Specialist research group examining human-animal relationships, with a focus on child/adolescent interactions and pet challenges, University of Edinburgh
Joined July 2016
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Really pleased our article has now been published online.
Full article: When Having a Pet Becomes a Luxury You Can No Longer Afford tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
@BlueCrossPA @ScottishSPCA @EdinUniHealth
#animalwelfare #pets #petowners #stress #costofliving
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Our new paper has now been published in Animal Welfare:
Why are some people in the UK reluctant to seek support for their pets? | Animal Welfare | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4b3r4qo
@BlueCrossPA @ScottishSPCA
#AnimalWelfare #pets #support
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We are thrilled that our article from the 'Pets and Changing Homes Study' has now been published. Thanks again to our participants and funder, the Society for Companion Animal Studies, who made it possible for us to carry out this important research. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Good morning everyone, we have now finished the collaborative project with the animal welfare charity @The_Blue_Cross - 'Supporting People & Pets in the UK' and are delighted to share our report with you. Two publications coming shortly too😊pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles…
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CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research retweeted
16 Aug 2023
Data is integral in ensuring that children, young people and their families are well supported by the services who care for them. Read more about how CELCIS gathers and uses #data to improve the lives of children, young people and families: ow.ly/FZ2S30sk848
ALT A graphic showing a child and parent to illustrate the CELCIS website sections that are devoted to driving data improvement for the betterment of services for children, young people and their families.
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Find our latest release below - a Summary of Findings from the 'Supporting People & Pets in the UK' Project. A collaboration with @The_Blue_Cross, it aims to understand the challenges of having a pet.
ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files…
#FinancialCrisis #animalwelfare #peopleandpets
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CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research retweeted
17 May 2023
The theme for this years #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is anxiety. Anxiety is something that we can all face. In line with this year's theme we wanted to share this useful resource from @SAMHtweets
that explains anxiety, the effects and ways to manage it - ow.ly/uMFI50OqcN4
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CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research retweeted
27 Mar 2023
@ChildAnimals Any chance you could share this survey for us? We're looking at the impact of puppy acquisition on child mental health in the pandemic, funded by @SCASuk. Huge thanks!
Link: rvc.uk.com/pandemic-dog-pals…
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CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research retweeted
27 Mar 2023
We support children day in, day out who have been affected by this content.
And, we see how, for adult users, viewing this extreme and abusive content can act as a gateway to viewing illegal child sexual abuse material.
The Online Safety Bill needs to do more to tackle it 👇
26 Mar 2023
Barnardo's President Natasha Kaplinsky on why the Online Safety Bill vitally needs to protect against the "constant bombardment of online content that children today are forced to navigate."
telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03…
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CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research retweeted
27 Mar 2023
Very happy to have helped a little with this great new systematic review on pets and care homes: bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com…
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CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research retweeted
27 Mar 2023
There' still time to register for our training session tomorrow which will explore what Care Experienced people have told us about their mental health, sexual and reproductive health and about becoming a parent.
Register: whocaresscotland.typeform.co…
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Good morning🌞 Wishing everyone a lovely week ahead. As we have not posted for a while, we decided to put together a Spring newsletter🌱to share our current/recent work with you. If you would like a copy, please visit ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files…
#childrenandanimals #peopleandpets
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CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research retweeted
27 Mar 2023
We have new roles for people who are passionate about improving the experiences of Scotland’s children who are in need of support, care and protection. Take a look⬇️
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Please find our full research summary from the 'Pets and changing homes' study @ bit.ly/petsandchangesummary
It examined how pets have featured in the lives of children and young people with care experience, and the impact of disruptions to these relationships
#pets #careexperience
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CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research retweeted
13 Jun 2022
Do you have an interest in the rights of children and young people in care in Scotland? Join us at our free, online webinar, Children's Rights and Alternative Care: What next for Scotland? Learning from the CRC Day of General Discussion: ow.ly/s7xT50JthXt
ALT A graphic to illustrate a forthcoming webinar: Children's Rights and Alternative Care - What next for Scotland? Learning from the CRC Day of General Discussion, which will take place on MS Teams on 22 June.
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CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research retweeted
13 Jun 2022
How do children in your setting access and use mental health and well-being services? Our practitioner toolkit to support conversations is available for one more week @ESInclusionTeam @EducationScot @TesScotland @Mr_Minchin #Unfearties
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CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research retweeted
14 Jun 2022
🐾 We’re proud to launch a survey with partners to better understand behaviours around dog ownership and buying a pup to tackle the low-welfare trade and provide support for those buying pups.
We’re looking for adults over 18 in the UK. Take part ⬇️
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CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research retweeted
14 Jun 2022
We're looking for 3 new Participation Support volunteers to help run a youth group in North Ayrshire.
If you're a great communicator and have knowledge of Care Experienced issues this could be the role for you.
Find out more and apply: ow.ly/VaKC50JvRqx
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Relationships with pets matter, sometimes more than other relationships. If you are 16-25 and have care experience, please take part in our short survey bit.ly/Petsandchangesurvey (max 15 mins) to help others experiencing difficult transitions ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files… Thank you🙏
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Our survey was slow to get going, but the numbers are creeping up. Please consider taking part, so our findings will be more powerful and persuasive.
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