The emergence of human–animal support services (HASS)—services provided to help keep
people and their companion animals together—in the United States has been driven by two …

North Americans consider companion-animals as family members and increasingly as
attachment figures. Across the health sciences and professions, substantial qualitative and …

This chapter draws on convergence across disciplines, sectors, and cultures to examine key
characteristics of a fundamental and integrative shift in how health is protected, promoted …

The beneficial role of companion animals on human health and wellbeing across the life
span is well documented in the rapidly expanding multi disciplinary body of literature known …

There is growing interest in the health-promoting potential of human-companion animal
relationships from a broad public health perspective while acknowledging barriers to …

Humans have long co-existed, with animal domestication dating back thousands of years.
The positive nature of many human–animal relationships can be felt intuitively and is …

CHOICE Recommended title 2022 This timely book reframes the historic narrative of people,
animals, and nature as risks to each other, to one where we think about health as a shared …

Interdisciplinary collaborations to address human, animal, and environmental health have
been emphasized since the inception of the One Health framework. A quantitative survey …

As evidenced by their significant numbers in American households and the important roles
they play in the living environment of humans, animals are key stakeholders in our …

The underlying principle of the One Health initiative is that physicians and veterinarians
should work collaboratively for optimal global human and animal health. Such collaboration …