Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
Department of Psychology, University of Basel, 4055 Basel, Switzerland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Feb 21;16(4):640. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16040640.
The integration of animals into healthcare, referred to as animal-assisted intervention, is a rapidly growing research field and was previously related to One Health. However, the assessment of synergistic effects of animal-assisted interventions (AAI) has been poorly addressed to date.
We discuss experiences in integrated human and animal assessments in AAI and provide a methodical framework for One Health approaches in AAI research. We propose theoretical consideration of an integrated human and animal health assessment, as well as the use of such an integrated approach in research. Based on the existing research, we argue that, for a deeper understanding of AAI mechanisms, parallel research designs are needed.
Our paper shows that a One Health study design is necessary to ensure that a tradeoff in health of animals is prevented and that an added value, or synergistic benefit, can be achieved on both sides during animal-assisted interventions.
将动物融入医疗保健中，即动物辅助干预，是一个快速发展的研究领域，以前与“同一健康”有关。然而，迄今为止，动物辅助干预（AAI）的协同效应评估仍未得到很好的解决。
我们讨论了在 AAI 中进行综合人类和动物评估的经验，并为 AAI 研究中的同一健康方法提供了一个系统的框架。我们提出了对综合人类和动物健康评估的理论思考，以及在研究中使用这种综合方法。基于现有的研究，我们认为，为了更深入地了解 AAI 的机制，需要采用平行的研究设计。
我们的论文表明，需要采用同一健康研究设计来确保防止动物健康的权衡，并确保在动物辅助干预过程中，双方都能获得附加值或协同效益。
