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Exploring ecosystems and health by shifting to a regional focus: perspectives from the Oceania EcoHealth Chapter
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posted on 2015-10-13, 00:00 authored by Yotti Kingsley, Rebecca PatrickRebecca Patrick, P Horwitz, M Parkes, A Jenkins, C Massy, Claire Henderson-WilsonClaire Henderson-Wilson, K ArabenaThis article highlights contributions that can be made to the public health field by incorporating "ecosystem approaches to health" to tackle future environmental and health challenges at a regional level. This qualitative research reviews attitudes and understandings of the relationship between public health and the environment and the priorities, aspirations and challenges of a newly established group (the Oceania EcoHealth Chapter) who are attempting to promote these principles. Ten semi-structured interviews with Oceania EcoHealth Chapter members highlighted the important role such groups can play in informing organisations working in the Oceania region to improve both public health and environmental outcomes simultaneously. Participants of this study emphasise the need to elevate Indigenous knowledge in Oceania and the role regional groups play in this regard. They also emphasis that regional advocacy and ecosystem approaches to health could bypass silos in knowledge and disciplinary divides, with groups like the Oceania EcoHealth Chapter acting as a mechanism for knowledge exchange, engagement, and action at a regional level with its ability to bridge the gap between environmental stewardship and public health.
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International journal of environmental research and public healthVolume
12Issue
10Pagination
12706 - 12722Publisher
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Basel, SwitzerlandPublisher DOI
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1660-4601Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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Oceania regionecosystems approaches to healthEcosystemEnvironmentFemaleForecastingHumansMaleOceaniaPopulation GroupsPublic HealthQualitative ResearchScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineEnvironmental SciencesPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthEnvironmental Sciences & EcologyCLIMATE-CHANGEPACIFIC ISLANDSBIODIVERSITYCONSERVATIONADAPTATIONFOOD
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