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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

The State of Animal-Assisted Interventions: Addressing the Contemporary Issues that will Shape the Future.

Aubrey H Fine, Alan M Beck, Zenithson Ng

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Dogs' Behavioural Responses to Dog-Assisted Interventions: A Field Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  17. Hippotherapy in the Treatment of CMD and Bruxism in Dentistry.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Aubrey H FineCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona- Department of Education 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768, USA. ahfine@cpp.edu.
Alan M BeckCenter for Human-Animal Bond, College Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. abeck@purdue.edu.
Zenithson NgUniversity of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. zng@utk.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the worldwide popularity of animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) increases, the fieldis quickly approaching a paradigm shift, adjusting its image to incorporate more evidence-basedresearch and aligning its purpose for advancing a new future. Contemporary critical issues thatconfront the field today include, but are not limited, to research, animal welfare, practice guidelines,and public policy. This article will provide an overview of the history of AAI and the majormilestones that the field has undergone. The current state of AAI research will be scrutinized, andthe areas that warrant further study will be recommended. Special attention will be given to thecurrent state of animal welfare in AAI, the research that has been done in the area, and practiceguidelines that safeguard animal wellbeing. This article will then discuss how evidence-basedresearch and animal welfare guidelines inform the development of comprehensive professionalstandards and influence changes in public policy regarding AAI. The authors' perceptions for thefield's future trajectory will be presented, which will include solutions to move the field in thedirection that best advances the human-animal bond in research, practice, and public perception.

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Animal Assisted TherapyAnimal WelfareHuman-Animal BondAnimalsHumansPublic PolicyAnimal-Assisted Interventions, animal welfare, professionalization, public policy, and human animal interactions

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PMID31635430
PMCPMC6843928

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