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This chapter offers insights from the environmental management paradigm of ‘social–ecological systems’ and related bodies of theory on people–environment relationships to assist the evolution of the One Health interdisciplinary endeavour of health promotion across human–animal ecosystem relationships. It also seeks to expand thinking about the social and cultural dimensions that are likely to prove important in the development of thinking and practice in the One Health field. It advocates consideration of cultural and economic relationships affecting people’s interactions with domesticated and wild animal species and ecosystems, and exploration of the cognitive and behavioural aspects of these interactions.
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The author thanks collaborators in a recent study of zooneses, for introducing her to the work in One Health and expanding her knowledge of zoonoses. She particularly acknowledges the influences of Helen Scottorr, John Mackenzie, Lisa Adams, Jane Goller, Ian Patrick and Anne Ancia.
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Ross, H. (2012). One Health from a Social–Ecological Systems Perspective: Enriching Social and Cultural Dimensions. In: Mackenzie, J., Jeggo, M., Daszak, P., Richt, J. (eds) One Health: The Human-Animal-Environment Interfaces in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 366. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/82_2012_275
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