Karen Hicks
@khicksph.bsky.social
Lecturer in Public Health,
Queen Margaret University, School Health Sciences & International Global Health and Development, Edinburgh
Member Leith Boxing Club 🥊🥊
Comments are my own.
Passionate about addressing health inequity 🏴 🇳🇿
Queen Margaret University, School Health Sciences & International Global Health and Development, Edinburgh
Member Leith Boxing Club 🥊🥊
Comments are my own.
Passionate about addressing health inequity 🏴 🇳🇿
#TransformScotHealth
Dr. Charlotte Refsum exploring the role of AI within preventio. Does AI facilitate agency?
Dr. Charlotte Refsum exploring the role of AI within preventio. Does AI facilitate agency?
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#TransformScotHealth
Dr. Charlotte Refsum exploring the role of AI within preventio. Does AI facilitate agency?
Dr. Charlotte Refsum exploring the role of AI within preventio. Does AI facilitate agency?
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Reposted by Karen Hicks
📣 New Concept Explainer!
Our most recent in the series looks at racism as a fundamental driver of health inequalities, influencing susceptibility to illness, the quality of healthcare received, and access to essential resources among racialised minority groups.
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Our most recent in the series looks at racism as a fundamental driver of health inequalities, influencing susceptibility to illness, the quality of healthcare received, and access to essential resources among racialised minority groups.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
📣 New Concept Explainer!
Our most recent in the series looks at racism as a fundamental driver of health inequalities, influencing susceptibility to illness, the quality of healthcare received, and access to essential resources among racialised minority groups.
🔽
Our most recent in the series looks at racism as a fundamental driver of health inequalities, influencing susceptibility to illness, the quality of healthcare received, and access to essential resources among racialised minority groups.
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This is Nathan Gill.
Nathan Gill was the Leader of Reform UK in Wales.
Nathan Gill is a long-term friend and ally of Nigel Farage.
Nathan Gill was arrested and convicted of being a Russian Asset - accepting Bribes in exchange for political influence.
Repost and make him famous.
Nathan Gill was the Leader of Reform UK in Wales.
Nathan Gill is a long-term friend and ally of Nigel Farage.
Nathan Gill was arrested and convicted of being a Russian Asset - accepting Bribes in exchange for political influence.
Repost and make him famous.
October 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is Nathan Gill.
Nathan Gill was the Leader of Reform UK in Wales.
Nathan Gill is a long-term friend and ally of Nigel Farage.
Nathan Gill was arrested and convicted of being a Russian Asset - accepting Bribes in exchange for political influence.
Repost and make him famous.
Nathan Gill was the Leader of Reform UK in Wales.
Nathan Gill is a long-term friend and ally of Nigel Farage.
Nathan Gill was arrested and convicted of being a Russian Asset - accepting Bribes in exchange for political influence.
Repost and make him famous.
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Good article. Raises interesting issues.
My new piece! 👇
Sure, UPFs Are Bad. But How Does That Help Anyone? thewalrus.ca/sure-ultra-p... @thewalrus.ca
Oversimplifying nature of problem by creating one big bogeyman can cause harm. It can muddle our understanding of healthy eating, blame the wrong people, and pave the way for bad policies
Sure, UPFs Are Bad. But How Does That Help Anyone? thewalrus.ca/sure-ultra-p... @thewalrus.ca
Oversimplifying nature of problem by creating one big bogeyman can cause harm. It can muddle our understanding of healthy eating, blame the wrong people, and pave the way for bad policies
Sure, Ultra-Processed Foods Are Bad. But How Does That Help Anyone? | The Walrus
Nutrition panic distracts from the policies that make healthy eating a privilege
thewalrus.ca
October 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Good article. Raises interesting issues.
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Party A tells Party B that unless they fulfill certain conditions, Party A will continue to commit war crimes against Party C.
And the world welcomed this plan. 😞
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
And the world welcomed this plan. 😞
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Trump’s peace proposal welcomed by world leaders, but some in Gaza remain sceptical
After being welcomed by Arab, Islamic and European leaders, experts say the onus rests on Hamas now to accept the peace plan
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Party A tells Party B that unless they fulfill certain conditions, Party A will continue to commit war crimes against Party C.
