Animal Assisted Interventions

Royal College of Nursing (2019) Working with dogs in health care settings. A protocol to support organisations considering working with dogs in health care settings and allied health environments. 2019 revision. London: RCN.

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Glenk L M (2017) Current perspectives on therapy dog welfare in animal-assisted interventions, Animals, 7(2), 7.

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Jones M G , Rice S M, Cotton S M (2019) Incorporating animal-assisted therapy in mental health treatments for adolescents: A systematic review of canine assisted psychotherapy, PLoS One, 14(1), e0210761.

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Rooney N J, Guest C M, Swanson L C M, Morant S V (2019) How effective are trained dogs at alerting their owners to changes in blood glycaemic levels?: Variations in performance of glycaemia alert dogs, PLoS ONE, 14(1), e0210092.

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Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust (2011) Animals within healthcare settings policy, Hampshire.

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Pets as therapy

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Hall PL and Malpus Z (2000) Pets as therapy: effects on social interaction in long-stay psychiatry, British Journal of Nursing, 9(21), pp.2220-2225.

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University of Lincoln:  Lincoln education assistance with dogs

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University of Lincoln.  The Blue Dog project: preventing dog bites in children, Lincoln: University of Lincoln.

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Society for companion animal studies, SCAS. 

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Dogs for Good (2016) Annual report & financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016, Banbury: Dogs for Good.

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Assistance dogs UK: The law

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University of Stirling: Paws for progress: 

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Yap E, Scheinberg A and Williams K (2017) Attitudes to and beliefs about animal assisted therapy for children with disabilities, Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 26, pp.47-52. 

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Barker S B, Vokes R A and Barker R T (2019) Animal-assisted interventions in health care settings: a best practices manual for establishing new programs. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press.

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Binfet J and Hartwig E K (2019) Canine-assisted interventions: a comprehensive guide to credentialing therapy dog teams. New York: Routledge.  

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Boynton A (2018) Therapy Animals. South Egremont: Red Chair Press.

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Chandler C K (2017) Animal assisted therapy in counselling. Florence: Taylor and Francis.

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Chandler C K  and Otting T L  (2018) Animal-Assisted Interventions for Emotional and Mental Health: Conversations with Pioneers of the Field. London: Routledge Ltd.

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Eckersley J (2016) Therapy Pets : A Guide. London: SPCK.

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Fine A H (2019) Handbook on animal-assisted therapy: foundations and guidelines for animal-assisted interventions. 5th edn. San Diego: Elsevier Science.

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Fong IW (2017) Emerging zoonoses: A worldwide perspective. Cham: Springer.

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Hurt A E (2018) Therapy Animals. New York, NY: Enslow Publishing.

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Jenkins M A (2019). Transforming Trauma (New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond). West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press. 

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Snyder M and Lindquist (editors) (2018) Complementary and alternative therapies in nursing. 8th edn. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

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Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic. 

• Pets as therapy
• Animal assisted therapy
• Zoonoses
• Infection prevention and control
• Animal assisted interventions
• Animal assisted counselling
• Human-animal interaction

Use these links to see details of journal articles on each topic. This will carry out a live search for articles.  

• Animal assisted therapy
• Therapy pets
• Pet infection prevention
• Prison animals
• Animal assisted interventions
• Zoonoses
• Human-animal interaction

Journal titles of interest for pets as therapy include: 

• Complementary therapies in clinical practice
• Complementary therapies in nursing and midwifery
• Infection control and infection epidemiology
• Topics in companion animal medicine

RCN Public Lecture: From detection dogs to therapy pets: animals in health.

BBC News: Don't be scared to let animals on wards, say nurses (21st June 2017).

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BBC News: Polmont inmates to train dogs in bid to boost behaviour (25th November 2010).

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PetsAsTherapy Flickr (photos).

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Animal Assisted Therapy Programs of Vienna (2016) Publications and recommended reading webpage.

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