Members' experiences and perceptions of participating in an Australian Regional One Health Network.

IF 3.8 Q2 INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Kirrilly Thompson, Joanne Taylor, Peter D Massey, David N Durrheim
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Background: The One Health framework is intended to optimise the interdependent health of humans, animals and ecosystems. It relies on effective collaborations across disciplines, sectors and communities. One Health networks have become increasingly important platforms for encouraging, creating and supporting collaborations. Their success is usually judged by evaluations of their outputs. However, there is also a need to understand member experiences and perceptions of the networks in which they participate. To that end, we undertook the first membership survey of a One Health network that was established in Australia in 2005.

Methods: An online membership survey was created, comprising closed and open-ended questions.

Results: Around one third of the Regional One Health Partnership ('the Network') participated in the study (33 members). Participants contributed a combined total of 170 years of experience in the Network and 414 years of combined experience working in/on One Health. The Network has provided excellent opportunities for cross sectoral collaboration that would otherwise not have been possible. Findings also highlighted the intangible benefits of membership such as the creation of a collaborative support group for emerging and established One Health practitioners.

Conclusions: The Network plays an important role in One Health collaborations in New South Wales and further afield. Commensurate with the literature on One Health collaborations globally, we identified a need for greater diversity amongst members, especially from First Nations people, local communities, non-government organisations and wildlife/environment experts, as well as concerted attempts to identify policy implications. Our membership survey tool could be adapted for future One Health Network membership surveys in Australia and internationally.

成员参与澳大利亚地区 "统一健康网络 "的经验和看法。
背景:一体健康 "框架旨在优化人类、动物和生态系统相互依存的健康。它依赖于跨学科、跨部门和跨社区的有效合作。一体健康 "网络已日益成为鼓励、创建和支持合作的重要平台。其成功与否通常通过对其产出的评估来判断。然而,我们也需要了解成员的经验以及他们对所参与网络的看法。为此,我们对 2005 年在澳大利亚建立的 "一个健康 "网络进行了首次会员调查:方法:我们制作了一份在线会员调查表,其中包括封闭式问题和开放式问题:结果:约有三分之一的地区 "同一健康 "合作组织("网络")成员参与了调查(33 名成员)。参与调查的成员在 "一个健康 "网络中总共拥有 170 年的工作经验,在 "一个健康 "方面总共拥有 414 年的工作经验。该网络为跨部门合作提供了极好的机会,否则不可能实现这种合作。研究结果还强调了成员资格带来的无形益处,例如为新兴和成熟的 "一体健康 "从业人员创建了一个协作支持小组:该网络在新南威尔士州及更远地区的 "一体健康 "合作中发挥着重要作用。与有关全球 "一体健康 "合作的文献相一致,我们发现成员需要更加多样化,特别是来自原住民、当地社区、非政府组织和野生动物/环境专家的成员,并需要共同努力确定政策影响。我们的成员调查工具可用于澳大利亚和国际上未来的 "一个健康网络 "成员调查。
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