One Health practices: methodological proposal for evaluating organic social farming

Titolo Rivista SALUTE E SOCIETÀ
Autori/Curatori Angela Genova, Liliana Coppola, Pietro Paolo Guzzo
Anno di pubblicazione 2026 Fascicolo 2026/2
Lingua Inglese Numero pagine 11 P. 101-111 Dimensione file 243 KB
DOI 10.3280/SES2026-002010
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Shifting the focus in the One Health perspective from risk management to health promotion, this study investigates organic social farming in Italy as a practical application of health promotion in the One Health approach, suggesting a specific methodological proposal. While One Health is often linked to global threats, this research adopts a “reconstructive social theory” to highlight ordinary practices that generate wellbeing through human-animal-ecosystem synergy. Using a mixed-methods approach and the Dors 2020 tool, 16 organizations were analyzed. Results show that while explicit knowledge of One Health is limited, its principles of integration and empowerment are deeply rooted in the principles of their daily activities. The study confirms that organic social farms are effective “good practices” for public health promotion in the One Health perspective. It emphasizes the need for further promoting scientific tools to validate these shadowed experiences within national health agendas from a public sociology perspective.

Spostando l'attenzione, nell'ottica dell'approccio One Health, dalla gestione del rischio alla promozione della salute, questo studio esamina l'agricoltura sociale biologica in Italia come applicazione pratica della promozione della salute nell'ambito dell'approccio One Health, avanzando una proposta metodologica specifica. Sebbene l'approccio One Health sia spesso associato a minacce globali, questa ricerca adotta una “teoria sociale ricostruttiva” per mettere in luce pratiche quotidiane che generano benessere attraverso la sinergia tra uomo, animale ed ecosistema. Utilizzando un approccio a metodi misti e lo strumento Dors 2020, sono state analizzate 16 organizzazioni. I risultati mostrano che, sebbene la conoscenza esplicita di One Health sia limitata, i suoi principi di integrazione e empowerment sono profondamente radicati nei principi delle loro attività quotidiane. Lo studio conferma che le fattorie sociali biologiche sono “buone pratiche” efficaci per la promozione della salute pubblica nella prospettiva One Health. Sottolinea la necessità di promuovere ulteriormente strumenti scientifici per convalidare queste esperienze nascoste all'interno delle agende sanitarie nazionali da una prospettiva di sociologia pubblica.

Parole chiave:promozione della salute; teoria sociale ricostruttiva; metodi misti; buone pratiche; sociologia pubblica.

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Angela Genova, Liliana Coppola, Pietro Paolo Guzzo, One Health practices: methodological proposal for evaluating organic social farming in "SALUTE E SOCIETÀ" 2/2026, pp 101-111, DOI: 10.3280/SES2026-002010