Health Sciences: One Health
One Health
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Library Resources for One Health
One health: people, animals, and the environment by Call Number: RA639 .O53 2014ISBN: 1555818420Publication Date: 2014Emerging infectious diseases are often due to environmental disruption, which exposes microbes to a different niche that selects for new virulence traits and facilitates transmission between animals and humans. Thus, health of humans also depends upon health of animals and the environment - a concept called One Health. This book presents core concepts, compelling evidence, successful applications, and remaining challenges of One Health approaches to thwarting the threat of emerging infectious disease.
One Health by Call Number: eBook - available full text onlineISBN: 1780643411Publication Date: 2015-04-09The One Health concept of combined veterinary and human health continues to gain momentum, but the supporting literature is sparse. In this book, the origins of the concept are examined and practical content on methodological tools, data gathering, monitoring techniques, study designs, and mathematical models is included. Zoonotic diseases, with discussions of diseases of wildlife, farm animals, domestic pets and humans, and real-world issues such as sanitation, economics, food security and evaluating the success of vaccination programmes are covered in detail. Discussing how to put policy into practice, and with case studies throughout, this book combines research and practice in one broad-ranging volume. Read a chapter for free
Organizations with a One Health Focus
Human focus
APHA (American Public Health Association)
Animal focus
APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)
AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association)
OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health - formerly known as the Office International des Epizooties)
WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)
WVA (World Veterinary Association)
- information posted throughout the site, and specific entries posted within the "One Health Issues" library
Environment focus
Librarians for Health Research
Kiri DeBose, Head, Veterinary Medicine Library; College Librarian for Veterinary Medicine and liaison to Animal Sciences; Interim Head, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and Health Sciences and Technology Library, kdebose@vt.edu
Inga Haugen, Agriculture, Life Sciences, and Scholarly Communication Librarian, ihaugen@vt.edu
Ginny Pannabecker, Director, Research Collaboration and Engagement; liaison to Biochemistry, Biomedical and Engineering Mechanics, and Systems Biology, vpannabe@vt.edu