Factors influencing antimicrobial resistance in the European food system and potential leverage points for intervention: A participatory, One Health study.
Irene Anna LambrakiMelanie CousinsTiscar GraellsAnaïs LégerPatrik HenrikssonStephan HarbarthMax TroellDidier WernliPeter Søgaard JørgensenAndrew P DesboisCarolee A CarsonElizabeth Jane ParmleyShannon Elizabeth MajowiczPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Our study produced a CLD of factors influencing AMR in Europe's food system that implicates sectors across the One Health spectrum. The high connectivity between the CLD factors described by participants and our finding that factors are connected with many feedback mechanisms underscores the complexity of the AMR problem and the challenge with finding long-term solutions. Identifying factors and feedbacks helped identify relevant leverage points in the system. Some actions, such as government's setting AMU standards may be easier to implement. These actions in turn can support multi-pronged actions that can help redefine the vision, values and goals of the system to sustainably tackle AMR.