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Understanding the participation outcomes for persons with disability when partnered with assistance dogs: A scoping review
Contributor(s):: Futeran, N., Mackenzie, L., Wilkes-Gillan, S., Dickson, C.
INTRODUCTION: Assistance dogs are trained to support persons living with disability and mitigate limitations that hinder their participation in everyday activities. Despite participation being a frequent challenge for people with disabilities, evidence linking assistance dog provision to improved...
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Can hippotherapy make a difference in the quality of life of children with cerebral palsy? A pragmatic study
Contributor(s):: Silkwood-Sherer, D. J., McGibbon, N. H.
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Principal Component Analysis as a novel method for the assessment of the enclosure use patterns of captive Livingstone's fruit bats (Pteropus livingstonii)
Contributor(s):: Edwards, Morgan J., Hosie, Charlotte A., Smith, Tessa E., Wormell, Dominic, Price, Eluned, Stanley, Christina R.
The Spread of Participation Index (SPI) is a standard tool for assessing the suitability of enclosure design by measuring how captive animals access space. This metric, however, lacks the precision to quantify individual-level space utilization or to determine how the distribution of resources...
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Impact of Socio-Economic Status on Accessibility of Dog Training Classes
| Contributor(s):: Lauren Harris, Tamsin Durston, Jake Flatman, Denise Kelly, Michelle Moat, Rahana Mohammed, Tracey Smith, MariaWickes, Melissa Upjohn, Rachel Casey
Behaviour problems are amongst the most common reasons given for relinquishing dogs to rehoming centres. Some behaviour problems may be amenable to being tackled pre-emptively with classes educating owners on basic dog training and understanding behaviour; however, it is recognised that people...
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Equine-Assisted Services for Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review
| Contributor(s):: Helmer, Anne, Wechsler, Tamar, Gilboa, Yafit
Objective: This systematic review evaluated equine-assisted activities and therapies (EAATs), formerly referred to as equine-assisted services (EAS), in children and youth (ages 6–18 years) with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to the International...
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Refinements to captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) care: a self-medication paradigm
| Contributor(s):: Webb, S. J. N., Hau, J., Schapiro, S. J.
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Eläinavusteista työskentelyä hyvinvointipalveluihin
| Contributor(s):: Leena Välimaa
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Assistive Device Use among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Profile of Canadians Using Hearing, Vision, and Mobility Devices in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
| Contributor(s):: Ishigami, Yoko, Jutai, Jeffrey, Kirkland, Susan
There is increasing recognition that using assistive devices can support healthy aging. Minimizing discomfort and loss of function and increasing independence can have a substantial impact physically, psychologically, and financially on persons with functional impairments and resulting activity...
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Measuring welfare in captive flamingos: Activity patterns and exhibit usage in zoo-housed birds
| Contributor(s):: Rose, Paul E., Brereton, James E., Croft, Darren P.
Birds do not always feature heavily in zoo-based welfare and behaviour research. Studying how individuals use the space provided to them helps inform captive care and enables objective measurement of animal welfare. The aim of this study was to determine the variables that influence how flamingos...
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Arrival Stories: Using Participatory, Embodied, Sensory Ethnography to Explore the Making of an English City for Newly Arrived International Students
| Contributor(s):: Stevenson, Andrew
Places are more than mere locations indicated by coordinates on a map. They are sites invested with meaning that arises out of mobile, embodied, sensuous experience. The construction of place is explored here in the context of participatory, embodied, sensory ethnographic research. I curated a...
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Exploring the Influence of the ROC Integrated High School Program
| Contributor(s):: Scott Caspell
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Koira-avusteinen terapia lasten psyykkisten häiriöiden hoidossa
| Contributor(s):: Susanna Tuovinen
Koira-avusteinen psykoterapia on maailmalla tunnettu hoitomuoto psyykkisten häiriöiden hoidossa. Suomessa se ei kuitenkaan ole vielä saavuttanut samanlaista suosiota. Tämä opinnäytetyö kertoo koira-avusteisesta terapiasta ja sen käytöstä...
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Mögliche Effekte der tiergestützten Therapie bei Menschen mit Demenz : Umsetzung dieses Ansatzes in der Ergotherapie
| Contributor(s):: Sarah Hauser, Erika Kuster
Ziel: In dieser Bachelorarbeit geht es darum, mögliche Effekte von tiergestützter Therapie auf älteren Menschen mit Demenz aufzuzeigen und mögliche Ansätze für die Ergotherapie anhand des Lifestyle Performance Models darzustellen.Hintergrund: Durch den...
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Transformative participation in agrobiodiversity governance: making the case for an environmental justice approach
| Contributor(s):: Coolsaet, B.
This paper makes the case for an environmental justice approach to the practice and study of participation and effectiveness in agrobiodiversity governance. It is argued that, in order to understand the conditions under which participation leads to improved outcomes, the concept has to be...
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Are farmers in alternative food networks social entrepreneurs? Evidence from a behavioral approach
| Contributor(s):: Migliore, G., Schifani, G., Romeo, P., Hashem, S., Cembalo, L.
Social entrepreneurship, individual activities with a social objective, is used in this study as a conceptual tool for empirically examining farmers' participation in alternative food networks (AFNs). This study verifies whether their participation is driven by the social entrepreneurship...
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The Effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy at a Long Term Care Facility
| Contributor(s):: Sarah Kendziorski, Carol Treacy
This thesis is a qualitative study on how resident pets impacted the lives of residents in a nursing home. Through the hermeneutic process, ten participants were interviewed to determine their relationships with the animals. Five common themes emerged from this study; (a) the participants enjoyed...
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Human-Animal Interaction as a Context for Positive Youth Development: A Relational Developmental Systems Approach to Constructing Human-Animal Interaction Theory and Research
| Contributor(s):: Mueller, M. K.
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Couple involvement in serious leisure: examining participation in dog agility
| Contributor(s):: Hultsman, Wendy Z.
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Risk assessment of genetically modified food and neoliberalism: an argument for democratizing the regulatory review protocol of the Food and Drug Administration
| Contributor(s):: Meghani, Z.
The primary responsibility of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to protect public health by ensuring the safety of the food supply. To that end, it sometimes conducts risk assessments of novel food products, such as genetically modified (GM) food. The FDA describes its regulatory...
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The diverse values and motivations of Vermont farm to institution supply chain actors
| Contributor(s):: Conner, D. S., Sevoian, N., Heiss, S. N., Berlin, L.
Farm to institution (FTI) efforts aim to increase the amount of locally produced foods, typically fruits and vegetables, served by institutions such as schools, colleges, hospitals, senior meal sites, and correctional facilities. Scholars have cited these efforts as contributing to public health...
