Saoirse Nic Gabhainn
@saoirsenicgabhainn.bsky.social
Professor of Health Promotion, HBSC PI, Socialist, member of the Abortion Access Campaign and IPSC, breastfeeding advocate. All posts my own (except those reposted).
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine my.uplift.ie/petitions/le... @uplift.ie
Let Them Play
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine
my.uplift.ie
July 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine my.uplift.ie/petitions/le... @uplift.ie
We know sleep difficulties are related to a wide range of issues, but we need to learn more about sleep among Irish adolescents and how it can be improved. #adolescenthealth #hbscireland #hbsctrends
School aged children (46.3%) are reporting difficulty getting to sleep at least weekly, an increase in sleep difficulties in comparison to 1998 (30.9%).
@uniofgalway.bsky.social #hbsc #hbsctrends #hbscireland
@roinnslainte.bsky.social
@uniofgalway.bsky.social #hbsc #hbsctrends #hbscireland
@roinnslainte.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
We know sleep difficulties are related to a wide range of issues, but we need to learn more about sleep among Irish adolescents and how it can be improved. #adolescenthealth #hbscireland #hbsctrends
Teachers are doing a great job, but need more support and resources to protect and promote children’s mental health and well-being #adolescenthealth #HBSCTrends #HBSCIreland
The HBSC reported a rise in school pressure in school aged children where they feel pressured by school work (47.8%), it was 32.9% in 1998 @uniofgalway.bsky.social @deptoffhed.bsky.social #hbsc #hbscireland
June 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Teachers are doing a great job, but need more support and resources to protect and promote children’s mental health and well-being #adolescenthealth #HBSCTrends #HBSCIreland
Great to see our work featured in our own local Galway Advertiser 😊
The HBSC study was featured in the Galway Advertiser today. See link for article here, it's on page 12: edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader...
Galway Advertiser
Galway Advertiser - 05/06/2025
edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Great to see our work featured in our own local Galway Advertiser 😊
Really proud of our #HBSCIreland team studying #adolescenthealth for 30 years at @universityofgalway.bsky.social. Huge thanks to all who have helped us along the way @roinnslainte.bsky.social
Congratulations to our team at the Health Promotion Research Centre (HPRC) on winning the CMNHS Dean's Awards 2025 for Outstanding Communications and Contributions to the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. An outstanding achievement @saoirsenicgabhainn.bsky.social @r-tm.bsky.social 🥳
May 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Really proud of our #HBSCIreland team studying #adolescenthealth for 30 years at @universityofgalway.bsky.social. Huge thanks to all who have helped us along the way @roinnslainte.bsky.social
Disappointed to see Mike Ryan gone, these are impactful changes @galwayhprc.bsky.social @colettek.bsky.social @andraskolto.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Disappointed to see Mike Ryan gone, these are impactful changes @galwayhprc.bsky.social @colettek.bsky.social @andraskolto.bsky.social
well worth a peruse for ECRs out there
📣 Are you an Early Career Researcher?
The Mike Daube Early Career Advocacy Series aims to support ECRs to combine REVIEW or PERSPECTIVE articles on a topical public health or health promotion issue, with strong calls for action on research, policy or practice.
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The Mike Daube Early Career Advocacy Series aims to support ECRs to combine REVIEW or PERSPECTIVE articles on a topical public health or health promotion issue, with strong calls for action on research, policy or practice.
➡️ academic.oup.com/heapro/pages...
May 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
well worth a peruse for ECRs out there
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Doctors Without Borders - Médecins Sans Frontières - has criticised Israel for creating a "deliberate humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza and accused it of trying to make aid conditional on forced displacement of Palestinians
Israel causing 'humanitarian catastrophe' in Gaza - MSF
Doctors Without Borders - Médecins Sans Frontières - has criticised Israel for creating a "deliberate humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza and accused it of trying to make aid conditional on forced displ...
www.rte.ie
May 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Doctors Without Borders - Médecins Sans Frontières - has criticised Israel for creating a "deliberate humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza and accused it of trying to make aid conditional on forced displacement of Palestinians
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We are looking forward to welcoming the #sexualhealth community to @universityofgalway.bsky.social for our 29th annual #HealthPromotion conference on June 26th. Abstract submission details available soon.
🚨 SAVE THE DATE!
Our next Health Promotion Annual Conference will take place on 26 June 2025 (Thursday). Please pencil the date in your diary and share the news with colleagues. We are looking forward to seeing you in Galway!
#HealthPromotion #SexualHealth #SexualHealthPromotion #HPRC2025
Our next Health Promotion Annual Conference will take place on 26 June 2025 (Thursday). Please pencil the date in your diary and share the news with colleagues. We are looking forward to seeing you in Galway!
#HealthPromotion #SexualHealth #SexualHealthPromotion #HPRC2025
February 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We are looking forward to welcoming the #sexualhealth community to @universityofgalway.bsky.social for our 29th annual #HealthPromotion conference on June 26th. Abstract submission details available soon.
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'International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is a food industry lobby group' via @usrighttoknow.bsky.social (2023)
Would be interested to know if anyone has conducted more recent research on ILSI's activities & influence
#CDoH #COI #CorporatePlaybook
usrtk.org/pesticides/i...
Would be interested to know if anyone has conducted more recent research on ILSI's activities & influence
#CDoH #COI #CorporatePlaybook
usrtk.org/pesticides/i...
