@article{ref1,
title="What people really think about safety around horses: the relationship between risk  perception, values and safety behaviours",
journal="Animals (Basel)",
year="2020",
author="Chapman, Meredith and Thomas, Matthew and Thompson, Kirrilly",
volume="10",
number="12",
pages="e2222-e2222",
abstract="The equestrian industry reports high rates of serious injuries, illness and  fatalities when compared to other high-risk sports and work environments. To address  these ongoing safety concerns, a greater understanding of the relationship between  human risk perception, values and safety behaviours is required. This paper presents  results from an international survey that explored relationships between a  respondents' willingness to take risk during daily activities along with, their  perceptions of risk and behaviours during horse-related interactions. Respondents'  comments around risk management principles and safety-first inspirations were also  analysed. We examined what humans think about hazardous situations or activities and  how they managed risk with suitable controls. Analysis identified three important  findings. First, safe behaviours around horses were associated with safety training  (formal and/or informal). Second, unsafe behaviours around horses were associated  with higher levels of equestrian experience as well as income from horse-related  work. Finally, findings revealed a general acceptance of danger and imminent injury  during horse interactions. This may explain why some respondents de-emphasised or  'talked-down' the importance of safety-first principles. In this paper we  predominantly reported quantitative findings of respondents self-reported safety  behaviours, general and horse-related risk perceptions despite injury or illness. We  discussed the benefits of improved safety-first principles like training, risk  assessments, rider-horse match with enriched safety communications to enhance  risk-mitigation during human-horse interactions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2076-2615",
doi="10.3390/ani10122222",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10122222"
}