scholarly journals Profile of Dogs’ Breeders and Their Considerations on Female Reproduction, Maternal Care and the Peripartum Stress—An International Survey

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2372
Author(s):  
Natalia Ribeiro Santos ◽  
Alexandra Beck ◽  
Cindy Maenhoudt ◽  
Charlotte Billy ◽  
Alain Fontbonne
Keyword(s):  
Human Interaction ◽  
Housing System ◽  
Maternal Behaviour ◽  
Female Reproduction ◽  
Behavioural Disorders ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
The Family ◽  
Peripartum Period ◽  
Family Based ◽  
The Impact

Dogs are part of many households worldwide and in recent years in some western countries, more and more people describe them as members of the family. The accurate number of dogs per household and the actual demand for puppies are hard to estimate correctly. The sources of dogs seem to be an important element to consider before acquiring a dog since some behavioural disorders are more likely observed in dogs coming from puppy mills and pet stores. Therefore, there is an increased need to better-know dog breeders, theirs believes and practices. To full-fill this objective, an online questionnaire in five different languages (English, German, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish) was sent to dog breeders. The survey intended to study the demographics of dog breeders and to understand their perception and practices about reproduction, maternal behaviour and management of the dam during the peripartum period. We were also interested to evaluate the occurrence and the impact of stress around parturition and how breeders deal with overstressed bitches and if they believe that motherly quality could have a later-on effect on the livelihood of the dog. Six hundred and sixty-eight respondents participated in the survey, mainly from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America and non-listed country (reported as ‘other’ in the survey). A country effect was observed in relation to housing system, human interaction, the use of techniques to define breeding and whelping time and different methods to manage stress during the peripartum period. Considering the demographics of the responders, breeding activity is, in general, a family based activity with an effect of country. Use of progesterone levels to manage reproduction and pregnancy diagnosis by ultrasound were cited as common practice. In general, parturition takes place under human supervision. Peripartum period was perceived as a stressful moment with a difference in the way of addressing the problem based on the country but reassuring the bitch by increasing human presence was frequently described. Inappropriate maternal behaviour was observed by half of responders and if presented primiparous bitches and parturition by C-section were overrepresented. Puppies stayed with the dams from 4 weeks to 9 weeks and dog breeders from Spain, Poland and Portugal are keeping puppies with their mother the longest. Overall, poor maternal behaviour has an impact on puppies’ cognitive development with German breeders being more convinced than their counterparts from Brazil and Spain.

scholarly journals The View of the French Dog Breeders in Relation to Female Reproduction, Maternal Care and Stress during the Peripartum Period

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Natalia R. dos Santos ◽  
Alexandra Beck ◽  
Alain Fontbonne
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Maternal Care ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Female Reproduction ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Breeding Date ◽  
Peripartum Period ◽  
Family Based

In France, as in many other western countries, dogs are an important part of the society as pets or working animals. The exact demand for puppies in France is unknown, as is the proportion of dogs coming from different breeding sources. Nevertheless, the origin of puppies is important since young dogs from puppy mills and pet stores appear to be more likely to develop behavioral disorders. Puppies coming from responsible breeders, on the other hand, tend to be better adapted. In well-managed kennels, an explanation for these behavioral differences may be associated with greater contact of litters with the dam and humans. Another factor that might influence a dog’s temperament and character is maternal behavior. Although recent studies have shown that the quality of maternal care in dogs is important, direct effects on the development of behavioral problems such as fearfulness or noise sensitivity are still controversial. To better understand the view of breeders, due to an increased interest in maternal care of dogs, an online questionnaire was developed to assess the dog breeders’ profiles and to explore their perception of normal maternal and stress-related behaviors during the peripartum period. In addition, the management of the female during this critical time was queried. Three-hundred and forty-five French dog breeders, representing 91 breeds, completed the online survey. Considering the demographics of the responders, breeding activity in France is mostly family-based with 76% raising two breeds of dogs that produce, on average, five litters/year. Around 60% of the breeders use progesterone levels to determine breeding date. The whelping date is estimated using multiple criteria and most labors and deliveries happen under human supervision. The majority of behaviors associated to good maternal care are defined by the vast majority as being related to more attention of the bitch towards the puppies with the frequency of nursing and licking being important clues. Globally, the peripartum is perceived as a stressful period and to minimize stress and reassure the bitch the favored method used is increasing human presence. Problems related to maternal behavior were described, notably with primiparous bitches.

scholarly journals Environmental Print Model Based on Family Stimulation Solutions Ability Reading Initial Children in the Era of Pandemic Virus Dangerous

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-66
Author(s):  
Ismaniar Ismaniar
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Models ◽  
Environmental Print ◽  
The Family ◽  
Child Education ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health Experts ◽  
Stimulation Of

