Making Every Contact Count
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Excellent historical perspective and critique

I'm often asked for my thoughts in this space

Associate Professor in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team View details and apply for this Associate Professor vacancy in Leicester. The Leicester Kidney Lifestyle Team are seeking a new Associate Professor to join as a full time member of the team in ...

Heads up to #ImpSci colleagues with an interest in kidney health research. The University of Leicester (East Midlands region of the UK) is recruiting a new Associate Professor with an #ImpSci background. Applications due on August 27, 2025. jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/10...

Congrats Luke, Rikke & team!

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Thrilled to share this new #RealistReview just published in @thelancetph.bsky.social! Lead author is the excellent Dr Luke Johnson 👏 Was a pleasure to work with him and the team, especially Dr Sophie Gaber 🎉

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@tcddublin.bsky.social

RCSI study finds diabetes rates in Ireland tied to social and economic inequality New research from RCSI highlights significant inequalities in diabetes prevalence across Ireland, linked to differences in socio-economic status, age and education levels.

New research from @rcsipophealth.bsky.social highlights significant inequalities in diabetes prevalence across Ireland, linked to differences in socio-economic status, age and education levels.

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@researchireland.ie @rcsi.bsky.social @rcsi-research.bsky.social

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

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Great to speak alongside Kath Sansom & Kieran Harkin in the Oireachtas audiovisual room, outlining the need for sunshine legislation: legally mandated public disclosure of payments from pharmaceutical and medical device company payments to healthcare professionals and healthcare organisations.

Excellent paper with practical recommendations on achieving more equitable power sharing between patient/public partners and researchers throughout the research cycle 👇

The science of protests: how to shape public opinion and swing votes Demonstrations are on the rise, and scientists are revealing which types work best.

Do you want to protest effectively? Science, of course, has the answer...

@standupforscience.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @indivisible.org @350action.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Contextual factors in systematic reviews: understanding public health interventions in low socioeconomic status and disadvantaged populations - Archives of Public Health Background Evaluations of public health interventions require an understanding of the contextual factors that shape their effectiveness. Context (including socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental f...

Contextual factors in systematic reviews: understanding public health interventions in low socioeconomic status & disadvantaged populations

Mark Rodgers, Emily South, Melissa Harden, Margaret Whitehead & Amanda Sowden

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#ContextMatters

Not at all… thanks for sharing Marita 👍😊

‘I suppose language is important’: investigating news media and third sector views on food poverty Abstract. News media coverage can shape public and political perceptions of food poverty, yet little is known about how media professionals and third secto

‘I suppose language is important’: investigating news media & third sector views on food poverty

Claire Kerins, Sinéad Furey, Páraic Kerrigan, Aodheen McCartan, Colette Kelly, @elenavaughan.bsky.social et al.

@galwayhprc.bsky.social @healthpromint.bsky.social

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Researchers at @rcsipophealth.bsky.social are looking to ​advance the understanding of GLP-1 agonists​ (like Ozempic and Mounjaro) and their role in weight management, with the ultimate goal of improving patient care and treatment outcomes across Ireland. 1/3

How do journalists & charities understand and communicate about food poverty? See our new paper which explores both groups' perspectives on causes, solutions & media representation.
doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf073 @elenavaughan.bsky.social @galwayhprc.bsky.social

If you would like to send up tools, methods and research materials please get in tough @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social @transformevidence.bsky.social

YouTube video by Department of Health Department of Health Live Stream

HBSC TRENDS REPORT 2025 is live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJTA...

More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds Guardian investigation reveals promotion of dubious advice, questionable supplements and quick-fix healing methods

More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

How do you decide which theory, model, or framework (TMF) should guide your next implementation project? Our team has just published SELECT-IT in @implementsci.bsky.social — a four-step meta-framework that turns that question into a replicable process: doi.org/10.1186/s130... @jgrimshaw.bsky.social

Wellcome Open Research Article: Development of an Intervention Population Ontology for specifying the characteristics of intervention participants. Read the latest article version by Alison J Wright, Ailbhe N Finnerty Mutlu, Emma Norris, Marta M. Marques, Janna Hastings, Robert West, Susan Michie, at Wellcome Open Research.

