Students who complete this course will:

• Discuss how/why Toolkits can be useful

• Determine the effectiveness of toolkits as a resource

• Learn the basic operation of some One Health toolkits

• Identify ways that toolkits can collaborate

• Know how to use information learned in One Health courses to apply to life

• Put together a portfolio and sustainability plan on an issue that will be assessed.

• Understand the basic concepts associated with active listening and be able to implement this skill in their work with others within and across their discipline and culture.

• Understand the importance of Emotional Intelligence and Cultural Awareness in effective and respectful communication and know where to go to improve their cultural awareness for a given situation

• Understand the dos and don’ts of building and maintaining effective and respectful relationships with communities they work with.

• Understand how to use a community-based participatory approach to define the local community’s perspective of a One Health issue.

• Learn the value and use of structured decision making

• Learn the basic principles behind and some applications of the OH-SMART tool.

• Identify Knowledge Holders and stakeholders that play roles in understanding and addressing a One Health issue.

• Know how to build open-ended questions for interviewing Knowledge Holders and stakeholders

Week 1: Building Skills

• Building skills that support success in One Health
• Active listening
• Emotional Intelligence
• Building and maintaining community relationships through a co-production of knowledge
• Communicating across disciplines and cultures
• Effective interviewing and building open-ended questions

Week 2: Community Based Approaches

• Why community-based approaches are important
• The role of the Citizen Scientist
• How the LEO Network helps communities in a One Health Context

Week 3: Decision Tools: Stakeholder Engagement, Outcomes Assessment

• Introduction to decision analysis and decision tools
• Applications and case studies
• Test questions/Discussion Board
• CDC One Health Prioritization Workshop
• What happens at a CDC One Health workshop?
• Workshops: the strengthening of multisectoral collaborations
• How prioritization workshops are useful for researchers and communities

Week 4: One Health Systems Mapping and Analysis Resource Toolkit (OH-SMART)

• OH-SMART at the State, National, and Global Levels
• Using community input to decide on which aspect of a One Health issue to work upon
• Developing and stakeholder and knowledgeholder network
• Using interviews to build a system map
• Analyzing th system map
• Developing an action plan