Capacity building in EcoHealth: Experiences and evaluation of training using ...ILRI
The document discusses capacity building in an EcoHealth approach using a learning-by-doing model. It describes training conducted within the EcoZD project in Southeast Asia between academic and non-academic partners. The project aimed to foster transdisciplinary collaboration on priority zoonotic diseases through hands-on research experience. Challenges included adopting a new paradigm and limited initial capacity, while solutions involved mentoring and establishing EcoHealth resource centers for continued training. Outcomes were measured using participatory tools to assess uptake of EcoHealth principles by project teams and stakeholders.
EcoHealth capacity building and applied research: Challenges and lessons lear...ILRI
The document discusses challenges and lessons learned from the ILRI EcoZD project, which built EcoHealth capacity and applied research in Southeast Asia focused on zoonotic emerging infectious diseases. It provides an overview of EcoHealth principles and pillars, describes the EcoZD project approach and case studies, and discusses startup challenges, qualitative research challenges, and how the EcoHealth approach added value to case studies like optimizing rabies control in Bali through multidisciplinary research.
Developing the India smallholder dairy value chain impact pathway(s) ILRI
Presented by Michael Kidoido at the Workshop on Smallholder Dairy Value Chain Transformation in Bihar—Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward, Patna, India, 1-2 August 2014
Research in the CGIAR: An urgent need for systems analysis and more integrati...ILRI
Presented by Anne-Marie Izac (CGIAR Consortium) at the Livestock and Fish Expert Workshop on Systems Analysis for Value Chain Transformation, Amsterdam, 19 November 2014
Systematic Reviews as a Source of Useful Evidence: The Experience of the EPPI...LIDC
The document discusses the experience of the EPPI-Centre in conducting systematic reviews to inform evidence-based policymaking. It describes how the EPPI-Centre has evolved from initially conducting reviews on clinical interventions to addressing broader social and environmental factors that influence health and development outcomes. The EPPI-Centre has helped establish systematic reviews as an important source of evidence, built global capacity for evidence synthesis, and innovated methods to synthesize different types of qualitative and quantitative data from diverse settings. It has also helped shift understanding from solely clinical models to recognizing social determinants of health and evaluating complex interventions.
Presented by Jeffery Gilbert and Purvi Mehta to the Progress Meeting on Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases in the South East Asian Region, Bangkok, 10-13 December 2011.
Capacity building in EcoHealth: Experiences and evaluation of training using ...ILRI
The document discusses capacity building in an EcoHealth approach using a learning-by-doing model. It describes training conducted within the EcoZD project in Southeast Asia between academic and non-academic partners. The project aimed to foster transdisciplinary collaboration on priority zoonotic diseases through hands-on research experience. Challenges included adopting a new paradigm and limited initial capacity, while solutions involved mentoring and establishing EcoHealth resource centers for continued training. Outcomes were measured using participatory tools to assess uptake of EcoHealth principles by project teams and stakeholders.
EcoHealth capacity building and applied research: Challenges and lessons lear...ILRI
The document discusses challenges and lessons learned from the ILRI EcoZD project, which built EcoHealth capacity and applied research in Southeast Asia focused on zoonotic emerging infectious diseases. It provides an overview of EcoHealth principles and pillars, describes the EcoZD project approach and case studies, and discusses startup challenges, qualitative research challenges, and how the EcoHealth approach added value to case studies like optimizing rabies control in Bali through multidisciplinary research.
Developing the India smallholder dairy value chain impact pathway(s) ILRI
Presented by Michael Kidoido at the Workshop on Smallholder Dairy Value Chain Transformation in Bihar—Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward, Patna, India, 1-2 August 2014
Research in the CGIAR: An urgent need for systems analysis and more integrati...ILRI
Presented by Anne-Marie Izac (CGIAR Consortium) at the Livestock and Fish Expert Workshop on Systems Analysis for Value Chain Transformation, Amsterdam, 19 November 2014
Systematic Reviews as a Source of Useful Evidence: The Experience of the EPPI...LIDC
The document discusses the experience of the EPPI-Centre in conducting systematic reviews to inform evidence-based policymaking. It describes how the EPPI-Centre has evolved from initially conducting reviews on clinical interventions to addressing broader social and environmental factors that influence health and development outcomes. The EPPI-Centre has helped establish systematic reviews as an important source of evidence, built global capacity for evidence synthesis, and innovated methods to synthesize different types of qualitative and quantitative data from diverse settings. It has also helped shift understanding from solely clinical models to recognizing social determinants of health and evaluating complex interventions.
Presented by Jeffery Gilbert and Purvi Mehta to the Progress Meeting on Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases in the South East Asian Region, Bangkok, 10-13 December 2011.
The research on “Maximizing Positive Synergies” project (MPS) engaged an ad hoc alliance of researchers from many countries and disciplines grouped in 3 consortia: Academic; Civil society; and Implementers.
Led by the GHD Project, the academic consortium comprised 15 of the world’s leading universities and institutions spanning all 6 of the WHO’s global regions. More than 75 individual researchers have contributed, and the consortium has generated case study evidence from more than 20 countries.
1) Research on HIV/AIDS in the MENA region lags behind other regions in capacity and published research.
2) Effective HIV research in the region requires multidisciplinary collaboration between universities and NGOs, with attention to research ethics.
3) Understanding transmission among high-risk groups is important but there has been little intervention research focused on these populations.
