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The Journal of Critical Public Health (JCPH) is devoted to disseminating critically engaged research in public health, health promotion & related fields. Diamond Open Access. journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph/

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β€˜Gay issues have come and it is worrying us’: Interrogating vulnerability, masculinities, and reproduction through queerphobic narratives among men in Accra, Ghana | Journal of Critical Publ...

Part of the new Special Issue on Reproductive Vulnerabilities: Joe Strong, Nii Kwartelai Quartey, Ojeeko Tackie & Nii Kwartei Richard Owoo analyse men’s expressions of queerphobia through the lens of vulnerability
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04.12.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2025) | Journal of Critical Public Health

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Our article 'Measuring social inequalities in self-reported #miscarriage experiences in the UK' is now part of a special issue 'Reproductive Vulnerabilities: A Critical Perspective' in Journal of Critical Public Health
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28.11.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Reproductive vulnerabilities: A critical perspective | Journal of Critical Public Health

see the introductory editorial here:
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27.11.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2025) | Journal of Critical Public Health

Our first Special Issue is out now! It's on Reproductive Vulnerabilities: A Critical Perspective - Guest editors: Laura Sochas, Kaveri Qureshi, and Philip Kreager

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27.11.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing - Research Professional News Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards

Opinion: Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing.

Another one of our most-read articles over the last week.

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19.11.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The post-politics of partnership: Understanding corporate power in multistakeholder governance | Journal of Critical Public Health

New 'online first' paper from Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social - on 'multi-stakeholderism' in food policy, and how this renders power of corporations less visible
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19.11.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Population chatter for clearer and broader thinking about fertility | Journal of Critical Public Health

New 'online first' publication from Jenny Trinitapoli & Gertrude Finyiza on the value of listening in to 'population chatter': part of our forthcoming special issue on critical perspectives on #reproductive vulnerabilities
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31.10.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Is there a place for hope in the imagined future of public health? A commentary building on Freire’s sociology of hope. | Journal of Critical Public Health

New commentary published 'online first' from Paul Ward & Belinda Lunnay on drawing on sociology of hope in public health
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31.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Conceiving strife: Relational vulnerabilities in couples with male infertility in Pakistan | Journal of Critical Public Health

New 'online first' publication from Uzair Amjad on male infertility in Pakistan - part of an exciting forthcoming special issue on critical perspectives on reproductive vulnerabilities!
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31.10.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Challenges of researching racism in healthcare | Journal of Critical Public Health

New online first Research & Practice Note from Hannah Bradby, Suruchi Thapar-BjΓΆrkert, Beth Maina Ahlberg & Sarah Hamed:
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29.10.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anti-abortion politics and changes in abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey | Journal of Critical Public Health Abortion has been legal without restriction in Turkey since 1983. However, the government’s anti-abortion campaign in 2012 has resulted in significant restrictions on abortion services, particularly…

Anti-abortion politics & changes in abortion, miscarriage & stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey
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Paper in @cphjournal.bsky.social by @selinkoksal.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francesco Billari & Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social

24.10.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Becoming embedded: A process evaluation of weight management services developed with, not for, communities | Journal of Critical Public Health

Just published online first: paper from Hannah Newman, Louca-Mai Brady, Elspeth Mathie, Kathryn Almack & Wendy Wills on co-designing services with diverse communities
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27.10.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good luck to the team setting up a new population health journal! Excellent news that the opportunities to publish public health research in scholarly community-managed journals is set to expand.

24.10.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really interesting look at placed based approaches to reducing #healthinequalities

Supporting the reduction of power imbalances at a community level , that can increase health inequalities

and the need to .....
"catalyse emancipation of currently disempowered and alienated communities"

16.09.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Journal of Critical Public Health. Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025)

Critical Metabolism: Towards a Metabolic Justice?

Stephen Hinchliffe et al

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15.09.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Are place-based approaches to reducing health inequalities a highway to success or a policy dead-end? | Journal of Critical Public Health

Journal of Critical Public Health. Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025)

Are Place-Based Approaches to Reducing Health Inequalities a Highway to Success or a Policy Dead-End?

Gerry McCartney & Jennie Popay

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15.09.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Unionization rates and health in Canadian provinces, 2000 - 2020 | Journal of Critical Public Health

Journal of Critical Public Health. Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025)

"Unionization Rates and Health in Canadian Provinces, 2000–2020"

Anupam Das, Ian Hudson &Mark Hudson

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15.09.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Public health in peril? Critical scholarship in times of crisis | Journal of Critical Public Health

Latest issue now out! Editorial here from editors @judegreen.bsky.social & @lindsaymclaren.bsky.social
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10.09.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
(Re)Acting (to) the crisis: A comparative analysis of crisis framing in obesity, climate change, antimicrobial resistance, and the UK cost-of-living crisis | Journal of Critical Public Healt...

Online first! New paper from @kat-lauber.bsky.social, Nason Maani, Olivia Brown & @rebeccaglover.bsky.social on the pros and cons of 'crisis' framings journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

29.08.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Theory and Social Inquiry | Issue: Issue: 1(1) (2025)

Congratulations to the editors of diamond OA Theory & Social Inquiry on their 1st issue - exciting to see so many excellent journals escaping coporate control! www.theoryandsocialinquiry.org/issue/1706/i...

05.08.2025 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Critical Public Health is now included in the Directory of Open Access Journals! #DOAJ @doaj.bsky.social

25.07.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sale of the Amsterdam University Press (AUP) film, media and communication list to Taylor & Francis – Resignation of series editors and editorial board members β€œGR Stocks” auf unsplash It is with great dismay that we, the undersigned, learned that the film, media and communication list of Amsterdam University Press (AUP) has been taken over by Taylor & Franc...

Solidarity to the editors resigning in protest at sale of the Amsterdam University Press (AUP) film, media and communication list to Taylor & Francis – Resignation of series editors and editorial board members mediastudies.hypotheses.org/6850

25.07.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Articulating place: Towards a conjunctural analysis of public health | Journal of Critical Public Health

We are delighted to publish @colinlorne.bsky.social & Michael Lambert's paper on place-based reform, Wigan, & rejecting the politics of responsibilisation for 'left-behind'places - now on online first:
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19.07.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Articulating place: Towards a conjunctural analysis of public health | Journal of Critical Public Health

We are delighted to publish @colinlorne.bsky.social & Michael Lambert's paper on place-based reform, Wigan, & rejecting the politics of responsibilisation for 'left-behind'places - now on online first:
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19.07.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

This paper is a much-needed critique of place based approaches in public health- noting problems of scale and sidelining of power relations

18.06.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Only by putting prevention at the centre of all policy and funding decisions can we create the conditions for improvements in population health.

18.06.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Are place-based approaches to reducing health inequalities a highway to success or a policy dead-end? | Journal of Critical Public Health

Just published online first: super useful new paper from @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social and Jennie Popay on limits to 'place-based approaches' for addressing health inequalities:
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18.06.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Unionization rates and health in Canadian provinces, 2000 - 2020 | Journal of Critical Public Health

We now have 'on line first' listings! And first up, a great paper from Ian Hudson, Anupam Das & Mark Hudson on how higher unionisation rates are associated with lower mortality rates in Canada
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10.06.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the Journals, April 2025 The website of Somatosphere

Thanks to Somatosphere for adding relevant JCPH papers to their ever useful 'In the Journals' round up!
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15.05.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our apologies: there will be no access to journal content over weekend of 29th/30th March while we tidy up a few things on the website - should be back up by 14.00 GMT on Monday.

27.03.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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