Dr. Jennifer W. Applebaum
@jwapplebaum
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Asst Prof, Dept of Environmental & Global Health @UFPHHP Medical sociologist | social inequalities, pet ownership, health disparities, One Health | she/her
Gainesville, FL
Joined July 2019
Our new paper on housing-related animal relinquishment across the U.S. is out now in @FrontVetScience ! w/ @TarynMGraham Kevin Horecka & Lauren Loney. We analyzed over 1m animal shelter intake records from 21 shelters in 15 U.S. states from 2019-2023.
frontiersin.org
Housing issues are a major contributor to companion animal relinquishment in the United States and beyond. In this study, we analyze a database of shelter in...
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Key takeaways cont'd:. 🐶 To better prevent companion animal relinquishment due to housing issues and inclusively support the human-animal bond, invested parties should promote progressive housing and social policies both in their state as well as federally.
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Key takeaways:. 🐱 Our results suggest that the culture around pet-inclusive housing may be improving while broader housing insecurity is worsening.
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Notable findings cont'd:. 🐱 Intakes due to home loss INcreased, while intakes due to pet restrictions and landlord issues DEcreased. 🐶 Dog housing-intakes DEcreased, while cat housing-intakes INcreased.
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Notable findings:. 🐶 14% of relinquishments were due to housing, which is 28,424 animals in this sample. 🐱 Most housing-relinquished animals had a live outcome, but live outcomes decreased over time. 🐶 Animals relinquished by unhoused owners were most at risk of euthanasia.
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RT @UFMBI: Today we highlight the lab of Dr. Eric Porges, who investigates underlying causes of age-related changes in cognition, with a fo….
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RT @UFPHHP: Let's give a 👏 round of applause 👏 to our PHHP Days student and faculty awardees! . To see a full list of winners, read our wr….
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RT @UF_EPI: Talk about instruction! Directed by @UFPHHP’s @cookbob1127 and funded by @NIAAAnews, @SHARCTWEETS's T32 #Training Program deliv….
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RT @KerriRodriguez0: Join our team at @uarizona! . I'm recruiting a Postdoc to lead innovative research on the impacts of the human-animal….
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RT @UFPHHP: Congrats to Nanyangwe Siuluta, a Ph.D. student in the dept. of epidemiology, for receiving 3rd place in the pre-doctoral poster….
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RT @caninecognition: Last chance! Making sure everyone who could be interested knows that I have an open post-doc position. Can be on anyth….
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RT @Teaching_Soc: ✨New Publication✨.Want to learn about a new subfield focusing on human and animal relations? The this article is just for….
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RT @caninecognition: Come work with me! I have a postdoc position open. Interested? Let's talk
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RT @sandra_mccune: Calling all wanna be or early career scholars of human-animal interaction. This is a conference for you!.
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RT @herzoghal: Bad news - your brain shrinks as you get older. Will getting a pet help you stave off the ravages of old age and keep you o….
psychologytoday.com
While the results are mixed, new studies point to a possible link between pet-keeping and maintaining mental sharpness in people as they age.
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RT @megankmueller: Come join our team! I will be accepting applications for a #PhD student in human-animal interaction @tuftsvet @TuftsCAPP….
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Thanks @herzoghal for covering our new @SHARCTWEETS paper in @PLOSONE! . With @DrShelbyMcD @cookbob1127 Maya Widmeyer and Humberto Fabelo.
Pets can be a barrier to health care for people with HIV. New research by @jwapplebaum and her colleagues. @PsychToday
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RT @herzoghal: Pets can be a barrier to health care for people with HIV. New research by @jwapplebaum and her colleagues. @PsychToday http….
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New research finds that pet ownership is a barrier to medical services for many people with HIV.
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RT @DrEmilyBray: I am recruiting a graduate student in my new research group, the BRAY (#BehavioralResearchAcrossYears) lab, at @uarizona @….
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