Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 27 - 43
Published: Oct. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
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0Whiteness in Veterinary Science
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
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0Measuring the One Health impacts associated with creating access to veterinary care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12
Published: Dec. 9, 2024
Integrating community perceptions into One Health assessments is critical to understanding the structural barriers that create disproportionate health outcomes for members, their pets, and ecosystems encompass them, particularly in historically marginalized under-resourced communities. The validated Community Assessment (OHCA) survey instrument was used evaluate associated impacts of Humane Society United States' Pets Life (PFL) programming on communities' Health. This evaluation took place across two phases, totaling four years. In phase one (May 2018 - December 2019), PFL intervention administered urban rural community, while demographically-paired communities served as comparison sites. Five OHCA subscales (human health, pet environmental perceived links) were employed measure changes fourteen items access human healthcare, care, environment. Initiation confirmatory second study 2020-October 2021), which all received intervention, coincided with onset COVID-19 pandemic. pandemic its resulting public mandates hindered both data collection. Generalized Estimating Equations first analyses model intervention. study's phase, significant increases presence during increased health. variables not able be isolated within analyses. However, due severe, negative implications pandemic, results interpreted from perspective being largest driver results. are consistent previous research effects These findings offer initial support hypothesis deployment resources focused companion animals may affect triad confirms
Language: Английский
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0Identifying need for spay and neuter services: A GIS-based analysis
CABI One Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: May 17, 2023
Abstract This study provides a method for assessing the need spay and neuter services in Massachusetts by creating composite index that accounts spatial accessibility social vulnerability. An (AI) of existing low-cost spay/neuter (S/N) facilities was created using two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) which then combined with vulnerability (SVI) from Centers Disease Control Prevention to create (NI). Two methods selecting final target areas NI results were examined used make recommendations S/N funding allocation. The construction (i.e. factors included or weights applied factors) had significant impact on results. displayed statistically autocorrelation, hot spot analysis revealed clusters comparatively high- low-need regions state. identified strongly influenced high levels urban low more rural western Massachusetts. this project demonstrate utility geographic information systems (GIS)-based veterinary shelter medicine, as well potential use non-veterinary specific data, such CDC SVI, when planning equitable distribution limited resources. One Health statement Providing owned free-roaming cats, dogs other companion animal species is integral health well-being animals themselves. Their human companions also reap physical mental benefits human–animal bond, addition environmental public limiting dog cat populations. By recognizing relationships between populations, gaps can be addressed through data inform decisions relevant service are lacking. A accounting resources transdisciplinary approach takes methodologies health, acknowledges populations surrounding applies practical identifying medical services.
Language: Английский
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0Whiteness in Veterinary Science
Published: Dec. 29, 2023
Language: Английский
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