The Roses Ocean and Human Health Chair : A New Way to Engage the Public in Oceans and Human Health Challenges
Lloret, Josep (Universitat de Girona. Institut d'Ecologia Aquàtica)
Abós-Herràndiz, Rafael (Institut Català de la Salut)
Alemany, Sílvia (Museu d'Història de Sant Feliu de Guíxols)
Allué, Rosario (Catalunya. Generalitat. Direcció General de Pesca i Afers Marítims)
Bartra, Joan (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona)
Basagaña, Maria (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol)
Berdalet, Elisa (Institut de Ciències del Mar)
Campàs i Homs, Mònica (Marine and Continental Waters Programme (IRTA))
Carreño, Arnau (Universitat de Girona. Institut d'Ecologia Aquàtica)
Demestre, Montserrat (Institut de Ciències del Mar)
Diogène, Jorge (Marine and Continental Waters Programme (IRTA))
Fontdecaba, Eva (Institut Català de la Salut)
Gascon, Mireia (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública)
Gómez Mestres, Sílvia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural)
Izquierdo, Angel (Hospital Universitari de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta)
Mas, Lluïsa (Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya)
Marquès, Montse (Universitat Rovira i Virgili)
Pedro-Botet, Juan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina)
Pery, Maria (Catalunya. Servei d'Espais Naturals Protegits)
Peters, Francesc (Institut de Ciències del Mar)
Pintó, Xavier (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge)
Planas, Marta (Universitat de Girona. Institut d'Ecologia Aquàtica)
Sabatés, Ana (Institut de Ciències del Mar)
San, Joan (Universitat de Girona. Institut d'Ecologia Aquàtica)
Sanchez-Vidal, Anna (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de la Terra i de l'Oceà)
Trepat, Martí (Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya)
Vendrell, Cristina (Institut Català de la Salut)
Fleming, Lora E. (University of Exeter Medical School. European Centre for Environment and Human Health)
Hospital del Mar

Date:	2020
Abstract:	Involving and engaging stakeholders is crucial for studying and managing the complex interactions between marine ecosystems and human health and wellbeing. The Oceans and Human Health Chair was founded in the town of Roses (Catalonia, Spain, NW Mediterranean) in 2018, the fruit of a regional partnership between various stakeholders, and for the purpose of leading the way to better health and wellbeing through ocean research and conservation. The Chair is located in an area of the Mediterranean with a notable fishing, tourist, and seafaring tradition and is close to a marine reserve, providing the opportunity to observe diverse environmental conditions and coastal and maritime activities. The Chair is a case study demonstrating that local, collaborative, transdisciplinary, trans-sector, and bottom-up approaches offer tremendous opportunities for engaging coastal communities to help support long-lasting solutions that benefit everyone, and especially those living by the sea or making their living from the goods and services provided by the sea. Furthermore, the Chair has successfully integrated most of its experts in oceans and human health from the most prestigious institutions in Catalonia. The Chair focuses on three main topics identified by local stakeholders: Fish and Health; Leisure, Health, and Wellbeing; and Medicines from the Sea. Led by stakeholder engagement, the Chair can serve as a novel approach within the oceans and human health field of study to tackle a variety of environmental and public health challenges related to both communicable and non-communicable diseases, within the context of sociocultural issues. Drawing on the example provided by the Chair, four principles are established to encourage improved participatory processes in the oceans and human health field: bottom-up, "think local", transdisciplinary and trans-sectorial, and "balance the many voices".
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Marine conservation ; Public health ; Participatory process ; Citizen science
Published in:	International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol. 17 (july 2020) , ISSN 1660-4601

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17145078
PMID: 32674437

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