cultural, social, and educational components into health research on humans, animals, plants, or ecosystems. The objectives of this perspective article are to (1) propose an innovative framework to support an interconnected/integrated approach to health and (2) provide examples fostering impactful collaborations on One Health research and education. Based on the core strengths of the Smithsonian (multidisciplinary research, outreach and education programs, libraries/archives, and collections) and central institutional support, this framework has the potential to extend existing health-related projects, address new needs and situations (e.g., response to pandemics), provide invaluable resources to inform policy and decision makers, and educate all audiences globally.
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spelling pubmed-80219022021-04-07 The Interconnected Health Initiative: A Smithsonian Framework to Extend One Health Research and Education Comizzoli, Pierre Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M. Muletz-Wolz, Carly Hassell, James Coyle, Brian Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science To better tackle diseases and sustain healthy ecosystems, One Health programs must efficiently bridge health in humans, domestic/livestock species, wild animals and plants, agriculture/aquaculture, and the environment. The Smithsonian Institution proposes to address this by considering ‘health' in a broad sense – the absence of undue pathogens and unnecessary stress for any organisms as well as access to good living conditions in functional environments. Considering the interconnectedness of all life forms, the Smithsonian plans to create a framework that will integrate cultural, social, and educational components into health research on humans, animals, plants, or ecosystems. The objectives of this perspective article are to (1) propose an innovative framework to support an interconnected/integrated approach to health and (2) provide examples fostering impactful collaborations on One Health research and education. Based on the core strengths of the Smithsonian (multidisciplinary research, outreach and education programs, libraries/archives, and collections) and central institutional support, this framework has the potential to extend existing health-related projects, address new needs and situations (e.g., response to pandemics), provide invaluable resources to inform policy and decision makers, and educate all audiences globally. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8021902/ /pubmed/33834047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.629410 Text en Copyright © 2021 Comizzoli, Pagenkopp Lohan, Muletz-Wolz, Hassell and Coyle. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Comizzoli, Pierre
Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M.
Muletz-Wolz, Carly
Hassell, James
Coyle, Brian
The Interconnected Health Initiative: A Smithsonian Framework to Extend One Health Research and Education
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title_full_unstemmed The Interconnected Health Initiative: A Smithsonian Framework to Extend One Health Research and Education
title_short The Interconnected Health Initiative: A Smithsonian Framework to Extend One Health Research and Education
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topic Veterinary Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8021902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33834047
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