'Preventing Violence' examines the UK’s public‑health approach to reducing violence and challenges to implementing meaningful, long‑term prevention. #HealthCare #SocialInequalities
📚Read #OpenAccess: https://ow.ly/Hc4Q50Y9pts
📰Read the full review: https://ow.ly/eA7F50Y9ptr
Throw back to 2023, when we talked with Prof. Aidan McGarry about #Roma communities, contemporary social inequalities, and what we can do to reach out beyond the academy. #Decolonise #DecoloniseEducation #SocialInequalities
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Climate Change, Environmental Hazards, & Population Dynamics: 1st Climate Conference @mpidr.bsky.social discusses connections between environmental #Hazards #Sustainability & the impact on #SocialInequalities #Mortality #Migration #Fertility #HumanCapital #Health:
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#EHFG2025: “1/3 of the population reported having poor health, and the less educated have double the risk to have these outcomes” reports @carocostongs.bsky.social from @eurohealthnet.bsky.social. What can the EU institutions do to address #socialinequalities in #health? @gasteinforum.bsky.social
At one of my meetings today, we discussed the concept of “Missingness” in healthcare and I thought this was a really interesting blog from Andrea Williamson, hosted here by @enlightenscot.bsky.social.
#MedSky
#SocialInequalities
#PublicHealth
#SDOH
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📊 A Swiss-led study focusing on 28 European countries and CH – supported by @forsresearch.bsky.social – shows that #SocialInequalities significantly shaped mortality risks during the #Covid19 pandemic. Read the full article here 👉 tinyurl.com/yuw35jds
#HealthEquity #NRP80 #CrisisManagement
"Silenced by snobbery”: from facing eviction to influencing government policy, one person’s fight to expose structural inequality
Inspirational story of community action on #HealthInequalities #SocialInequalities #SocialJustice
@eurohealthnet.bsky.social
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Wrapping up an inspiring month at IRSEI (@uni.lu). I'm deeply grateful for the stimulating discussions and the progress made on our research on #socialinequalities, #intergenerationalRelationships, and #cognitiveAgeing.
...such a stimulating and #interdisciplinary environment to work!
On my way to Luxembourg for a month of research, ideas, and collaboration with Prof. @anjaleist.bsky.social (Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality – IRSEI @uni.lu) on how #socialinequalities shape #cognitiveHealth in later life. Can’t wait to get started! #AcademicSky
There has been much discussion (and little action) among national politicians about ideas like a 'social care premium', and at the local level, defunded councils always cite the ever-growing burden of social care when they increase their rate of tax on residents. But shouldn't there be better ways of paying for social care than simply increasing the taxes on young working adults like Freddy's parents? Couldn't some of the enormous wealth that a few older people hold be used instead, and spread out more usefully than it is? Danny Dorling Seven Children: Inequality and Britain's Next Generation #kindlequotes
Here, @dannydorling.bsky.social asks one of the many difficult questions of our time.
How should we fund better social care?
#SocialCare
#SocialInequalities
#WealthTax
Breast cancer overdiagnosis disproportionately affects more affluent groups in our society who are more likely to respond to invitations for screening and testing. 10 11 In focusing particularly on the "overdiagnosis" of people who rely on the welfare state because they live in a state of significant distress, we risk stigmatising some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the UK
And here’s another big question, posed by @helensalisbury.bsky.social & @elspethdavies.bsky.social
Overdiagnosis of physical vs mental health issues affect different sectors of the population disproportionately.
Are we stigmatising some of our most disadvantaged citizens here?
#SocialInequalities
Our middle child of seven in the UK is not at the country's median household income level; that is the next child up. David is living in a family with an income below what most UK households have to live on. This is because households without children, which include retirees and families whose kids have left home, tend to be a little bit, or occasionally a lot, better off, once you take into account that they do not have children to pay for. It is in getting to David that we see the hard truth: that not half, but most, of the UK's children are from families on a below-average income. Danny Dorling Seven Children: Inequality and Britain's Next Generation #kindlequotes
I would very much recommend the book to people.
It is likely to be eye opening for many.
#ChildPoverty
#SocialInEqualities
The family's income is propped up by Child and Working Tax Credits. In the case of postal workers like Candice's dad, this amounts to the government subsidising Royal Mail, which has been a private business since the early 2010s, and one with many workers who struggle to pay their rent and buy enough food for their families. 24 Royal Mail says it can't afford to pay workers more because of competition from other firms. 25 Nevertheless, it has been able to pay its shareholders, its chief executives, and some (if not all) of its managers more every year. 26 Danny Dorling Seven Children: Inequality and Britain's Next Generation #kindlequotes
Wednesday’s child comes from a family where the income is propped up by tax credits.
It’s not a great way to run a society, is it?
From “Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation” by @dannydorling.bsky.social.
#ChildPoverty
#SocialInequalities
#BookSky
Christmas is hard. Oddly, the worst part was always Christmas jumper day at school for the older two children, because you have to have one to take part. The solution used to be to have a stomach bug. It was a blessing when the school cancelled dressing-up day. Danny Dorling Seven Children: Inequality and Britain's Next Generation #kindlequotes
Tuesday’s child is the second one that we meet in @dannydorling.bsky.social’s book.
He’s one of three in his family, and only marginally better off than Monday’s child who we met earlier.
Poverty is more complicated than just lack of money though…
#SocialInequalities
#ChildPoverty
#Christmas
‼️ #JobOpening ‼️ #Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck | University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health in #Rostock
📅Deadline: May 4, 2025
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
#Postdoc #SocialInequalities #Population #Demography #Epidemiology #Health @pophel.bsky.social
Cover of book. Seven Children, by Danny Dorling.
