Toktam Paykani
@paykani.bsky.social
Researcher in health and social welfare.
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Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. I like to think that ‘foreswunk’ is to be exhausted before you even begin.
May 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. I like to think that ‘foreswunk’ is to be exhausted before you even begin.
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Interesting correlation between undergrad majors, political ideology, and salary.
Business and economics majors become more conservative and make more money.
Humanities majors tend to be liberal and make less money.
Business and economics majors become more conservative and make more money.
Humanities majors tend to be liberal and make less money.
May 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Interesting correlation between undergrad majors, political ideology, and salary.
Business and economics majors become more conservative and make more money.
Humanities majors tend to be liberal and make less money.
Business and economics majors become more conservative and make more money.
Humanities majors tend to be liberal and make less money.
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Did you know?
Stigma and discrimination prevent migrants from seeking tuberculosis treatment.
Let's break down these barriers to health care and #EndTB.
Stigma and discrimination prevent migrants from seeking tuberculosis treatment.
Let's break down these barriers to health care and #EndTB.
March 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Did you know?
Stigma and discrimination prevent migrants from seeking tuberculosis treatment.
Let's break down these barriers to health care and #EndTB.
Stigma and discrimination prevent migrants from seeking tuberculosis treatment.
Let's break down these barriers to health care and #EndTB.
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Take-home messages #PHC: increase workforce, distribute them equitably, expand training, improve health information systems, and inform the public. Health systems should rely on PHC as the backbone.
@awadmataria.bsky.social @whoemro.bsky.social
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@awadmataria.bsky.social @whoemro.bsky.social
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Take home messages from the implementation of the primary health care measurement and improvement (PHCMI) initiative in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) | Primary Health Care Research & ...
Take home messages from the implementation of the primary health care measurement and improvement (PHCMI) initiative in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) - Volume 26
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March 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Take-home messages #PHC: increase workforce, distribute them equitably, expand training, improve health information systems, and inform the public. Health systems should rely on PHC as the backbone.
@awadmataria.bsky.social @whoemro.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@awadmataria.bsky.social @whoemro.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Really excellent, important report on industry influence on universities, and capture of academia - of wide relevance.
Risks of industry funding of universities:
Erodes support for academic endeavours not seen as commercially valuable
Corporate capture of universities' public-good mission
Distracting academic attention away from policies prioritising human & ecological health
publicpolicy.ie/papers/indus...
Erodes support for academic endeavours not seen as commercially valuable
Corporate capture of universities' public-good mission
Distracting academic attention away from policies prioritising human & ecological health
publicpolicy.ie/papers/indus...
Industry Funding of Irish Universities - Public Policy
This policy paper explores private sector funding of higher education institutions in Ireland. Large corporations are providing financial support to Irish universities in multiple ways including suppo...
publicpolicy.ie
March 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Really excellent, important report on industry influence on universities, and capture of academia - of wide relevance.
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Happy #Nowruz! Today marks the arrival of spring and the ancient Persian New Year, celebrated for millennia across Iran, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
May this new year bring everyone renewal, joy, and peace.
عید همگی مبارک🌺
May this new year bring everyone renewal, joy, and peace.
عید همگی مبارک🌺
March 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happy #Nowruz! Today marks the arrival of spring and the ancient Persian New Year, celebrated for millennia across Iran, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
May this new year bring everyone renewal, joy, and peace.
عید همگی مبارک🌺
May this new year bring everyone renewal, joy, and peace.
عید همگی مبارک🌺
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Capital buys power to make policy.
March 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Capital buys power to make policy.
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Can fiction reveal deeper truths about life? Hannah H. Kim’s Aeon essay explores how imaginary stories help us understand emotions, values, and the human condition in ways reality sometimes can't.
https://aeon.co/essays/before-you-define-fiction-check-your-m…
https://aeon.co/essays/before-you-define-fiction-check-your-m…
Before you define fiction, check your metaphysical assumptions | Aeon Essays
What distinguishes fiction from nonfiction? The answer to this perennial question relies on how we understand reality itself
aeon.co
January 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Can fiction reveal deeper truths about life? Hannah H. Kim’s Aeon essay explores how imaginary stories help us understand emotions, values, and the human condition in ways reality sometimes can't.
https://aeon.co/essays/before-you-define-fiction-check-your-m…
https://aeon.co/essays/before-you-define-fiction-check-your-m…
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Interesting article on what call 'the survival of the ideas that fit', showing the influence of the 'politics of familiarity', not just on use of evidence in policy-making, but on what knowledge is even considered to *be* reliable evidence.
Very happy that our article link.springer.com/article/10.1... with @andreapettrachin.bsky.social on Knowledge Formation in U.S. #migration #policy-making won the Laswell price for best article in Policy Science. Based on Migprosp project @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social @mpc-eui.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Interesting article on what call 'the survival of the ideas that fit', showing the influence of the 'politics of familiarity', not just on use of evidence in policy-making, but on what knowledge is even considered to *be* reliable evidence.