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Strengths-based concepts and gender healthcare - NIHR School for Public Health Research Background Positive feelings such as joy and pleasure play powerful roles in human health and behaviour, for example in social activity, drug and alcohol use, and concentration and flow. Yet studies i...

Delighted to say that I have recently received funding from @nihrsphr.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Network to explore gender euphoria 🌈 Our team are looking at how positive emotions around gender are discussed and what this could mean for public health⬇️
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Addressing food insecurity in England - NIHR School for Public Health Research New SPHR research published in Policy Design and Practice has found that the responsibility for managing food insecurity has shifted away from national government to often under-resourced community wr...

New #SPHR research led by Charan Bijlani has found that the responsibility for managing #FoodInsecurity has shifted away from national government to often under-resourced community wraparound support. Find out more about the research and key recommendations:

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YouTube video by markansell85 Mental Health Research

Great to see #SPHR research led by the University of Sheffield feature in @bbclooknorth.bsky.social

Investigating the #MentalHealth of young men in community settings through collaborative research

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Improving mental health outcomes for disadvantaged young men: the role and efficacy of VCSE services in Northern England - NIHR School for Public Health Research Background The mental health of young people has deteriorated in the past five years in England and has been significantly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Young men report being less likely to disc...

On BBC Radio Sheffield this morning, #SPHR researcher Will Mason, alongside Osman Jama, discussed research on how vital safe & trusted community spaces are for young men's mental health. They’ll also be on the regional news tonight!

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NIHR Three Schools Prevention Programme funding opportunities - Research project awards - Follow-on research awards - Career development awards

We're excited to announce that the NIHR #ThreeSchools Prevention Programme has launched three funding calls:
👉 Research project awards
👉 Follow-on research awards
👉 Career development awards

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Researchers in the making Podcast · NIHR School for Public Health Research · Researchers in the Making is a podcast hosted by Charan and Karen, discussing the ins and outs of doing a PhD in public health. From the intricacies ...

Listen to 'Researchers in the making' a new #podcast from our #SPHRtrainees Charan and Karen discussing the ins and outs of doing a PhD in #PublicHealth research and their experiences 📻

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Health and risk communication for public health network webinar series - NIHR School for Public Health Research The SPHR Network for Health and risk communication for public health is excited to announce an upcoming lunchtime webinar series. The series will explore a range of topics across health and risk commu...

Join us tomorrow for the last webinar in our Health and Risk Communication series. Dr Marco Bardus will discuss his research exploring the critical role of risk communication and community engagement in responding to #PublicHealth threats.

🕛12–1pm (zoom) Wed 18 Jun

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Great to support Helen Little’s first international conference presentation of her qualitative systematic review #ISBNPA2025 @nihrsphr.bsky.social

👏 Congratulations to the #SPHR projects and researchers that have received nominations for the upcoming #FuseAwards25

▶️ Project 2,999🧶; Twinkle, Twinkle Arti⭐; the Joyful and Safe Physical Activity project team👟; Cassey Muir and Neha Jain

Find out more about the finalists below:

Do dietary and activity strategies help prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years? - NIHR School for Public Health Research New SPHR research published today in a Cochrane Review has found that children who are helped with a strategy to change their diet and activity levels may have a reduced BMI, compared to those not giv...

Do dietary and activity strategies help prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years? New #SPHR research published today in a Cochrane Review

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Join us tomorrow for our 3rd webinar in the Health and Risk Communication series. Dr Marek Palace will be discussing visual art in health communication and how it can make complex health messages more engaging and accessible

🕛12–1pm (zoom) Wed 28th May

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Thank you @nihrsphr.bsky.social for asking our CEO John Hume to speak at its Annual Scientific Meeting in Bristol about our evaluation partnership with SPHR for two of our Health Justice Fund Priorities.

Find out more about our work with SPHR: www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/funding/heal...

Very happy to attend to #ASMSPHR2025 in Bristol. It was meant to be here 5 years ago when I was in my first year of PhD, but it is never too late!

Looking forward to connecting with peers working on any topics of #PublicHealth and learn from all the wide community of @nihrsphr.bsky.social!

45% primary school children in Weston Super Mare are eligible for free school meals.