This document discusses family violence prevention strategies. It begins by outlining the national policy context in Australia and the role of Family and Relationship Services (FaRS) in strengthening family relationships and preventing violence. It then discusses the evidence base for family violence prevention, including the ecological model and risk/protective factors across the lifespan. Two family violence prevention projects conducted by FaRS organizations are described: 1) Just Families, which targets the transition to parenthood using a multi-risk prevention approach, and 2) an Indian Australian family violence project. The document emphasizes the importance of evaluation in advancing the evidence base for effective family violence prevention programs.
How can community-based participatory research contribute to Program Scienceamusten
This document summarizes the development and evaluation of a community-based participatory research program called Pouvoir Partager/Pouvoirs Partagés (PP/PP) aimed at empowering women living with HIV to make thoughtful decisions about disclosing or not disclosing their HIV status. Over three cycles from 2002-2011, the program was developed with input from women living with HIV, implemented as a pilot, improved based on evaluation, scaled up provincially, and adapted for other cultural contexts. Evaluation found the program improved participants' ability to disclose their status proactively and their sense of control and self-efficacy around disclosure decisions.
Ecosystem approaches to the better management of zoonotic emerging infectious...ILRI
Poster prepared by Jeffrey Gilbert, Delia Grace, Fred Unger, Lucy Lapar, Rainer Asse and Korapin Tohtubtiang at the Ecohealth 2012 conference held at Kunming, China on 15-18 October 2012
A presentation by Virginia Morrow as part of the Practicalities of Cohort and Longitudinal Research panel discussion at the International Symposium on Cohort and Longitudinal Studies in Developing Contexts, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy 13-15 October 2014
This document provides an overview of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) including its history, principles, challenges, and benefits. Some key points:
1) CBPR aims to equitably involve community partners in all stages of research to address issues important to the community and promote social change.
2) Its roots trace back to action research and empowerment models that recognize communities as partners rather than subjects.
3) Challenges include balancing academic and community priorities, building trust over time, and ensuring research is culturally appropriate and sustainable.
4) Benefits include enhancing relevance, validity, translation and sustainability of research findings to improve community health.
Integration of quantitative and qualitative research: Observations from a mul...ILRI
This document discusses a mixed methods research study conducted as part of the EcoZD project in Southeast Asia. The study aimed to understand risk factors for zoonotic disease transmission at the animal-human interface in Cambodia. Quantitative methods like questionnaires and biological sampling were used to investigate associations, while qualitative methods like focus groups and participatory rural appraisals provided socio-economic context. Preliminary results from the quantitative analysis found no correlation between animal and human pathogens, and identified factors like duck/fish consumption, eating sick animals, and vegetables from surface water as potential risks. The qualitative data helped make sense of these findings and capture the complexity of people's sickness explanations and changing animal raising practices.
This document discusses evidence-based public health (EBPH). It defines EBPH as the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs and policies through applying scientific reasoning principles. The key steps of EBPH include quantifying the public health issue, conducting a literature review, developing and prioritizing program options, creating an action plan, and evaluating programs and policies. EBPH relies on diverse sources of evidence, both quantitative and qualitative research. It differs from evidence-based medicine in its focus on populations rather than individuals and emphasis on environmental and social factors.
This document provides an overview of implementation research. It defines implementation research as using strategies to introduce or change evidence-based health interventions in real world contexts. Implementation research is a multidisciplinary field that seeks to understand and close the gap between evidence and practice. The document discusses conceptual frameworks, methods, outcomes and evidence used in implementation research. It describes both qualitative and quantitative research designs that can be used, including descriptive, analytic, experimental and mixed methods approaches.
Assessing societal impact: what have we learned from the UK REF?ORCID, Inc
The document summarizes what was learned from assessing research impact as part of the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014. Three key lessons learned were: 1) Preparing impact assessments led universities to change practices like implementing impact strategies and tracking impact evidence; 2) The impact assessment process generally worked well but could be improved, such as allowing more nuanced scoring; 3) The REF revealed diverse impacts across all fields and generated insights into how high quality research leads to impacts.
This document summarizes the process of piloting the WILLOW intervention program for HIV-positive women in Ontario. It discusses how the Women's Health in Women's Hands organization selected the WILLOW program after reviewing several effective interventions. They then worked with the Ontario HIV Treatment Network to support training facilitators for the WILLOW program in Toronto. Some lessons learned from the process included that the intervention was too prescriptive, did not address all cultural issues relevant to the Canadian context, and underestimated the skill level required for facilitators. The next steps will be to pilot the intervention, evaluate it, adapt it as needed, and then scale it up more broadly.
A Role for Mathematical Models in Program Scienceamusten
Mathematical models can help answer key questions in program science by examining disease transmission dynamics at a population level. Program science can also inform mathematical modeling by generating data to validate and refine models, and asking novel questions that require new modeling approaches. Both fields stand to benefit from stronger collaboration, with program science generating diverse data to feed into models, and models providing insights into optimal intervention strategies under uncertainty.
A presentation by Enju Jung as part of the Cohort Research for Programme and Policy panel discussion at the International Symposium on Cohort and Longitudinal Studies in Developing Contexts, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy 13-15 October 2014
This study examined pathways of undergraduate engineering students at Arizona State University over their first two years from 2007-2012. It found that 50% of students departed engineering within 2 years, with most (85%) leaving in the first 2 years. Female students had higher GPAs than males but were more likely to leave, suggesting non-academic factors influenced their pathways. A suite of strategies introduced in 2007 was associated with increased retention rates over time, though GPA and destination after leaving engineering remained similar. The study recommends faculty development to create a more inclusive classroom environment.
