DOGGONE DIABETES School of Nursing project enlists canine companions to combat prevalent metabolic disease, is a research project featured in the Fall 2020 Issue of the Auburn Research Magazine.
Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States in 2017, based on the 83,564 death certificates in which diabetes was listed as the underlying cause of death.
Auburn University’s School of Nursing (AUSON) is conducting a pilot research study, Doggone Diabetes, to increase physical activity among people living with diabetes or prediabetes through a walking program implemented with animal-assisted therapy dogs. The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama has provided funds for the School to support the study, which is expected to continue for six months.
Click http://ocm.auburn.edu/research-magazine/2020-fall/articles/canines-combat-metabolic-disease.php to read about the endeavor that Drs. Caralise Hunt, Stuart Pope, Chih-Hsuan Wang and Morgan Yordy are undertaking.