And the world welcomed this plan. 😞
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
And the world welcomed this plan. 😞
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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"Athletic nicotine" - what next?!
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch #addictionsci 🧪🛟 💊
Nicotine pouches advertised to athletes with claims of performance enhancement.
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
Nicotine pouches advertised to athletes with claims of performance enhancement.
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
September 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"Athletic nicotine" - what next?!
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As Gaza goes, so go we all.
Human rights are not supposed to be for some people, some of the time.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Human rights are not supposed to be for some people, some of the time.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
UNRWA chief: ‘Gaza is becoming the graveyard of international humanitarian law’
With famine declared and nearly 63,000 dead in less than two years, Philippe Lazzarini condemns the international community’s failure to act against Israel’s impunity
english.elpais.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
As Gaza goes, so go we all.
Human rights are not supposed to be for some people, some of the time.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Human rights are not supposed to be for some people, some of the time.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
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From smuggling to spin: how tobacco giants hijacked the illicit trade debate
ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org @whofctc.bsky.social
ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org @whofctc.bsky.social
From smuggling to spin: how tobacco giants hijacked the illicit trade debate - ASH
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.
ash.org.uk
August 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
From smuggling to spin: how tobacco giants hijacked the illicit trade debate
ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org @whofctc.bsky.social
ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org @whofctc.bsky.social
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A very interesting presentation from our Brown Bag Seminar Series has just been posted on Youtube: "Bridging siloes: Understanding and addressing violence holistically in contexts of displacement and adversity" by Dr Khudejha Asghar
youtu.be/fP7NuOokkes
youtu.be/fP7NuOokkes
IGHD Brown Bag Seminar Series | Dr Khudejha Asghar
YouTube video by IGHD QMU
youtu.be
August 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A very interesting presentation from our Brown Bag Seminar Series has just been posted on Youtube: "Bridging siloes: Understanding and addressing violence holistically in contexts of displacement and adversity" by Dr Khudejha Asghar
youtu.be/fP7NuOokkes
youtu.be/fP7NuOokkes
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For an amazong summary of why this matters, why and how those industries use education programmes strategically see this excellent episode with @maizie333.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0Soc...
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open.spotify.com/episode/0Soc...
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Episode 13: Industry-funded school education programmes with May van Schalkwyk
Money Power Health with Nason Maani · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
For an amazong summary of why this matters, why and how those industries use education programmes strategically see this excellent episode with @maizie333.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0Soc...
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open.spotify.com/episode/0Soc...
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August 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Reposted by Karen Hicks
Reposted by Karen Hicks
How do we prevent AI from claiming Hitler was good or Jews were bad if Trump's anti-woke order forces us to drop ethical guardrails?
"Ideological neutrality" isn't neutrality, it's complicity.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
"Ideological neutrality" isn't neutrality, it's complicity.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
How do we prevent AI from claiming Hitler was good or Jews were bad if Trump's anti-woke order forces us to drop ethical guardrails?
"Ideological neutrality" isn't neutrality, it's complicity.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
"Ideological neutrality" isn't neutrality, it's complicity.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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🤨 I did not know the 'Greggs Foundation' existed until I just read details of their grant scheme in a newsletter via a health promotion service 🤨
www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/apply/greggs...
#COI #CDoH
www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/apply/greggs...
#COI #CDoH
Greggs Foundation | Greggs Foundation Community Grants Programme Application Form
Apply for The Greggs Foundation Community Grants Programme here today.
www.greggsfoundation.org.uk
July 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🤨 I did not know the 'Greggs Foundation' existed until I just read details of their grant scheme in a newsletter via a health promotion service 🤨
www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/apply/greggs...
#COI #CDoH
www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/apply/greggs...
