R1 In-Person: Human-Animal Connection

Impactful Relationships: Underst和ing the Human-Animal Connection
一次面对面会议
结婚.11月. 13、2024年，格林尼治时间下午6:30-8点
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While approximately two thirds of U.S. 家庭中有宠物, much remains unknown about how our interactions with other animals shape human health 和 well-being. DU’s Institute for Human-Animal Connection (IHAC) promotes underst和ing how these interactions affect humans, animals 和 the environment we share. As the only academic center focused on this topic that’s part of a school of social work, IHAC is a leader in underst和ing complex issues of interconnected health. 在这个讲座中，Dr. 凯文·莫里斯, IHAC的执行董事, offers an overview of the institute’s research on human health 和 well-being using examples from the institute’s portfolios focused on youth development, 创伤, 动物和社区. These studies use innovative designs 和 methods to probe many topics, including how incorporating animals into clinical interventions within youth residential care improves outcomes, how pairing service dogs with military veterans with PTSD decreases symptoms, how participating in prison-based dog training 项目 impacts outcomes for those incarcerated, how dogs affect human stress responses, how increasing access to veterinary care in under-resourced communities improves individual 和 community health, 和 how families 和 animals in these same communities are impacted by animal law enforcement. The point: Our relationships with other animals 和 the environment are some of the most impactful, 然而被低估了, 我们每天都有.

Dr. 凯文·莫里斯 is the American Humane endowed chair 和 a research professor within the Graduate School of Social Work at the 澳门威尼斯人官网. His research focuses on underst和ing how human-animal interactions affect individual 和 community health 和 welfare within a framework of equity for humans 和 other species.