Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Transdisciplinary research for complex One Health issues: a scoping review of key concepts.
- Journal:
- Preventive veterinary medicine
- Year:
- 2013
- Authors:
- Min, B et al.
- Affiliation:
- University of Calgary · Canada
Plain-English summary
This research paper discusses the importance of working together across different fields to tackle complex health issues that affect both animals and humans, as well as the environment. The authors emphasize that to effectively address these challenges, researchers need to move beyond traditional boundaries and adopt a transdisciplinary approach, which involves collaboration among various disciplines and communities. They reviewed existing literature and identified nine key themes that are important for successful transdisciplinary research, including the need for effective communication and leadership, as well as the importance of community involvement. The findings aim to help researchers develop better strategies for collaborative work in One Health initiatives. Overall, the review highlights the challenges and opportunities in this area of research.
Abstract
In order to address the complexity inherent in researching One Health (OH) issues, we support the concept that researchers must transcend individual disciplinary and non-disciplinary boundaries, and move into the realm of transdisciplinary (TD) research approaches. For the purposes of this paper we use the term OH and the concept that OH research is conducted to solve complex health challenges at the animal-human--human-ecosystem interface. TD goes beyond interdisciplinary research to engages disciplines and communities through a unified conceptual framework. In this scoping review we investigated key concepts, definitions and themes in OH and TD based on the peer reviewed literature. We identified nine emerging themes in TD research: (1) education, (2) conflict amongst disciplines, (3) effective communication, (4) shared conceptual framework, (5) leadership, (6) perceived power differentials, (7) community-based methodologies, (8) support for TD research and (9) time and effort. This review provides a synthesized knowledge base that describes the nature, extent of evidence and challenges of engaging in TD initiatives. This knowledge base further provides a foundation for those interested in developing improved strategies for TD collaborative and cross-sectoral research in OH.
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