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Human-Animal Bond and Health Equity

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Community Impact: Big Idea Talk

How can the human-animal bond serve as a doorway to health equity?

The human-animal bond is powerful, people love their pets. Veterinarian Hanna Ekstrom shares the story of the cold night she met Maria, Miguel, and their pet dog Luna. Their love for their pet brought them to the Seattle Veterinary Outreach mobile clinic. Hanna describes how this opened the door to build trust with the human and animal healthcare providers who were co-located there.

Hear this story and how you can improve health equity in your community.

Watch the Big Idea Talk below!

Project

People, Pets, Love: Engaging the human-animal bond to build trust and improve access to health care for our most vulnerable neighbors

Cohort

2020-2023

Focus Area
  • One Health
Team Members
  • Hanna Ekstrom, DVM
  • Jessica Lowery, BSN, RN-BC
  • Cholette Ness, LVT
  • Cathrine Wheeler, MD
Location

Seattle, Washington

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Support for this program ended October 31, 2023

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