Caroline King
@drcarolineking.bsky.social
Interested in public health, mental health, gender based violence, violence prevention, health inequalities, qualitative research, systems approaches, complexity and structural change to improve population health
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We're looking forward to hearing from IRP Affiliate Bradley Hardy on Monday 3/17 when he visits @uwmadison.bsky.social!
March 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We're looking forward to hearing from IRP Affiliate Bradley Hardy on Monday 3/17 when he visits @uwmadison.bsky.social!
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"Policymakers must also acknowledge the disproportionate effect of minimum alcohol pricing on those with the lowest incomes. But this should not be a reason to abandon it. We do not advocate for making unhealthy foods cheaper to tackle food poverty."
theconversation.com/minimum-alco...
theconversation.com/minimum-alco...
Minimum alcohol pricing: what we found in Wales after five years
Wales introduced a minimum price for alcohol in 2020 and a recent review shows it has reduced the availability of cheap high-strength drinks.
theconversation.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
"Policymakers must also acknowledge the disproportionate effect of minimum alcohol pricing on those with the lowest incomes. But this should not be a reason to abandon it. We do not advocate for making unhealthy foods cheaper to tackle food poverty."
theconversation.com/minimum-alco...
theconversation.com/minimum-alco...
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🏘️ | NEW REPORT: A combination of welfare reforms, rising numbers of children in the private rented sector and a lack of investment in building social housing has led, and will continue to lead, to increasing child poverty, unless the government acts.
www.ippr.org/articles/hom...
www.ippr.org/articles/hom...
The homes that children deserve: Housing policy to support families | IPPR
Children need a firm foundation on which to build their lives, namely a secure and warm home which meets their needs and those of their family. But it must
www.ippr.org
February 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
🏘️ | NEW REPORT: A combination of welfare reforms, rising numbers of children in the private rented sector and a lack of investment in building social housing has led, and will continue to lead, to increasing child poverty, unless the government acts.
www.ippr.org/articles/hom...
www.ippr.org/articles/hom...
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Please share!
Exciting fully funded PhD opportunity.
Are you passionate about understanding & preventing suicide?
If so, why not consider joining us to undertake a PhD generously funded by the Canmore Trust?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@daryloconnor.bsky.social
Exciting fully funded PhD opportunity.
Are you passionate about understanding & preventing suicide?
If so, why not consider joining us to undertake a PhD generously funded by the Canmore Trust?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@daryloconnor.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Please share!
Exciting fully funded PhD opportunity.
Are you passionate about understanding & preventing suicide?
If so, why not consider joining us to undertake a PhD generously funded by the Canmore Trust?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@daryloconnor.bsky.social
Exciting fully funded PhD opportunity.
Are you passionate about understanding & preventing suicide?
If so, why not consider joining us to undertake a PhD generously funded by the Canmore Trust?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@daryloconnor.bsky.social
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Are you a #farmer? Or have contact with any farmers? We are looking to recruit participants for our new project "I Farmer: Narratives about Self, Land and the Future of Farming", which has been supported by @scafarc.bsky.social.
Please help us spread the word!
#Farming #Agriculture
Please help us spread the word!
#Farming #Agriculture
January 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Are you a #farmer? Or have contact with any farmers? We are looking to recruit participants for our new project "I Farmer: Narratives about Self, Land and the Future of Farming", which has been supported by @scafarc.bsky.social.
Please help us spread the word!
#Farming #Agriculture
Please help us spread the word!
#Farming #Agriculture
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Childhood poverty and/or parental mental illness doubles teens’ risk of violence and police contact study finds: jech.bmj.com/content/earl...
published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Impact of family childhood adversity on risk of violence and involvement with police in adolescence: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Background Childhood adversities, such as exposure to parental mental illness, domestic violence and abuse, substance use, and family poverty, have been linked to involvement in violence in early adul...
jech.bmj.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Childhood poverty and/or parental mental illness doubles teens’ risk of violence and police contact study finds: jech.bmj.com/content/earl...
published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
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New Publication - BMJ Editorial
authors: Clare Bambra, Courtney McNamara and Luke Munford, Sophie Wickham
To get Britain working we need to get Britain healthy
Published 17 January 2025
Read it here: doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
authors: Clare Bambra, Courtney McNamara and Luke Munford, Sophie Wickham
To get Britain working we need to get Britain healthy
Published 17 January 2025
Read it here: doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
To get Britain working we need to get Britain healthy
An approach linking health and skills could boost employability
In the UK, 2.8 million people are economically inactive and in receipt of health related welfare benefits.1 Almost a million young peop...
doi.org
January 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New Publication - BMJ Editorial
authors: Clare Bambra, Courtney McNamara and Luke Munford, Sophie Wickham
To get Britain working we need to get Britain healthy
Published 17 January 2025
Read it here: doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
authors: Clare Bambra, Courtney McNamara and Luke Munford, Sophie Wickham
To get Britain working we need to get Britain healthy
Published 17 January 2025
Read it here: doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
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Women often face unique barriers to housing. On average, they have lower incomes, less savings, and less access to borrowing than men, making it more challenging to secure suitable homes.
#HousingCrisis
#HousingCrisis
January 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Women often face unique barriers to housing. On average, they have lower incomes, less savings, and less access to borrowing than men, making it more challenging to secure suitable homes.
