Dr Simone McCarthy
@simonemccarthy.bsky.social
Research Fellow, Deakin University. Researching the gendered impacts of gambling harm and the commercial determinants of health
Peta Murphy was serious about protecting young Australians from gambling industry harm. The government’s proposed reforms fail the Murphy test. theconversation.com/small-and-un...
‘Small and underwhelming’: Albanese’s gambling reforms won’t do much to reduce harm
Anthony Albanese’s new gambling reforms promise much but are really a cautious, politically palatable compromise.
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Women’s views about the use of gendered Corporate Social Responsibility strategies by harmful industries. Our new paper with @simonemccarthy.bsky.social Monique Murray, @hannahpitt.bsky.social @gracearnot.bsky.social globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Women’s views about the use of gendered Corporate Social Responsibility strategies by harmful industries - Globalization and Health
Background Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives are part of a suite of marketing and promotional strategies used by industries whose products and/or practices may be harmful to health and...
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📣 Let's talk about menopause and the midlife collision. 📣 Our new qualitative paper in Social Science and Medicine investigates how menopause intersects with a range of pressures and challenges that women experience during midlife. Free to read here ▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The next contribution to the @healthpromint.bsky.social @ottawacharter40.bsky.social series from Belinda Lunnay, Fran Baum, Gemma Crawford and Candace Angelo is now online! Editorial: academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/253R... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1UY...
They kicked @davidpocock.bsky.social out of the sports club!!! What is going on.....🤷♀ Seriously, this is yet another example of how the lobbying rules in Australia must be strengthened to protect public health policy from being influenced by vested interests. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club
Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
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There is a surge of products, services, and events promising to support women during the menopause transition. Our new study in @healthpromint.bsky.social explores how women think that commercial actors shape menopause-related narratives, products, and practices. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
“It’s all about the money.” Australian women’s perspectives about menopause and the commercial determinants of health
Abstract. With increased public attention on menopause, researchers have started to investigate the surge of commercial products and services which claim t
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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. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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. ➡️ academic.oup.com/heapro/pages...
📣 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 Guidelines ➡️ academic.oup.com/heapro/pages...
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.
Prof Samantha Thomas@docsamantha.bsky.social · 2y ago‘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 theconversation.com/do-something...
theconversation.com/do-something... 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.
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‘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 theconversation.com/do-something...
‘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.
theconversation.com
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! ❤️
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.” academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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
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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. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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...
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“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 academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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
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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. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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
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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. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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
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"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/🧵 academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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
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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 academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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
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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: academic.oup.com/heapro/issue... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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
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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. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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
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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! academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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. 🙏
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...
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...
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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.
