[BERG] BERG seminar this week

[Gema Martin-Ordas]

Dear all,

On Wednesday this week at 4pm, Jade Hooper (University of Stirling) will be talking about dog-related injuries and their relation to social factors. Please, see below the title and short abstract for her talk.

This meeting will take place in the Psychology Common Room.

Exploring Social and Locality Variations of Dog Bites in Scotland Using Administrative Data Sources
Jade Hooper (Speaker); Prof. Paul Lambert; Prof. Hannah Buchanan-Smith; Dr. Tony Robertson
Background

Previous research has shown that hospital admissions for dog-bites are highest in the most deprived areas across England and Wales. In Scotland, thus far there has been no rigorous empirical investigation into social inequalities in dog-related injuries. This study aims to address this gap through analysis of linked administrative health data from NHS24 calls, A&E and SMR01 records involving dog-related injuries linked to Scotland Census micro-data. Area-based measures of social circumstance are considered through the SIMD, along with an exploration of novel, area-level characteristics including measures of local greenspace, average garden size and dog populations. Individual/household level measures of social circumstance taken from the Scottish Census are used to compare the characteristics of individuals with health records involving dog-related injuries to a random sample of individuals not appearing in the health data sets.

Results

When looking at individual level records and during modelling at aggregate area level, SIMD was an important factor in all models. Whilst some variation was observed across the different types of health data, the number of records, incident risk ratios and odds ratios were all consistently at least 2-3 higher when comparing the most to least deprived areas. Accounting for dog populations and introducing interaction terms for SIMD decile by dog population increased the main effect of SIMD. When comparing individual/household level measures of social circumstance taken from the Scottish Census, occupation-based measures such as NS-SEC and CAMSIS appeared to be relatively important predictors of risk, alongside household composition and age, with children disproportionately represented.

Conclusion

Incident rates of dog-related injuries were higher in more deprived areas and circumstances where individuals may be seen as more socially disadvantaged at the individual or household level. Social/legal policies related to dog-bites typically don’t consider social disadvantage in any meaningful way. These results show the importance of doing so.


Best,
Gema

Schedule for future meetings:

Date

Time

Speaker

Topic

Location

05/10/2022

4pm

Michael Beran (Georgia State University, USA)

Metacognition in primates

Online

12/10/2022

4pm

Claire Hemingway (Texas University, USA)

Bees and bats cognition

Online

19/10/2022

4pm

Kristine Gandia (University of Stirling)

TBC

F2F (Common Room, Psych)

02/11/2022

3-5pm

Joint meeting—BERG & BES

TBC

F2F (Common Room, Psych)

09/11/2022

4pm

Francesca de Petrillo (Newcastle University, UK)

Decision-making in primates

Online

16/11/2022

4pm

Stephen Ferrigno (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)

Origins of human thought

Online

23/11/2022

4pm

Sarah Weir (University of Stirling)

TBC

Online

30/11/2022

4pm

Sabrina Brando (University of Stirling)

Individual, leadership, and organisational aspects of human wellbeing in zoos and aquariums

F2F (Common Room, Psych)

07/12/2022

4pm

Gloria Sabbatini (Istc-CNR Unit of Cognitive Primatology & Primate Center, Italy)

Tool use in primates

Online

14/12/2022

3pm

Elias Garcia Pelegrin (University of Cambridge, UK)

Crows and understanding of magic tricks

Online




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