title: One Health: An opportunity for an interprofessional approach to healthcare.
abstract: One Health has been viewed as the collaborative effort between professions and disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, and the environment. For One Health principles to be operationalised, interprofessional education and interprofessional collaborative practice are essential. However, interprofessional initiatives between the human health professions and veterinary medicine focus primarily on patient care in the human health setting. The purpose of this report is to describe two models of collaboration between human and veterinary medicine that have been designed to address human and animal health challenges in practice. Initiatives that involve this cooperation are providing access to affordable and clean drinking water. Implications linked to these initiatives are explored in relation to the need for an interprofessional approach to attain optimal health for people, animals, and the environment.
authors.affiliation: a School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University , Cardiff , UK .
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Courtenay
authors.affiliation: b School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California , Davis , Davis, CA , USA .
authors.forename: Joelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.affiliation: b School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California , Davis , Davis, CA , USA .
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zielinska
authors.affiliation: c Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California , Davis , Davis, CA , USA , and.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown Blake
authors.affiliation: d School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey , Guildford , Surrey , UK.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: La Ragione
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D017146:Models, Organizational; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D014481:United States
keywords: Interprofessional collaboration; One Health; interprofessional education