Prof Samantha Thomas

YouTube video by WHO European Region The journey from Ottawa to Health 2020

"Health promotion might become the important lever for making a radical change in the way everybody is looking at Health" - Mahler

Learn about the history of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.

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NEW 🔔 ‘Industry still has too loud a voice’: expert views on government policy consultations about gambling marketing

✍️ Samantha Thomas, Simone McCarthy, Hannah Pitt, Grace Arnot, Melanie Randle, Mike Daube

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@healthpromint.bsky.social is now inviting short reports! You can see examples of some of our previously published short reports here:

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New paper out from our team explored how experts are consulted about gambling marketing policy development.

‘Industry still has too loud a voice’: expert views on government policy consultations about gambling marketing.

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‘Industry still has too loud a voice’: expert views on government policy consultations about gambling marketing Abstract. Marketing is part of the suite of tactics used by the gambling industry and its allies to promote and normalize gambling. While there have been i

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‘Industry still has too loud a voice’
policy consultations about gambling marketing

- consultation processes are misaligned with PH objectives
- Policy development prioritizes industry interests
- few structural mechanisms to protect policy from vested interests

New paper out from our team explored how experts are consulted about gambling marketing policy development.

‘Industry still has too loud a voice’: expert views on government policy consultations about gambling marketing.

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“Recognising the change across the system, trustees have decided that GambleAware, the charity, will work towards a managed closure by 31 March 2026.”

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NEW 🔔 Exploring preventable lifestyle risk factors among newcomers in Montreal, Canada: a mixed-method study

✍️ Geneveave Barbo, Anissa Jeeroburkhan

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Albanese government worse than Morrison era at producing documents for public scrutiny, report finds Labor’s first term saw second-worst performance since 1993 in complying with Senate orders for documents, data shows

Albanese government worse than Morrison era at producing documents for public scrutiny, report finds

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World on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief says António Guterres says ‘sun is rising on a clean energy age’ as 90% of renewable power projects cheaper than fossil fuels

World on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief says

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NEW 🔔 Delivering social and public health programmes through community arms of professional football clubs

✍️ Jordan Maclean, Alice MacLean, Cindy M Gray, Stephanie Chambers, Craig Donnachie, Russell Jago, Kate Hunt

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NEW 🔔 The effectiveness of podcasts in promoting health among young people: a scoping review

✍️ Yixuan Zou, Albie Sharpe, Daniel Demant

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NEW 🔔 Health literacy as a public health goal: 25 years on

✍️ Don Nutbeam

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👏👏👏 well done. Thanks for publishing with us!

🔔"Are we getting through to them? And in what way?" Communicating physical activity with adolescents is now published in @healthpromint.bsky.social

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So happy to have my second PhD paper out for our #physicalactivity enthusiasts to read or watch (video abstract 👇)

Health literacy as a public health goal: 25 years on Twenty-five years ago, Health Promotion International published a paper on Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health edu

Health literacy as a public health goal: 25 years on.

Our latest Editorial in @healthpromint.bsky.social by Emeritus Professor Don Nutbeam
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Health literacy as a public health goal: 25 years on Twenty-five years ago, Health Promotion International published a paper on Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health edu

Health literacy as a public health goal: 25 years on.

Our latest Editorial in @healthpromint.bsky.social by Emeritus Professor Don Nutbeam
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NEW 🔔 Can Australian meal kits support food literacy and healthy family meal provisioning? A qualitative study

✍️ Kylie Fraser, Penelope Love, Karen J Campbell, Alison Spence

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(Re)framing menopause: a comprehensive public health approach Over half of the world’s population will experience menopause, the point in time 12 months after a woman’s final menstrual period (World Health Organizatio

I think there is increasing focus on this - (declaration that I’m doing some work in this area at the moment 😊). We wrote this trying to get a broader public health lens on menopause.

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I think this space is becoming increasingly tricky to navigate for women because of the commercialisation of menopause and the significant vested interests in this.

Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Limited Benefits, Significant Harms Recent publications in the medical literature and the popular press misattribute dozens of symptoms to menopause, stressing the health benefits of menopausal hormone therapy while underplaying its ris...

Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Limited Benefits, Significant Harms

Editorial by Adriane Fugh-Berman and Barbara Mintzes

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More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction Exclusive: Translocation and deaths of seven out of 13 koalas in April, with some showing signs of septicaemia, not made public by state government

More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction
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NEW 🔔 The impact of e-cigarette product characteristics on attitudes and use susceptibility: an experimental study

✍️ Michelle I Jongenelis, Kahlia McCausland, Stefan Bode

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When it comes to conflicts of interest, affiliations are apparently no smoking gun Seven papers on various aspects of vaping and cigarettes published in Toxicology Reports listed each authors’ affiliation –  the tobacco company Philip Morris International – when they origina…

When it comes to conflicts of interest, affiliations are apparently no smoking gun

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Learning From the Mess: What Happens in Social Media Elicitation Interviews

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NEW 🔔 Exploring ways to improve healthcare service access for people experiencing homelessness in Manchester, UK

✍️ Alya Howard, Amanda Low, Natasha Howard

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Interesting idea - what if sports teams championed the conservation of the species they use in their names and emblems?

@champions4Earth@champions4earth.bsky.social‬

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How Best to Perform Co-Research With Children and Adolescents: A Rapid Qualitative Evidence Synthesis - Karolina Seidl, Anna Wahl, Daniela Rojatz, Lisa Affengruber, Isolde Sommer, Irma Klerings, Lisa ... In recent years, emphasis has grown on involving children and adolescents in research. Co-research allows these age groups to be equal partners in research, ens...

How Best to Perform Co-Research With Children and Adolescents: A Rapid Qualitative Evidence Synthesis

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NEW 🔔 How governments influence public health research: a scoping review

✍️ Helen Jane Senior, Navid Teimouri, Michael Waller, Simon Capewell, Katherine Cullerton

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Characteristics and Trends in Child Cannabis Exposures During Legalization in California In 2016, California legalized cannabis for adult recreational use; after recreational sales began in 2018, it became the largest retail market worldwide. This study profiled specific risks and prevent...

Excellent study from Laura Schmidt and colleagues at UCSF

Characteristics and Trends in Child Cannabis Exposures During Legalization in California - American Journal of Preventive Medicine www.ajpmonline.org/article/S074...