Apesar de existir diversos programas voltados a crianças que visam promover a educação em guarda responsável de cães e gatos no mundo inteiro, existem poucos estudos avaliando o impacto destas ações no conhecimento de crianças sobre o assunto e a sua influência no bem-estar desses animais. Como é sabido, a educação em guarda responsável tem um papel importante no controle populacional de cães e gatos, na prevenção do abandono, na promoção do bem-estar animal e saúde humana, sendo assim uma questão de saúde única. Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a influência do ensino da educação em guarda responsável para crianças e as possíveis interferências deste conhecimento no bem-estar animal. O estudo foi direcionado a crianças de 6 a 10 anos de idade, realizado em uma escola públicado Capão Redondo, distrito localizado na cidade e no estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Foram aplicados questionários a fim de avaliar o conhecimento dos alunos sobre a guarda responsável antes e após seis meses das ações educativas. Os resultados concluíram que crianças que participam de intervenções educativas, apresentam maior conhecimento sobre o tema, portanto o ensino da educação em guarda responsável a crianças é fundamental para torná-los adultos conscientes que podem causar impactos positivos no bem-estar de cães e gatos. / Although there are several programs directed to children to promote responsible pet ownership worldwide ,there are few studies evaluating the impact of the sections on children\'s knowledge about the subject and their influence on the animal welfare. As it is well known, responsible pet ownership driven education plays an important role in the pet population control , in preventing abandonment, in promoting animal welfar e and in human health, thus being a one health issue. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of education on responsible pet ownership for children and the possible interferences of this knowledge on animal welfare. The study was direct ed to children from 6 to 10 years of age, conducted at a public school in capão redon do, located in the city and state of são paulo, brazil. Questionnaires were applied in o rder to evaluate students\' knowledge about responsible pet ownership before and aft er six months of educational actions. The results showed that children, who participat e in educational interventions were able to acquire greater knowledge about the subj ect; so we conclude that teaching and overall education in responsible pet ownership for children is fundamental to make them conscient adults,who can have a positive Impaction animal welfare.

Orientador: José Rafael Modolo / Banca: Luciana Maria Lunardi Campos / Banca: Luiz Carlos de Souza / Resumo: Neste trabalho foi elaborado questionário e o mesmo foi aplicado à uma parcela da população (cerca de 8%) que se dirigia aos postos de vacinação durante as Campanhas de Vacinação contra raiva nos municípios de Botucatu e Lençóis Paulista, ambas realizadas no ano de 2003. Questionário que abordava assuntos como a higiene do proprietário no trato com o cão. Também buscava-se informações sobre a posse responsável do proprietário para com seu animal de estimação. E por fim avaliava o grau de informação da população sobre a raiva, doença cujo controle é alcançado vacinando-se os uma parcela significativa de cães e gatos de uma região. Quando das 18 questões analisadas, verificou-se alguns pontos onde os conhecimentos dos entrevistados não traduziam as atitudes corretas em relação aos procedimentos saudáveis no relacionamento com seus animais. Em relação ao conhecimento sobre a raiva e os procedimentos adotados perante as hipóteses levantadas pelo questionário, as respostas atingiram níveis satisfatórios. Os resultados obtidos fornecerão subsídios para se identificar deficiências e se planejar medidas de educação em saúde, aplicáveis a diferentes extratos populacionais, abordando os temas discutidos aqui, de maneira acessível. / Abstract: In this report a questionnaire was elaborated and applied in one part of the population (about 8%) who went to vaccination places during the campaigns against rabies in Botucatu and Lençóis Paulista, both achieved in the 2003. The questionnaire which approached subjects such the hygiene of the owner in the treatment with his dog. It was also looked for information about the responsible ownership of his pet. And at last it was evaluated the degree of knowledge of the population about rabies, disease which control is reached vaccinating a significant number of cats and dogs of a region .Some points were detected among the eighteen questions analysed, where the interviewers knowledge didnþt translate the correct attitudes related to healthy procedures in the relationship with their animals. In relation to the knowledge about rabies and the procedures adopted over the raised hypotheses from the questionnaire, the answers reached satisfactory levels. The results obtained will provide subsidies to identify deficiencies and plan measurements of Education in health, applied in different populations, approaching the subjects discussed here, in an accessible way. / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-02-12Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:27:44Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 gabriel_fhl_me_botfmvz.pdf: 438014 bytes, checksum: dc671194fcc943ed26a4c47198491747 (MD5) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / Neste trabalho foi elaborado questionário e o mesmo foi aplicado à uma parcela da população (cerca de 8%) que se dirigia aos postos de vacinação durante as Campanhas de Vacinação contra raiva nos municípios de Botucatu e Lençóis Paulista, ambas realizadas no ano de 2003. Questionário que abordava assuntos como a higiene do proprietário no trato com o cão. Também buscava-se informações sobre a posse responsável do proprietário para com seu animal de estimação. E por fim avaliava o grau de informação da população sobre a raiva, doença cujo controle é alcançado vacinando-se os uma parcela significativa de cães e gatos de uma região. Quando das 18 questões analisadas, verificou-se alguns pontos onde os conhecimentos dos entrevistados não traduziam as atitudes corretas em relação aos procedimentos saudáveis no relacionamento com seus animais. Em relação ao conhecimento sobre a raiva e os procedimentos adotados perante as hipóteses levantadas pelo questionário, as respostas atingiram níveis satisfatórios. Os resultados obtidos fornecerão subsídios para se identificar deficiências e se planejar medidas de educação em saúde, aplicáveis a diferentes extratos populacionais, abordando os temas discutidos aqui, de maneira acessível. / In this report a questionnaire was elaborated and applied in one part of the population (about 8%) who went to vaccination places during the campaigns against rabies in Botucatu and Lençóis Paulista, both achieved in the 2003. The questionnaire which approached subjects such the hygiene of the owner in the treatment with his dog. It was also looked for information about the responsible ownership of his pet. And at last it was evaluated the degree of knowledge of the population about rabies, disease which control is reached vaccinating a significant number of cats and dogs of a region .Some points were detected among the eighteen questions analysed, where the interviewers knowledge didnþt translate the correct attitudes related to healthy procedures in the relationship with their animals. In relation to the knowledge about rabies and the procedures adopted over the raised hypotheses from the questionnaire, the answers reached satisfactory levels. The results obtained will provide subsidies to identify deficiencies and plan measurements of Education in health, applied in different populations, approaching the subjects discussed here, in an accessible way.

