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- Describes how animals contribute to human health and well-being from infancy to old age
- Takes a broad, multidisciplinary approach to understanding the unique relationship between humans and companion animals
- Summarizes state-of-the-art research on the human–companion animal connection in a way that is accessible to pet owners and university students from undergraduate to graduate levels
- Draws upon findings from psychology, sociology, nursing, anthrozoology, veterinary science, and many other fields
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research (BRIEFSWELLBEING)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Family Life Cycle and the Role of Pets
- Animal-assisted Interventions and Well-being
- Pets as Family Members
- Human-animal Interaction
- Family Change and Pets’ Changing Roles
- Caregiving and Stress of Aging Pets
- Promoting Healthy Development and Aging Through Pets
- Retaining Mobility and Independence Through Pets
- Role of Companion Animals
- Physiological Health Benefits Through Pets
- Social and Emotional Benefits Through Pets
Authors and Affiliations
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
Regina M. Bures
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Center for Human-Animal Interaction, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
Nancy R. Gee
About the authors
Regina M. Bures, Ph.D., is Senior Program Director at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health. At NICHD, Dr. Bures manages a diverse scientific portfolio in demography and population health. She has been an active contributor to the NICHD-Waltham partnership.
Dr. Bures received her Ph.D. in Sociology, with a specialization in Demography, from Brown University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago. Dr. Bures has received numerous grants and awards, including research funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Aging. Her research interests include human–animal interaction, child and family health across the life course, and research methods. She currently lives on a small farm with her husband, dogs, cats, and sheep.
Nancy R. Gee, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry, Bill Balaban Chair of Human–Animal Interaction, and Director of the Center for Human-Animal Interaction in the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. Previously, Dr. Gee served as the Human–Animal Interaction Research Manager, for the Waltham Petcare Science Institute in Leicestershire England. She has published extensively on HAI, including her most recent book, How Animals Help Students Learn: Research and Practice for Educators and Mental-Health Professionals.
Dr. Gee continues to pursue research in HAI across the lifespan, seeking to identify the ways in which interactions with companion animals affect human cognition, mental, and physical health. Concern for the animal’s welfare and quality of life is a primary consideration for Dr. Gee, both in the Dogs on Call hospital visitation program she administers and in her various research and writing projects. Dr. Gee is a recipient of multiple grants and awards, a member of several organizational boards and journal editorial advisory boards, a reviewer of HAI research grant proposals, and a frequent presenter at national and international HAI conferences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Well-Being Over the Life Course
Book Subtitle: Incorporating Human–Animal Interaction
Authors: Regina M. Bures, Nancy R. Gee
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64085-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64084-2Published: 15 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-64085-9Published: 14 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2211-7644
Series E-ISSN: 2211-7652
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 109
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Quality of Life Research, Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science, Developmental Psychology