National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities (AMRRIC), Darwin, NT 0801, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jul 20;20(14):6416. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20146416.
Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities face barriers in accessing animal healthcare and are exposed to disproportionate environmental health exposures leading to increased risk of disease. A One Health approach has been promoted to address public health risks and improve human, animal, and environmental health outcomes in communities. We undertook a pilot One Health study in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland collecting animal, human, and environmental health data from 82 households. We performed a descriptive analysis and assessed the association between human and environmental health exposures and animal health outcomes. Most households were not crowded (82.9%) but did report a high level of environmental health concerns (86.6%). The majority of households owned cats and dogs (81.7%), with most animals assessed as healthy. There was no association between human and environmental health exposures and animal health outcomes. As most households experienced concerns regarding housing conditions, environmental health programs should prioritise improving household factors. There was also strong support for animal healthcare (including access to medicines and veterinarians, education programs and population management), indicating that a One Health approach is desired by communities.
许多原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民社区在获得动物保健方面面临障碍，并且面临不成比例的环境健康暴露，从而增加患病风险。已经提倡采用一种“同一健康”方法来应对公共卫生风险，并改善社区内的人类、动物和环境健康成果。我们在昆士兰州的原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民社区进行了一项试点“同一健康”研究，从 82 户家庭中收集了动物、人类和环境健康数据。我们进行了描述性分析，并评估了人类和环境健康暴露与动物健康结果之间的关联。大多数家庭并不拥挤（82.9%），但确实报告了高度的环境健康问题（86.6%）。大多数家庭拥有猫和狗（81.7%），大多数动物被评估为健康。人类和环境健康暴露与动物健康结果之间没有关联。由于大多数家庭对住房条件感到担忧，因此环境健康计划应优先考虑改善家庭因素。人们还强烈支持动物保健（包括获得药品和兽医、教育计划和种群管理），这表明社区希望采用“同一健康”方法。