The turbulence of Coronaviruses sometime this past raises fear and anxiety for everyone. Moreover, the spread of this virus has penetrated all over the country so it is expressed as a pandemic condition. One of the solutions highly recommended by the WHO and supported by health experts and government policy is to keep social distance physically. These conditions include the impact on the application of the program at home only. In the educational world, social distancing policies also impact child education, which leads to the role of education in returning to the family. For the stimulation of children's education is not stopped, parents need to use creative models to stimulate children's abilities. One model that can be used in stimulating the ability of children, especially the ability to read early children is to use a family-based environmental Print model. This model is one of the simulation models by engineered the environment around the house by expanding the patch of the writings by observing the children's favorite places and favorites.Keywords: Environmental Print, Family, Solutions, Stimulation, Early Reading, Pandemic Era

scholarly journals The role of parents on their children’s academic performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 747-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan Nguyen ◽  
Nga Duong ◽  
Huyen Dinh ◽  
Mai Nguyen ◽  
Thoa Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Age Gap ◽  
The Family ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to investigate the impact of the family factors on scholastic achievements of students in high schools and universities in Vietnam. The primary data is collected from the 538 students through an online questionnaire. We apply one empirical model with the support of SPSS and STATA to test the family determinants of academic attainments-GPA. We find that there are three factors which impact on GPA of these: Age gap, Income of the families, Negative reactions of parents to their child’s low-performed results in academic performance. The research results show that all three factors can explain for 8% with the changes in GPA of learners. While the age gap between parents and their children has minor positive effects on academic performances, family income is significantly and positively correlated to GPA. This is the reason why students from opulent families often perform better than those of more meager families.

The Family and Body Dysmorphic Disorder : Impact, Responses, and a Suggested Family-Based Treatment Approach

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara van Noppen ◽  
Sean Sassano-Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Expressed Emotion ◽  
Body Dysmorphic Disorder ◽  
Treatment Approach ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Family Treatment ◽  
Patient Suicide ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Based Treatment ◽  
Family Based ◽  
The Impact

This chapter focuses on the impact of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) on the family; possible responses by the family (Expressed Emotion and Family Accommodation); and family-based treatment that may be helpful for BDD, as well as approaches to challenges that therapists may encounter. Although research on BDD and families has not been done, the disorder often has a devastating impact on families. This impact may include the financial costs of caring for the patient with BDD, paying for cosmetic procedures, and psychological costs in the unfortunate event of patient suicide. Although family treatment of BDD has not yet been developed or tested, the authors of this chapter make recommendations, based on clinical experience, for clinicians who are attempting to implement family-based treatment for BDD. This includes a discussion of behavioral contracting and other cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques. Several cases that illustrate these concepts are presented.

The family perspective

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Lethborg ◽  
David W. Kissane
Keyword(s):  
Information Provision ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Entire Family ◽  
Emotional Suffering ◽  
Family Perspective ◽  
The Family ◽  
Supportive Interventions ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Caregiver Role ◽  
The Impact

In considering cancer as an illness that affects not only the patient but their entire family, this chapter offers a model of family-centred care to encourage an understanding of the impact of illness on the family, the family in the caregiver role, and the needs of family-based caregivers. From a clinical perspective, the authors offer a guide for assessing these families for interventions, including the use of open communication and information provision, the recognition of past patterns of relating, the encouragement of acceptance of support, discussions with the family as a whole, and support during unpreventable emotional suffering that families experience. Specific interventions described include preventive and supportive interventions, interventions that challenge dysfunction, and interventions with the family when a patient is dying. Family-centred care is challenging as a paradigm but a useful harness to improved quality of life, one that warrants the effort involved to ease the suffering of all.

Family dynamics in the context of serious illness

2021 ◽  
pp. 295-302
Author(s):  
Carrie Lethborg ◽  
David W. Kissane
Keyword(s):  
Information Provision ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Entire Family ◽  
Emotional Suffering ◽  
Patterns Of Relating ◽  
The Family ◽  
Supportive Interventions ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Caregiver Role ◽  
The Impact

In considering cancer as an illness that affects not only the patient but their entire family, recent research offers further insight into the depth of this impact and the complexity of culture, specific family challenges, and the patient–carer dyad. This chapter offers a model of family-centred care to encourage an understanding of the impact of illness on the family, the family in the caregiver role, and the needs of family-based caregivers. From a clinical perspective, the authors offer a guide for assessing these families for interventions, including the use of open communication and information provision, the recognition of past patterns of relating, the encouragement of acceptance of support, discussions with the family as a whole, and support during unpreventable emotional suffering that families experience. Specific interventions described include preventive and supportive interventions, interventions that challenge dysfunction, and interventions with the family when a patient is dying. Family-centred care is challenging as a paradigm but a useful harness to improved quality of life, one that warrants the effort involved to ease the suffering of all.

