title: Toward proof of concept of a one health approach to disease prediction and control.
abstract: A One Health approach considers the role of changing environments with regard to infectious and chronic disease risks affecting humans and nonhuman animals. Recent disease emergence events have lent support to a One Health approach. In 2010, the Stone Mountain Working Group on One Health Proof of Concept assembled and evaluated the evidence regarding proof of concept of the One Health approach to disease prediction and control. Aspects examined included the feasibility of integrating human, animal, and environmental health and whether such integration could improve disease prediction and control efforts. They found evidence to support each of these concepts but also identified the need for greater incorporation of environmental and ecosystem factors into disease assessments and interventions. The findings of the Working Group argue for larger controlled studies to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of the One Health approach.
authors.affiliation: Current affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Rabinowitz
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kock
authors.forename: Malika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kachani
authors.forename: Rebekah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kunkel
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Carina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blackmore
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Karesh
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Natterson
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dugas
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D004782:Environmental Health; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D062486:Public Health Surveillance
keywords: One Health; animal health; comparative effectiveness research; environmental health; human health; interprofessional relations; proof of concept; public health; veterinary medicine; zoonoses