Jee Wei Lim: Challenges of measuring care integrationSTN IMPRO
This document discusses the challenges of measuring care integration. It identifies three main challenges: 1) defining integration and determining when it is needed, 2) measuring the execution of integration plans, and 3) deciding which measures to use. For the first challenge, there are over 175 definitions of integration and determining the appropriate level and areas to integrate is difficult. The second challenge involves measuring integration readiness, capacity, and tracking progress. The third challenge is that there are hundreds of potential measures but many are not well-validated. Additional complexities for measuring health and social care integration are discussed. Future trends may involve broader scopes of integration beyond health/social care and new tools for measurement.
Degrees of Well-being: Research and Practice in Learning Environments at SFU BCcampus
This document discusses well-being in learning environments at Simon Fraser University. It notes that traditionally, student well-being has been addressed through residential halls, clinics, and counseling centers rather than in the classroom. The top academic impacts on students nationally are reported to be stress, anxiety, sleep difficulties, work, and illness. The presentation advocates for an ecological approach to well-being that fosters conditions for teaching and learning at the disciplinary, institutional, and individual levels. This includes leadership development, curriculum design, evaluation frameworks, and capacity building. It poses questions about supporting well-being in learning environments and creating conditions to do so.
Presentation at ENRGHI 2014 Portsmouth, UK about the role of spatial visualization as exploratory science in coping with disease conditions for which we have limited data.
Agents in health systems include patients, health providers, public and private organizations, and other sectors. These agents can play multiple roles and be influenced by mindsets, interests, power, and organizational context. The behavior of agents is unpredictable and can influence health system change in both positive and negative ways. Change emerges from the complex interactions between agents operating within dynamic environments. How agents exercise discretionary power and respond to interventions shapes whether feedback loops in the system are virtuous or vicious.
The document discusses key issues in health system development and the Thai experience as an example. It summarizes that Thailand achieved early Millennium Development Goals through sustained action over time to address access barriers, including expanding infrastructure and human resources, gradually increasing financial risk protection, and strengthening community awareness of health programs. This sustained action was enabled by values-based leadership, support from elites, use of evidence, decentralized decision-making, and flexible implementation within a pro-poor, pro-rural ideology.
Ecohealth perspectives: From Ecohealth theory to practice (case studies)ILRI
This document summarizes an Ecohealth workshop presentation on moving from Ecohealth theory to practice through case studies. It begins with an outline of the presentation topics, including a history of Ecohealth and One Health, key Ecohealth principles, and experiences from case studies on brucellosis and salmonellosis. It then discusses the Ecohealth framework developed for a case study on brucellosis and toxoplasmosis in Yunnan, China, which mapped stakeholders and developed qualitative and quantitative research components. It highlights some challenges faced in the study including gaining team consensus on research topics, lack of experience with Ecohealth approaches, perceptions of qualitative research, and fully synthesizing mixed methods results. The presentation evaluates the case
The research on “Maximizing Positive Synergies” project (MPS) engaged an ad hoc alliance of researchers from many countries and disciplines grouped in 3 consortia: Academic; Civil society; and Implementers.
Led by the GHD Project, the academic consortium comprised 15 of the world’s leading universities and institutions spanning all 6 of the WHO’s global regions. More than 75 individual researchers have contributed, and the consortium has generated case study evidence from more than 20 countries.
1) Research on HIV/AIDS in the MENA region lags behind other regions in capacity and published research.
2) Effective HIV research in the region requires multidisciplinary collaboration between universities and NGOs, with attention to research ethics.
3) Understanding transmission among high-risk groups is important but there has been little intervention research focused on these populations.
This document discusses family violence prevention strategies. It begins by outlining the national policy context in Australia and the role of Family and Relationship Services (FaRS) in strengthening family relationships and preventing violence. It then discusses the evidence base for family violence prevention, including the ecological model and risk/protective factors across the lifespan. Two family violence prevention projects conducted by FaRS organizations are described: 1) Just Families, which targets the transition to parenthood using a multi-risk prevention approach, and 2) an Indian Australian family violence project. The document emphasizes the importance of evaluation in advancing the evidence base for effective family violence prevention programs.
How can community-based participatory research contribute to Program Scienceamusten
This document summarizes the development and evaluation of a community-based participatory research program called Pouvoir Partager/Pouvoirs Partagés (PP/PP) aimed at empowering women living with HIV to make thoughtful decisions about disclosing or not disclosing their HIV status. Over three cycles from 2002-2011, the program was developed with input from women living with HIV, implemented as a pilot, improved based on evaluation, scaled up provincially, and adapted for other cultural contexts. Evaluation found the program improved participants' ability to disclose their status proactively and their sense of control and self-efficacy around disclosure decisions.
Ecosystem approaches to the better management of zoonotic emerging infectious...ILRI
Poster prepared by Jeffrey Gilbert, Delia Grace, Fred Unger, Lucy Lapar, Rainer Asse and Korapin Tohtubtiang at the Ecohealth 2012 conference held at Kunming, China on 15-18 October 2012
A presentation by Virginia Morrow as part of the Practicalities of Cohort and Longitudinal Research panel discussion at the International Symposium on Cohort and Longitudinal Studies in Developing Contexts, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy 13-15 October 2014
This document provides an overview of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) including its history, principles, challenges, and benefits. Some key points:
1) CBPR aims to equitably involve community partners in all stages of research to address issues important to the community and promote social change.
2) Its roots trace back to action research and empowerment models that recognize communities as partners rather than subjects.
