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How do politics shape our health? | Prof Sarah R Baker posted on the topic | LinkedIn

How do politics shape our health? Political determinants of health refers to the ways in which political processes, decisions, and power structures influence the health of individuals and populations...

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Yesterday we celebrated the official launch of the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH)👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/profsa...

Yesterday we celebrated the official launch of the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH), which was very fittingly by the seaside at the Campus for Future Living 🏖️ | Prof Sarah R Bak...

Yesterday we celebrated the official launch of the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH), which was very fittingly by the seaside at the Campus for Future Living 🏖️ There was a rea...

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The new 10-Year Health Plan for England, "Fit for the Future," has been released today and the importance of rural and coastal health can clearly be seen 👏 | Prof Sarah R Baker

The new 10-Year Health Plan for England, "Fit for the Future," has been released today and the importance of rural and coastal health can clearly be seen 👏 The plan explicitly acknowledges...

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I am honoured to receive this award, and thankful to the many colleagues and students for their invaluable support and collaboration along the way whilst at The University of Sheffield and now in my… ...

I am honoured to receive this award, and thankful to the many colleagues and students for their invaluable support and collaboration along the way whilst at The University of Sheffield and now in my r...

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Job Alert ‼️ | Prof Sarah R Baker

Job Alert ‼️ Associate Professor and Director of Dental Education To lead, shape and implement oral health education for the new BSc in Dental Hygiene and Therapy at the recently announced Lincoln...

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The seven-year wait for a dentist: why Linda Colla pulled out her own teeth In chronic pain, unable to find an NHS practice and priced out of private care, Colla – like millions of Britons – felt she had no choice but to take matters into her own hands www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The seven-year wait for a dentist: why Linda Colla pulled out her own teeth

In chronic pain, unable to find an NHS practice and priced out of private care, Colla – like millions of Britons – felt she had no choice but to take matters into her own hands

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Process evaluations are really important in helping to understand how (oral) health interventions work. They are particularly useful for interventions that include a number of interacting components operating in different ways & also when interventions address complex problems. #dentistry

For those interested in all things (dental) public health, community dentistry, dental services, & oral epidemiology, we have just moved over here to @bsky.app 😊 Find us here: commdentoralepi.bsky.social #academicsky #episky #dentistry #publichealth #oralhealth #scientificpublishing

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (@commdentoralepi.bsky.social)

Original articles, reviews and commentaries in community dentistry, oral epidemiology, and health services research & policy related to dentistry. Editor-in-Chief: profsarahbaker.bsky.social Journal...

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Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology@commdentoralepi.bsky.social · 2y ago

Just in time for joining Bluesky - our new issue is now out. Featuring articles, reviews & commentaries on dental care systems, oral health policies in Africa, oral health literacy, periodontal disease in refugees, dental antibiotic policies & much more onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000528...

📢 PhD Opportunity | Fully funded ESRC, Liverpool Uni, @alcoholfocus.bsky.social. ⚕️To explore the impact that the UK Internal Market Act has had on the powers of devolved administrations to protect public health and prevent NCDs. 📅 Deadline: 27 Feb 🔗 Apply now: www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/study/po...

The Government’s own shocking data shows a staggering 97% of new patients who try to get an NHS dental appointment fail to get one We all need to back the @thebda.bsky.social in its call for urgent action to save NHS dentistry youtu.be/UtqAtGAnuC0?...

People having to pull out their own teeth with pliers is not Victorian - it’s medieval

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Are you interested in learning how AI can be used to improve behavioural research? 📈 There is time to register for BR-UK’s webinar tomorrow at 1:30pm BST with speakers @jannahastings.bsky.social, @susanmichie.bsky.social and @robertjwest.bsky.social. Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Can you really boost your immune system Yes It's called vaccination

Inside Health - Can you really boost your immune system? - BBC Sounds

From kombucha to cold water swims, does any of it help protect us from getting a virus?

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Digital tools should make healthcare more efficient and accessible, but do they make everyone’s lives easier? Join @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social for 'Healthcare in the digital age: A new era of inequality?' When: 3 Feb 2025, 18:30-20:00 Where: City Hall, Bristol Free tickets: tinyurl.com/2pyn8w4b

Healthcare in the digital age: A new era of inequality?

We are delighted to welcome Professor Trish Greenhalgh to give the eleventh annual Elizabeth Blackwell lecture, Bristol on 3 February 2025.

