Dr Simone McCarthy

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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Congratulations DR @gracearnot.bsky.social . Such a great achievement. 👏👏👏👏 Incredible thesis on young people and the commercial and political determinants of the climate crisis. @hannahpitt.bsky.social @simonemccarthy.bsky.social

📣 Health Promotion International is delighted to now accept SHORT REPORTS up to 2500 words.

HPI welcomes qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods manuscripts.

Methodology papers focusing on qualitative or participatory methods are particularly encouraged.

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📣 CALL FOR review and perspective articles for The Mike Daube Early Career Advocacy Series

READ from Emeritus Professor Mike Daube AO ➡️ Public policy and impact - suggestions for researchers who want to make a difference doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad096

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Listen to young people!

Yes! Please listen to young people!

My son (only just voting age!) is astonished at the gambling culture among his peers.
It’s inescapable.

It’s already ‘worse’.

Gambling is like a contagious infectious disease.
The gambling industry like an obnoxious mosquito.

‘Do something about it before it gets worse’: young people want government action on gambling reform As gambling companies increasingly target young people, many are becoming frustrated by a lack of government action to protect them from gambling harms.

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Australian kids
have high brand awareness
Can spot tricks used to normalise and market gambling
Want their government to act before it is too late

I'd guess this is not just Australian kids either!

‘Do something about it before it gets worse’: young people want government action on gambling reform As gambling companies increasingly target young people, many are becoming frustrated by a lack of government action to protect them from gambling harms.

‘Do something about it before it gets worse’: young people want government action on gambling reform. @albomp.bsky.social

Our latest article in @aunz.theconversation.com

@hannahpitt.bsky.social @gracearnot.bsky.social @simonemccarthy.bsky.social

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Huge congratulations to @gracearnot.bsky.social on the successful examination of her PhD!! 🎉🥳👏

Grace it genuinely has been one of the highlights
of my career being your supervisor on such an important thesis about kids and the climate crisis.

Thank you for being such an incredible student! ❤️

Women’s experiences and expectations during the menopause transition: a systematic qualitative narrative review Abstract. There is an increased research focus on the menopause transition. However, this literature is still largely focused on quantitatively surveying w

Massive congrats @katrinawood.bsky.social on your first PhD paper! 🎉

“Research investigating the intersection between the social and commercial determinants of menopause is particularly important given that women’s health may be vulnerable to commercial capture.”
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Ella never thought one bet would cost her thousands, research shows she's not alone Gambling among younger Australians is often associated with men making bets online or at the pub with their mates, but research – and the lived experience of young women – shows that is not always the...

Advocates say stigma around gambling harm leaves some young women reaching 'crisis point' before seeking support.

This is such an important issue! Well done @simonemccarthy.bsky.social @kateseselja.bsky.social and Ella.

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Conflicts of interest in public health research and publications Providing communities and knowledge users with reliable, independent, and evidence-based information has always been a core function of public health (Thom

“Simply reporting a COI does not take the conflict away.”

Our latest editorial at @healthpromint.bsky.social discusses the messy, confusing and at times performative system for COI declarations in academic publishing.

Would love your thoughts!

#academicsky

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We are delighted to announce the winner of the Ilona Kickbusch Award 2024 for best paper @healthpromint.bsky.social by an Early Career Researcher.

Congratulations @ambervandenakker.bsky.social for

Industry influence on public health policy formulation in the UK.

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Australian children seeing gambling ads via Sportsbet filter on instant messaging app Snapchat Exclusive: Filters, including one that turns a person into a horse, include Sportsbet logos and direct 18+ users to open a gambling account

Australian children seeing gambling ads via Sportsbet filter on instant messaging app Snapchat

Article by @henrybelot.bsky.social with terrific comments from @simonemccarthy.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social

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Australian parents’ perceptions of the risks posed by harmful products to the health of children Abstract. Cigarettes, alcohol, vaping and gambling products can cause significant harm to children and young people. The industries that make these product

Parents are concerned about the short/long term impacts of alcohol, gambling, cigarettes, and vapes for their children. They try to discuss risks but find it difficult to counter the positive messages their children are exposed to for these products.