Optimal responsiveness to infant cues, an integral component of parental caregiving, is thought to be determined by multiple factors including maternal mood, previous experiences of caregiving, and infant characteristics. This thesis builds on previous work and details novel investigations of brain, affective, and attitudinal responses to infants/children. In the first two studies, we investigated the effects of maternal mood and parity (previous experiences of caregiving) on brain response to affectively positive infant pictures using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). We found that mothers with postpartum depression showed an elevated right amygdala response to infant pictures in comparison to mothers without PPD and depressed non- mothers. Further, functional connectivity between the bilateral amygdalae and the right insular cortex was negatively correlated with clinical symptoms (self-reported depression and anxiety). Therefore, as depression and anxiety symptoms increased amygdala to insular cortex connectivity decreases and vice versa. In the third study, we developed a novel data-driven infant cuteness (DDIcute) metric using the infant pictures presented in the first two studies. In line with ethological postulations on cuteness (infant characteristics), we found that infant pictures with a higher DDIcute score were associated with increased positive/approach-related affective responses and decreased negative/avoidant-related affective responses. In the fourth study, we investigated whether the sex differences in attitudes about children and childcare were moderated by pet ownership/care (previous experiences of caregiving). We found that pet ownership and care eliminated sex differences in attitudes about children and childcare. This effect was driven by males; compared to males with low levels of experience caring for pets, males with high levels of experience caring for pets had more positive attitudes about children and childcare. / Thesis / Doctor of Science (PhD) / The work presented in this thesis adds to literature on human caregiving. In different studies we investigated brain, emotional, and attitudinal responses to human babies and children in people with and without depression as well as in people with different levels of caregiving experience. In the first two studies, we measured brain response to smiling baby pictures in depressed and non-depressed mothers and non-mothers. The amygdala is a brain region that is involved in the neurobiology underlying both depression and maternal behaviour. We found that amygdala response was the highest among mothers with postpartum depression. We also found that the coupled activity of the left and right amygdalae and another brain region called the insula was altered in mothers with postpartum depression. In the third study, we measured facial features of the baby faces presented in the first two studies to develop a measure of cuteness. We also measured emotional responses to the baby faces. We found that cuter infants elicited more positive and less negative emotional responses. In the fourth study, we measured differences in attitudes about children and caregiving between men and women who did and did not own and care for pets—specifically dogs and/or cats. We found that compared to men who did not own and/or care for pets, men who had more experience caring for pets had more positive attitudes about children and childcare.

Sleep is an essential part of life, and obtaining quality sleep is important for various areas of functioning. Behaviors to promote sleep include physical activity, managing stress, reducing anxiety symptoms, maintaining a consistent sleep schedule, and obtaining bright light exposure. Many of these behaviors overlap with benefits observed from pet ownership (PO). The present study aimed to examine the relation between PO and sleep as well as moderators and mediators of this relation. Four research questions were examined: 1) Is PO significantly related to sleep? 2) Does gender moderate the relation between PO and sleep? 3) Do sleep-promoting behaviors (i.e., physical activity, perceived stress, anxiety symptoms, bright light exposure, sleep-wake variability) mediate the relation between PO and sleep? 4) Do the mediating effects of the sleep-promoting behaviors on the relation between PO and sleep depend on the regularity of walking? Participants (N = 1,250; 80.8% White; 50.5% men) residing in the United States reported on their sleep, physical activity, perceived stress, anxiety symptoms, and light exposure. Participants were 25.5% non-pet owners (NPO), 24.1% cat-only owners (CO), 25.7% dog-only owners (DO), and 24.7% owned dogs and cats (DCO). Data analyses included ANCOVA, Moderation, Parallel Mediation, and Conditional Process Modeling. Key findings included that PO was significantly related to sleep, with NPO sleeping worse than PO (CO/DO/DCO combined) and DCO reporting the best sleep of all four PO groups. The relation between PO and sleep did not significantly differ for men and women. The relation was significantly mediated by anxiety symptoms, perceived stress, light exposure, and sleep-wake variability depending on the groups compared and scoring methods used. Anxiety symptoms and perceived stress were the most robust mediators of the relation between PO and sleep. Walking regularity did not change the mediating effects between PO and sleep. This study is one of the first to examine daytime mechanisms of the relation between PO and sleep. The findings provide a foundation for future research examining how the integration of PO and sleep-promoting behaviors can improve adherence to sleep health recommendations, thus improving owners’ sleep.