Promoting Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Development at the Individual, Family, and Community levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Human-Animal Interactions

Abstract

This SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant project employs the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach to comprehensively recognize state-of-the-art HAI-specific social and health knowledge, strategies, and outcomes associated with building healthy, resilient, sustainable individuals, families, and communities to inform post-pandemic recovery, in particular, while more generally being applicable to long-term societal development practice and policy. A total of 240 English articles, which were published from January 2011 to April 2022, were extracted for final analysis. A mixed-method analysis approach, namely quantitative (univariate analysis) and qualitative (thematic inquiry), was utilized to identify findings and synthesize the results into recommendations.