Adeyemi Olayide Abraham, Sujon Hasnat, Agbabiaka Tariq Oluwakunmi
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, PMB 1515, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Projahnmo Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Ecohealth. 2025 Jul 31. doi: 10.1007/s10393-025-01738-6.
The global acceptance of the One Health (OH) approach has surged over the past two decades, leading to a proliferation of OH-related activities. A consequence of this growth is the increase in discipline-specific terminologies emerging in the OH lexicon to become lingua franca. However, some of these terms are used ambiguously, and interpreted broadly, thereby hampering systematic OH coordination. This article elucidates the semantics of eight fundamental terminologies, including 'One Health', 'One Health Systems', 'One Health Framework', 'One Health Core Competency', 'One Health Education/Curriculum', 'One Health Professional/Workforce', 'One Health Study/Research', and 'One Health Governance/Legislation'. The major findings of this study are that while there is a consensus on OH definition and OH framework usage, OH systems remain ambiguous despite frequent mentions. Core competencies and educational models are disparate, thus requiring harmonization, and a putative global OH governance structure is being defined through international organizations.
在过去二十年中，“同一健康”（OH）方法在全球范围内的接受度激增，导致与OH相关的活动大量涌现。这种增长的一个结果是，OH词汇中出现的特定学科术语越来越多，成为通用语。然而，其中一些术语使用不明确，解释宽泛，从而阻碍了OH的系统协调。本文阐明了八个基本术语的语义，包括“同一健康”“同一健康系统”“同一健康框架”“同一健康核心能力”“同一健康教育/课程”“同一健康专业人员/劳动力”“同一健康研究”以及“同一健康治理/立法”。本研究的主要发现是，虽然在OH定义和OH框架的使用上存在共识，但OH系统尽管经常被提及，仍不明确。核心能力和教育模式各不相同，因此需要协调统一，并且一个假定的全球OH治理结构正在通过国际组织来界定。
