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CURRENT RESEARCH
Understanding UK Veterinary professionals’ experiences and attitudes of seeking support for their drinking.
Have you worked as a veterinarian or veterinary nurse in the UK and experienced issues relating to your drinking?
A team of psychology researchers from Oxford Brookes University are looking for individuals over 18 who feel they have consumed alcohol in a way that had a negative impact on their mental or physical health, social life or relationships, whilst working as a UK veterinary professional (veterinary nurse/ veterinarian), to talk confidentially about their experiences and attitudes around seeking support.
What is the purpose of this study?
The purpose of this study is to find out about the experiences of support relating to drinking for people working in the veterinary professions. This information will be part of a wider project that hopes to develop an intervention strategy to improve support for drinking amongst UK veterinary professionals.
What does participation involve?
Participation is voluntary and confidential. It will involve a 5-minute demographics questionnaire and an online interview that will last no more than one hour and a half, during which a researcher will ask you about your experiences as well as a short questionnaire about your demographics, mental health and current drinking. All data will be anonymised.
How to take part
If you would like to take part or if you would like any further information on the project, please feel free to contact me, Olivia Cormier (19175231@brookes.ac.uk) or go to our "Take Part," page.
Many thanks!
Olivia Cormier BVSc Cert(AVP) MSc MRCVS
PhD student, Oxford Brookes University.
This study has been approved by the Oxford Brookes University Ethics Committee.
Oxford Brookes University UREC number 261966
FUTURE RESEARCH
Once we have identified the key factors to target, the next stage for the project is to develop an intervention strategy that aims to improve alcohol-related support for veterinary professionals. This will be guided by a behaviour change framework and implement a co-production approach, ensuring those with lived experience of both accessing and providing support are at the heart of the intervention, ensuing it is contextalised and appropriate.
Finally we will assess how appropriate and accessible the developed intervention is by conducting a feasability study.
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