PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Martinez, Stephanie
AU  - Sullivan, Ava
AU  - Hagan, Emily
AU  - Goley, Jonathan
AU  - Epstein, Jonathan H.
AU  - Olival, Kevin J.
AU  - Saylors, Karen
AU  - Euren, Jason
AU  - Bangura, James
AU  - Zikankuba, Sijali
AU  - Mouiche, Mohamed Moctar Mouliom
AU  - Camara, Alpha Oumar
AU  - Desmond, James
AU  - Islam, Ariful
AU  - Hughes, Tom
AU  - Wacharplusadee, Supaporn
AU  - Duong, Veasna
AU  - Nga, Nguyen Thi Thanh
AU  - Bird, Brian
AU  - Goldstein, Tracey
AU  - Wolking, David
AU  - Johnson, Christine K.
AU  - Mazet, Jonna AK
AU  - Olson, Sarah H.
AU  - Fine, Amanda E.
AU  - Valitutto, Marc
AU  - Karesh, William B.
AU  - Daszak, Peter
AU  - Francisco, Leilani
AU  - ,
TI  - Living Safely With Bats: Lessons in Developing and Sharing a Global One Health Educational Resource
AID  - 10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00106
DP  - 2022 Dec 21
TA  - Global Health: Science and Practice
PG  - e2200106
VI  - 10
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/10/6/e2200106.short
4100  - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/10/6/e2200106.full
SO  - GLOB HEALTH SCI PRACT2022 Dec 21; 10
AB  - Key FindingsFrom the Living Safely With Bats book’s inception to distribution, the content development team engaged and collaborated with multilevel stakeholders from multiple countries on the diverse cultural contexts and local knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding zoonotic diseases.The book development process provided insights on how to strategically adapt text and artwork targeted at community-level implementation to reinforce public health and wildlife conservation messages that could be tailored to audiences according to their risk compositions and local contexts.Integrating multisectoral feedback from experts in animal health, human health, and conservation at every facet of the project ensured that a One Health lens was applied throughout the development process.Key ImplicationGlobal research efforts should budget for both planned and potential projects that can translate findings into community-oriented, evidence-based risk communication materials. This includes providing support for evaluation activities.As part of a public health behavior change and communication strategy related to the identification of a novel ebolavirus in bats in Sierra Leone in 2016, a consortium of experts launched an effort to create a widely accessible resource for community awareness and education on reducing disease risk. The resulting picture book, Living Safely With Bats, includes technical content developed by a consortium of experts in public health, animal health, conservation, bats, and disease ecology from 30 countries. The book has now been adapted, translated, and used in more than 20 countries in Africa and Asia. We review the processes used to integrate feedback from local stakeholders and multidisciplinary experts. We also provide recommendations for One Health and other practitioners who choose to pursue the development and evaluation of this or similar zoonotic disease risk mitigation tools.