3) Challenges include balancing academic and community priorities, building trust over time, and ensuring research is culturally appropriate and sustainable.
4) Benefits include enhancing relevance, validity, translation and sustainability of research findings to improve community health.
Integration of quantitative and qualitative research: Observations from a mul...ILRI
This document discusses a mixed methods research study conducted as part of the EcoZD project in Southeast Asia. The study aimed to understand risk factors for zoonotic disease transmission at the animal-human interface in Cambodia. Quantitative methods like questionnaires and biological sampling were used to investigate associations, while qualitative methods like focus groups and participatory rural appraisals provided socio-economic context. Preliminary results from the quantitative analysis found no correlation between animal and human pathogens, and identified factors like duck/fish consumption, eating sick animals, and vegetables from surface water as potential risks. The qualitative data helped make sense of these findings and capture the complexity of people's sickness explanations and changing animal raising practices.
This document discusses evidence-based public health (EBPH). It defines EBPH as the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs and policies through applying scientific reasoning principles. The key steps of EBPH include quantifying the public health issue, conducting a literature review, developing and prioritizing program options, creating an action plan, and evaluating programs and policies. EBPH relies on diverse sources of evidence, both quantitative and qualitative research. It differs from evidence-based medicine in its focus on populations rather than individuals and emphasis on environmental and social factors.
This document provides an overview of implementation research. It defines implementation research as using strategies to introduce or change evidence-based health interventions in real world contexts. Implementation research is a multidisciplinary field that seeks to understand and close the gap between evidence and practice. The document discusses conceptual frameworks, methods, outcomes and evidence used in implementation research. It describes both qualitative and quantitative research designs that can be used, including descriptive, analytic, experimental and mixed methods approaches.
Assessing societal impact: what have we learned from the UK REF?ORCID, Inc
The document summarizes what was learned from assessing research impact as part of the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014. Three key lessons learned were: 1) Preparing impact assessments led universities to change practices like implementing impact strategies and tracking impact evidence; 2) The impact assessment process generally worked well but could be improved, such as allowing more nuanced scoring; 3) The REF revealed diverse impacts across all fields and generated insights into how high quality research leads to impacts.
This document summarizes the process of piloting the WILLOW intervention program for HIV-positive women in Ontario. It discusses how the Women's Health in Women's Hands organization selected the WILLOW program after reviewing several effective interventions. They then worked with the Ontario HIV Treatment Network to support training facilitators for the WILLOW program in Toronto. Some lessons learned from the process included that the intervention was too prescriptive, did not address all cultural issues relevant to the Canadian context, and underestimated the skill level required for facilitators. The next steps will be to pilot the intervention, evaluate it, adapt it as needed, and then scale it up more broadly.
A Role for Mathematical Models in Program Scienceamusten
Mathematical models can help answer key questions in program science by examining disease transmission dynamics at a population level. Program science can also inform mathematical modeling by generating data to validate and refine models, and asking novel questions that require new modeling approaches. Both fields stand to benefit from stronger collaboration, with program science generating diverse data to feed into models, and models providing insights into optimal intervention strategies under uncertainty.
A presentation by Enju Jung as part of the Cohort Research for Programme and Policy panel discussion at the International Symposium on Cohort and Longitudinal Studies in Developing Contexts, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy 13-15 October 2014
This study examined pathways of undergraduate engineering students at Arizona State University over their first two years from 2007-2012. It found that 50% of students departed engineering within 2 years, with most (85%) leaving in the first 2 years. Female students had higher GPAs than males but were more likely to leave, suggesting non-academic factors influenced their pathways. A suite of strategies introduced in 2007 was associated with increased retention rates over time, though GPA and destination after leaving engineering remained similar. The study recommends faculty development to create a more inclusive classroom environment.
Jee Wei Lim: Challenges of measuring care integrationSTN IMPRO
This document discusses the challenges of measuring care integration. It identifies three main challenges: 1) defining integration and determining when it is needed, 2) measuring the execution of integration plans, and 3) deciding which measures to use. For the first challenge, there are over 175 definitions of integration and determining the appropriate level and areas to integrate is difficult. The second challenge involves measuring integration readiness, capacity, and tracking progress. The third challenge is that there are hundreds of potential measures but many are not well-validated. Additional complexities for measuring health and social care integration are discussed. Future trends may involve broader scopes of integration beyond health/social care and new tools for measurement.
Degrees of Well-being: Research and Practice in Learning Environments at SFU BCcampus
This document discusses well-being in learning environments at Simon Fraser University. It notes that traditionally, student well-being has been addressed through residential halls, clinics, and counseling centers rather than in the classroom. The top academic impacts on students nationally are reported to be stress, anxiety, sleep difficulties, work, and illness. The presentation advocates for an ecological approach to well-being that fosters conditions for teaching and learning at the disciplinary, institutional, and individual levels. This includes leadership development, curriculum design, evaluation frameworks, and capacity building. It poses questions about supporting well-being in learning environments and creating conditions to do so.
Presentation at ENRGHI 2014 Portsmouth, UK about the role of spatial visualization as exploratory science in coping with disease conditions for which we have limited data.
Agents in health systems include patients, health providers, public and private organizations, and other sectors. These agents can play multiple roles and be influenced by mindsets, interests, power, and organizational context. The behavior of agents is unpredictable and can influence health system change in both positive and negative ways. Change emerges from the complex interactions between agents operating within dynamic environments. How agents exercise discretionary power and respond to interventions shapes whether feedback loops in the system are virtuous or vicious.
