Table 2 Knowledge of participants about one health (N = 711)
Question | Yes (%) | No (%) | Don’t know (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Did any of your curricula refer to one health? | 466 (65.5) | 122 (17.2) | 123 (17.3) |
2. Is one health concept collaborative, interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral multi-institutional approach linking many different forms of knowledge and expertise? | 594 (83.5) | 19 (2.7) | 98 (13.8) |
3. Is the major goal of the one health approach to achieve optimal health outcomes recognizing interconnection between people, animals, plants and their shared environment? | 616 (86.6) | 14 (2.0) | 81 (11.4) |
4. Is your country member of any of OH project or networks? | 346 (48.7) | 43 (6.0) | 322 (45.3) |
5. Do common one health issues include zoonotic diseases? | 555 (78.1) | 29 (4.1) | 127 (17.9) |
6. Do common one health issues include antimicrobial resistance? | 582 (81.9) | 23 (3.2) | 106 (14.9) |
7. Do common one health issues include food safety and food security? | 570 (80.2) | 36 (5.1) | 105 (14.8) |
8. Do common one health issues include environmental contamination? | 581 (81.7) | 33 (4.6) | 97 (13.6) |
9. Do common one health issues include other health threats shared by people, animals, and environment? | 584 (82.1) | 25 (3.5) | 102 (14.3) |
10. Are you currently involved in OH initiatives (surveillance, prevention and control of zoonosis, environmental contamination in foods, antimicrobial resistance)? | 291 (40.9) | 341 (48.0) | 79 (11.1) |
11. Are medical practitioners and veterinarians only involved in one health activities? | 152 (21.4) | 416 (58.5) | 143 (20.1) |
12. Has your institution endorsed /adopted one health? | 297 (41.8) | 113 (15.9) | 301 (42.3) |
13. How relevant are the following one health advantages described in literature approach? 13.1 Early detection of threat and timely effective and rapid response 13.2 More effective disease control and/or biosecurity measures 13.3 Economic benefit and increase economic efficiency 13.4 Improvement in human or animal health (well-being) 13.5 Higher quantity of information and improved knowledge and skills 13.6 Ecosystem benefit 13.7 Personal or social benefits 13.8 Design of health policies | 492 (69.2) 518 (72.9) 453 (63.7) 520 (73.1) 493 (69.3) 477 (67.1) 442 (62.2) 499 (70.2) | 25 (3.5) 43 (6.0) 63 (8.9) 48 (6.8) 35 (4.9) 38 (5.3) 72 (10.1) 34 (4.8) | 194 (27.3) 150 (21.1) 195 (27.4) 143 (20.1) 183 (25.7) 196 (27.6) 197 (27.7) 178 (25.0) |
14. Are there in your country recent initiatives to encourage intersectoral collaboration (at administrative level) aimed to global advocacy of one health approach? | 399 (56.1) | 64 (9.0) | 248 (34.9) |