A framework to promote collective action within the One Health community of practice: Using participatory modelling to enable interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral and multi-level integration

In many interdisciplinary research domains, the creation of a shared understanding of relevant terms is considered the foundation for efficient cross-sector communication and interpretation of data and information. This is also true for the domain of One Health (OH) where many One Health Surveillance (OHS) documents rarely contain glossaries with a list of terms for which their specific meaning in the context of the given document is defined Cornelia et al. 2018, Buschhardt et al. 2021. The absence of glossaries within these documents may lead to misinterpretation of surveillance results due to the wrong interpretation of terminology specifically when term definitions differ across OH sectors. Under the One Health EJP project ORION, the OHEJP Glossary was recently created. The OHEJP Glossary is a tool to improve communication and collaboration among OH sectors by providing an easy-to-use online resource that lists relevant OH terms and sector-specific definitions. To improve the accessibility of content from the OHEJP Glossary and support the creation of integrative glossaries in future OHS-related documents, the OHEJP Glossaryfication Web Service was created. This service can support the practical use of the OHEJP Glossary and other relevant online glossaries by OH professionals. The Glossaryfication Web Service (GWS) is an application that automatically identifies terms in any uploaded text-based document and creates a document-specific list of matching definitions in selected online glossaries. This auto-generated document-specific glossary can easily be adjusted by the user, e.g. by selecting the desired definition in case multiple definitions were found for a specific term. The document-specific glossary could then be downloaded, manually adjusted, and finally included into the original document where it supports the correct interpretation of terminology used within the document. Especially in sector-specific reports such as from animal health or public health authorities, this can be beneficial to ensure the correct interpretation by other OH sectors in the future. The GWS developed with the open-source desktop software KNIME Analytics Platform and runs as a web service on a KNIME Web Server infrastructure. The core data processing functionality in the GWS is based on KNIME’s Textprocessing extension. KNIME's JavaScript nodes provided the basis for an interactive user interface where users can easily upload their files and select between different reference glossaries such as the OHEJP Glossary, the CDC Glossary, the WHO Glossary, or the EFSA Glossary. After retrieval of the user input settings, the GWS tags words within the provided document and maps these tagged words with matching entries in the selected glossaries. As the main output, the user receives a downloadable list of matching terms with their corresponding definitions, sectorial assignments, and references, which can then be added by the user to the original document. The GWS is freely accessible via this link as well as the underlying KNIME workflow.

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Access to human, animal, and environmental journals is still limited for the One Health community

Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA ◽

10.5195/jmla.2016.51 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 104 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Carol E. Vreeland, DVM, MLS, AHIP ◽

Kristine M. Alpi, MLS, MPH, AHIP ◽

Caitlin A. Pike, MLS, AHIP ◽

Elisabeth E. Whitman, MS ◽

Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACZM

Keyword(s):

Human Health ◽

One Health ◽

Animal Health ◽

Interdisciplinary Approach ◽

Well Being ◽

Health Community ◽

Seminar Series ◽

Health Domains ◽

The Difference ◽

The One

Objective: ‘‘One Health’’ is an interdisciplinary approach to evaluating and managing the health and well-being of humans, animals, and the environments they share that relies on knowledge from the domains of human health, animal health, and the environmental sciences. The authors’ objective was to evaluate the extent of open access (OA) to journal articles in a sample of literature from these domains. We hypothesized that OA to articles in human health or environmental journals was greater than access to animal health literature.Methods: A One Health seminar series provided fifteen topics. One librarian translated each topic into a search strategy and searched four databases for articles from 2011 to 2012. Two independent investigators assigned each article to human health, the environment, animal health, all, other, or combined categories. Article and journal-level OA were determined. Each journal was also assigned a subject category and its indexing evaluated.Results: Searches retrieved 2,651 unique articles from 1,138 journals; 1,919 (72%) articles came from 406 journals that contributed more than 1 article. Seventy-seven (7%) journals dealt with all 3 One Health domains; the remaining journals represented human health 487 (43%), environment 172 (15%), animal health 141 (12%), and other/combined categories 261 (23%). The proportion of OA journals in animal health (40%) differed significantly from journals categorized as human (28%), environment (28%), and more than 1 category (29%). The proportion of OA for articles by subject categories ranged from 25%–34%; only the difference between human (34%) and environment (25%) was significant.Conclusions: OA to human health literature is more comparable to animal health than hypothesized. Environmental journals had less OA than anticipated.