The document discusses key issues in health system development and the Thai experience as an example. It summarizes that Thailand achieved early Millennium Development Goals through sustained action over time to address access barriers, including expanding infrastructure and human resources, gradually increasing financial risk protection, and strengthening community awareness of health programs. This sustained action was enabled by values-based leadership, support from elites, use of evidence, decentralized decision-making, and flexible implementation within a pro-poor, pro-rural ideology.
Ecohealth perspectives: From Ecohealth theory to practice (case studies)ILRI
This document summarizes an Ecohealth workshop presentation on moving from Ecohealth theory to practice through case studies. It begins with an outline of the presentation topics, including a history of Ecohealth and One Health, key Ecohealth principles, and experiences from case studies on brucellosis and salmonellosis. It then discusses the Ecohealth framework developed for a case study on brucellosis and toxoplasmosis in Yunnan, China, which mapped stakeholders and developed qualitative and quantitative research components. It highlights some challenges faced in the study including gaining team consensus on research topics, lack of experience with Ecohealth approaches, perceptions of qualitative research, and fully synthesizing mixed methods results. The presentation evaluates the case
EcoZD and other EcoHealth/One Health initiatives in Southeast Asia: Lessons a...ILRI
The document summarizes an EcoHealth and One Health workshop presentation on lessons learned from regional EcoHealth/One Health (EH/OH) initiatives in Southeast Asia. It discusses:
1) The ILRI EcoZD project which used an EH approach to study zoonotic diseases across 6 countries, establishing 2 EH resource centers.
2) Challenges faced by EcoZD country research teams in applying an interdisciplinary EH approach and lessons learned.
3) A comparison of 6 major EH/OH initiatives in Southeast Asia since 2006 which generally focused on capacity building, networking and research but with limited impact assessments and scaling.
Capacity building on ‘ecohealth’ in Southeast Asia – successes and challengesILRI
To address current challenges related to disease emergences in livestock and humans, new integrated approaches are needed to promote collaboration between involved actors and groups towards more effective control. Southeast Asia is considered a hotspot for diseases emergence as demonstrated with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Such new approaches include the ‘ecohealth’ (EH) concept, an approach pioneered over the last decades by the International Development Research Centre, Canada (IDRC).
This document summarizes a seminar on One Health and EcoHealth approaches in Southeast Asia. It discusses several major programs that take integrated One Health/EcoHealth approaches to address emerging infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and other health issues at the human-animal-environment interface. Evaluations found that these programs have strengthened the capacity of professionals across sectors and led to some policy impacts. However, the sustainability of these donor-funded programs remains a question, and greater coordination and funding diversification is needed to advance One Health/EcoHealth approaches in the region.
EcoHealth approach to control of zoonotic emerging infectious diseases in Sou...ILRI
Presented by Jeff Gilbert at the second scientific Asia and the Pacific symposium on "Sustainable diets: Human nutrition and livestock", Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 21 August 2013.
EcoHealth in action in Southeast Asia: Results and experiences from six trans...ILRI
Presentation by Jeff Gilbert, Fred Unger, Rainer Assé, Korapin Tohtubtian, Lucy Lapar, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Delia Grace and Purvi Mehta at the First African Regional Conference of the International Association on Ecology and Health (Africa 2013 Ecohealth), Grand Bassam , Côte d'Ivoire, 1-5 October 2013.
Importance of parasitic foodborne diseases in rural areas of southern Laos: A...ILRI
Presentation by Vannaphone Putthana, Panomsak Promburom, Thipphakone Lacksivy,Dethaloun Meunsen, Amphone Keosengthong, Garance Danner, Khao Keonam, Palamy Changleuxai, Nalita Adsanychanh, Daosavanh Sanamxay, Phongsamouth Suthammavong, Khampasong Ninnasopha, Aurélie Binot, Stephane Herder and Fred Unger at the 4th International One Health Congress and 6th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Ecology and Health (One Health EcoHealth 2016), Melbourne, Australia, 3–7 December 2016.
Ecosystem approaches to the better management of zoonotic emerging infectious...ILRI
This document summarizes the EcoZD project, which aims to build capacity for managing zoonotic diseases in Southeast Asia using an ecosystems approach. It describes the project's inception focusing on capacity building and risk assessment. Over time, the project adapted to emphasize a learning-by-doing approach through country-specific research on priority zoonoses. It also established EcoHealth Resource Centers at universities in Thailand and Indonesia to provide training, research, knowledge sharing and advocacy for an ecosystems approach to health.
Day 1 keynote address: David Pelletier, Cornell University: “Nutrition Policy Processes”
Workshop on Approaches and Methods for Policy Process Research, co-sponsored by the CGIAR Research Programs on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) and Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) at IFPRI-Washington DC, November 18-20, 2013.
Presented by Jeff Gilbert at a meeting on sharing the experiences on the application of One Health approaches in China, Beijing, China, 8-9 August 2013.
Managing sustainable One Health teams: Lessons from case studies on pork safe...ILRI
Poster by Fred Unger, Phuc Pham Duc, Pham Van Hung, Vannaphone Putthana, Huyen Le Thi Thanh, Vu Thi Nga, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Delia Grace and Hung Nguyen-Viet presented at the virtual edition of the 6th World One Health Congress, 30 October–3 November 2020.