#COI #CDoH
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Reposted by Karen Hicks
NEW 🔔 Health Promoting Campuses: a time for global reflection and renewed action
✍️ Patricia Taylor, Rebecca Kennedy, Matt Dolf, Catherine Woods, Audrey Tierney, Catherine Norton
FREE doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf086
✍️ Patricia Taylor, Rebecca Kennedy, Matt Dolf, Catherine Woods, Audrey Tierney, Catherine Norton
FREE doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf086
July 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
NEW 🔔 Health Promoting Campuses: a time for global reflection and renewed action
✍️ Patricia Taylor, Rebecca Kennedy, Matt Dolf, Catherine Woods, Audrey Tierney, Catherine Norton
FREE doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf086
✍️ Patricia Taylor, Rebecca Kennedy, Matt Dolf, Catherine Woods, Audrey Tierney, Catherine Norton
FREE doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf086
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I see Drinkaware is having its Summer Research Briefing tomorrow-"Understanding young adults’ drinking practices & experiences with alcohol in Ireland" 😏
No doubt they will get plenty of media coverage
Despite claims of independence, Drinkaware is alcohol industry-funded
#CDoH #COI #Alcohol
No doubt they will get plenty of media coverage
Despite claims of independence, Drinkaware is alcohol industry-funded
#CDoH #COI #Alcohol
June 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Medicalisation of public health: a narrative review
Yep
This stuff matters enormously
The medicalization of population health policy is a significant risk to, well, health
Read alongside Lantz
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37096631/
Medicalisation of public health: a narrative review
Yep
This stuff matters enormously
The medicalization of population health policy is a significant risk to, well, health
Read alongside Lantz
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37096631/
Medicalisation of public health: a narrative review
To critically examine the medicalisation of public health and its implications for addressing upstream social, environmental, and structural determina…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Medicalisation of public health: a narrative review
Yep
This stuff matters enormously
The medicalization of population health policy is a significant risk to, well, health
Read alongside Lantz
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37096631/
Medicalisation of public health: a narrative review
Yep
This stuff matters enormously
The medicalization of population health policy is a significant risk to, well, health
Read alongside Lantz
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37096631/
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You have to love a bookshop that loan you glasses #Edinburgh
May 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
You have to love a bookshop that loan you glasses #Edinburgh
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Our new Briefing, led by @judeball.bsky.social, probes commercial influences on alcohol, infant formula, road safety and tobacco, and calls for much stronger regulation of lobbying. Full details here: tinyurl.com/2s46rzv3
The rising influence of big business on policymaking: What it means for public health in NZ
Globally and in Aotearoa NZ, powerful commercial interests are shaping public policy, often at the expense of public health. What actions are needed to protect health and equity?
tinyurl.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our new Briefing, led by @judeball.bsky.social, probes commercial influences on alcohol, infant formula, road safety and tobacco, and calls for much stronger regulation of lobbying. Full details here: tinyurl.com/2s46rzv3
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Great to see this get the attention it deserves @theguardian.com @thesoilassociation.bsky.social @rob-percival.bsky.social @andrewgregory.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Great to see this get the attention it deserves @theguardian.com @thesoilassociation.bsky.social @rob-percival.bsky.social @andrewgregory.com
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Ben Cohen co-founder of Ben & Jerry's being arrested for protesting in Senate about the killing of children in Israel.
What a hero.
What a hero.
May 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Ben Cohen co-founder of Ben & Jerry's being arrested for protesting in Senate about the killing of children in Israel.
What a hero.
What a hero.
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The World Health Statistics 2025 are out.
2000-2019 HALE rose by 5+ years, maternal mortality fell by 1/3, child mortality down >50%. In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 killed millions, put health systems under severe strain and wiped 1.8 years off HALE.
www.who.int/publications...
2000-2019 HALE rose by 5+ years, maternal mortality fell by 1/3, child mortality down >50%. In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 killed millions, put health systems under severe strain and wiped 1.8 years off HALE.
www.who.int/publications...
World health statistics 2025: monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals
The 2025 edition consolidates data for health-related indicators from the Sustainable Development Goals. It assesses progress towards the globally agreed targets, describes key challenges for the year...
www.who.int
May 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The World Health Statistics 2025 are out.
2000-2019 HALE rose by 5+ years, maternal mortality fell by 1/3, child mortality down >50%. In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 killed millions, put health systems under severe strain and wiped 1.8 years off HALE.
www.who.int/publications...
2000-2019 HALE rose by 5+ years, maternal mortality fell by 1/3, child mortality down >50%. In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 killed millions, put health systems under severe strain and wiped 1.8 years off HALE.
www.who.int/publications...