Dr Christine McKnight
@drcmcknight.bsky.social
Lecturer in Health & Applied Psychology Cardiff Metropolitan University. Research interests include #SexualHealth #ReproductiveHealth #Abortion #ContraceptionUse #SexWork
Join us for a our next DHP Wales Connection Event "Using health psychology to improve the experiences of clients in sexual health services" We have 2 speakers who will introduce their work followed by a group discussion on other innovative ways of working. www.bps.org.uk/event/using-...
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Our first (as editors) issue of HPU is out
BPS Division of Health Psychology@divhealthpsych.bsky.social · last yr.🌟 DHP members! 🌟 New issue of Health Psychology Update out now! This month, you can hear from the new HPU editors Professor Caroline Horton and @drcmcknight.bsky.social, our outgoing DHP chair @aims-aubeeluck.bsky.social and our incoming chair Amy Baraniak!
Our letter for BMJ SRH is now published introducing our shared decision making toolkit for women prescribed valproate to sexual & reproductive health professionals. srh.bmj.com/content/earl... @cawr-cmu.bsky.social @delythjames.bsky.social @nannon-phillips.bsky.social
Incorporating contraceptive shared decision-making into consultations for individuals with epilepsy: facilitating a holistic and dynamic approach
Valproate is a teratogenic drug,1 where gestational exposure is associated with a higher risk of congenital malformations, and cognitive, language and psychomotor delay.1 In the UK, valproate is now c...
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The University and College Union is to stage a demonstration outside the Llandaff campus of Cardiff Metropolitan University in protest against redundancy proposals ✍️Martin Shipton
Protest planned against compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met
Martin Shipton The University and College Union is to stage a demonstration outside the Llandaff campus of Cardiff Metropolitan University in protest against redundancy proposals. Members of the Cardi...
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📢 loud hailer ✅ 🪧placards ✅ 🙌people coming in numbers ✅ come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.
Published today our study on the perceptions of motherhood with women who have tested positive for the BRCA 1 or 2 gene
An Exploration Into the Impact of the BRCA 1 and 2 Genetic Mutations Diagnosis on Women’s Perceptions of Motherhood: A Thematic Analysis
The aim of this research was to explore the impact that the BRCA one and two genetic mutations have on a woman’s perceptions of motherhood. There have been attempts to understand the impact that th...
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Bluesky might be smaller than X, but it is a better platform for science. That is why we are here now.
Altmetric@altmetric.com · 2y agoMike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡 Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
Our web traffic peaks reliably every Thursday, before sliding down into the weekend. Let's reverse that trend this week! Absolutely loads to explore via www.bps.org.uk/psychologist
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it We cannot allow them to rewrite history. If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
NO Nigel Farage - the vaccine rollout was not helped by Brexit
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UCU Cymru has launched a joint funding campaign for FE and HE. As the first draft budget debate is taking place a cross-sectoral rally will highlight concerns around the funding of post-16 education in Wales. It is crucial that we come together on Tuesday 4 February (12:30-13:30) outside the Senedd
This is just fantastic and a song for out times to stand together against the right wing crap that is going on around us
Stand Together by Seth Staton Watkins on Apple Music
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You should understand the science before quoting it or putting it into law 🤦♀️
Jessie Gender@jessiegender.bsky.social · 2y agoTrump’s anti-trans Executive Order is bad BUT it technically defines everyone as female. It states: “'Female' means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell." Since all fetuses "at conception" are female, Trump just defined EVERYONE as female.
Quelle surprise There should be criminal repercussions for those ministers who helped their mate siphon off taxpayers money to line their own pockets
Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2y agoPPE COVID Cash Carousel: Documents Expose Government’s Struggle to Recover £520 Million Lost to Dissolved and Bankrupt Firms Hundreds of millions were wasted on contracts with zombie companies which vanished before any taxpayers’ cash could be recovered bylinetimes.com/2024/11/21/p...
Hi, I’m God. Sorry to be so political on main but I’m sick and tired of this fascism shit, medammit. Thanks for letting God vent, God
#Bluesky traffic up by 500%, absolutely crushing Threads and X (twitter). Millions are choosing the good place. www.npr.org/2024/11/19/g...
Traffic on Bluesky, an X competitor, is up 500% since the election. How will they handle the surge?
Unlike other social media sites, Bluesky allows users to create their own algorithm. The site does not have ads, nor harvest data for artificial intelligence training. But it is still very small and has an unproven business record.
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Fantastic starter pack for people interested in public involvement and coproduction #academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social go.bsky.app/PWEAnFR
Tune into this account on 19th November for the first of two new announcements coming within the next 6 weeks. #academicsky #altmetrics
It’s like meeting up with old friends on #AcademicSky especially with @academic-chatter.bsky.social
Great piece of work that a colleague of mine has been involved with #CardiffMet #CardiffUni #Infertility inews.co.uk/news/failed-...
'Failed IVF left me with PTSD - the agony will never leave me'
'What really shocked me was the impact on my mental health,' one woman told i
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