Proposed Table of Contents
Part 1: Introductory Concepts in Planetary Health
Chapter 1: Understanding Planetary Health — Sharing Space in the Biosphere
- Setting the Stage – defining the biosphere
- Defining our time – entering the Anthropocene
- Planetary Health
- Planetary Health influences on Human Health
- Recognizing Planetary Health Through Zoonosis, Pandemics, and the Emergence of Infectious Diseases
- Summary
Chapter 2: Defining One Health
- What is One Health?
- Animal, Humans, and The Environment
- What is the relationship to human health? (acute and chronic)
Chapter 3: Defining ECO-Health
- What is ECO-Health
- Core Values of the ECO-Health Approach
- Nature as therapy – what is the importance of biophilia to human health
- What is the relationship to human health? (acute and chronic)
Chapter 4: Environmental Impacts From Climate Change
- Adapting to climate emergencies and natural disasters
- Physical infrastructure degradation
- What is the relationship to human health? (acute and chronic)
- Physical, mental, and social implications
Part 2: Understanding the Interface between Humans and Animals
Chapter 5: Food Security and Climate Change
- Climate calamities: drought, crop failure, pestilence, livestock death?
- What is food security
- What is food safety (what is the role of anti-microbial resistance)
- What is the relationship to human health? (acute and chronic)
- Physical, mental, and social implications
Chapter 6: Planetary Health and Infectious diseases
- What are Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs)?
- What is zoonosis?
- What are the epidemiological considerations?
- What is the relationship to human health? (acute and chronic)
- Physical, mental, and social implications
Chapter 7: Understanding the interface between humans and animals
- Human Interaction with wildlife
- Loss of Biodiversity
- Human Interaction with companion animals
- Human Interaction with Food production
- Anti-microbial resistance
- What is the relationship to human health? (acute and chronic)
- Physical, mental, and social implications
Part 3: Sustainability Issues in Climate Change
Part 4: Planetary Health Impacts on Humans
Chapter 14: Human development and health from a planetary health perspective
- Defining human development and its impact on planetary health
- The negative consequences of planetary health on non-infectious diseases
- The importance of practicing conscientious and sustainable healthcare delivery
- Working toward inter-professional problem solving and being an advocate for community development (the built environment)