| Animal-Assisted Interventions in Health Care Settings: A Best Practices Manual for Establishing New Programs Contributor(s): Barker, Sandra B. (Author), Vokes, Rebecca A. (Author), Barker, Randolph T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557538158 ISBN-13: 9781557538154 Publisher: Purdue University Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Administration - Medical | Education & Training - Business & Economics | Production & Operations Management |
| Dewey: 615.851 |
| LCCN: 2018036881 |
| Series: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 9" (0.39 lbs) 102 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Growing literature around the benefits of animal-assisted intervention (AAI) spurs health care professionals and administrators to start new programs. Yet the trend also raises questions of how best to begin and run successful AAI programs-under what circumstances, with what staff, and within what guidelines. Animal-Assisted Interventions in Health Care Settings: A Best Practices Manual for Establishing New Programs succinctly outlines how best to develop, implement, run, and evaluate AAI programs. Drawing on extensive professional experiences and research from more than fifteen years of leading the Center for Human-Animal Interaction in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, the authors discuss both best practices and best reasons for establishing AAI programs. For thorough consideration, the text explores benefits from a variety of perspectives, including how AAI can improve patient experience, provide additional career development for staff, and contribute favorably to organizational culture and to the reputation of the facility in the surrounding community. Developed for administrators as well as for volunteers and staff, Animal-Assisted Interventions in Health Care Settings includes practical, case-based examples for easy comprehension and offers an accompanying online user-friendly template that can be adapted to develop practice-specific training, evaluation, and procedure manuals. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vokes, Rebecca A.: - Rebecca A. Vokes is administrator in residence at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, and former program coordinator at the Center for Human-Animal Interaction in the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine. She received a Bachelor of Science of psychology, and master's degree in health administration at VCU. Vokes has considerable experience in volunteer recruitment, retention, and management. She also has a background in professional dog training, and has served as a research assistant and coauthor on animal-assisted intervention studies with the Center for Human-Animal Interaction.Barker, Randolph T.: - Randolph T. Barker is a professor emeritus in the VCU School of Business and a fellow and professor at the Williamson Institute for Health Studies. Barker has extensive experience in management and program implementation. He serves as affiliate faculty senior research associate and administrative volunteer in the Center for Human-Animal Interaction.Barker, Sandra B.: - Sandra B. Barker is a professor of psychiatry and Bill Balaban Chair in Human-Animal Interaction at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). She is director of the VCU School of Medicine Center for Human-Animal Interaction. Barker has over twenty-five years of direct experience in human-animal interaction research and animal-assisted intervention practice. |