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| Global One Health and Infectious Diseases: An Interdisciplinary Practitioner's Guide |
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ISBN: 978-1-03-214067-4,
390 pages,
Soft Cover
ISBN-10: 1-03-214067-4 |
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| Copyright: |
2025 |
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| Edition: |
1st |
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| Editor: |
Sander, William E. |
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Specialties:
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Infectious Disease
, Public Health |
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| Publisher: |
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group |
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| Series Title: |
CRC One Health One Welfare |
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| List Price: |
$82.99 |
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At A Glance
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While many terms relate to One Health, the idea remains the same: to think outside a chosen area of specialty and work collaboratively as part of a team to improve health status around the world. This involves the collective effort of physicians, veterinarians, public health practitioners, ecologists, anthropologists, social workers, economists, and many others. Collectively, these are the Global One Health practitioners. Through the lens of infectious disease, this book brings together the diverse range of topics necessary to be an effective global health practitioner at the intersection of human and animal health, particularly in developing countries. It explores what an aspiring or mid-career practitioner should be aware of when working with infectious diseases, including technical skills, cultural competency, capacity building, big data, and understanding the landscape and history of global health. Each chapter focuses on a specific area of necessary knowledge with background information, case examples, and resources to use moving forward. An important reference for upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and early practitioners in human, animal, and public health, this text highlights the competencies rather than focusing on the problems in Global One Health. It provides a blueprint of areas that the reader should pay attention to, particularly in the realm of infectious diseases.
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Reviewer:
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Anne O'Keefe,
MD, MPH, diplABPM
(Creighton University School of Medicine)
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Reviewer:
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Anne O'Keefe,
MD, MPH, diplABPM
(Creighton University School of Medicine)
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Description
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| The book includes 15 chapters by 44 contributors. These experts represent diverse specialties and illustrate the One Health vision. The opening chapter focuses on COVID-19, as the pandemic accelerated interest in applying One Health principles to improve prevention, preparedness, and response to major public health challenges. Other chapters discuss larger concepts needed in order make One Health work. A valuable feature across the book is the inclusion of case studies. |
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Purpose
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| Rather than listing diseases, the book is a practical guide to implementing One Health, showing how interdisciplinary teams collaborate effectively in real-world practice. Using the framework of infectious disease, the book provides information useful for the education and development of global One Health practitioners through background, case studies, and resources for further study. |
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Audience
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| The book is ideal for advanced students and aspiring global health practitioners, including physicians, veterinarians, public health professionals, ecologists, and social scientists. Leaders in health ministries and educational institutions will also benefit, as systemic changes are essential for One Health success. The editor of the book is a professor and director of a DVM/MPH dual degree program and has research and employment experience spanning veterinary medicine, wildlife rehabilitation, and environmental science, which makes his expertise very relevant to One Health practice. |
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Features
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| Chapters cover a broad range of topics. The history of One Health and its rise during COVID-19 introduces the book. Practical guidance includes integrating siloed surveillance systems and meaningfully using integrated data. Broader issues include nutrition, antimicrobial resistance, ecosystems, biodiversity, and climate change. Emerging topics also include stakeholder engagement, international collaboration, disaster management, economics, gender, and health. Education and capacity building across K-12, higher education, and professional training is emphasized throughout the book. To this end, the chapter on developing education, training, and capacity building is available free on the publisher's website under a Creative Commons license. Other than the free availability of this chapter, there is no companion website with extra materials. |
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Assessment
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| This book successfully bridges the gap between theory and practice. It provides clear competencies for developing One Health practitioners and practical blueprints for implementing One Health strategies globally. |
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