Really interesting talk by North Somerset Director of Public Health, Matt Lenny.
#ASMSPHR2025 #HealthInequities @nihrsphr.bsky.social

We are excited to welcome our first keynote speaker Matt Lenny, Director of Healthy and Sustainable Communities at North Somerset Council to #ASMSPHR2025 @northsomersetc.bsky.social #PublicHealth

Absolutely loving the lightning talks at the #ASMSPHR2025.

Such interesting work and so far I want to talk to every single speaker later on to hear more!

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Our Annual Scientific Meeting takes place today and tomorrow hosted by @bristoluni.bsky.social. We've got two days of networking, talks, posters and more. Follow #ASMSPHR2025 to stay updated and share your thoughts

#PublicHealth #CapacityBuilding #SPHRtrainees

SPHR Annual ResNet day 2025

Great to be at this year's Annual #ResNet meeting for a day of networking, workshops and discussions with alumni. We'll be exploring career journeys, impact beyond academia, and translating research into practice #SPHRtrainees #CapacityBuilding #PublicHealth

YouTube video by NIHR School for Public Health Research Project 2,999 – Excluded children at the heart of giant patchwork blanket

Watch new video that follows Dr Sarah Martin-Denham @fuseonline.bsky.social and a group of parents on their roadshow around the UK with giant blanket of 2,999 squares to raise awareness of exclusions from school and mobilise action

#Project2999 #PullUpAChair

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Big thanks @rplackett.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social for taking the time to be featured in our new Mental Health Research Initiatives videos.

You make some really important points about overcoming barriers in mental health research. 👏🏽

Health and risk communication for public health network webinar series - NIHR School for Public Health Research The SPHR Network for Health and risk communication for public health is excited to announce an upcoming lunchtime webinar series. The series will explore a range of topics across health and risk commu...

Join us tomorrow for our 2nd webinar in the Health and Risk Communication series with Prof Clare Jinks

Explaining #Osteoarthritis Well. What are the next steps for health communication research?

🕛12–1pm (zoom) Wed 7th May

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New research project to tackle ‘Social Frailty’ in older adults secures NIHR Three Schools funding after groundbreaking preliminary study - NIHR School for Public Health Research A research initiative exploring how to better identify and respond to ‘social frailty’ among older adults has successfully completed its development phase and secured funding for a major follow-on stu...

Social frailty in older people is a growing issue and there are no robust tools available to health and social care practitioners in the UK to identify it. Well, not at the moment anyway... @nihrsphr.bsky.social sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve... Watch this space for updates!

Health and risk communication for public health network webinar series - NIHR School for Public Health Research The SPHR Network for Health and risk communication for public health is excited to announce an upcoming lunchtime webinar series. The series will explore a range of topics across health and risk commu...

The SPHR Health and risk communication for public health network have an exciting new #webinar series starting soon, find out more below:

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The programme has a significant potential for a cost effective roll out across the country to support many more young people

It will be evaluated by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) School for Public Health Research.

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Natural Experiment webinar: Evaluation of the new calorie labelling regulations implemented in England - NIHR School for Public Health Research The next NIHR SPHR Natural Experiment Network will be co-hosted by the SPHR Healthy places, healthy planet research programme. On 27th March at 12pm, Dr Laura Cornelsen from LSHTM will present her (an...

Join the #SPHR Natural Experiment Network this Thursday for a webinar discussing research evaluating the new calorie labelling regulations implemented in England

📅 27th March 12–1pm (zoom)

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Congratulations 👏 to #SPHR researcher Davara Bennett who has been awarded an #NIHRImpactPrize for research to improve improve understanding of inequalities in children entering care in England

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Great to see #SPHRTrainee Dafni Lima speaking at #FuseRE about her TDP placement linking legal regulation and public health

NIHR Impact Prizes 2025. Finalist

We're really excited that #SPHR researcher Davara Bennett has been shortlisted in the #NIHRImpactPrizes for her work to improve #inequalities in children entering care in England

You can find out more here: sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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Is our research truly serving marginalised communities? Beyond inclusion in public health research - NIHR School for Public Health Research Given that inclusion is now a key NIHR funding requirement, shouldn’t community benefit also be a core condition? This blog post, authored by SPHR researcher Steph Ejegi-Memeh (co-lead of the CLARITY+...

Read new blog by Dr Steph Ejegi-Memeh @sheffielduni.bsky.social about ensuring #PublicHealth research directly benefits under-served communities

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