Karen Hicks

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Dr. Charlotte Refsum exploring the role of AI within preventio. Does AI facilitate agency?

During the pandemic racialized minority groups were hit harder by COVID 19

The pandemic made it clear that racism is not separate to health but sits at its core, shaping risks, resilience and outcomes

Thanks for reading.

Part 2

Racism as a determinant of health

Racism is widely acknowledged as a fundamental driver of health inequalities

Racism can be experienced in many ways

It also affects the care people receive

📣 New Concept Explainer!

Our most recent in the series looks at racism as a fundamental driver of health inequalities, influencing susceptibility to illness, the quality of healthcare received, and access to essential resources among racialised minority groups.
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This is Nathan Gill.

Nathan Gill was the Leader of Reform UK in Wales.

Nathan Gill is a long-term friend and ally of Nigel Farage.

Nathan Gill was arrested and convicted of being a Russian Asset - accepting Bribes in exchange for political influence.

Repost and make him famous.

Good article. Raises interesting issues.

Trump’s peace proposal welcomed by world leaders, but some in Gaza remain sceptical After being welcomed by Arab, Islamic and European leaders, experts say the onus rests on Hamas now to accept the peace plan

Party A tells Party B that unless they fulfill certain conditions, Party A will continue to commit war crimes against Party C.

And the world welcomed this plan. 😞

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

"Athletic nicotine" - what next?!

UNRWA chief: ‘Gaza is becoming the graveyard of international humanitarian law’ With famine declared and nearly 63,000 dead in less than two years, Philippe Lazzarini condemns the international community’s failure to act against Israel’s impunity

As Gaza goes, so go we all.

Human rights are not supposed to be for some people, some of the time.

english.elpais.com/internationa...

From smuggling to spin: how tobacco giants hijacked the illicit trade debate - ASH Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.

From smuggling to spin: how tobacco giants hijacked the illicit trade debate
ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org @whofctc.bsky.social

YouTube video by IGHD QMU IGHD Brown Bag Seminar Series | Dr Khudejha Asghar

A very interesting presentation from our Brown Bag Seminar Series has just been posted on Youtube: "Bridging siloes: Understanding and addressing violence holistically in contexts of displacement and adversity" by Dr Khudejha Asghar

youtu.be/fP7NuOokkes

Episode 13: Industry-funded school education programmes with May van Schalkwyk Money Power Health with Nason Maani · Episode

For an amazong summary of why this matters, why and how those industries use education programmes strategically see this excellent episode with @maizie333.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/0Soc...

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Imagine if we all did public health messaging like this

bsky.app/profile/thom...

Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

How do we prevent AI from claiming Hitler was good or Jews were bad if Trump's anti-woke order forces us to drop ethical guardrails?

"Ideological neutrality" isn't neutrality, it's complicity.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Greggs Foundation | Greggs Foundation Community Grants Programme Application Form Apply for The Greggs Foundation Community Grants Programme here today.

🤨 I did not know the 'Greggs Foundation' existed until I just read details of their grant scheme in a newsletter via a health promotion service 🤨

www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/apply/greggs...

#COI #CDoH

As of 15 July, 877 fatalities and 5666 injuries have been reported among people trying to access food supplies. Image of an empty bowl and spoon against black background.

People are getting killed trying to get food.

877 people have died and 5666 were injured in #Gaza trying to get food in recent weeks.

NEW 🔔 Health Promoting Campuses: a time for global reflection and renewed action

✍️ Patricia Taylor, Rebecca Kennedy, Matt Dolf, Catherine Woods, Audrey Tierney, Catherine Norton

FREE doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf086

I see Drinkaware is having its Summer Research Briefing tomorrow-"Understanding young adults’ drinking practices & experiences with alcohol in Ireland" 😏

No doubt they will get plenty of media coverage

Despite claims of independence, Drinkaware is alcohol industry-funded

#CDoH #COI #Alcohol

Medicalisation of public health: a narrative review To critically examine the medicalisation of public health and its implications for addressing upstream social, environmental, and structural determina…

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Medicalisation of public health: a narrative review

Yep

This stuff matters enormously

The medicalization of population health policy is a significant risk to, well, health

Read alongside Lantz
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37096631/

I think it's clear.

You have to love a bookshop that loan you glasses #Edinburgh

The rising influence of big business on policymaking: What it means for public health in NZ Globally and in Aotearoa NZ, powerful commercial interests are shaping public policy, often at the expense of public health. What actions are needed to protect health and equity?

Our new Briefing, led by @judeball.bsky.social, probes commercial influences on alcohol, infant formula, road safety and tobacco, and calls for much stronger regulation of lobbying. Full details here: tinyurl.com/2s46rzv3

Great to see this get the attention it deserves @theguardian.com @thesoilassociation.bsky.social @rob-percival.bsky.social @andrewgregory.com

Ben Cohen co-founder of Ben & Jerry's being arrested for protesting in Senate about the killing of children in Israel.

What a hero.

World health statistics 2025: monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals The 2025 edition consolidates data for health-related indicators from the Sustainable Development Goals. It assesses progress towards the globally agreed targets, describes key challenges for the year...

The World Health Statistics 2025 are out.

2000-2019 HALE rose by 5+ years, maternal mortality fell by 1/3, child mortality down >50%. In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 killed millions, put health systems under severe strain and wiped 1.8 years off HALE.

www.who.int/publications...

The dam is breaking.

Poverty and public health: taking local action The Royal Society of Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Association of Directors of Public Health, and Royal Society for Public Health are co-hosting this conference addressing poverty in the UK to e...

Our joint Poverty Conference is taking place this Friday (16 May)!

Join us to explore how public health professionals can tackle the health impacts of poverty at local level.

We will discuss:

• Child poverty
• Housing crisis
• NHS and prevention

Agenda here 👇

www.fph.org.uk/events-cours...

Streets Ahead Our new rep brings together public health, planning, and business expertise to set out a roadmap for local authorities to put in place the facilities and services to make high streets and communities...

High streets are a British institution. But are they good for our health?

Our research suggests that, right now, they aren't. Today, we're calling for measures to turn our high streets into drivers of good health and wellbeing for everyone. 👇

www.rsph.org.uk/our-work/pol...

The UK is supplying parts for F-35 jets so that Israel can bomb Gaza. Over 52,000 people have been killed. 15,000+ children. Over 18 months of devastation.

We are telling the UK government: You are complicit. It must stop. Now. Not in our name. #StopArmingIsrael #Gaza

New @who.int global report shows within-country health inequities are widening and the health gap targets will be missed, largely due to a lack of political will to tackle the structural drivers of poor health @michaelmarmot.bsky.social @sudhvir.bsky.social #AllforEquity bit.ly/3SdE4lo