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ce0369li.webitrent.com/ce0369li_web... Vacancy in the Sheffield PH team Health Improvement Officer wider determinants of health Inc: food, commercial determinants, planning, licensing, climate change, air quality and active travel

Very good explainer on the recent IQ / Fluoride study TLDR =The studies considered were too heterogeneous, or poor quality, and not relevant to how this actually plays in the UK to draw the conclusions reached The Levy editorial is also good jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Caution Needed in Interpreting the Evidence Base on Fluoride and IQ

The article by Taylor et al1 summarizes the results of the systematic review and meta-analysis that investigated the associations between fluoride exposure and children’s IQ scores in epidemiological ...

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📣New Paper:19 months after the UK soft drinks industry levy (SDIL; sugar tax) was enforced we find a 7.5g weekly household sugar reduction from soft drinks. Weekly sugar reductions were highest in houses with lowest incomes(70g/week) / with children(56g/week). 📄: nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...

Changes in household purchasing of soft drinks following the UK soft drinks industry levy by household income and composition: controlled interrupted time series analysis, March 2014 to November 2019

Background The WHO recommends taxes on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) to improve population health. We examined changes in volume of and amount of sugar in purchases of soft drinks according to hous...

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"Failure to act would amount to the effective abolition of NHS dentistry: death by can-kicking." "And the PM and his Ministers would need to own the consequences." 🦷🥫🦵Tom Thayer on why Government needs to make good on its promises👉 www.bda.org/news-and-opi...

Do you know any early career researchers in the UK who have contributed something special to improve research practices? The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025. www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t...

We're still working on expanding this list, but here is Version 1 of our Social Epidemiology Starter Pack—just in time for the holidays! Please like & repost! And Happy Holidays & Happy New Year! ☃️🫒🥂🎉 #SocialEpiSky #EpiSky😷 #PublicHealth 🛟 go.bsky.app/7x1TEQq

Testing and cancer diagnosis in gen practice qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl... Top editorial doi.org/10.1136/bmjq... Excellent on the complexities: Benefit, risk, cost, interpretation in real world settings, limitations of crude interpretation of data on testing variation to make policy

Testing and cancer diagnosis in general practice

Healthcare systems worldwide have for decades sought to prioritise prompt diagnosis of cancer as a means to improve outcomes. The gatekeeping role of general practitioners (GPs) that restricts access ...

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Tooth decay is the most common childhood chronic disease. But it doesn't have to be that way. Ensuring access to preventive oral health care like dental check ups, fluoride varnishes, sealants and fluoridated drinking water can kids help grow up cavity-free. #teethmatter

Those were the days

Are you working with Global Oral Health? We are waiting for you contribution. Deadline for abstracts is 1st March. @commdentoralepi.bsky.social , @profsarahbaker.bsky.social, Prof. Maha El Tantawi and Prof. Morenike Folayan onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

The emerging field of Global Oral Health is a strategic arena to integrate diverse geographic perspectives of oral health issues into an international lens.

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Please, consider.

We don’t need more research on oral health inequalities. We know they exist, and we know they are bad. We need to do something about them. We need translation of evidence into policy. It’s about perspective …….. #dentistry

Drinkaware still doing their funders' work on Twitter, undermining Dry January: "It's important to remember that when it comes to resetting your drinking habits, it doesn’t have to be all or nothing.":

Can just one person name just one positive of Brexit? There’s certainly none in this report. 52 v 48% in favour of a scam The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on

As January marks five years on from Britain leaving the EU, Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin explore its impact

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Why is Dentistry important?

Inability to access NHS dental care and inability to afford to go private. Double whammy. Meanwhile what’s happening with the UK government’s key pledges? ❌700,000 urgent dental appts ❌Dental Contract Reform www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

How soaring fees for private care are deepening England’s dentistry crisis

Ever growing numbers of people find themselves unable to get NHS treatment or pay for the alternative

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"Early Childhood Exposures to Fluorides and Cognitive Neurodevelopment: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A predatory dental journal in 5 steps 1. Take the name of #1 journal in the field (Journal of Dental Research) and amend slightly 2. Accept manuscripts via email 3. Extra payment of $99 for a 'special fast service' 4. 'Peer review' in 5 days 5. Publication in 7 days #academicsky