One Health models are lacking an indigenous perspective

Abstract

Indigenous peoples can help to build a more holistic approach to the health of humans and nature, writes Arthur Blume Indigenous world views have long appreciated and valued the interdependence of the natural world, and have contributed to a holistic and egalitarian frame of reference for understanding healthy relationships.1 The One Health movements emerged to integrate research and surveillance of human health with that of the natural world and have been proposed as holistic alternatives to the existing colonial model that may help to avoid zoonotic transmission of infectious diseases and health consequences from climate change.234 Some One Health oriented researchers have seen the value of including Indigenous peoples in the research,5 with many assuming that Indigenous peoples would gravitate toward One Health movements. However, none of the One …