HPSR stands for health policy and systems research. It seeks to understand how societies organize themselves to achieve health goals and how different actors interact in the policy and implementation processes to contribute to health outcomes. It is interdisciplinary, drawing from fields like economics, sociology, and public health. HPSR is distinguished by the issues and questions considered rather than disciplinary base. It focuses on both describing health systems and evaluating them, as well as analyzing policies and the policy-making process. The research considers multiple levels from macro to micro. A range of study designs can be used depending on the question.
Dangerous olives and other stories: The future of transdisciplinary behaviour change’
Dr Fiona Spotswood, Senior Lecturer of Marketing in UWE provides an introduction to social practice theory.
After the completion of her PhD which criticised the individualistic and psychologically-underpinned nature of much social marketing activity, Fiona has continued to focus on the cultural view of socially problematic behaviours, with a specific interest into the implications of marketing on various cultural phenomena which are damaging to societal wellbeing.
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EcoHealth-One Health resource centres in Thailand and Indonesia: Establishmen...ILRI
Presentation by Fred Unger, Lertrak Srikitjakarn, Wayan T Artama, Tongkorn
Meeyam, Dyah Ayu Widiasih, Jeffrey Gilbert and Delia Grace at the Ecohealth 2014 conference, Montreal, Canada, 11-15 August 2014.
Small ruminant keepers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards peste des ...ILRI
Presentation by Guy Ilboudo, Abel Sènabgè Biguezoton, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Modou Moustapha Lo, Zoë Campbell and Michel Dione at the 6th Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Networks (PPR-GREN) annual meeting, Bengaluru, India, 28–30 November 2023.
Small ruminant keepers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards peste des ...ILRI
Poster by Guy Ilboudo, Abel Sènabgè Biguezoton, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Modou Moustapha Lo, Zoë Campbell and Michel Dione presented at the 6th Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Networks (PPR-GREN) annual meeting, Bengaluru, India, 29 November 2023.
A training, certification and marketing scheme for informal dairy vendors in ...ILRI
Presentation by Silvia Alonso, Jef L. Leroy, Emmanuel Muunda, Moira Donahue Angel, Emily Kilonzi, Giordano Palloni, Gideon Kiarie, Paula Dominguez-Salas and Delia Grace at the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 16 October 2023.
Milk safety and child nutrition impacts of the MoreMilk training, certificati...ILRI
Poster by Silvia Alonso, Emmanuel Muunda, Moira Donahue Angel, Emily Kilonzi, Giordano Palloni, Gideon Kiarie, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Delia Grace and Jef L. Leroy presented at the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 16 October 2023.
Preventing the next pandemic: a 12-slide primer on emerging zoonotic diseasesILRI
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
Preventing preventable diseases: a 12-slide primer on foodborne diseaseILRI
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
Preventing a post-antibiotic era: a 12-slide primer on antimicrobial resistanceILRI
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise boosts blood flow, releases endorphins, and promotes changes in the brain which help enhance one's emotional well-being and mental clarity.
Food safety research in low- and middle-income countriesILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet at the first technical meeting to launch the Food Safety Working Group under the One Health Partnership framework, Hanoi, Vietnam, 28 September 2023
The Food Safety Working Group (FSWG) in Vietnam was created in 2015 at the request of the Deputy Prime Minister to address food safety issues in the country. It brings together government agencies, ministries, and development partners to facilitate joint policy dialogue and improve food safety. Over eight years of operations led by different organizations, the FSWG has contributed to various initiatives. However, it faces challenges of diminished government participation over time and dependence on active members. Going forward, it will strengthen its operations by integrating under Vietnam's One Health Partnership framework to better engage stakeholders and achieve policy impacts.
Reservoirs of pathogenic Leptospira species in UgandaILRI
Presentation by Lordrick Alinaitwe, Martin Wainaina, Salome Dürr, Clovice Kankya, Velma Kivali, James Bugeza, Martin Richter, Kristina Roesel, Annie Cook and Anne Mayer-Scholl at the University of Bern Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 29 June 2023.
Assessing meat microbiological safety and associated handling practices in bu...ILRI
Presentation by Patricia Koech, Winnie Ogutu, Linnet Ochieng, Delia Grace, George Gitao, Lily Bebora, Max Korir, Florence Mutua and Arshnee Moodley at the 8th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana, 26–29 September 2023.
Ecological factors associated with abundance and distribution of mosquito vec...ILRI
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Ecohealth and One Health research in Southeast Asia: Examples, challenges, successes and outlook
1. Ecohealth and One Health research in Southeast Asia:
Examples, challenges, successes and outlook
Fred Unger, Hung Nguyen-Viet and Delia Grace
International Livestock Research Institute
1st international conference on One Health
Theme: One Health Approach in Zoonotic Disease Control Strategy
Malang, Indonesia, 1–2 March 2017
2. Presentation outline
• Ecohealth versus One Health and history in SE Asia
• Review of selected Eco Health & One Health initiatives
• Case study, learning by doing
• Final reflections, conclusions & way forward
3. Eco Health & One Health
Various definitions (open to debate):
range from quite rigid to very flexible!
There is no single universally accepted definition of either “One Health”
or “EcoHealth.” (Even the spelling of the terms is not yet standardized:
some prefer to write ecohealth without any capitalization.)
4. Eco Health – One Health Contrast
Eco Health
Originated in biological
Ecology/land conversation
Complexity focus/systems
Communicable/non communicable
diseases
Pioneered from IDRC and
outside traditional helth
(heavy metal toxicity in communities
and related to mining)
‘Bottom Up’
Vets, medicals, epidemiologists,
ecologists, social scientists,
philosophers, indigenous
perspectives, etc.
