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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023

The Impact of the Social Determinants of Human Health on Companion Animal Welfare.

Sonya McDowall, Susan J Hazel, Catherine Chittleborough, Anne Hamilton-Bruce, Rwth Stuckey, Tiffani J Howell

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Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
14.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Companion Animal Fostering as Health Promotion: A Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sonya McDowallSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3082, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1899-8011
Susan J HazelSchool of Animal and Veterinary Science, Roseworthy Campus, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA 5371, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1804-690X
Catherine ChittleboroughSchool of Public Health, Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3196-7137
Anne Hamilton-BruceAdelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
Rwth StuckeySchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3082, Australia.
Tiffani J HowellSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4932-5792
La Trobe University · AUThe University of Adelaide · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The social determinants of health (SDH) focus on the social, physical and economic factors that impact human health. Studies have revealed that animal guardians face a range of challenges in attaining positive welfare outcomes for their companion animals, which can be influenced by socioeconomic and environmental factors. Despite this, there is a lack of research specifically exploring the relationship between SDH and animal welfare outcomes. Given that the SDH impact on humans, which in turn directly impacts on their companion animal, it is important to adapt an SDH framework for companion animal welfare by characterising the impact of the SDH on companion animal guardians in their attempts to care for their animals and, by extension, the associated welfare outcomes. This paper explores how these human health determinants may impact animal welfare and the possible challenges that may arise for the guardian when attempting to meet their companion animal's welfare needs. By integrating the SDH with other key frameworks, including the five domains model of animal welfare, through multidisciplinary collaboration, this framework can be used to inform future programs aiming to improve animal welfare.

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five domains modelhealthcarehuman–animal bondpetsocioeconomic

Identifiers

PMID36978653
PMCPMC10044303
OpenAlexW4353070834

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Registered trials

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