Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, K25 Level 1, Medical Foundation Building, 94-96 Parramatta Rd, 2006 Sydney, Australia.
Health Promot Int. 2013 Sep;28(3):397-406. doi: 10.1093/heapro/das024. Epub 2012 Jul 2.
Research into physical activity and human health has recently begun to attend to dog-walking. This study extends the literature on dog-walking as a health behaviour by conceptualizing dog-walking as a caring practice. It centres on qualitative interviews with 11 Canadian dog-owners. All participants resided in urban neighbourhoods identified through previous quantitative research as conducive to dog-walking. Canine characteristics, including breed and age, were found to influence people's physical activity. The health of the dog and its position in the life-course influenced patterns of dog-walking. Frequency, duration and spatial patterns of dog-walking all depended on relationships and people's capacity to tap into resources. In foregrounding networks of care, inclusive of pets and public spaces, a relational conceptualization of dog-walking as a practice of caring helps to make sense of heterogeneity in patterns of physical activity among dog-owners.
最近，有关体力活动与人类健康的研究开始关注遛狗行为。本研究通过将遛狗行为概念化为一种关爱行为，拓展了遛狗行为作为一种健康行为的文献。研究采用定性访谈的方法，对 11 名加拿大狗主人进行了访谈。所有参与者都居住在城市社区，这些社区在前一项定量研究中被确定为有利于遛狗。犬只的特征，包括品种和年龄，被发现会影响人们的体力活动。狗的健康状况及其在生命周期中的位置影响着遛狗的模式。遛狗的频率、持续时间和空间模式都取决于人与宠物和公共空间之间的关系以及人们利用资源的能力。通过突出包括宠物和公共空间在内的关怀网络，将遛狗行为作为一种关怀实践的关系概念化，有助于理解狗主人在体力活动模式上的异质性。