Eco health
One
Health
Integrated approach
One Health
Schwabe’s One Medicine
One world/One Medicine
(Zinsstag)
More quantitative focus
(animal/human/wildlife)
Communicable diseases,
zoonoses
Vets, medicals, some
ecologist
Currently institutionalized
(FAO, OIE, WHO)
Modified after IAEA 2014
5. OneHealth/EcoHealth in SE Asia
• One-Health
– Various initiatives started in late 2000th in a response to HPAI
International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic
Influenza, New Delhi, Dec 2007, FAO, OIE, and WHO – to
develop a joint strategic One World, One Health framework
– IMCAPI, 2008 & 2010; Stone Mountain, 2010
– Meanwhile wide range of initiatives emerged
• Eco-Health
– Introduced by IDRC to SE Asia mid of the 2000
– Initial approach through existing informal researcher networks
– IDRC funded various projects: APAIR/APEIR, EcoEID, FBLI,
BECA and EcoZD
7. Review of selected EH and OH
initiatives
Intiatives were reviewed in terms of certain characteristics:
• Capacity building
• Action research component
• Focus on EH and or OH
• Networking demonstrated
• Funding dependency
• M & E tool and Impact assessment
• Research evidence in terms of peer reviewed papers
• Scaling out
• Policy engagement
9. Summary on initiatives focus and
characteristics
Focus & characteristics/
initiatives
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Capacity building (general)
Curricula support
Action research funded
EH
OH
Strong networking
Focus & characteristics/
initiatives
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Capacity building (general) X X X X X X X X
Curricula support X X X X
Action research funded X X X X X X
EcoHealth X X X X X
One Health X (x) X X
Strong networking X X X X X X X
10. Summary on initiatives focus and
characteristics
Focus & characteristics/
initiatives
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
External funded/co-funded X X X X X X X X
M & E tool X X X X X X X X
Impact assessment (x) (x) (x)
Scaling out X
Peer reviewed publication X X X X X X
Policy engagement X (x) X X
11. Ecohealth: good uptake and well perceived
• Most of initiatives focused on capacity building, others
mainly on research or both
• Research results generated using an OH/EH approach in
the field of EIDs or ZEIDs, but quality varying
• Limited peer reviewed papers, but high number of “locally”
published papers
• Several networks established
Review of EH/OH initatives – lessons learned
12. A decade of EH/OH – a success story
REFLECTIONS on what comes next
• Impact assessments on the OH & EH still limited
– What has really changed and how
– How this changes have been documented
– How sustainable are these changes
– Recognition of the value added (e.g. research trials)
• Initiatives need to operate more coordinated
• More policy engagement needed
• High donor dependency
• Private sector involvement is often missing
• Scaling out needs to be better shown
Review of EH/OH initatives – lessons learned
13. 3. Specific case studies “learning by doing”
From previous or ongoing ILRI projects in SE Asia
• EcoZD, project highlights and 2 case stud
• Pig RISK (Vietnam)
Com Across
• Laos case study, parasitic foodborne zoonoses
14. GHGI
Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of Zoonotic
Emerging Infectious Diseases in Southeast Asia (EcoZD)
2007 – 2013 (++)
6 countries:
• Thailand
• Vietnam
• Cambodia
• Indonesia
• Laos
• China (Yunnan)
ZEID: Brucellosis,
Salmonella, Rabies,
Leptospiroses…
15. ILRI EcoZD - general reflections
• Learning by doing EcoHealth approach
• Emphasis on capacity building - an approach where teams made
key research decisions and were supported in implementation
• Amendments made based on own but also reflections of partners
– 2 EHRC established
• Outcome mapping used for evaluation of EH uptake
16. Challenges across all teams
• Various definitions (EcoHealth and OneHealth)
• Identification of a common research interest
• Budget sharing
• Social science vs. biometric science expertise
• Qualitative vs. quantitative research – synthesis of both
• Basic research skills limitations (study design and sampling)
– Two-dimensional capacity-building requirement (EH and
technical)
• EH incorporation in the case studies – reality check –
– often more Vet PH than EH
17. EcoHealth case study 1:
Yunnan/China
”
Ecosystem approaches to better manage brucellosis and
toxoplasmosis in Yunnan, China
Problem: Brucellosis ermerging in Southern China
18. Brucellosis & toxoplasmosis in Yunnan
1. Identification of a common research topic
• Four different institutions with different locations, priorities and interests
Approach: Consensus building and trust, allocate sufficient time (> 1 year)
2. No experience with an EH approach
• Strong silo-thinking and biometric driven research team, resulted in an
continued demand for biological sampling
Approach: EH training and national EH champion
3. Perception on qualitative research tools
• Some team members had perception that qualitative research is less
valid or scientific and therefore not useful
Approach: EH champion & learning by doing experience
19. Monitoring of EH uptake using Outcome mapping
EH principles + - Evaluation Comments
Transdisciplinary
research
Some changes within
the research team
Still biometric,
PH driven **
Participation Various actors,
groups & tools ** EH champion,
team highly
motivated
Equity/gender Ethnic minorities Gender
perspective
weak
* In all EcoZD
team poor
Knowledge to
action
Policy brief
Policy meetings ** Sometimes lost
track as in
Chinese
System thinking EH framework Not fully
applied * Continuous
challenge
Sustainability Enhanced exchange
at village level (Vet,
PH, village heads,
party committee)
** Positive side
effects (village
toilets)
* L ** M ***H
20. Qualitative research
Final reflections
Team initial sceptical but then excited about use of qualitative tools
Younger team members more open to EH approach
Finally one of the best teams
Incentive: Invited by FAO to Beijing to present results
Extended networking (e.g. EHRC, VPHCAP and PENAPH)
22. Case study 2:
Optimizing rabies control in Bali: An ecohealth approach
The problem:
• Rabies was an emerging zoonoses since its introduction
• Conventional control measures show limited success
• Prominent role of dogs in Bali society
– Initial mass culling (Strychnine) faced strong obligations (local and
international)
– Obligations against general population control measures
Classical vet approach:
Vaccination in dogs and sterilisation if applicable
23. Case studies 2:
Optimizing rabies control in Bali: An ecohealth approach
Eco Health perspective:
Better understand:
• Social cultural relationship between dogs and the Balinese
community
• Dog population in Bali and its dynamics.