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Developing structures to support researchers studying health-harming industries Abstract. It is well-documented that health-harming industries and the groups they fund use a range of tactics that seek to interfere with academic researc

"Participants outlined the risks relating to their research, including social media attacks, complaints to university personnel/funders, attempts to discredit their research, legal threats and FOI requests".

New paper added to the CDOH special issue today. 1/🧵

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Acting on the Commercial Determinants of Health In 1986, when Health Promotion International was launched, the founding Chair of the Editorial Board, Professor Ilona Kickbusch, stressed that promoting he

So many fascinating papers in the newly launched special issue on the commercial determinants of health #CDoH @healthpromint.bsky.social - will share some over the next while. Worth checking out the editorial first, especially the 3 challenges identified

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Learning CPR on manikins without breasts puts women’s lives at risk, study finds Analysis of training models on global market found all had flat torsos with just one having a breast overlay

Great to see the papers in our Special Issue on the Commercial Determinants of Health already getting media attention! @inquisitivegyn.bsky.social

You can read all the papers in the special issue here:

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We're asking a lot of our community sporting organisations to make moral decisions that prioritise health when they're so stretched financially. We need stronger support through government funding, regulation and education to reduce the reliance of harmful industry sponsorship!!

Community sports leaders’ perceptions of the risks and benefits of gambling sponsorship in community sport Abstract. Gambling sponsorship of professional sport, particularly relating to online wagering, has been a key focus of global regulatory reform efforts to

What do local sporting clubs really think about gambling sponsorship?

In our latest research study we talked to community sporting orgs in VIC and NSW to understand how they navigate the challenges of accepting or refusing gambling sponsorship.

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The CDOH special issue at @healthpromint.bsky.social has just been launched!

The Editorial launching the series states that we must be led by the evidence on the risk to public health goals that engagement with harmful commercial actors poses!

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And from me in particular - as so many of the papers in this special issue show, we need to make sure we have an intergenerational lens on the CDoH. We must do better to engage young people in the decisions that are made about their futures. 🙏

Volume 39 Issue 6 | Health Promotion International | Oxford Academic Publishes papers on major themes and innovations in the health promotion field. The journal publishes contributions from sectors beyond health, and seeks to promote theoretical, methodological, and ac...

We hope you engage with the 19 papers that have been released today - and the papers that will be released over the next few weeks. We are incredibly grateful to our editorial team members, associate editors and peer reviewers! academic.oup.com/heapro/issue...

But we must also ask ourselves what is the future that we envisage for the CDoH field, and what role does this play in improving health and wellbeing for all? Some of these discussions are challenging but they are important as they will create a foundation of trustworthiness in the CDoH community.

We are reminded of the 'art of the possible' that when we work together, important advances can be made in opposing and addressing the predatory tactics of health harming industries.

We are delighted to launch our Special Issue on the Commercial Determinants of Health @healthpromint.bsky.social

Our Editorial reflects on the values that unify the CDoH, the challenges that we face and how we overcome these.

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Excellent couple of days at #CETPH2024 👏 Lots of cool and important research happening in the #cdoh at the moment including about women, CSR and alcohol @Monique Murray, gambling marketing and young people @hannahpitt.bsky.social, and gambling and sport sponsorship @simonemccarthy.bsky.social

Great to have our team’s work presented across the two days of the PHAA/VicHealth Commerce, Economy, Trade & Public Health Conference on a range of topics including harmful industry sponsorship and CSR & young people’s involvement in decision making @hannahpitt.bsky.social @gracearnot.bsky.social

Great to be at the PHAA/VicHealth Commerce, Economy, Trade & Public Health conference. We have 3 presentations at 11am on sporting clubs and gambling sponsorship, gendered CSR strategies, and what kids think should be done about gambling marketing! @simonemccarthy.bsky.social

Like minded ladies with values & a purpose, making the world a better place by researching the commercial determinants of health.

@docsamantha.bsky.social @hannahpitt.bsky.social @simonemccarthy.bsky.social A.Garde E.Brooks M.VanShalkwyk J.Makhoul N.Talhouk T.Kenny