The second international One Health conference (OHCEA), under the theme: “Strategic Approach to Global Health Security through One Health Innovations: Vision 2035” was held at the Speke Resort Munyonyo from 16th to 18th November, 2015 in Kampala, Uganda.
The full conference report can now be downloaded from the website: http://ohconference.ohcea.org/
The following event has been added to the NEOH website recently:
First International Conference on Human Behaviour Change for Animal Welfare
Abstract Deadline: 4th April 2016.
Date: 19th-21st September 2016
Location: Dorking, Surrey, UK
http://neoh.onehealthglobal.net/our-events/conference-human-behaviour-change-for-animal-welfare/
Improving Public Engagement With Climate Change – Five “Best Practice” Insights From Psychological Science.
This new article illustrates how psychological principles can be used to support societal engagement and climate change policymaking. Can the same lessons be useful for engagement in One Health?
Perspectives on Psychological Science 2015, Vol. 10(6) 758–763
http://pps.sagepub.com/content/10/6/758.full
Abstract
Despite being one of the most important societal challenges of the 21st century, public engagement with climate change currently remains low in the United States. Mounting evidence from across the behavioral sciences has found that most people regard climate change as a nonurgent and psychologically distant risk—spatially, temporally, and socially—which has led to deferred public decision making about mitigation and adaptation responses. In this article, we advance five simple but important “best practice” insights from psychological science that can help governments improve public policymaking about climate change. Particularly, instead of a future, distant, global, nonpersonal, and analytical risk that is often framed as an overt loss for society, we argue that policymakers should (a) emphasize climate change as a present, local, and personal risk; (b) facilitate more affective and experiential engagement; (c) leverage relevant social group norms; (d) frame policy solutions in terms of what can be gained from immediate action; and (e) appeal to intrinsically valued long-term environmental goals and outcomes. With practical examples we illustrate how these key psychological principles can be applied to support societal engagement and climate change policymaking.
The conference Pathways Kenya 2016 (http://sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu/pathways/), took place from January 10-13, 2016 in Nanyuki, Kenya.
This conference and training program was designed to address the myriad of issues that arise as people and wildlife struggle to coexist in a sustainable and healthy manner.
Their mission is to increase professionalism and effectiveness in the human dimensions of fisheries and wildlife management field.
The schedule, associated abstracts and proceedings are available online (schedule: http://programme.exordo.com/pathways2016/) .