Research meets practice: Human-animal interaction in obesity across the lifespan

描述(申请人提供)：鉴于肥胖和肥胖相关疾病的流行在美国继续肆虐，有必要研究扭转这一趋势的创新方法，并促进所有公民的健康和健身，特别是在少数族裔中，他们在各个年龄段中肥胖相关疾病的发病率最高。遛狗被发现对身体活动有积极影响，这是拟议的为期一天的研讨会的一个重点，旨在促进研究人员和卫生保健从业者在人与动物互动领域的对话，从而在创造性的新方向上产生合作项目。研讨会的一个重要组成部分将是支持少数群体的卫生专业人员参加，使他们能够参与学习和对话。拟议的为期一天的一次性研讨会将嵌入国际人类学学会(ISAZ)的年度会议和由密苏里大学兽医学院人类动物互动研究中心和辛克莱护理学院主办的第一届人与动物互动(HAI)会议之间。ISAZ是在人与动物相互作用领域进行研究的国际调查小组。HAI会议将是第一次致力于护理、医学、兽医、社会工作、物理治疗、职业治疗和咨询等领域的卫生保健专业人员之间的信息传播和对话。本次会议的其他参与者将是那些在动物救援组织、动物收容所和宠物治疗探访小组等动物相关领域工作的人。对于拨款申请中提议的研讨会，在体力活动、一生中的生长发育和遛狗方面备受尊敬的全体演讲者将进行受邀演讲，并与研讨会参与者进行对话。与人类-动物相互作用和体力活动主题有关的专题讨论会的参考论文和海报介绍将由盲目同行审查程序选出。讨论活动，如“快速网络”，参与者通过小组，在5-10分钟的定时会议中与其他参与者分享他们对自己工作的见解和想法，将是研讨会的创新特点。这些活动将被用来促进参与者和发言者之间的对话，以便新的合作项目的想法可以萌芽。研讨会的另一个主要成果将是发表的论文卷。这将向参与者开放，但也将通过许多人与动物互动协会和团体的在线网页进行营销。 公共卫生相关性：鉴于肥胖和肥胖相关疾病在美国继续肆虐，有必要研究扭转这一趋势的创新方法，并促进所有公民的健康和健身，特别是在肥胖相关疾病发病率最高的少数群体中。遛狗被发现对身体活动有积极影响，这是拟议的为期一天的研讨会的一个重点，旨在促进研究人员和卫生保健从业者在人与动物互动领域的对话，从而在创造性的新方向上产生合作项目。研讨会的一个重要组成部分将是支持少数群体的卫生专业人员参加，使他们能够参与学习和对话。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Given that the obesity and obesity-related disease epidemic continues to rage in the U.S., there exists a need to examine innovative approaches to its reversal and to facilitate health and fitness among all citizens, but particularly among minorities, who have the highest incidence of obesity-related diseases across age groups. Dog-walking, found to positively influence physical activity, is a focus of the proposed one-day symposium aiming to foster dialogue between investigators and health care practitioners in the human-animal interaction field, resulting in collaborative projects in creative new directions. A vital component of the symposium will be supporting health professionals of minority groups to attend, enabling their participation in the learning and dialogue. The proposed one-time, one-day symposium will be imbedded between the annual conference of the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ), and the first Human-Animal Interaction (HAI) conference sponsored by the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine's Research Center for Human Animal Interaction and Sinclair School of Nursing. The ISAZ is the international group of investigators conducting research in the area of human-animal interaction. The HAI conference will be the first of its kind devoted to information dissemination and dialogue between health care professionals from such fields as nursing, medicine, veterinary medicine, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and counseling. Additional participants in this conference will be those working in animal-related fields such as animal rescue groups, animal shelters, and pet therapy visitation groups. For the symposium proposed in the grant application, plenary speakers who are well-respected in the fields of physical activity, growth and development across the lifespan, and dog-walking will give invited lectures and engage in dialogue with symposium participants. Refereed paper and poster presentations related to the human-animal interaction and physical activity theme for the symposium will be selected by the blind peer review process. Discussion activities such as "speed networking" in which participants move through the group fellow participants in 5-10 minute timed sessions sharing insight and ideas from their own work will be innovative features of the symposium. These activities will be used to foster dialog between participants and speakers so that ideas for new collaborative projects may be germinated. Another major outcome product of the symposium will be a published volume of the papers presented. This will be available to participants, but will also be marketed through online web-pages of numerous human-animal interaction associations and groups. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Given that the obesity and obesity-related disease epidemic continues to rage in the U.S., there exists a need to examine innovative approaches to its reversal and to facilitate health and fitness among all citizens, but particularly among minorities, who have the highest incidence of obesity-related diseases. Dog-walking, found to positively influence physical activity, is a focus of the proposed one-day symposium aiming to foster dialogue between investigators and health care practitioners in the human-animal interaction field, resulting in collaborative projects in creative new directions. A vital component of the symposium will be supporting health professionals of minority groups to attend, enabling their participation in the learning and dialogue.