Stimulating collaboration between human and veterinary health care professionals

BMC Veterinary Research

Research Article

Jaap Schaveling¹  Robert Jan Blomme¹  Björn G.M. Eussen¹  Maria J. Dragt¹ 

[1] Center for Leadership and Management Development, Nyenrode Business University, P.O. Box 130, 3620 AC, Breukelen, Netherlands;

关键词: One health;    Social dilemma;    Collaboration;    Veterinarians;    Physicians;    Knowledge sharing;    Common Ingroup Identity Model;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12917-017-1072-x

 received in 2016-01-18, accepted in 2017-05-23,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDespite the need to control outbreaks of (emerging) zoonotic diseases and the need for added value in comparative/translational medicine, jointly addressed in the One Health approach [One health Initiative (n.d.a). About the One Health Initiative.http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/about.php. Accessed 13 September 2016], collaboration between human and veterinary health care professionals is limited. This study focuses on the social dilemma experienced by health care professionals and ways in which an interdisciplinary approach could be developed.ResultsBased on Gaertner and Dovidio’s Common Ingroup Identity Model, a number of questionnaires were designed and tested; with PROGRESS, the relation between collaboration and common goal was assessed, mediated by decategorization, recategorization, mutual differentiation and knowledge sharing. This study confirms the Common Ingroup Identity Model stating that common goals stimulate collaboration. Decategorization and mutual differentiation proved to be significant in this relationship; recategorization and knowledge sharing mediate this relation.ConclusionsIt can be concluded that the Common Ingroup Identity Model theory helps us to understand how health care professionals perceive the One Health initiative and how they can intervene in this process. In the One Health approach, professional associations could adopt a facilitating role.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2017