Impact of OTT media on the society: insights from path analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Shyam Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over The Top ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe proliferation of the internet has enabled over-the-top (OTT) media to spread rapidly. It is now at the threshold of creating a huge social impact. However, there have been no studies so far that have examined the impact of OTT media on society, family and individuals. This study proposes to investigate the same and discover its impact on the family, society and whether it has any effect on individuals' career or education and one's health.Design/methodology/approachPath analysis was used to investigate the patterns of the effect of OTT on the family and society. This method was chosen since it allows to examine the influences within a system of variables and gain insights into the OTT media's impact. The responses were collected through an online questionnaire.FindingsThe paper provides empirical insights into the impact of OTT media. It reveals some interesting and crucial insights on its influence.Research limitations/implicationsBecause of the chosen research approach, the research results do not establish any causal relationships. Since the survey was conducted during the pandemic, further research during “normal” time is suggested.Practical implicationsThe paper discloses the powerful and growing OTT media's significance.Social implicationsWith watching OTT emerging very rapidly as a powerful channel of entertainment, what people see is very important. Hence, the purpose of this empirical study to investigate the influence of OTT media on individual, family and society is crucial and topical.Originality/valueThis paper fulfils an identified need to understand OTT media's influence.

scholarly journals Empowerment of Household Women Joined in The Mandiri Women Group in The New Normal Era in Bandar Labuhan Village, Tanjung Morawa District, Deli Serdang District

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 434-438
Author(s):  
Ritha Fatimah Dalimunthe
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Based ◽  
The Impact ◽  
North Sumatra

Housewives who are members of the women's community can minimize the impact of the Corona 19 Virus by empowering women through training and mentoring activities to make changes in lifestyle or lifestyle so that they become housewives who understand what it means about working and doing business from home, as well as maintaining distance, living healthy and communicate online. This activity also introduces the use of yardland to optimize housewives as human resources in empowering family-based housewives. Housewives, if trained and accompanied, can be at the forefront of maintaining and providing understanding for the family. This can be done through training and mentoring for housewives who are members of the 9 independent women's community groups in Bandar Labuhan Village, Tanjung Morawa District, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra who will become cadres for members. other communities or interested housewives. Then from the students, 2 people were chosen to be trained to be motivators.

scholarly journals Crianças com autismo, família e espiritualidade

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Nilton Eliseu Herbes Liane Rossales Dalprá
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Repetitive Behaviors ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Family Coping ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
The Family ◽  
De Se ◽  
Family Based ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

O Transtorno do Espectro do Autismo (TEA) é uma condição neurodesenvolvimental caracterizada pelo comprometimento de duas áreas do desenvolvimento: habilidades sociocomunicativos e comportamentos restritos e repetitivos, os quais têm influência nas relações e nas trocas estabelecidas com o meio. A família é o grupo social primário, constituindo um suporte de extrema importância para que o indivíduo se desenvolva, se forme e aprenda a viver em sociedade. Quando nasce um filho com autismo, o impacto do diagnóstico nos pais faz com que o ciclo de vida familiar se altere, acarretando um esforço adicional para os pais, pois têm de se reorganizar para se adaptarem à família com uma realidade nova. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo, investigar quais as implicações que o diagnóstico de transtorno do espectro autista (TEA) traz à família. Trata-se de um estudo de descritivo, bibliográfico, documental, realizado através de uma revisão da literatura. Para a revisão foram selecionados os estudos que respondessem à questão norteadora: Quais as implicações que o diagnóstico de TEA traz à família? Baseado na pesquisa, conclui-se que quando nasce um filho com autismo, o impacto do diagnóstico na família faz com que o ciclo de vida familiar se altere, acarretando um esforço conjunto para se reorganizar e se adaptar a uma realidade nova. As adaptações e mudanças efetuadas ao nível familiar e social são significativas. As redes de apoio e as estratégias de coping familiar facilitam o ajustamento e diminuem a angústia e a ansiedade da família que convive com um membro autista.Autism Spectrum Disorder (TEA) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by impairment of two areas of development: socio-communicative skills and restricted and repetitive behaviors which influence the relations and the exchanges established with the surroundings. The family is the primary social group, constituting an extremely important support system for the individual to develop, to be formed and to learn to live in society. When a child is born with autism the impact of the diagnostic on the parents causes a change in the cycle of the family life, demanding additional effort for the parents since they have to reorganize in order to adapt to the family with a new reality. The goal of this research is to investigate what implications the diagnostics of autism spectrum disorder have on the family. It is a descriptive, bibliographic, documental study carried out through a review of literature. For this review studies that answered the following guiding question were selected: What are the implications of a diagnostic of TEA on the family? Based on the research the conclusion is that when a child is born with autism, the impact of the diagnostic on the family causes alterations in the family cycle, demanding joint effort to reorganize and to adapt to a new reality. The adaptations and changes that take place at the family and social level are significant. The support networks and the strategies of family coping facilitate adjustment and diminish the anguish and anxiety of the family living with an autistic member.

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