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El estudio tuvo como objetivo conocer la percepción de las personas de tres grupos poblacionales de La Habana, Cuba [Criadores de aves ornamentales (CAO), estudiantes de quinto año de la carrera de Medicina Veterinaria (E) y responsables de animales de compañía (RAC)] a través de una encuesta con respecto a la tenencia de animales de compañía y su relación con la satisfacción personal y la salud. El 99% de las personas admitieron que se sentían muy satisfechas o satisfechas al compartir sus vidas con estos animales. En relación a la salud psicoemocional indicaron que les resultaba muy beneficiosa (84, 73 y 80% para CAO, E y RAC, respectivamente). Con relación al control metabólico, el 58 y 96% de personas en CAO y RAC que sufren de estos problemas señalaron que los motivaba a cuidarse más. Los resultados demuestran que las personas encuestadas en los tres grupos poblacionales perciben que la tenencia de animales de compañía les aporta beneficios a la salud física y mental.

The primary goal of this article is to chart the development of child advocacy as an interdisciplinary field of study and conclude with a conceptual framework for research and higher education in child advocacy. Historically, child advocacy has justifiably focused on protection needs. Values and assumptions about children's best interest have also governed child advocacy, in part because evidence to inform decisions was lacking and in part because of its history as an activist movement. Against this historical backdrop, we describe contemporary trends in child advocacy that reconcile children's protection with their inherent rights to personhood. We rely on the principles and articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, most notably children's rights to participation and self-expression. At the same time, we demonstrate how values and ideology are being integrated with empiricism and objective analysis to inform policy and practice in child advocacy. The future of child advocacy depends on continued synthesis of rights and protection as well as values and rigorous analysis. From this perspective, we offer a conceptual framework for research and education in child advocacy.

The queering of marriage in the United States is one of the most contentious current civil rights debates. For many queer families, great ambiguity in their current and future legal statuses and choices exists. However, some ambiguity has decreased given the recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings. As a result of these rulings, queer couples in California are able to legally marry again and the federal government now recognizes queer marriages. As the queering of marriage gains momentum, it is important to examine the contextual pathways leading to this point. In doing so, we can look forward by looking back. Here, we use a framework for understanding civil rights issues by presenting the impact of social, political, and judicial contexts on the queering of marriage from 1969 to the present. We also forecast the future of same-sex marriage in the United States.

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