How do politics shape our health? | Prof Sarah R Baker posted on the topic | LinkedIn How do politics shape our health? Political determinants of health refers to the ways in which political processes, decisions, and power structures influence the health of individuals and populations...

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Yesterday we celebrated the official launch of the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH), which was very fittingly by the seaside at the Campus for Future Living 🏖️ | Prof Sarah R Bak... Yesterday we celebrated the official launch of the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH), which was very fittingly by the seaside at the Campus for Future Living 🏖️ There was a rea...

Yesterday we celebrated the official launch of the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH)👇

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The new 10-Year Health Plan for England, "Fit for the Future," has been released today and the importance of rural and coastal health can clearly be seen 👏 | Prof Sarah R Baker The new 10-Year Health Plan for England, "Fit for the Future," has been released today and the importance of rural and coastal health can clearly be seen 👏 The plan explicitly acknowledges...

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I am honoured to receive this award, and thankful to the many colleagues and students for their invaluable support and collaboration along the way whilst at The University of Sheffield and now in my… ... I am honoured to receive this award, and thankful to the many colleagues and students for their invaluable support and collaboration along the way whilst at The University of Sheffield and now in my r...

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Job Alert ‼️ | Prof Sarah R Baker Job Alert ‼️ Associate Professor and Director of Dental Education To lead, shape and implement oral health education for the new BSc in Dental Hygiene and Therapy at the recently announced Lincoln...

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The seven-year wait for a dentist: why Linda Colla pulled out her own teeth In chronic pain, unable to find an NHS practice and priced out of private care, Colla – like millions of Britons – felt she had no choice but to take matters into her own hands

The seven-year wait for a dentist: why Linda Colla pulled out her own teeth

In chronic pain, unable to find an NHS practice and priced out of private care, Colla – like millions of Britons – felt she had no choice but to take matters into her own hands

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Your Teeth, You Are in Control: A Process Evaluation of the Implementation of a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Intervention for Reducing Child Dental Anxiety Aim To explore the views of patients, caregivers, and dental professionals on the factors that influence implementation, processes, and effectiveness of a guided self-help cognitive behavioural ther...

2. Your Teeth, You Are in Control: A Process Evaluation of the Implementation of a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Intervention for Reducing Child Dental Anxiety
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A Theoretically Informed Process Evaluation in Parallel to a Feasibility Study of a Complex Oral Health Intervention Using NICE Guidelines in a Care Home Setting Background A theoretically informed process evaluation was undertaken in parallel to a study examining the feasibility of an oral health intervention based on an existing guideline for care homes. T...

1. A Theoretically Informed Process Evaluation in Parallel to a Feasibility Study of a Complex Oral Health Intervention Using NICE Guidelines in a Care Home Setting

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Process evaluations can be independent studies or conducted simultaneously with outcome evaluations such as RCTs. They examine the processes through which an intervention generates outcomes.

We have published 2 important & very different process evaluations in @commdentoralepi.bsky.social 👇

Process evaluations are really important in helping to understand how (oral) health interventions work.

They are particularly useful for interventions that include a number of interacting components operating in different ways & also when interventions address complex problems.

#dentistry

For those interested in all things (dental) public health, community dentistry, dental services, & oral epidemiology, we have just moved over here to @bsky.app 😊

Find us here: commdentoralepi.bsky.social

#academicsky #episky #dentistry #publichealth #oralhealth #scientificpublishing

📢 PhD Opportunity | Fully funded ESRC, Liverpool Uni, @alcoholfocus.bsky.social.

⚕️To explore the impact that the UK Internal Market Act has had on the powers of devolved administrations to protect public health and prevent NCDs.

📅 Deadline: 27 Feb 🔗 Apply now: www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/study/po...

People having to pull out their own teeth with pliers is not Victorian - it’s medieval YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

The Government’s own shocking data shows a staggering 97% of new patients who try to get an NHS dental appointment fail to get one

We all need to back the @thebda.bsky.social in its call for urgent action to save NHS dentistry

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A blue and grey slide with the text 'Artificial Intelligence in Behavioural Research. Dr Janna Hastings Universities of St. Gallen and Zurich. Professor Susan Michie, University College London and Professor Robert West, University College London' What you'll learn: What the difference is between 'Analytical AI' and 'Generative AI.' Strengths and weaknesses of existing AI tools. How Generative AI can be used in behavioural science to generate evidence-based ideas for behaviour change interventions.

