Walton Merrilyn, Guest David, Raynes-Greenow Camille
Department of Medical Education (Patient Safety) Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Department of Plant Pathology, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
J Paediatr Child Health. 2021 Nov;57(11):1741-1744. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15758.
Humans in their increasing numbers and wealth are changing ecosystems through accelerated consumption of food, natural resources and energy which continue to cause significant damage to the planet. Using 'stunting in children' as a case study, we show how the traditional siloed (specialist) approaches have failed to reduce stunting world-wide. Despite significant effort, traditional approaches fail to appreciate the interconnectedness of the multiple factors that underpin stunting. We will not improve the lives of the millions of children living in poverty by doing the same things we have always done, rather we need to adopt approaches that recognise the interconnectedness of all the component parts and apply One Health methods designed to solve these intractable problems.
人类数量不断增加，财富日益增长，通过加速消耗食物、自然资源和能源来改变生态系统，这继续对地球造成重大破坏。以“儿童发育迟缓”为例，我们展示了传统的孤立（专科）方法如何未能在全球范围内减少发育迟缓现象。尽管付出了巨大努力，但传统方法未能认识到导致发育迟缓的多种因素之间的相互联系。我们不能通过一直以来的做法来改善数百万贫困儿童的生活，相反，我们需要采用能够认识到所有组成部分相互联系的方法，并应用旨在解决这些棘手问题的“同一健康”方法。
