Prof Sarah Baker
@profsarahbaker.bsky.social
Professor of Place-Based Health and Care | Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health | Health Psychologist | Editor, Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology | #psychology #dentistry #oralhealth #oralepi #publichealth #academia #sciencificpublishing
Yesterday we celebrated the official launch of the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH)👇
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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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July 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Yesterday we celebrated the official launch of the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH)👇
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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
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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
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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...
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...
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
They are particularly useful for interventions that include a number of interacting components operating in different ways & also when interventions address complex problems.
#dentistry
February 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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
They are particularly useful for interventions that include a number of interacting components operating in different ways & also when interventions address complex problems.
#dentistry
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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
Find us here: commdentoralepi.bsky.social
#academicsky #episky #dentistry #publichealth #oralhealth #scientificpublishing
November 24, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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
Find us here: commdentoralepi.bsky.social
#academicsky #episky #dentistry #publichealth #oralhealth #scientificpublishing
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📢 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...
⚕️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...
ESRC NWSSDTP Studentship - Liverpool Law School - University of Liverpool
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February 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
📢 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...
⚕️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...
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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
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We all need to back the @thebda.bsky.social in its call for urgent action to save NHS dentistry
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People having to pull out their own teeth with pliers is not Victorian - it’s medieval
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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January 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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?...
We all need to back the @thebda.bsky.social in its call for urgent action to save NHS dentistry
youtu.be/UtqAtGAnuC0?...
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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...
Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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...
Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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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
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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January 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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
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
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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
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
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January 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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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
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
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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...
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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January 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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...
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...
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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...
📄: 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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January 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
📣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...
📄: nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
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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...
"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...
January 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"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...
"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...
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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.
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The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025.
www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t...
December 13, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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...
The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025.
www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t...
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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 🛟
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#SocialEpiSky
#EpiSky😷
#PublicHealth 🛟
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December 27, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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
#SocialEpiSky
#EpiSky😷
#PublicHealth 🛟
go.bsky.app/7x1TEQq
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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
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 ...
qualitysafety.bmj.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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
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
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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
January 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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
January 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Those were the days
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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
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Prof. Morenike Folayan
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January 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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...
Prof. Morenike Folayan
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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
It’s about perspective ……..
#dentistry
January 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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
It’s about perspective ……..
#dentistry
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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.":
January 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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.":