ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
This article is part of the Research TopicCommunity Engagement: Models and EffectivenessView all 23 articles
Community Health Resource Project: Highlighting One Health Resources across Rural Georgia to Build Healthier Communities
Provisionally accepted
Tanya E. Jules*
Megan MercerJessica Smith SchwindPatricia LaRose-WalthourJennifer L. DreyJill JohnsMichelle N. Tremblay- Institute for Health Logistics and Analytics, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, United States
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Public health professionals frequently engage with residents of rural Georgia to conduct needs-based initiatives, which aim to identify deficiencies and shortcomings in community health. However, this process can exacerbate existing stereotypes and lead community members to feel a sense of despair in their own communities. The Community Health Resource Project (CHRP) offers a counterbalance through a strengths-based approach by highlighting animal, plant, human, and environmental resources, or 'One Health' assets, that currently exist in the community. CHRP begins by analyzing publicly available county-level data to gain an initial understanding of the health landscape before proceeding to the field. Next, the team engages in Participatory Asset Mapping (PAM) to gather community-driven qualitative insights on existing One Health assets in participating rural or underserved counties. Data gathered from community engagement strategies inform the development of comprehensive county-specific asset maps and reports. This paper describes the methods of applying a strengths-based approach to highlight community One Health-related assets. These strategies can be a valuable tool for developing targeted workforce development efforts in resource-limited counties for the benefit of all species.
Keywords: Participatory asset mapping, rural, Georgia, One Health, strengths-based, community engagement strategies
Received: 28 Apr 2025; Accepted: 24 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Jules, Mercer, Schwind, LaRose-Walthour, Drey, Johns and Tremblay. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Tanya E. Jules, tjules@georgiasouthern.edu
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