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This webinar provides an overview of the Fitness Walking/Dog Walking program which is a successful partnership between the Pitt County Animal Services and East Carolina University. Program creator Dr. Sartore-Baldwin explains the logistics as well as data and research studies she has identified as the program has progressed. The program itself is constantly evolving and, as a result, has incorporated several COVID guidelines as a means to maintain the program during the pandemic.
Read this blog about the program.
This webinar recording is part of the new Innovation Bank. The Innovation Bank is a collection of bright ideas, innovative programs, and research that your organization can use for inspiration. Recorded sessions will be added to the series throughout Fall 2020.
Melanie Sartore-Baldwin
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology
East Carolina University
Melanie Sartore-Baldwin, PhD, is an Associate Professor within the Department of Kinesiology at East Carolina University where she teaches in both the undergraduate Sport Studies program and the graduate-level Sport Management program. To date, Dr. Sartore-Baldwin has researched numerous social justice and diversity-related issues within sport and physical activity including weight discrimination, sexual prejudice, gender ideology, and the use of non-human animals. Her current focus is on how the relationships humans form with non-human animals within the contexts of sport and physical activity can be leveraged to promote change. Recently, Dr. Sartore-Baldwin entered into her eighth year as coordinator for the Fitness Walking/Dog Walking program and is the contact person for the recently developed human-animal interaction minor at East Carolina University.
