23. BRIDGET DIBB ♀
Information acquired: 2025
BRIDGET DIBB is an academic who published a paper in 2020 entitled Working above the coronet band : A multi-methods study exploring how farriers support horse owners t. BRIDGET DIBB published this work as part of a team: Lynden, Jenny M.. Here is a description of this work: Bac,,ground: It is estimated that 50% of the UK leisure horse population are overweight/obese, which leads to laminitis, disability and premature death. In human contexts, practitioners ‘make every contact count' (MECC) to support overweight/obesity management. However, there was no research into whether farriers, who regularly shoe horses' hooves, MECC when working with owners. Aims: The aim of this research was to explore whether and how farriers MECC to support owners in managing horse overweight/obesity to prevent and manage laminitis. Methods: A classical grounded theory methodology framed multi-methods research. Study 1 involved a classical grounded theory method (GTM) to analyse semi-structured interviews with farriers (n=12) and horse owners (n=11). Study 2 used a case study method to collect and analyse evidence of farrier-.