Sullivan Ava, Ogunseitan Oladele, Epstein Jonathan, Kuruchittham Vipat, Nangami Mabel, Kabasa David, Bazeyo William, Naigaga Irene, Kochkina Olesya, Bikaako Winnie, Ahmad Nur, Yawe Agnes, Muhumuza Christine, Nuraini Rahmi, Wahyuni Indira, Adli Raja, Moonsom Saengduen, Huong Lai, Pham Phuc, Kelly Terra, Wolking David, Smith Woutrina
EcoHealth Alliance, New York, USA.
Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention, University of California Irvine, Irvine, USA.
One Health Outlook. 2023 Jun 6;5(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s42522-023-00083-4.
One Health is defined as an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems; this approach attracts stakeholders from multiple sectors, academic disciplines, and professional practices. The diversity of expertise and interest groups is frequently and simultaneously framed as (1) a strength of the One Health approach in the process of understanding and solving complex problems associated with health challenges such as pathogen spillovers and pandemics and (2) a challenge regarding consensus on essential functions of One Health and the sets of knowledge, skills, and perspectives unique to a workforce adopting this approach. Progress in developing competency-based training in One Health has revealed coverage of various topics across fundamental, technical, functional, and integrative domains. Ensuring that employers value the unique characteristics of personnel trained in One Health will likely require demonstration of its usefulness, accreditation, and continuing professional development. These needs led to the conceptual framework of a One Health Workforce Academy (OHWA) for use as a platform to deliver competency-based training and assessment for an accreditable credential in One Health and opportunities for continuing professional development.
To gather information about the desirability of an OHWA, we conducted a survey of One Health stakeholders. The IRB-approved research protocol used an online tool to collect individual responses to the survey questions. Potential respondents were recruited from partners of One Health University Networks in Africa and Southeast Asia and international respondents outside of these networks. Survey questions collected demographic information, measured existing or projected demand and the relative importance of One Health competencies, and determined the potential benefits and barriers of earning a credential. Respondents were not compensated for participation.
Respondents (N = 231) from 24 countries reported differences in their perspectives on the relative importance of competency domains of the One Health approach. More than 90% of the respondents would seek to acquire a competency-based certificate in One Health, and 60% of respondents expected that earning such a credential would be rewarded by employers. Among potential barriers, time and funding were the most cited.
This study showed strong support from potential stakeholders for a OHWA that hosts competency-based training with opportunities for certification and continuing professional development.
“同一健康”被定义为一种综合统一的方法，旨在可持续地平衡和优化人类、动物和生态系统的健康；这种方法吸引了来自多个部门、学术学科和专业实践领域的利益相关者。专业知识和利益群体的多样性常常同时被视为：（1）“同一健康”方法在理解和解决与健康挑战（如病原体溢出和大流行）相关的复杂问题过程中的优势；（2）在“同一健康”的基本功能以及采用这种方法的劳动力所需的一套知识、技能和观点达成共识方面的一项挑战。“同一健康”领域基于能力的培训发展进程已显示出涵盖基础、技术、功能和综合领域的各类主题。要确保雇主重视接受过“同一健康”培训人员的独特特质，可能需要证明其有用性、进行认证以及提供持续专业发展机会。这些需求促成了“同一健康”劳动力学院（OHWA）的概念框架，该框架可用作一个平台，提供基于能力的培训和评估，以获取“同一健康”领域可认证的资质，并提供持续专业发展机会。
为收集有关设立OHWA的必要性的信息，我们对“同一健康”利益相关者进行了一项调查。经机构审查委员会（IRB）批准的研究方案使用在线工具收集对调查问卷问题的个人回复。潜在受访者从非洲和东南亚“同一健康”大学网络的合作伙伴以及这些网络之外的国际受访者中招募。调查问卷收集了人口统计学信息，衡量了现有或预计的需求以及“同一健康”能力的相对重要性，并确定了获得资质的潜在益处和障碍。受访者参与调查未获报酬。
来自24个国家的231名受访者报告了他们对“同一健康”方法能力领域相对重要性的看法存在差异。超过90%的受访者希望获得“同一健康”领域基于能力的证书，60%的受访者预计雇主会对获得此类资质给予认可。在潜在障碍方面，时间和资金是被提及最多的因素。
本研究表明，潜在利益相关者大力支持设立一个OHWA，该机构能够提供基于能力的培训，并提供认证和持续专业发展机会。
