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Dogs at school: a quantitative analysis of parental perceptions of canine-assisted activities in schools mediated by child anxiety score and use case

International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2022
Canine-assisted activities in schools can benefit students’ educational, emotional, and social needs. Furthermore, they could be an effective form of non-clinical mental health treatment for children and adolescents.
Wendy Irene Fynn, Jessica Runacres
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Occurrence of ESKAPE Bacteria Group in Dogs, and the Related Zoonotic Risk in Animal-Assisted Therapy, and in Animal-Assisted Activity in the Health Context [PDF]

, 2020
Animal-assisted interventions are widely implemented in different contexts worldwide. Particularly, animal-assisted therapies and animal-assisted activities are often implemented in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and other health facilities.
Fioretti, Alessandro, Menna, Lucia Francesca, Sansone, Mario, Santaniello, Antonio   +3 more
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Risks and benefits of animal-assisted interventions for critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units

Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care, 2023
Background Pets offer significant health benefits, from decreased cardiovascular risks to anxiety and post-traumatic stress improvements. Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) are not frequently practiced in the intensive care unit (ICU) for fear of health
Marco Fiore, Andrea Cortegiani, Giansaverio Friolo, Francesca Frigieri Covani, Luigi Cardia, Fausto Ferraro, Daniela Alampi   +6 more
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Fur, Fin, and Feather: Management of Animal Interactions in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities

Animals, 2022
Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) have been occurring in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) for more than 40 years and may relieve loneliness and improve quality of life.
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
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Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Animal Assisted Activity in Orthodontics

Animals, 2022
Dental anxiety affects up to 21% of children and 80% of adults and is associated with lifelong dental avoidance. Animal assisted activity (AAA) is widely used to reduce anxiety and pain in medical settings and has promise in dentistry. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate caregiver and patient perceptions of canine AAA in orthodontics. A
Katelyn Cass, Clare Bocklage, Taylor Sulkowski, Christina Graves, Nare Ghaltakhchyan, Allen Rapolla, Tate Jackson, Kimon Divaris, Chris Wiesen, Timothy Strauman, Laura Jacox   +10 more
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Orangulas: effect of scheduled visual enrichment on behavioral and endocrine aspects of a captive orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) [PDF]

, 2020
Captivity may have adverse effects on captive great apes, as they spend much more of their time engaged in foraging and other activities in the wild. Enrichment interventions have the potential to alleviate the adverse effects of captivity by introducing
Bach, Lars A, Hammer, Trine, Hansen, Dan Witzner, Kruse Nielsen, Rikke, Malmkvist, Jens, Miani, Alessandro, Miani, Alessandro, Olvido Perea Garcia , Juan, Pertoldi, Cino, Pertoldi, Cino, Pertoldi, Cino   +10 more
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An exploratory randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of different duration of canine-assisted interventions in higher education students

Human-Animal Interactions, 2023
The aim of this study was to explore whether different durations of canine-assisted intervention (CAI) influenced the beneficial effects of CAI on anxiety, stress, depression, and the well-being of higher education (HE) students.
Karen Manville, Mark Coulson, Gemma Reynolds   +2 more
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Human-Animal Interaction in Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI)s: Zoonosis Risks, Benefits, and Future Directions—A One Health Approach

Animals, 2023
Animal-assisted interventions (AAI)s represent the expression of integrated medicine, according to the One Health approach. Actually, animal-assisted therapies and animal-assisted activities are implemented in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, etc.
Giovanna Liguori, Anna Costagliola, Renato Lombardi, Orlando Paciello, Antonio Giordano   +4 more
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Early evidence of stone tool use in bone working activities at Qesem Cave, Israel [PDF]

, 2016
For a long while, the controversy surrounding several bone tools coming from pre-Upper Palaeolithic contexts favoured the view of Homo sapiens as the only species of the genus Homo capable of modifying animal bones into specialised tools.
Barkai, Ran, Blasco, Ruth, CRISTIANI, Emanuela, Gopher, Avi, LEMORINI, Cristina, Nunziante Cesaro, Stella, Rosell, Jordi, VENDITTI, FLAVIA, Zupancich, Andrea   +8 more
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The effect of animal-assisted therapy on fine motor skill development. [PDF]

The Young Researcher, 2020
This study investigated the effect of weekly animal assisted activities utilizing guinea pigs on the fine motor development of children in grades kindergarten through third while also aiming to find more engaging and effective methods of occupational ...
McWatters, M.
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