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One Health and Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: a One Health pilot study.

dc.contributor.authorRiley T.
dc.contributor.authorCumming B.
dc.contributor.authorThandrayen J.
dc.contributor.authorMeredith A.
dc.contributor.authorAnderson N.E.
dc.contributor.authorLovett R.
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-19T05:30:17Z
dc.date.available2024-11-19T05:30:17Z
dc.date.copyright2023
dc.date.issued2023-08-21en
dc.description.abstractMany 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.Copyright © 2023 by the authors.
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dc.description.grantTamara Riley is supported by a scholarship from the Lowitja Institute.
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Vol.20(14), 2023.
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20146416
dc.identifier.institution(Riley, Thandrayen, Lovett) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Cumming) Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities (AMRRIC), Darwin, NT 0801, Australia
dc.identifier.institution(Meredith, Anderson) The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Roslin EH25 9RG, United Kingdom
dc.identifier.pubmedid37510648 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=37510648]
dc.identifier.urihttps://lowitja.intersearch.com.au/handle/1/712
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.subject.keywordsInfectious diseases
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental health
dc.titleOne Health and Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: a One Health pilot study.
dc.typeArticle

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