Carri Westgarth

Best Publications

• Dog Ownership and Physical Activity: A Review of the Evidence

  Hayley E. Christian;Carri Westgarth;Adrian Bauman;Elizabeth A. Richards

  372
  Citations

• Companion Animals and Child/Adolescent Development: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

  Rebecca Purewal;Robert Christley;Katarzyna Kordas;Carol J Joinson

  333
  Citations

• How might we increase physical activity through dog walking?: A comprehensive review of dog walking correlates

  Carri Westgarth;Robert M Christley;Robert M Christley;Hayley E Christian

  216
  Citations

• Factors associated with dog ownership and contact with dogs in a UK community

  Carri Westgarth;Gina L Pinchbeck;John W S Bradshaw;Susan Dawson

  176
  Citations

• Dog-human and dog-dog interactions of 260 dog-owning households in a community in Cheshire

  C. Westgarth;G. L. Pinchbeck;J. W. S. Bradshaw;S. Dawson

  160
  Citations

• Family Pet Ownership during Childhood: Findings from a UK Birth Cohort and Implications for Public Health Research

  Carri Westgarth;Jon Heron;Andy R. Ness;Peter Bundred

  156
  Citations

• Dog owners are more likely to meet physical activity guidelines than people without a dog: An investigation of the association between dog ownership and physical activity levels in a UK community

  Carri Westgarth;Robert M. Christley;Christopher Jewell;Alexander J. German

  145
  Citations

• Encouraging Dog Walking for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

  Hayley Christian;Adrian Bauman;Jacqueline N. Epping;Glenn N. Levine

  122
  Citations

• How many people have been bitten by dogs? A cross-sectional survey of prevalence, incidence and factors associated with dog bites in a UK community

  Carri Westgarth;Megan Brooke;Robert M Christley

  115
  Citations

• I Walk My Dog Because It Makes Me Happy: A Qualitative Study to Understand Why Dogs Motivate Walking and Improved Health.

  Carri Westgarth;Robert M. Christley;Garry Marvin;Elizabeth Perkins

  114
  Citations

• Pet ownership, dog types and attachment to pets in 9–10 year old children in Liverpool, UK

  Carri Westgarth;Lynne M Boddy;Gareth Stratton;Alexander J German

  104
  Citations

• Pet dog bites in children: management and prevention.

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  94
  Citations

• Dog behaviour on walks and the effect of use of the leash.

  Carri Westgarth;Robert M. Christley;Gina L. Pinchbeck;Rosalind M. Gaskell

  90
  Citations

• Pet ownership is associated with increased risk of non-atopic asthma and reduced risk of atopy in childhood: Findings from a UK birth cohort

  S. M. Collin;Raquel Granell;C. Westgarth;J. Murray

  88
  Citations

• Prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli in dogs in a cross-sectional, community-based study

  A. L. Wedley;T. W. Maddox;C. Westgarth;K. P. Coyne

  79
  Citations

• Evidence of large genetic influences on dog ownership in the Swedish Twin Registry has implications for understanding domestication and health associations.

  Tove Fall;Ralf Kuja-Halkola;Keith Dobney;Carri Westgarth

  74
  Citations

• Contexts and consequences of dog bite incidents

  James Andrew Oxley;Rob Christley;Carri Westgarth

  64
  Citations

• Children, parents and pets exercising together (CPET): exploratory randomised controlled trial

  Ryan Morrison;John J Reilly;Victoria Penpraze;Carri Westgarth

  54
  Citations

• The Responsible Dog Owner: The Construction of Responsibility

  Carri Westgarth;Robert M Christley;Garry Marvin;Elizabeth Perkins

  48
  Citations

• Importing rescue dogs into the UK: reasons, methods and welfare considerations.

  Charlotte Norman;Jenny Stavisky;Carri Westgarth

  47
  Citations