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The Journal of Critical Public Health (JCPH) is devoted to disseminating critically engaged research in public health, health promotion & related fields. Diamond Open Access.
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Journal of Critical Public Health @cphjournal.bsky.social · 18d
Now out! Special Issue 'Competing Narratives in Decentred Health Systems', guest edited by @profkatsmith.bsky.social, Justin Waring & Mark Bevir, and PACKED with great papers from leading authors applying decentred theory to key issues in #publichealth
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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2026) | Journal of Critical Public Health
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This launch last week was fantastic news for the future of scholarly publishing, with hundreds of #diamondopenaccess journals listed - check them out at www.openjournalscollective.org/catalogue/

@cphjournal.bsky.social is proud to be included.
February 4, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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Apologies all: the OJS system is down today for an upgrade: no access to published content in JCPH or to the submission site.
January 28, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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The open access 'Journal of Critical Public Health' just releases it's third issue is now out: Competing Narratives in Decentred Health Systems -
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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2026) | Journal of Critical Public Health
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January 24, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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New @cphjournal.bsky.social special issue on decentring health systems out: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph featuring articles exploring how competing narratives, agency & resistance shape health policy & practice. Includes papers examining economic restructuring... 1/4
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January 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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I have a paper on the post-politics of multistakeholder partnerships in a new special issue of @cphjournal.bsky.social on 'narratives, agency and resistance in critical public health'

great to be involved in an SI with so many brilliant colleagues and all papers are open access
profkatsmith.bsky.social Kat Smith @profkatsmith.bsky.social · 18d
New @cphjournal.bsky.social special issue on decentring health systems out: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph featuring articles exploring how competing narratives, agency & resistance shape health policy & practice. Includes papers examining economic restructuring... 1/4
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January 23, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Read the introductory editorial by @profkatsmith.bsky.social & colleagues to the SI on Competing Narratives in Decentred Health Systems here:
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Decentring health systems: Narratives, agency and resistance in critical public health | Journal of Critical Public Health
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January 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Now out! Special Issue 'Competing Narratives in Decentred Health Systems', guest edited by @profkatsmith.bsky.social, Justin Waring & Mark Bevir, and PACKED with great papers from leading authors applying decentred theory to key issues in #publichealth
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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2026) | Journal of Critical Public Health
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January 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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cphjournal.bsky.social Journal of Critical Public Health @cphjournal.bsky.social · Nov 27
Our first Special Issue is out now! It's on Reproductive Vulnerabilities: A Critical Perspective - Guest editors: Laura Sochas, Kaveri Qureshi, and Philip Kreager

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2025) | Journal of Critical Public Health
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January 16, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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New online 1st publication! Olga Temina, Olga Zvonareva & Klasien Horstman explore biopolitics in late/post-Soviet #publichealth policy docs

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Continuity of biopolitics in late Soviet and post-Soviet Russia: What policy documents can tell us | Journal of Critical Public Health
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January 16, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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New special issue of @cphjournal.bsky.social: Reproductive Vulnerabilities: A Critical Perspective
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Guest edited by @laurasochas.bsky.social, Kaveri Qureshi & Philip Kreager
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2025) | Journal of Critical Public Health
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December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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I have a new article out in special issue on reproductive vulnerabilities!

My piece examines how a community of (anonymized) African women makes sense of the contraceptive coercion they experience, using the lenses of gendered vulnerability and imperial feminism

The whole issue looks incredible!
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Part of the new Special Issue on Reproductive Vulnerabilities: Joe Strong, Nii Kwartelai Quartey, Ojeeko Tackie & Nii Kwartei Richard Owoo analyse men’s expressions of queerphobia through the lens of vulnerability
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‘Gay issues have come and it is worrying us’: Interrogating vulnerability, masculinities, and reproduction through queerphobic narratives among men in Accra, Ghana | Journal of Critical Publ...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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📖Recommended reading
Our article 'Measuring social inequalities in self-reported #miscarriage experiences in the UK' is now part of a special issue 'Reproductive Vulnerabilities: A Critical Perspective' in Journal of Critical Public Health
Full issue: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2025) | Journal of Critical Public Health
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November 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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see the introductory editorial here:
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Reproductive vulnerabilities: A critical perspective | Journal of Critical Public Health
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November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Our first Special Issue is out now! It's on Reproductive Vulnerabilities: A Critical Perspective - Guest editors: Laura Sochas, Kaveri Qureshi, and Philip Kreager

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2025) | Journal of Critical Public Health
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November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Opinion: Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing.

Another one of our most-read articles over the last week.

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Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing - Research Professional News
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards
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November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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New 'online first' paper from Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social - on 'multi-stakeholderism' in food policy, and how this renders power of corporations less visible
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The post-politics of partnership: Understanding corporate power in multistakeholder governance | Journal of Critical Public Health
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November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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New 'online first' publication from Jenny Trinitapoli & Gertrude Finyiza on the value of listening in to 'population chatter': part of our forthcoming special issue on critical perspectives on #reproductive vulnerabilities
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Population chatter for clearer and broader thinking about fertility | Journal of Critical Public Health
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October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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New commentary published 'online first' from Paul Ward & Belinda Lunnay on drawing on sociology of hope in public health
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Is there a place for hope in the imagined future of public health? A commentary building on Freire’s sociology of hope. | Journal of Critical Public Health
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October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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New 'online first' publication from Uzair Amjad on male infertility in Pakistan - part of an exciting forthcoming special issue on critical perspectives on reproductive vulnerabilities!
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Conceiving strife: Relational vulnerabilities in couples with male infertility in Pakistan | Journal of Critical Public Health
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October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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New online first Research & Practice Note from Hannah Bradby, Suruchi Thapar-Björkert, Beth Maina Ahlberg & Sarah Hamed:
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Challenges of researching racism in healthcare | Journal of Critical Public Health
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October 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Anti-abortion politics & changes in abortion, miscarriage & stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey
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Paper in @cphjournal.bsky.social by @selinkoksal.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francesco Billari & Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social
Anti-abortion politics and changes in abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey | Journal of Critical Public Health
Abortion has been legal without restriction in Turkey since 1983. However, the government’s anti-abortion campaign in 2012 has resulted in significant restrictions on abortion services, particularly…
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October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Just published online first: paper from Hannah Newman, Louca-Mai Brady, Elspeth Mathie, Kathryn Almack & Wendy Wills on co-designing services with diverse communities
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Becoming embedded: A process evaluation of weight management services developed with, not for, communities | Journal of Critical Public Health
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October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Good luck to the team setting up a new population health journal! Excellent news that the opportunities to publish public health research in scholarly community-managed journals is set to expand.
gerrymccartney1.bsky.social Gerry McCartney @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social · Oct 24
We are in the process of creating a new journal for our community, the Population Health Journal, and we are now inviting applications for editors:
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Login | Population Health Journal
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October 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Really interesting look at placed based approaches to reducing #healthinequalities

Supporting the reduction of power imbalances at a community level , that can increase health inequalities

and the need to .....
"catalyse emancipation of currently disempowered and alienated communities"
cphjournal.bsky.social Journal of Critical Public Health @cphjournal.bsky.social · Sep 15
Journal of Critical Public Health. Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025)

Are Place-Based Approaches to Reducing Health Inequalities a Highway to Success or a Policy Dead-End?

Gerry McCartney & Jennie Popay

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Are place-based approaches to reducing health inequalities a highway to success or a policy dead-end? | Journal of Critical Public Health
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September 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM