Integrating Human-Animal Care Through a Public Health-Driven One Health Clinic Model in Pima County, Arizona.
Mitchell, Cedar L.; Ramirez, Vickie; Santos, Ellen; Noumeh, Danielle; VerSchave, Shayla; Escheman, Haley; Goetz, Nellie; Figueroa, Michele; Wagner, Karl; Singletary, Mariana; Kohler, Lindsay N.; Ellingson, Katherine D.; Wagner, Jennifer; Pogreba-Brown, Kristen; Cullen, Theresa A.
Why this matters
People will come for their pets when they will not come for themselves. Five mobile One Health clinics in Pima County, Arizona served 108 clients and 93 pets, 44 percent of clients unhoused or unstably housed, and identified three sexually transmitted infections that would likely have gone undetected.
Abstract
Five mobile, public health-led One Health clinics were implemented in Pima County, Arizona, integrating human, animal, and environmental health. The first 5 clinics served 108 clients and 93 pets; 44% of clients were unhoused or unstably housed. Clinics facilitated partnership among service providers and supported vaccine uptake among people and pets. Three cases of sexually transmitted infections were identified that might otherwise have remained undetected.