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Accepted Paper:

Above and beyond the scope of intervention: one health, public health, veterinary health and values in and of anthropology  
Cynthia Hunter (University of Sydney)

Paper short abstract:

Interdisciplinary intersections are created when anthropology describes the meaningful engagement of local communities' relations with their animals. These provide platforms to discuss the implications for human, veterinary and public health informing subsequent interventionist measures and values.

Paper long abstract:

This presentation explores the outcomes of sociocultural studies of local communities' relations with their animals in Eastern Indonesia and Timor Leste. The animals are chickens and pigs. Both types of animals are kept domestically for consumption, trading and pigs in Timor Leste, for ceremonial purposes. Human health issues revolve around nutrition or lack of, and the zoonotic diseases and ramifications that may exist if animal health and nutrition is compromised. Development and intervention projects often view these issues from narrow perspectives of economy or efficacy that aim to provide 'fill the gap' knowledge of animal husbandry or human nutrition education programs as well as veterinary vaccination programs. There is a failure to accommodate, address or understand the communities' meanings and explanations of why these animals are deeply culturally embedded in everyday life. Anthropological studies value these local communities explanations and if conducted prior to the introduction of intervention or development provide valuable information that can be utilized in the design and implementation of subsequent interventions. In order for One Health to fully respond to its public health, human and animal health dimensions it is required to value anthropological research and methods in interdisciplinary health endeavours.

Panel P11
Drinking from the same well - the value of anthropology in the study of public health
  Session 1 Monday 2 December, 2019, -