Ann M Toohey
Biographic Data
| ID | 237152 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann M Toohey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann M |
| FAMILY NAME | Toohey |
| SIGNATURE | TOOHEY A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4091-9460 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Healthier Together: Strengthening collaboration, social value and getting to health and wellbeing outcomes
Background: Over 60% of health is shaped by the places where we spend our time, our relationships, and the circumstances in which we live, work, learn, play, and age. Creating healthy environments with communities, workplaces, schools, and health care settings is one of the best ways to keep people healthy and well. For more than a decade, Alberta Health Services (AHS), in Alberta, Canada has implemented Healthier Together projects with partners …
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol. 44 No. 3
Experiences and Responses to Microaggressions on Historically White Campuses: A Qualitative Interpretive Meta-Synthesis- Y. Kafi Moragne-Patterson and Tracey M. Barnett Civic Engagement and Institutional Trust among South Africans- Yoosun Chu and Ce Shen How the Immigration and Deportation Systems Work: A Social Worker’s Guide- Carol Cleaveland Immigrant Health Disparities: Does Neighborliness Improve Health?- Kofi Danso Are Older Adults Who Part…
When ‘Places’ Include Pets: Broadening the Scope of Relational Approaches to Promoting Aging-in-Place
Aging-in-place is a well-established concept, but discussions rarely consider that many older adults live with pets. In a ‘pet-friendly’ city, we conducted semi-structured interviews to explore perspectives of community-based social support agencies that promote aging-in-place, and those of animal welfare agencies. Applying a relational ecology theoretical framework, we found that pets may contribute to feeling socially- situated, yet may also ex…
Public engagement and community participation in governing urban parks: A case study in changing and implementing a policy addressing off-leash dogs
Health promotion views collaborations between local governments and citizens as key to improving health and lessening inequities in urban areas. Public parks, which are typically managed by local governments, are key settings for promoting physical activity, positive social interactions and overall well-being. Yet research on civic participation in park management is essentially absent from the health promotion literature. When the City of Calgar…
Supportive neighbourhood built characteristics and dog-walking in Canadian adults
Newspaper Portrayals, Local Policies, and Dog-Supportive Public Space: Who's Wagging Whom
Dog-walking promotes physical activity and positive social interactions, and thus dog-walking has implications for people's physical and mental health. As a result, experts in public health have endorsed designing and managing public space to support dog-walking. Nevertheless, the presence of dogs in public space is subject to negotiation and can be controversial. Generally, municipal governments or local councils exercise political jurisdiction …
Dog-walking and sense of community in neighborhoods: Implications for promoting regular physical activity in adults 50 years and older
Characteristics of urban parks associated with park use and physical activity: A review of qualitative research
Dog-walking and sense of community in neighborhoods: Implications for promoting regular physical activity in adults 50 years and older
Newspaper Portrayals, Local Policies, and Dog-Supportive Public Space: Who's Wagging Whom
Dog-walking promotes physical activity and positive social interactions, and thus dog-walking has implications for people's physical and mental health. As a result, experts in public health have endorsed designing and managing public space to support dog-walking. Nevertheless, the presence of dogs in public space is subject to negotiation and can be controversial. Generally, municipal governments or local councils exercise political jurisdiction …
Supportive neighbourhood built characteristics and dog-walking in Canadian adults
When ‘Places’ Include Pets: Broadening the Scope of Relational Approaches to Promoting Aging-in-Place
Aging-in-place is a well-established concept, but discussions rarely consider that many older adults live with pets. In a ‘pet-friendly’ city, we conducted semi-structured interviews to explore perspectives of community-based social support agencies that promote aging-in-place, and those of animal welfare agencies. Applying a relational ecology theoretical framework, we found that pets may contribute to feeling socially- situated, yet may also ex…
Characteristics of urban parks associated with park use and physical activity: A review of qualitative research
Dog-walking and sense of community in neighborhoods: Implications for promoting regular physical activity in adults 50 years and older
Newspaper Portrayals, Local Policies, and Dog-Supportive Public Space: Who's Wagging Whom
Dog-walking promotes physical activity and positive social interactions, and thus dog-walking has implications for people's physical and mental health. As a result, experts in public health have endorsed designing and managing public space to support dog-walking. Nevertheless, the presence of dogs in public space is subject to negotiation and can be controversial. Generally, municipal governments or local councils exercise political jurisdiction …
Public engagement and community participation in governing urban parks: A case study in changing and implementing a policy addressing off-leash dogs
Health promotion views collaborations between local governments and citizens as key to improving health and lessening inequities in urban areas. Public parks, which are typically managed by local governments, are key settings for promoting physical activity, positive social interactions and overall well-being. Yet research on civic participation in park management is essentially absent from the health promotion literature. When the City of Calgar…
Supportive neighbourhood built characteristics and dog-walking in Canadian adults
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol. 44 No. 3
Experiences and Responses to Microaggressions on Historically White Campuses: A Qualitative Interpretive Meta-Synthesis- Y. Kafi Moragne-Patterson and Tracey M. Barnett Civic Engagement and Institutional Trust among South Africans- Yoosun Chu and Ce Shen How the Immigration and Deportation Systems Work: A Social Worker’s Guide- Carol Cleaveland Immigrant Health Disparities: Does Neighborliness Improve Health?- Kofi Danso Are Older Adults Who Part…
When ‘Places’ Include Pets: Broadening the Scope of Relational Approaches to Promoting Aging-in-Place
Aging-in-place is a well-established concept, but discussions rarely consider that many older adults live with pets. In a ‘pet-friendly’ city, we conducted semi-structured interviews to explore perspectives of community-based social support agencies that promote aging-in-place, and those of animal welfare agencies. Applying a relational ecology theoretical framework, we found that pets may contribute to feeling socially- situated, yet may also ex…
Healthier Together: Strengthening collaboration, social value and getting to health and wellbeing outcomes
Background: Over 60% of health is shaped by the places where we spend our time, our relationships, and the circumstances in which we live, work, learn, play, and age. Creating healthy environments with communities, workplaces, schools, and health care settings is one of the best ways to keep people healthy and well. For more than a decade, Alberta Health Services (AHS), in Alberta, Canada has implemented Healthier Together projects with partners …
Sociology (8 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (4 works) · Animal welfare (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (3 works)