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. 2017 Sep 29;4:163. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00163

Table 1.

Comparison of the three approaches.

One Health EcoHealth Planetary Health
Narrow Wide Narrow Wide
Core contributing sciences Human Public health
  • Public health

  • Human medicine

  • Molecular and microbiology

  • Health economics

  • Social sciences

  • Public health

  • Human medicine

  • Rural and urban development and planning

  • Social sciences

  • Anthropology

  • Public health

  • Human medicine

  • Human medicine

  • Economy

  • Energy

  • Natural resources

Animal Veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine Agricultural sciences (including plant and animal production sciences)
Ecosystem
  • Environmental health

  • Ecology

Conservation and ecosystem management
  • Ecology

  • Other environmental sciences (including climate and biodiversity research)

  • Marine sciences

Knowledge base Western scientific Western scientific
  • Western scientific

  • Indigenous knowledge

Western scientific Western scientific
Core values Health Individual health Individual and population health Population health Individual and population health Individual and population health
Groups
  • Humans

  • Animals

  • Humans

  • Animals

  • Ecosystems

  • Humans

  • Animals

  • Ecosystems

Humans Humans
Other
  • Biodiversity

  • Sustainability (for humans, animals, ecosystems)

Sustainability (for humans) Sustainability (for humans)
Reference (2, 5, 8, 9) (4, 7, 8, 11) (1, 6, 1215) (17) (3)