Animal-Assisted Intervention on College Campuses: Graduate Student Perspectives Regarding the Need, Benefits, and Availability of Programming.
Animal assisted intervention (AAI) programming is becoming popular among college campuses; however, minimal literature describes the impact of AAI programming on the graduate student population. This study aims to (1) better understand the lived experience with pets and AAI programming and (2) devel...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Health Education Vol. 54; no. 5; pp. 405 - 413 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep/Oct2023
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