The seven children whose lives we'll explore in the chapters that follow may never have lived, but their daily experiences and their socioeconomic positions are based on statistical reality. The future for Britain's children does not depend primarily on their own actions. It depends on you. What happens depends on whether you are willing to tolerate the high human cost of our increasingly unequal British nations; if you are not, but choose to stay silent; or if you instead believe it is time to speak out. Danny Dorling Seven Children: Inequality and Britain's Next Generation #kindlequotes
I’ve just started reading this book by @dannydorling.bsky.social.
Child poverty is an important issue in the UK just now.
I suspect that I’ll be shocked, despite already knowing many of the facts here.
I’ll let you know how it goes.
#BookSky
#ChildPoverty
#SocialInequalities
#SDOH
Respiratory illness Survey shows inadequate spirometry testing The charity Asthma + Lung UK said that 600000 people in England had undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease because of backlogs in spirometry testing and geographical variation in access. Ofthe 27 integrated care systems that responded to the charity's survey, 16 said they did not have enough spirometry testing capacity to meet demand in their area, and only eight reported having enough to carry out all the tests needed. The review also showed worse outcomes among people with lung conditions who live in areas with higher levels of deprivation.
More from this month’s @bmj.com.
Still an issue of social inequalities and social determinants of health, but this time it’s respiratory problems that we’re talking about.
#MedSky
#SocialInequalities
#SDOH
#Sprirometry
#COPD
Abstract The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served. This inverse care law operates more completely where medical care is most exposed to market forces, and less so where such exposure is reduced. The market distribution of medical care is a primitive and historically outdated social form, and any return to it would further exaggerate the maldistribution of medical resources.
And on a day where there is talk of changes to NHS England, it’s important that any future organisation(s) are mindful of this law.
#InverseCareLaw
#MedSky
#NHSEngland
#SocialInequalities
Sadly, this can also be filed in the “I’m not surprised” section of life.
“People living in the UK's most deprived areas are much more likely to die from cancer, with death rates almost 60% higher than in the most affluent areas”.
#MedSky
#SocialInequalities
#SDOH
#Deprivation
Medical students Few students are from working class families Research by the Sutton Trust showed that just 5% of medical students were from working class backgrounds, while 75% were from high socioeconomic groups. Data on nearly 94 000 applicants to UK medical schools between 2012 and 2022 showed that a very high numberof medical students came from a relatively small number of secondary schools. Applicants from independent schools were 1.5 times as likely to receive an offer to study medicine as those from non-selective state schools, even after adjustment for exam grades, socioeconomic status, and other demographic factors.
From this month’s @bmj.com.
Sometimes I read things that surprise me. This one did not.
#MedSky
#MedicalSchoolApplications
#SocialInequalities
#TrainingOpportunity: Local Climate Response from June 30th to July 11th in The Hague.
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#climatechange #climateadaptation #climatejustice #naturebasedsolutions #climatefunds #publicprivatepartnerships #socialinequalities
We might do well to remember the initial principles of the Co-op movement when it first started.
Detail here from the poster outside Tranent library.
#Coop
#Community
#HistorySky
#EastLothian
#SocialInequalities
Washington's House Bill 1503 is set to revolutionize digital access for underserved communities, tackling the digital divide head-on with a strategic outreach plan.
Learn more here!
#WA #SocialInequalities #BroadbandAccess #DigitalEquity #CitizenPortal
@eurofound.europa.eu Quality of Life e-survey reveals lasting impact of the #pandemic and deepening #financial and #socialinequalities. Urgent action is needed to close these gaps and build a more #inclusive and #resilient society, where no one is left behind. www.socialjustice.ie/article/cont...
why is this not being shared a lot more? the neo-feudalist rentier society has finally arrived as #nickhanauer warned us more than a decade ago #declineofthemiddleclass #CorporateMonopolyPower #RiseofOligarchy #socialinequalities #taxtherich #fckmusk #fcktrump www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gO...
In SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND DIFFERENCE IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD, bioarchaeologists, osteologists, archaeologists, and paleopathologists examine the ways in which #socialinequalities and differences affected health and wellbeing in #AncientGreece. #UFPress
Smoking New treatment option is proposed by NICE Cytisine, a pill that reduces nicotine craving, should be considered to help people stop smoking, said the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. The updated guidance is out for consultation after new evidence showed that people who received cytisine were 30% more likely not to smoke for six months or longer than with placebo or no medication. Cytisine, also known as cytisinicline, was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in 2019 but has been available in the UK only since January 2024. Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2559
A potential new medication arrives on the scene, to help people stop smoking, notes the @bmj.com.
Is it cheeky to say that the best way to do this is to stop people starting in the first place?
It’s complicated, I know.
#PublicHealth
#Smoking
#MedSky
#SDOH
#EndPoverty
#SocialInequalities
Supporting a college fair near Shreveport LA.
Let’s talk #Sociology! #medicalsociology #environmentalsociology #socialinequalities
Housing is a huge cost for people.
If we want to lift people out of poverty, we need to pay attention to where they are having to spend their money.
Thank you for sharing this @lalithatry.bsky.social! And to @resfoundation.bsky.social for the graph.
#Housing
#Poverty
#SDOH
#SocialInequalities
I missed this review by @bykatewomersley.bsky.social recently. It sounds like a powerful read.
Now I need to go and find the book…
#SocialInequalities
#SevenChildren
#DannyDorling
#SDOH
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