List of works - Melanie Rock

"Pets Negotiable": How Do the Perspectives of Landlords and Property Managers Compare with Those of Younger Tenants with Dogs?

scientific article

'It was not just a walking experience': reflections on the role of care in dog-walking.

scientific article published on 2 July 2012

'We don't want to manage poverty': community groups politicise food insecurity and charitable food donations

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

A media advocacy intervention linking health disparities and food insecurity.

scientific article published on 17 June 2011

Access to off-leash parks, street pattern and dog walking among adults ⬇️

scientific article published on July 30, 2011

Animal-human connections, "one health," and the syndemic approach to prevention

scientific article published on 20 January 2009

Beyond bare bones: critical, theoretically engaged qualitative research in public health

scientific article published on 21 November 2018

CONNECTING LIVES: REFLECTIONS ON A SYNDEMIC APPROACH TO PREVENTION INVOLVING RESEARCH ON HOW PEOPLE RELATE TO PETS

article

Changes in visitor profiles and activity patterns following dog supportive modifications to parks: A natural experiment on the health impact of an urban policy.

scientific article published on 22 April 2016

Characteristics of urban parks associated with park use and physical activity: a review of qualitative research.

scientific article published on 12 March 2010

Companion Animals in Natural Disasters: A Scoping Review of Scholarly Sources

scientific article

Could pets be of help in achieving health literacy? A media analysis demonstration study

scientific article published on 21 March 2008

Culling and the Common Good: Re-evaluating Harms and Benefits under the One Health Paradigm.

scientific article

Death, taxes, public opinion, and the Midas touch of Mary Tyler Moore: accounting for promises by politicians to help avert and control diabetes

scientific article published in June 2003

Diabetes in people, cats, and dogs: biomedicine and manifold ontologies.

scientific article published on October 2008

Diabetes portrayals in North American print media: a qualitative and quantitative analysis

article

Discounted lives? Weighing disability when measuring health and ruling on "compassionate" murder

scientific article published in August 2000

Do researchers use pharmacists' communication as an outcome measure? A scoping review of pharmacist involvement in diabetes care

scientific article

Does dog-ownership influence seasonal patterns of neighbourhood-based walking among adults? A longitudinal study ⬇️

scientific article published on March 4, 2011

Dog-bites, rabies and One Health: Towards improved coordination in research, policy and practice

scientific article published on 28 June 2017

Dog-walking and sense of community in neighborhoods: Implications for promoting regular physical activity in adults 50 years and older

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Feline Obesity in Veterinary Medicine: Insights from a Thematic Analysis of Communication in Practice

scientific article published on 31 July 2017

Figuring Out Type 2 Diabetes through Genetic Research: Reckoning Kinship and the Origins of Sickness

scientific article published in August 2005

From more-than-human solidarity to multi-species biographical value: insights from a veterinary school about ethical dilemmas in One Health promotion

scientific article published on 15 April 2020

Harnessing social networks along with consumer-driven electronic communication technologies to identify and engage members of 'hard-to-reach' populations: a methodological case report

scientific article

Health Technology Assessment and the Media: More Compatible than One May Think? ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2012

Hemoglobin A1c as a diagnostic tool: public health implications from an actor-network perspective

article

How medical specialists appraise three controversial health innovations: scientific, clinical and social arguments

article

Insights about the Epidemiology of Dog Bites in a Canadian City Using a Dog Aggression Scale and Administrative Data

scientific article published on 06 June 2019

Marginal voices in the media coverage of controversial health interventions: how do they contribute to the public understanding of science?

article

Out of context? Translating evidence from the North Karelia project over place and time

scientific article published on 18 September 2006

People, other animals and health knowledges: towards a research agenda.

scientific article published on 2 March 2007

Pets, Social Participation, and Aging-in-Place: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

article

Physical activity patterns in urban neighbourhood parks: insights from a multiple case study.

scientific article

Policies on pets for healthy cities: a conceptual framework

scientific article

Portrayals of canine obesity in English-language newspapers and in leading veterinary journals, 2000-2009: implications for animal welfare organizations and veterinarians as public educators

article by Chris Degeling et al published October 2011 in Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Public health ethics and a status for pets as person-things : revisiting the place of animals in urbanized societies.

scientific article

Public health ethics and more-than-human solidarity

scientific article

Reconstituting populations through evidence-based medicine: an ethnographic account of recommending procedures for diagnosing type 2 diabetes in clinical practice guidelines

article

Reported off-leash frequency and perception of risk for gastrointestinal parasitism are not associated in owners of urban park-attending dogs: A multifactorial investigation.

scientific article published on 8 April 2015

Social inequalities in body weight and physical activity: exploring the role of fitness centers.

scientific article

Structuring an inter-sector research partnership: a negotiated zone.

scientific article published on January 2006

Supportive neighbourhood built characteristics and dog-walking in Canadian adults.

scientific article published on 20 October 2016

Sweet blood and social suffering: rethinking cause-effect relationships in diabetes, distress, and duress.

scientific article

Syndemics in Global Health

article

Testing relationships: ethical arguments for screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus with HbA1C

The Spillover Effect of a Flood on Pets and Their People: Implications for Rental Housing

Towards 'smart cities' as 'healthy cities': health equity in a digital age

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Trans-biopolitics: Complexity in interspecies relations

scientific article published on 15 December 2010

Unleashing their potential: a critical realist scoping review of the influence of dogs on physical activity for dog-owners and non-owners

scientific article

Urban park-related risks for Giardia spp. infection in dogs

scientific article published on 13 April 2015

What drives distress? Rethinking the roles of emotion and diagnosis among people with diabetes in Nairobi, Kenya

scientific article published on 06 December 2019

List of works by Melanie Rock

"Pets Negotiable": How Do the Perspectives of Landlords and Property Managers Compare with Those of Younger Tenants with Dogs?

