It was not just a walking experience: reflections on the role of care in dog-walking
It was not just a walking experience: reflections on the role of care in dog-walking
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DOI：
10.1093/heapro/das024
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发表时间：
2013-09-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Rock, Melanie
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作者：
Degeling, Chris;Rock, Melanie
对身体活动和人类健康的研究最近开始关注遛狗。这项研究扩展了文献遛狗作为一种健康的行为，概念化遛狗作为一种关怀的做法。它集中在定性采访了11个加拿大狗主人。所有参与者都居住在通过以前的定量研究确定的有利于遛狗的城市街区。狗的特征，包括品种和年龄，被发现会影响人们的身体活动。狗的健康状况及其在生命历程中的地位影响了遛狗的模式。遛狗的频率、持续时间和空间模式都取决于关系和人们利用资源的能力。在前景化的护理网络中，包括宠物和公共空间，将遛狗作为一种护理实践的关系概念化有助于理解狗主人身体活动模式的异质性。
Research into physical activity and human health has recently begun to attend to dog-walking. This study extends the literature on dog-walking as a health behaviour by conceptualizing dog-walking as a caring practice. It centres on qualitative interviews with 11 Canadian dog-owners. All participants resided in urban neighbourhoods identified through previous quantitative research as conducive to dog-walking. Canine characteristics, including breed and age, were found to influence peoples physical activity. The health of the dog and its position in the life-course influenced patterns of dog-walking. Frequency, duration and spatial patterns of dog-walking all depended on relationships and peoples capacity to tap into resources. In foregrounding networks of care, inclusive of pets and public spaces, a relational conceptualization of dog-walking as a practice of caring helps to make sense of heterogeneity in patterns of physical activity among dog-owners.