A Comparison of Three Holistic Approaches to Health: One Health, EcoHealth, and Planetary Health

被引:168
作者
Lerner, Henrik [1 ]
Berg, Charlotte [2 ]
机构
[1] Ersta Skondal Bracke Univ Coll, Dept Hlth Care Sci, Stockholm, Sweden
[2] SLU Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Anim Environm & Hlth, Skara, Sweden
关键词
concept of health; ecology; ecosystems; interdisciplinarity; philosophy of medicine; medicine; value; veterinary medicine; ONE WELFARE;
D O I
10.3389/fvets.2017.00163
中图分类号
S85 [动物医学(兽医学)];
学科分类号
0906 ;
摘要
Several holistic and interdisciplinary approaches exist to safeguard health. Three of the most influential concepts at the moment, One Health, EcoHealth, and Planetary Health, are analyzed in this paper, revealing similarities and differences at the theoretical conceptual level. These approaches may appear synonymous, as they all promote the underlying assumption of humans and other animals sharing the same planet and the same environmental challenges, infections and infectious agents as well as other aspects of physical -and possibly mental-health. However, we would like to illuminate the differences between these three concepts or approaches, and how the choice of terms may, deliberately or involuntary, signal the focus, and underlying values of the approaches. In this paper, we have chosen some proposed and well-known suggestions of definitions. In our theoretical analysis, we will focus on at least two areas. These are (1) the value of the potential scientific areas which could be included and (2) core values present within the approach. In the first area, our main concern is whether the approaches are interdisciplinary and whether the core scientific areas are assigned equal importance. For the second area, which is rather wide, we analyze core values such as biodiversity, health, and how one values humans, animals, and ecosystems. One Health has been described as either a narrow approach combining public health and veterinary medicine or as a wide approach as in the wide-spread "umbrella" depiction including both scientific fields, core concepts, and interdisciplinary research areas. In both cases, however, safeguarding the health of vertebrates is usually in focus although ecosystems are also included in the model. The EcoHealth approach seems to have more of a biodiversity focus, with an emphasis on all living creatures, implying that parasites, unicellular organisms, and possibly also viruses have a value and should be protected. Planetary Health, on the other hand, has been put forward as a fruitful approach to deal with growing threats in the health area, not least globally. We conclude that there are actually important differences between these three approaches, which should be kept in mind when using any of these terms.
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