Journal of Critical Public Health

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...

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

Sale of the Amsterdam University Press (AUP) film, media and communication list to Taylor & Francis – Resignation of series editors and editorial board members “GR 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

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

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

The #BSA Medical #Sociology Annual Conference 2025, 10-12 September 2025, Northumbria University, UK, *CALL FOR PAPERS* is now open www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Our MedSoc 2025 call for abstracts is now open. Visit www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b... to find out more and submit your abstract. Closing date, 2nd May. We look forward to receiving your abstracts!

Resisting Attacks on Science - Center for Critical Public Health So it happened. We have officially withdrawn a paper accepted for publication in a scientific journal because of editorial requests to remove language deemed out of compliance with executive orders.

For more context, we posted about this here:
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@alt-hhs.altgov.info @altnih4science.bsky.social We recently got a paper back from a journal published by the US Surgeon General + US Public Health Service, where they asked us to change language and remove data "to comply with the Executive Order."

A piece from NZ, but likely to be useful elsewhere

#Culturalsafety / #antiracism programming for #healthsystems *everywhere* must address these racism-enabling…narratives:
i) resource allocation,
ii) responsibility,
iii) (Māori) blaming, iv) too hard, and
v) we tried.

Our latest editorial is now live! We were worried about rural health before, and now the evidence is rolling in—sadly, it seems that rural communities will, in fact, be left behind again... Read more ⬇️ and a link to the article published by @cphjournal.bsky.social

Journal of Critical Public Health The journal is published by the international Critical Public Health Network in Edinburgh, UK (https://cphn.net/), ISSN 3033-3997.

We are pleased to announce that our new issue has just been published! Vol 2 (1). Read, enjoy, let your colleagues know!
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New Research & Practice note from Hannah L Brooks & colleagues: Ensuring that people who use drugs are safely and equitably included at meetings and conferences
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New Commentary from @heathercame.bsky.social & colleagues on excuses for racism (& how to counter them)
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New paper from Abby Taher, Elaine Power & George Pain
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New paper: Sohail Jannesari & @sianoram.bsky.social on Mental health consequences of support for sanctuary seekers
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Left behind again: Rural America and the hypocrisy of populism | Journal of Critical Public Health California Health and Human Services Open Data Portal. (2023). County Health Status Profiles [Dataset]. https://data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/county-health-status-profiles

Left behind again? Editorial on US election's devastasting implications for rural #publichealth from @tamar-antin.bsky.social & Geoffrey Hunt @criticalpublichealth.org journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

“Stop looking north, look to the world”. Can we imagine Global Health without the USA at its centre? How should the world respond when a single country’s power and influence are so deeply embedded in global structures that its actions can destabilise entire systems?

"The structural dependency on U.S. funding and leadership is a fundamental barrier to achieving a truly global vision for global health."

Our new blog for @plosglobalpublichealth.org

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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid (Gift Article) Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.

I hated having to write this, but I'm grateful to the many people who risked their ability to do critically important work they love, by talking to me. (And I will continue to cover it, so if you want to talk to me, DM for my Signal.) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

Here’s a nice diamond open access Public Health journal recently set-up in the aim of being freed from the shackles of a big corporate publisher

“Journal of Critical Public Health”

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Newest issue of @cphjournal.bsky.social out today - link below. If you think academic publishing needs to change & you work on public health, do consider publishing in, & otherwise supporting, this journal as they forge a new path, away from commercial publishers. It can't be easy but amazing to see

We are pleased to announce that Issue 1 (2) of the Journal is now published! Read, enjoy, let your colleagues know!
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