Incorporating Complementary and Integrative Health Providers in the Public Health Pandemic Response: Lessons from COVID-19 and Recommendations for the Future from a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel

Abstract

This report aims to inform complementary and integrative health (CIH) and public health practitioners about integrating CIH providers as part of the public health workforce for future public health emergencies. The objectives were to define the potential roles CIH practitioners could play and how the CIH professions could collectively mobilize to become a part of the public health workforce. We searched the literature and convened an expert panel of ten CIH and public health practitioners to discuss the topic.