Operationalising planetary health as a game-changing paradigm: health impact assessments are key

Steven A Osofsky,Montira J Pongsiri

doi:10.1016/s2542-5196(17)30183-3

Steven A Osofsky, Montira J Pongsiri

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s2542-5196(17)30183-3

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Abstract

Operationalising planetary health as a game-changing paradigm: health impact assessments are key

Highlights

We have watched with excited astonishment how relatively quickly the planetary health[1] paradigm has gained traction with major foundations, the UN system, and a wide range of actors in the public health[2] and environmental conservation[3] realms
In terms of an operational definition, is a field focused on improving the understanding of, and ability to measure, the public health impacts of anthropogenic environmental change, so as to inform decision-making in the land-use planning, ocean-use planning, environmental conservation, and public health policy realms
The type of transdisciplinary work that planetary health by its nature demands can help in efforts to ensure that the public health consequences of natural resource management decisions get explicitly factored into these decisions at a range of scales, instead of remaining in the realm of vague and poorly quantified externalities.[5]

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Introduction

We have watched with excited astonishment how relatively quickly the planetary health[1] paradigm has gained traction with major foundations, the UN system, and a wide range of actors in the public health[2] and environmental conservation[3] realms. In terms of an operational definition, is a field focused on improving the understanding of, and ability to measure, the public health impacts of anthropogenic environmental change, so as to inform decision-making in the land-use planning, ocean-use planning, environmental conservation, and public health policy realms.

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