Table 2.
OHCEA OHCC Domains, Definitions, Subdomains, and Example Competencies.
| Domains | Subdomains | Definitions | Example core competencies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management | Planning Management Monitoring and evaluation Sustainability |
The process of planning, designing, implementing, organizing, monitoring, and evaluating One Health programs to maximize the effectiveness of OH action and desired health outcomes | Resource management and mobilization across sectors Create a OH action plan Ability to develop and apply M&E tools across disciplines Ability to plan for management of diseases (prevention, eradication and control) Ability to mobilize and manage resources (e.g. human, material and financial) Identify and prioritize OH related problems |
| Communication | Informatics | Acquisition, synthesis, and exchange of information across sectors, disciplines, and stakeholders to enhance and promote a common understanding of OH action | Develop a common understanding of the concept OH (knowledge of the concept, understanding the concept) Stakeholder/audience analysis Demonstrate capacity for connectivity within and across professions Demonstrate effective communication skills across OH activities and develop communication strategies (to effectively communicate with communities, scientist, policy makers (leaders) |
| Values and Ethics | The demonstration of integrity, honesty, trust, fairness, adaptability, and respect in OH action in diverse contexts | Promote transparency and accountability Be aware of own responsibility for the protection of the public Discipline and respect Demonstrate courage and perseverance in OH relevant situations To be able to demonstrate accountability responsibility honesty and respect |
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| Leadership | Teamwork Professionalism Emotional intelligence |
Initiate a shared vision; create, inspire, and motivate teams across sectors; execute a role; and manage OH actions | Promote mutual respect between different [professional] corporations Develop an integrative vision, and strategic thinking Ability to motivate, delegate, Resource mobilization Demonstrate decisiveness and effective teamwork in OH relevant situations Leadership skills (negotiation skills, lobbying) To be able to mobilize, coach, and mentor others Motivate diverse disciplines towards OH goals Influence OH stakeholder |
| Collaboration and Partnership | Community participation and engagement Stakeholder analysis |
Identify, foster, and sustain equitable relationships with stakeholders while advancing OH actions | Recognize own limitations and develop the spirit of complementarity (for each discipline), Networking Diplomacy and international relations Ability to identify potential partners and to identify interdependence within and among institutions, establish networking, collaborate within and outside Demonstrate a commitment to building a trusting partnership Identification of stakeholders Creation and maintenance of strong links among stakeholders Organize diversity into common vision |
| Systems Thinking | One Health knowledge | Comprehensive approach that recognizes and appreciates how the dynamic interactions and interdependencies among entities within an ecosystem affect the functioning of the system | Develop a strategic vision based on opportunities and threats Apply systemic approach to understanding disease outbreaks Model and apply an effective systemic approach to addressing relevant OH issues Identify and explain core OH principles Apply OH principles in one's practice To have a knowledge on ecosystem health |
| Gender, Culture and Beliefs |
The diverse social norms, values, roles, and practices among individuals and within communities and agencies | Understanding and appreciating cultural/ethnic diversity Demonstrate cultural and situational sensitivity in interactions with the local communities Ability to recognize cultural diversity and respect of cultural differences among different stakeholders Ability to reshape cultures, beliefs and practices for proper management of diseases Identify gender roles access and control over resources and impacts on One Health Ensure gender equity |
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| Policy and Advocacy | Lobbying Regulation Legislation |
Legal frameworks and other legitimate factors supporting and promoting implementation of OH approaches | Policy awareness, policy brief writing skills Skills to lobby, stakeholder engagement Identify relevant existing policies for OH concerns, design a policy to address a gap, advocate effectively for policy implementation in response to gaps identified in assessment exercises, establishment of OH data bases Share existing data across disciplines, compile new data |
| Research | Systematic investigation through multidisciplinary and intersectoral approaches to generate, validate, disseminate, and use OH knowledge | Develop an evidence-based practice Develop multidisciplinary and collaborative research Synthesize new and existing knowledge by examining ways to undertake academic research One Health. Critique research publications and reports regarding One health and identify ways to incorporate One health into them Design and conduct [create] academic qualitative and/or quantitative One health research. |