ILSI is a Food Industry Lobby Group
Documents reveal how the International Life Sciences Institute advances food industry interests, not public health
usrtk.org
February 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
'International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is a food industry lobby group' via @usrighttoknow.bsky.social (2023)
Would be interested to know if anyone has conducted more recent research on ILSI's activities & influence
#CDoH #COI #CorporatePlaybook
usrtk.org/pesticides/i...
Would be interested to know if anyone has conducted more recent research on ILSI's activities & influence
#CDoH #COI #CorporatePlaybook
usrtk.org/pesticides/i...
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1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by:
A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger
bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#EndViolence
A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger
bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#EndViolence
February 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by:
A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger
bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#EndViolence
A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger
bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#EndViolence
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Pretty alarming stuff happening in the US. Solidarity with our US colleagues ❤️
www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...
CDC removal of databases on sexual orientation, gender identity sparks alarm
Data from an expansive federal survey on youth behavioral habits, including their sexual orientation and gender identity, have been removed from the website of the CDC.
www.statnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Pretty alarming stuff happening in the US. Solidarity with our US colleagues ❤️
www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...
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US science is getting trashed.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) in combing through $billions in already awarded grants to find anything that might displease Trump.
Grantees are blocked from accessing funds while the review is ongoing, wreaking havoc across the academic research community.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) in combing through $billions in already awarded grants to find anything that might displease Trump.
Grantees are blocked from accessing funds while the review is ongoing, wreaking havoc across the academic research community.
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
www.science.org
January 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
US science is getting trashed.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) in combing through $billions in already awarded grants to find anything that might displease Trump.
Grantees are blocked from accessing funds while the review is ongoing, wreaking havoc across the academic research community.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) in combing through $billions in already awarded grants to find anything that might displease Trump.
Grantees are blocked from accessing funds while the review is ongoing, wreaking havoc across the academic research community.
Information on STIs and STI treatments is also gone, along with the YRBS!
January 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Information on STIs and STI treatments is also gone, along with the YRBS!
Please share widely!
January 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Please share widely!
Clear and useful.
January 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Clear and useful.
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Get the bus from Dublin to our next national mobilisation with @shannonwatch at Shannon Airport on February 9th! #USMilitaryOutOfShannon ##StopArmingIsrael
January 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Get the bus from Dublin to our next national mobilisation with @shannonwatch at Shannon Airport on February 9th! #USMilitaryOutOfShannon ##StopArmingIsrael
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Suicide literacy, suicide stigma, and help-seeking attitudes among men in a university setting in Ireland
Shane O’Donnell, Noel Richardson, @aislingmcg.bsky.social rath
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@healthpromint.bsky.social
Shane O’Donnell, Noel Richardson, @aislingmcg.bsky.social rath
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@healthpromint.bsky.social
Suicide literacy, suicide stigma, and help-seeking attitudes among men in a university setting in Ireland
Abstract. This study sought to explore the relationship between sociodemographic-, mental health-, knowledge-, attitudinal-, and conformity to masculine no
academic.oup.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Suicide literacy, suicide stigma, and help-seeking attitudes among men in a university setting in Ireland
Shane O’Donnell, Noel Richardson, @aislingmcg.bsky.social rath
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
@healthpromint.bsky.social
Shane O’Donnell, Noel Richardson, @aislingmcg.bsky.social rath
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
@healthpromint.bsky.social
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Day ONE the Trump administration made it crystal clear where their priorities lie: censoring info & cutting off access to reproductive healthcare. They have taken down https://buff.ly/3QRO4PD, but there are still resources from activists for legal support & health/abobo info. https://buff.ly/3Cfq0DO
January 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Day ONE the Trump administration made it crystal clear where their priorities lie: censoring info & cutting off access to reproductive healthcare. They have taken down https://buff.ly/3QRO4PD, but there are still resources from activists for legal support & health/abobo info. https://buff.ly/3Cfq0DO
This guy is well worth a follow, he had me laughing out loud. @elenavaughan.bsky.social @andraskolto.bsky.social
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January 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This guy is well worth a follow, he had me laughing out loud. @elenavaughan.bsky.social @andraskolto.bsky.social
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2025 is the year you finally read your downloaded PDFs
January 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
2025 is the year you finally read your downloaded PDFs
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Irish rap comedy Kneecap tops British independent film awards
Irish rap comedy Kneecap tops British independent film awards
Director Rich Peppiatt said ‘there is an irony in the best British film being Irish’ as his Belfast-set film won seven prizes in total
Irish-language rap comedy Kneecap emerged as the big winner at the British independent film awards (Bifas), with seven…
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Irish rap comedy Kneecap tops British independent film awards
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🔔 NEW at Health Promotion International
Resisting industry narratives: guidance to avoid tobacco and nicotine industry framing
✍️ Raglan Maddox, Abbey Diaz, Andrew Waa, Lani Teddy, Rohan Telford, Sam Pope, Christina Heris
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae143
Resisting industry narratives: guidance to avoid tobacco and nicotine industry framing
✍️ Raglan Maddox, Abbey Diaz, Andrew Waa, Lani Teddy, Rohan Telford, Sam Pope, Christina Heris
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae143
December 9, 2024 at 5:51 AM
🔔 NEW at Health Promotion International
Resisting industry narratives: guidance to avoid tobacco and nicotine industry framing
✍️ Raglan Maddox, Abbey Diaz, Andrew Waa, Lani Teddy, Rohan Telford, Sam Pope, Christina Heris
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae143
Resisting industry narratives: guidance to avoid tobacco and nicotine industry framing
✍️ Raglan Maddox, Abbey Diaz, Andrew Waa, Lani Teddy, Rohan Telford, Sam Pope, Christina Heris
OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae143