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dc.contributor.author | Ruegg, Simon R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rosenbaum Nielsen, Liza | - |
dc.contributor.author | Buttigieg, Sandra C. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Santa, Mijalche | - |
dc.contributor.author | Aragrande, Maurizio | - |
dc.contributor.author | Canali, Massimo | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ehlinger, Timothy | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chantziaras, Ilias | - |
dc.contributor.author | Boriani, Elena | - |
dc.contributor.author | Radeski, Miroslav | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bruce, Mieghan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Queenan, Kevin | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hasler, Barbara | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-13T12:44:04Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-13T12:44:04Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Ruegg, Simon R., Rosenbaum Nielsen, L., Buttigieg, S. C., Santa, M., Aragrande, M., Canali, M.,…Hasler, B. (2018). A systems approach to evaluate one health initiatives. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 5, 23. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/30985 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Challenges calling for integrated approaches to health, such as the One Health (OH) approach, typically arise from the intertwined spheres of humans, animals, and ecosystems constituting their environment. Initiatives addressing such wicked problems commonly consist of complex structures and dynamics. As a result of the EU COST Action (TD 1404) “Network for Evaluation of One Health” (NEOH), we propose an evaluation framework anchored in systems theory to address the intrinsic complexity of OH initiatives and regard them as subsystems of the context within which they operate. Typically, they intend to influence a system with a view to improve human, animal, and environmental health. The NEOH evaluation framework consists of four overarching elements, namely: (1) the definition of the initiative and its context, (2) the description of the theory of change with an assessment of expected and unexpected outcomes, (3) the process evaluation of operational and supporting infrastructures (the “OH-ness”), and (4) an assessment of the association(s) between the process evaluation and the outcomes produced. It relies on a mixed methods approach by combining a descriptive and qualitative assessment with a semi-quantitative scoring for the evaluation of the degree and structural balance of “OH-ness” (summarised in an OH-index and OH-ratio, respectively) and conventional metrics for different outcomes in a multi-criteria-decision-analysis. Here, we focus on the methodology for Elements (1) and (3) including ready-to-use Microsoft Excel spreadsheets for the assessment of the “OH-ness”. We also provide an overview of Element (2), and refer to the NEOH handbook for further details, also regarding Element (4) (http://neoh.onehealthglobal.net). The presented approach helps researchers, practitioners, and evaluators to conceptualise and conduct evaluations of integrated approaches to health and facilitates comparison and learning across different OH activities thereby facilitating decisions on resource allocation. The application of the framework has been described in eight case studies in the same Frontiers research topic and provides first data on OH-index and OH-ratio, which is an important step towards their validation and the creation of a dataset for future benchmarking, and to demonstrate under which circumstances OH initiatives provide added value compared to disciplinary or conventional health initiatives. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Research Foundation | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Public health | en_GB |
dc.subject | Environmental health | en_GB |
dc.subject | Health planning -- Analysis | en_GB |
dc.title | A systems approach to evaluate one health initiatives | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fvets.2018.00023 | - |
dc.publication.title | Frontiers in Veterinary Science | en_GB |
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