'It was not just a walking experience': reflections on the role of care in dog-walking.

'We don't want to manage poverty': community groups politicise food insecurity and charitable food donations

A media advocacy intervention linking health disparities and food insecurity.

Access to off-leash parks, street pattern and dog walking among adults ⬇️

Animal-human connections, "one health," and the syndemic approach to prevention

Beyond bare bones: critical, theoretically engaged qualitative research in public health

CONNECTING LIVES: REFLECTIONS ON A SYNDEMIC APPROACH TO PREVENTION INVOLVING RESEARCH ON HOW PEOPLE RELATE TO PETS

Changes in visitor profiles and activity patterns following dog supportive modifications to parks: A natural experiment on the health impact of an urban policy.

Characteristics of urban parks associated with park use and physical activity: a review of qualitative research.

Companion Animals in Natural Disasters: A Scoping Review of Scholarly Sources

Could pets be of help in achieving health literacy? A media analysis demonstration study

Culling and the Common Good: Re-evaluating Harms and Benefits under the One Health Paradigm.

Death, taxes, public opinion, and the Midas touch of Mary Tyler Moore: accounting for promises by politicians to help avert and control diabetes

Diabetes in people, cats, and dogs: biomedicine and manifold ontologies.

Diabetes portrayals in North American print media: a qualitative and quantitative analysis

Discounted lives? Weighing disability when measuring health and ruling on "compassionate" murder

Do researchers use pharmacists' communication as an outcome measure? A scoping review of pharmacist involvement in diabetes care

Does dog-ownership influence seasonal patterns of neighbourhood-based walking among adults? A longitudinal study ⬇️

Dog-bites, rabies and One Health: Towards improved coordination in research, policy and practice

Dog-walking and sense of community in neighborhoods: Implications for promoting regular physical activity in adults 50 years and older

Feline Obesity in Veterinary Medicine: Insights from a Thematic Analysis of Communication in Practice

Figuring Out Type 2 Diabetes through Genetic Research: Reckoning Kinship and the Origins of Sickness

From more-than-human solidarity to multi-species biographical value: insights from a veterinary school about ethical dilemmas in One Health promotion

Harnessing social networks along with consumer-driven electronic communication technologies to identify and engage members of 'hard-to-reach' populations: a methodological case report

Health Technology Assessment and the Media: More Compatible than One May Think? ⬇️

Hemoglobin A1c as a diagnostic tool: public health implications from an actor-network perspective

How medical specialists appraise three controversial health innovations: scientific, clinical and social arguments

Insights about the Epidemiology of Dog Bites in a Canadian City Using a Dog Aggression Scale and Administrative Data

Marginal voices in the media coverage of controversial health interventions: how do they contribute to the public understanding of science?

Out of context? Translating evidence from the North Karelia project over place and time

People, other animals and health knowledges: towards a research agenda.

Pets, Social Participation, and Aging-in-Place: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Physical activity patterns in urban neighbourhood parks: insights from a multiple case study.

Policies on pets for healthy cities: a conceptual framework

Portrayals of canine obesity in English-language newspapers and in leading veterinary journals, 2000-2009: implications for animal welfare organizations and veterinarians as public educators

Public health ethics and a status for pets as person-things : revisiting the place of animals in urbanized societies.

Public health ethics and more-than-human solidarity

Reconstituting populations through evidence-based medicine: an ethnographic account of recommending procedures for diagnosing type 2 diabetes in clinical practice guidelines

Reported off-leash frequency and perception of risk for gastrointestinal parasitism are not associated in owners of urban park-attending dogs: A multifactorial investigation.

Social inequalities in body weight and physical activity: exploring the role of fitness centers.

Structuring an inter-sector research partnership: a negotiated zone.

Supportive neighbourhood built characteristics and dog-walking in Canadian adults.

Sweet blood and social suffering: rethinking cause-effect relationships in diabetes, distress, and duress.

Syndemics in Global Health

Testing relationships: ethical arguments for screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus with HbA1C

The Spillover Effect of a Flood on Pets and Their People: Implications for Rental Housing

Towards 'smart cities' as 'healthy cities': health equity in a digital age

Trans-biopolitics: Complexity in interspecies relations

Unleashing their potential: a critical realist scoping review of the influence of dogs on physical activity for dog-owners and non-owners

Urban park-related risks for Giardia spp. infection in dogs

What drives distress? Rethinking the roles of emotion and diagnosis among people with diabetes in Nairobi, Kenya