Are you interested in learning how AI can be used to improve behavioural research? 📈 There is time to register for BR-UK’s webinar tomorrow at 1:30pm BST with speakers @jannahastings.bsky.social, @susanmichie.bsky.social and @robertjwest.bsky.social.
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Inside Health - Can you really boost your immune system? - BBC Sounds From kombucha to cold water swims, does any of it help protect us from getting a virus?

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Can you really boost your immune system

Yes
It's called vaccination

Healthcare in the digital age: A new era of inequality? We are delighted to welcome Professor Trish Greenhalgh to give the eleventh annual Elizabeth Blackwell lecture, Bristol on 3 February 2025.

Digital tools should make healthcare more efficient and accessible, but do they make everyone’s lives easier?

Join @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social for 'Healthcare in the digital age: A new era of inequality?'
When: 3 Feb 2025, 18:30-20:00
Where: City Hall, Bristol
Free tickets: tinyurl.com/2pyn8w4b

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Vacancy in the Sheffield PH team

Health Improvement Officer

wider determinants of health
Inc: food, commercial determinants, planning, licensing, climate change, air quality and active travel

Caution Needed in Interpreting the Evidence Base on Fluoride and IQ The article by Taylor et al1 summarizes the results of the systematic review and meta-analysis that investigated the associations between fluoride exposure and children’s IQ scores in epidemiological ...

Very good explainer on the recent IQ / Fluoride study

TLDR =The studies considered were too heterogeneous, or poor quality, and not relevant to how this actually plays in the UK to draw the conclusions reached

The Levy editorial is also good jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Changes in household purchasing of soft drinks following the UK soft drinks industry levy by household income and composition: controlled interrupted time series analysis, March 2014 to November 2019 Background The WHO recommends taxes on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) to improve population health. We examined changes in volume of and amount of sugar in purchases of soft drinks according to hous...

📣New Paper:19 months after the UK soft drinks industry levy (SDIL; sugar tax) was enforced we find a 7.5g weekly household sugar reduction from soft drinks. Weekly sugar reductions were highest in houses with lowest incomes(70g/week) / with children(56g/week).
📄: nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...

"Failure to act would amount to the effective abolition of NHS dentistry: death by can-kicking."

"And the PM and his Ministers would need to own the consequences."

🦷🥫🦵Tom Thayer on why Government needs to make good on its promises👉 www.bda.org/news-and-opi...

A picture of a trophy. The real award looks much cooler.

Do you know any early career researchers in the UK who have contributed something special to improve research practices?

The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025.

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We're still working on expanding this list, but here is Version 1 of our Social Epidemiology Starter Pack—just in time for the holidays! Please like & repost! And Happy Holidays & Happy New Year! ☃️🫒🥂🎉

#SocialEpiSky
#EpiSky😷
#PublicHealth 🛟

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Testing and cancer diagnosis in general practice Healthcare systems worldwide have for decades sought to prioritise prompt diagnosis of cancer as a means to improve outcomes. The gatekeeping role of general practitioners (GPs) that restricts access ...

Testing and cancer diagnosis in gen practice
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Top editorial
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Excellent on the complexities:
Benefit, risk, cost, interpretation in real world settings, limitations of crude interpretation of data on testing variation to make policy

Thanks for these. They’re really useful 🙏

Tooth decay is the most common childhood chronic disease. But it doesn't have to be that way. Ensuring access to preventive oral health care like dental check ups, fluoride varnishes, sealants and fluoridated drinking water can kids help grow up cavity-free. #teethmatter

Those were the days

Are you working with Global Oral Health? We are waiting for you contribution. Deadline for abstracts is 1st March. @commdentoralepi.bsky.social , @profsarahbaker.bsky.social, Prof. Maha El Tantawi and
Prof. Morenike Folayan
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We don’t need more research on oral health inequalities. We know they exist, and we know they are bad. We need to do something about them. We need translation of evidence into policy.

It’s about perspective ……..

#dentistry

Drinkaware still doing their funders' work on Twitter, undermining Dry January: "It's important to remember that when it comes to resetting your drinking habits, it doesn’t have to be all or nothing.":

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on As January marks five years on from Britain leaving the EU, Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin explore its impact

Can just one person name just one positive of Brexit?

There’s certainly none in this report.

52 v 48% in favour of a scam

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...