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Access to human, animal, and environmental journals is still limited for the One Health community

Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA ◽

10.3163/1536-5050.104.2.003 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 104 (2) ◽

pp. 100-108 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carol E. Vreeland ◽

Kristine M. Alpi ◽

Caitlin A. Pike ◽

Elisabeth E. Whitman ◽

Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf

Keyword(s):

One Health ◽

Health Community ◽

Human Animal ◽

The One

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Tick-borne zoonoses and commonly used diagnostic methods in human and veterinary medicine

Parasitology Research ◽

10.1007/s00436-020-07033-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Andrea Springer ◽

Antje Glass ◽

Julia Probst ◽

Christina Strube

Keyword(s):

Veterinary Medicine ◽

Diagnostic Tests ◽

One Health ◽

Animal Health ◽

Diagnostic Techniques ◽

Diagnostic Methods ◽

Diagnostic Tools ◽

Zoonotic Pathogens ◽

Health Concept ◽

The One

AbstractAround the world, human health and animal health are closely linked in terms of the One Health concept by ticks acting as vectors for zoonotic pathogens. Animals do not only maintain tick cycles but can either be clinically affected by the same tick-borne pathogens as humans and/or play a role as reservoirs or sentinel pathogen hosts. However, the relevance of different tick-borne diseases (TBDs) may vary in human vs. veterinary medicine, which is consequently reflected by the availability of human vs. veterinary diagnostic tests. Yet, as TBDs gain importance in both fields and rare zoonotic pathogens, such as Babesia spp., are increasingly identified as causes of human disease, a One Health approach regarding development of new diagnostic tools may lead to synergistic benefits. This review gives an overview on zoonotic protozoan, bacterial and viral tick-borne pathogens worldwide, discusses commonly used diagnostic techniques for TBDs, and compares commercial availability of diagnostic tests for humans vs. domestic animals, using Germany as an example, with the aim of highlighting existing gaps and opportunities for collaboration in a One Health framework.

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Prioritization of zoonotic diseases of public health significance in Nigeria using the one-health approach

One Health ◽

10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100257 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 100257

Author(s):

Chikwe Ihekweazu ◽

Charles Akataobi Michael ◽

Patrick M. Nguku ◽

Ndadilnasiya Endie Waziri ◽

Abdulrazaq Garba Habib ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

One Health ◽

Zoonotic Diseases ◽

Public Health Significance ◽

Health Significance ◽

The One

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Assessing Environmental Factors within the One Health Approach

Medicina ◽

10.3390/medicina57030240 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 57 (3) ◽

pp. 240

Author(s):

Sarah Humboldt-Dachroeden ◽

Alberto Mantovani

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

One Health ◽

Animal Health ◽

Grey Literature ◽

Aflatoxin M1 ◽

First Case ◽

Italian Regions ◽

Environmental Component ◽

Environmental Considerations ◽

The One

Background: One Health is a comprehensive and multisectoral approach to assess and examine the health of animals, humans and the environment. However, while the One Health approach gains increasing momentum, its practical application meets hindrances. This paper investigates the environmental pillar of the One Health approach, using two case studies to highlight the integration of environmental considerations. The first case study pertains to the Danish monitoring and surveillance programme for antimicrobial resistance, DANMAP. The second case illustrates the occurrence of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in milk in dairy-producing ruminants in Italian regions. Method: A scientific literature search was conducted in PubMed and Web of Science to locate articles informing the two cases. Grey literature was gathered to describe the cases as well as their contexts. Results: 19 articles and 10 reports were reviewed and informed the two cases. The cases show how the environmental component influences the apparent impacts for human and animal health. The DANMAP highlights the two approaches One Health and farm to fork. The literature provides information on the comprehensiveness of the DANMAP, but highlights some shortcomings in terms of environmental considerations. The AFM1 case, the milk metabolite of the carcinogenic mycotoxin aflatoxin B1, shows that dairy products are heavily impacted by changes of the climate as well as by economic drivers. Conclusions: The two cases show that environmental conditions directly influence the onset and diffusion of hazardous factors. Climate change, treatment of soils, water and standards in slaughterhouses as well as farms can have a great impact on the health of animals, humans and the environment. Hence, it is important to include environmental considerations, for example, via engaging environmental experts and sharing data. Further case studies will help to better define the roles of environment in One Health scenarios.

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Leptospirosis prevalence and risk factors in India: Evidence gap maps

Tropical Doctor ◽

10.1177/00494755211005203 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 004947552110052

Author(s):

Sandeep Moola ◽

Deepti Beri ◽

Abdul Salam ◽

Jagnoor Jagnoor ◽

Arun Teja ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

One Health ◽

Data Extraction ◽

Research Priorities ◽

Risk Groups ◽

Public Health Importance ◽

Country Level ◽

Disease Condition ◽

Extraction Parameters ◽

The One

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of public health importance in India. A country-level evidence gap map was developed to identify gaps on epidemiology of leptospirosis. It is the first such on leptospirosis globally and on any single disease condition in India. The steps for development of evidence gap map were development of a framework to map evidence, retrieval of evidence, data extraction parameters and mapping of available evidence in evidence gap map framework. The prevalence evidence gap map consisted of 157 studies (102 in humans, 55 in animals, and 12 in both). The evidence gap map on risk factors had 120 studies (102 in humans, 11 in animals and 7 in both). There were inter-state differences in availability of research and disparity between animal and human research. Research on high-risk groups was limited and studies did not use the One Health approach to identify epidemiology, which can help understand the issue more comprehensively. The study demonstrates the potential of evidence gap maps to inform research priorities.

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