The Roses Ocean and Human Health Chair
A New Way to Engage the Public in Oceans and Human Health Challenges
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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
Environmental health · Human health · Public health · Coastal and Marine Management · Medicine · Nursing
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Communicating ocean and human health connections
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Creating meeting grounds for transdisciplinary climate research
Research on Modern Marine Environmental Governance in China
Governing the Commons
Planning with Complexity
A Comparison of Three Holistic Approaches to Health
Local Ecological Knowledge and Institutional Dynamics for Ecosystem Management
Outdoor blue spaces, human health and well-being
Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing
Social theory and fisheries co-management
Research Note
Actionable Knowledge for Environmental Decision Making
Fostering human health through ocean sustainability in the 21st century
Health Implications of Drinking Water Salinity in Coastal Areas of Bangladesh
Connecting communities and complexity
A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science
Actionable knowledge and the art of engagement
Overcoming the failures of citizen participation
Scientist and stakeholder perspectives of transdisciplinary research
Industrialization and Welfare
Participatory action research
Citizen Participation in Decision Making
Governance and Coercion
A Comparison of a Collaborative and Top‐Down Approach to the Use of Science in Policy
Public involvement in research about environmental change and health
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| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |