The pet connection: Pets as a conduit for social capital?

Wood, Lisa; Giles-Corti, Billie; Bulsara, Mahesh

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.01.017

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“…10,12 The OPET study adds to existing literature describing the relationship between DO and their companion dogs.…”

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confidence: 99%

Health Perceptions and Levels of Attachment: Owners and Pets Exercising Together

Stephens¹,

Wilson²,

Goodie³

et al. 2012

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Background: Obesity is a parallel problem in canine and human populations. We describe health perceptions and levels of companion animal attachment in a cohort of dog owners.Methods: As part of a larger trial examining the impact of veterinary counseling on activity levels of dog owners and their pets, owners presenting to a veterinary referral center were asked to self-report perceived levels of health and attachment to their dog (Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale). Owner body mass index and the body conditioning score of the companion dog were also recorded.Results

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“…10,12 The OPET study adds to existing literature describing the relationship between DO and their companion dogs.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health Perceptions and Levels of Attachment: Owners and Pets Exercising Together

Stephens¹,

Wilson²,

Goodie³

et al. 2012

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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“…Walking a dog bridges private and public spaces, facilitating social contact and reci-procity between neighbors. 30,31 Pets encourage participation in organized and casual activities. Pet owners are more civically engaged than people without pets.…”

Section: Pets In the Familymentioning

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Pets' Impact on Your Patients' Health: Leveraging Benefits and Mitigating Risk

Hodgson

Barton

Darling

et al. 2015

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Over two thirds of Americans live with pets and consider them important members of the family. Pets benefit human health (zooeyia) in 4 ways: as builders of social capital, as agents of harm reduction, as motivators for healthy behavior change, and as potential participants in treatment plans. Conversely, pets can present risks to their owners. They are potential sources of zoonotic disease and injury. Pets can also challenge a family's prioritization of financial and social resources. To activate the benefits of zooeyia and appropriately calibrate and mitigate zoonotic risk, physicians first need to know about the pets in their patients' families. Asking about pets is a simple and feasible approach to assess patients' environmental history and social capital. Asking about pets is a nonthreatening way to build rapport and demonstrates an interest in the whole family, which can improve the physician-patient therapeutic alliance. Physicians can use an interprofessional, collaborative approach with veterinarians to address zoonotic health risks and leverage zooeyia. (J Am Board Fam Med 2015;28:526 -534.)

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“…1 For a comprehensive overview of the benefits of pet ownership for human health, see Wood et al (2005). 2 This was done only after initial checks showed that owning multiple pets confers no additional health benefits.…”

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Pets and Human Health in Germany and Australia: National Longitudinal Results

2006

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL RESULTS AbstractThe German and Australian longitudinal surveys analysed here are the first national representative surveys to show that (1) people who continuously own a pet are the healthiest group and (2) people who cease to have a pet or never had one are less healthy. Most previous studies which have claimed that pets confer health benefits were cross-sectional. So they were open to the objection that owners may have been healthier in the first place, rather than becoming healthier due to owning a pet. In both countries the data show that pet owners make about 15% fewer annual doctor visits than non-owners. The relationship remains statistically significant after controlling for gender, age, marital status, income and other variables associated with health.

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The pet connection: Pets as a conduit for social capital?

Cited by 355 publications

References 57 publications

Health Perceptions and Levels of Attachment: Owners and Pets Exercising Together

Health Perceptions and Levels of Attachment: Owners and Pets Exercising Together

Pets' Impact on Your Patients' Health: Leveraging Benefits and Mitigating Risk

Pets and Human Health in Germany and Australia: National Longitudinal Results

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