🚨 Pre-print alert! 🚨 Excited to share the first version of the Intervention Population Ontology—a tool for describing the target group of an intervention. This work was led by the amazing Alison Wright!

Check out the pre-print here: 🔗 buff.ly/0yALPXX

#ontology #behaviouralScience

Industry study sponsorship and conflicts of interest on the effect of unprocessed red meat on cardiovascular disease risk: a systematic review of clinical trials - PubMed This trial for systematic reviews or meta-analyses was registered at PROSPERO as CRD42024525197 (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=525197).

Is red meat bad for you? New meta study of 44 studies finds it depends on the sponsor.

If the sponsor was impartial, most studies find it's bad for you.

If the sponsor was the red meat industry, most studies are structured to find no problems.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40379522/

Frontiers | An iterative approach to evaluating impact of CTSA projects using the translational science benefits model IntroductionDemonstrating the relevance and impact of translational research across diverse settings is crucial making the research-to-practice pipeline more...

Excited to share our new article led by Kera Swanson on using the Translational Science Benefits Model (TSBM) to demonstrate the real-world impact of #translational and #implementation #science @ucsd-disc.bsky.social @implementeic.bsky.social
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📈 You are cordially invited to the launch of "Trends in Health Behaviours, Outcomes and Contexts: 1998 - 2022" report, on 3 June 2025 (Tue) 2 PM at @roinnslainte.bsky.social (registration from 1:30 PM). To attend in person, register at ti.to/healthy-irel...

When the parts are greater than the whole: how understanding mechanisms can advance implementation research - Implementation Science Background Does the importance of context in implementation imply that generalizing about the effects of strategies is ultimately limited? Conceptual approaches for generalizing in the presence of sig...

When the parts are greater than the whole: how understanding mechanisms can advance implementation research #impsci #ImpSciComms

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Person sitting beside building looking straight to the street at golden hour. Thank you to Ev on Unsplash for this image.

BLOG: What makes a person? Thinking about different social characteristics in homelessness services and policy. SSCR PhD student, Carolin Hess (KCL) reflects on the importance of delivering care that is gender-aware, culturally sensitive, and acknowledges people’s individuality.

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As momentum gathers around PPI in many countries, we think it timely to discuss the nature & extent of commercial influences, the (un)anticipated consequences of industry–patient interactions, including conflicts of interest & how we might better manage/negate these

#COI #CDoH #PPI

Commercial influences on patient and public involvement: a renewed call for research and action Abstract. Patient and public involvement is increasingly advocated in health policy, research and practice. Patients and people with lived experience, care

Our commentary on commercial influences on patient & public involvement is out today @healthpromint.bsky.social as part of special issue on the #CDoH. We hope to stimulate discussion & debate (& hopefully meaningful action) in this area

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@jameslarkin13.bsky.social

At the end of this summer, the future of U.S. science and research will be decided.

From weather alerts to cancer breakthroughs, science shapes every part of our lives.
We need everyone in this fight.

The Summer Fight for Science starts now. Are you in?

The fight starts here: bit.ly/4ddiuqU

Thanks Annette and all involved in the launch, a great success. Look forward to learning more about the research priority domains.

Extremely proud of PhD student Laura Caci, who has led this work on "Organizational readiness for change: A systematic review of the healthcare literature" - more exciting publications to follow! #ImpSci journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

BREAKING - WHO Director General Shakes Up Agency With Brand New Leadership Team - Health Policy Watch A brand-new WHO leadership team has been announced, including not only a dramatically reduced number of  leaders but a major shake-out of longstanding faces

The new WHO team

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