• Dog ecology in Bali and measure its contact intensity with other
animals and human.
Aim: Develop a model for sustainable Rabies prevention and
control at banjar level through community empowerment.
Aligned with vaccination campaigns in dogs (FAO, LS services)
24. Ecohealth pillars
Dissemination:
Pilot Village (A
community-based
approach) +
Awareness in
Elementary School
Dog ecology Study
(Behaviour, fecundity
and demography of
dog)
Social Culture Study
System
Thinking
(ecohealth
principle (EP) #1)
Knowledge to Action
(EP # 2)(Governor of
Bali)
Trans-diciplinary
Approach (EP# 3), e.g.
research from various
backgrounds
Participation (EP # 4)
Equity (EP # 5), e.g.
male more responsibly
in dog raising
Sustainability(EP# 6)
e.g. village cadre’s
trained
Review
25. Case study 2:
Optimizing rabies control in Bali: An ecohealth approach.”
Challenges and approaches to address them
Huge team
- Clear role for each member needed
Publications
– Who publishes what in a (huge) transdisciplinary team
– Publications demanded for almost all team members
– Use of double lead authorships - some journals support this
Various peer reviewed papers in international journals (last Feb 2017)
Final evaluation
• Scientifically strong team members of various backgrounds
• Most of team members have EH experience from other IDRC
studies
26. Case study 3: PigRISK project (2012-2017)
To assess impacts of pork-borne diseases on
human health and the livestock and identify
control points for risk management
Integrated approach
• Interdisciplinary team: vets, public health
specialists, economists, animal scientists,
modellers
• Data collected along entire pork value
chain
Study sites
Two provinces
Farm-to-fork appoach
Problem:
Food safety ranked by Vietnamese equal or
higher than eduction and health
27. PigRISK project (2012-2017)
Challenges
• Joint surveys and analyses
e.g. Socio-economic aspects and biological
surveys and cross-sectoral papers
Achievements
• Strong and sustainable interdisciplinary
team even not primary One Health project
What makes it work
• Trust and confidence between team
members
• Teams involved since the project design
• All activities jointly planned but still specific
expertise kept by each team (also papers)
• Recognition as expert team by third party
(other universities, Vietnamese food safety
28. The problem
• Parasitic zoonoses are often neglected
disease but endemic in the Laos
e.g. trichinellosis, cysticercosis and liver
fluke
• Some characteristics of animal
production and food consumption habits
in Laos likely promote zoonoses spread:
– both human and animal populations
live in in close proximity
– a smallholder production systems
with mixed species and no
biosecurity
– abattoirs and wet markets operating
with rudimentary hygiene
– widespread consumption of raw
meat/fish
Case study 4:foodborne zoonoses
Lao long-term study on parasitic
29. Case study 4:
Lao long-term study on parasitic foodborne zoonoses
Team include expertise from:
• Animal science, public health, social science, later communication &
environment added
Start up challenges:
• Identification of the research topic
– Disease focus, tendency to narrow it down to a specific disease
• Research objectives, activities and expected outputs disconnected
– Tendency to narrow down groups involved e.g. only farmers initially
involved
• Strong preference on the use of biometric approaches
– Biological sampling, expressed repeatedly by team members
• Limited understanding of OH/EH principles
Action: OH/EH expert, sufficient time allocation, ComModel approach
30. Overall reflections from case studies
• OH and EH well perceived by teams
• Trust building & team consensus is key and takes time
• Continued reality check needed to keep track on OH/EH
• Easier to achieve early success with partners already
experienced in EH e.g. Indonesia. More difficult but perhaps
more significant, with teams with no previous exposure to
multi-disciplinary approaches (e.g. China)
• Identifying of common vision and sharing of credits among
team members and groups is key for success
e.g.publications in a multidisciplinary team
32. The way forward from a
regional perspective
Research: “learning by doing“ for OH/EH case studies
Training: Various levels and modules to be offered (short
courses – degree) to address a wide audience
- from grass root level practitioners to policy makers
- from project design to system thinking
M&E: Focus on monitoring behaviour change of partners
Sustainability: Increase own funding and interest from policy makers
Explore private sector involvement
Policy translation: ongoing efforts needed (policy briefs ect.)
Dissemination and policy translation (national/regional)
regular roundtable discussions/fora
aligned to regional/national decision bodies (e.g. ASEAN)
33. The presentation has a Creative Commons licence. You are free to re-use or distribute this work, provided credit is
given to ILRI.
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Special thanks to:
• EcoZD team (former) and its coordinator Jeffrey Gilbert
• ComAcross team, Laos and its coordinator Aurelie Binote
Ecohealth Research in Practice: Innovative
applications of an ecosystem approach to health