#HousingCrisis
#HousingCrisis
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This study " found childhood adversity to be just as great or even a greater determinant of mortality inequality as adult behavioural factors", which so much public health focuses on. #HealthInequalities
A lot of work on #lifecourse & #inequalities to dig into in this paper just out 👇
“The contribution of childhood adversity to adult socioeconomic gradients in mortality: a Swedish Birth Cohort analysis”
#healthinequality
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“The contribution of childhood adversity to adult socioeconomic gradients in mortality: a Swedish Birth Cohort analysis”
#healthinequality
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The contribution of childhood adversity to adult socioeconomic gradients in mortality: a Swedish Birth Cohort analysis
“Child maltreatment is a leading cause of health inequality” according to a leading WHO report. This statement is often assumed, yet, the size of the …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This study " found childhood adversity to be just as great or even a greater determinant of mortality inequality as adult behavioural factors", which so much public health focuses on. #HealthInequalities
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More interesting reading in the @bmj.com on how a combination of geography and circumstance created the Scandinavian society we see today.
Higher taxes, in some ways. But a more egalitarian society and a sense of “dugnad” where everyone mucks in and pulls together.
Could we do this in Scotland?
Higher taxes, in some ways. But a more egalitarian society and a sense of “dugnad” where everyone mucks in and pulls together.
Could we do this in Scotland?
“The 'dugnad' stories behind Scandinavian support for high taxes”
A fascinating piece from Sandy Goldbeck-Wood on how Norway ended up in such a good position with respect to public service and shared social responsibilities.
Lessons for Scotland, perhaps?
Link here:
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
A fascinating piece from Sandy Goldbeck-Wood on how Norway ended up in such a good position with respect to public service and shared social responsibilities.
Lessons for Scotland, perhaps?
Link here:
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
January 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
More interesting reading in the @bmj.com on how a combination of geography and circumstance created the Scandinavian society we see today.
Higher taxes, in some ways. But a more egalitarian society and a sense of “dugnad” where everyone mucks in and pulls together.
Could we do this in Scotland?
Higher taxes, in some ways. But a more egalitarian society and a sense of “dugnad” where everyone mucks in and pulls together.
Could we do this in Scotland?
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What an extraordinary, devastating essay. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Sophie Smith · Sleeping Women: On the Pelicot trial
Gisèle Pelicot doesn’t conceive of her now ex-husband or the other men who raped her as ‘bad apples’, aberrations...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
What an extraordinary, devastating essay. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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6) I am a supporter of basic income. But it is limited in its ability to achieve the transformations we need. Here I argue that a public job guarantee can help address the core problem by reorienting production around achieving urgent social objectives. www.currentaffairs.org/news/2024/01...
The Limits of Basic Income
Providing people with cash payments has benefits, but guaranteed employment and public services are a better option for transforming our economy.
www.currentaffairs.org
January 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
6) I am a supporter of basic income. But it is limited in its ability to achieve the transformations we need. Here I argue that a public job guarantee can help address the core problem by reorienting production around achieving urgent social objectives. www.currentaffairs.org/news/2024/01...
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Economic inactivity has many causes, but the term itself is biased, suggesting unpaid work doesn’t contribute to the economy. It’s essential to recognise that paid employment isn’t the only form of contribution and to value unpaid work for its vital role in supporting society and the economy.
January 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Economic inactivity has many causes, but the term itself is biased, suggesting unpaid work doesn’t contribute to the economy. It’s essential to recognise that paid employment isn’t the only form of contribution and to value unpaid work for its vital role in supporting society and the economy.
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Our central recommendation in our @marmotihe.bsky.social Building Health Equity report is to put equity of health and wellbeing at the heart of housing policy www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Poor quality housing is harming our health
The UK is not a good place to be poor. It is not even a very good place if you are middle income or below. Over the past 14 years, life expectancy has not improved, health inequalities have increased,...
www.bmj.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our central recommendation in our @marmotihe.bsky.social Building Health Equity report is to put equity of health and wellbeing at the heart of housing policy www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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The problem is this. Healthy lives, and life expectancy, are often determined well before anyone sets foot in a hospital. Supporting our NHS means tackling the social and the commercial determinants of health - poverty, inequalities, poor housing, unhealthy food. www.thetimes.com/article/1130...
We keep pumping money into the NHS. Is it good value?
Critics complain that our health service is bloated and inefficient — but the diagnosis is complex, and how does it compare with other countries?
www.thetimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 12:07 PM
The problem is this. Healthy lives, and life expectancy, are often determined well before anyone sets foot in a hospital. Supporting our NHS means tackling the social and the commercial determinants of health - poverty, inequalities, poor housing, unhealthy food. www.thetimes.com/article/1130...
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This article on the risk of death by homicide among pregnant & postpartum women at the hands of men underlines the intersecting social-structural inequalities of this risk across racialised & socioeconomic categories
This story on the link between pregnancy and homicide is bone-chilling. 🛟 #reprosky
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | The Killings of Young Mothers (Gift Article)
For women under 25, getting pregnant more than doubles their risk of homicide.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 7:45 PM
This article on the risk of death by homicide among pregnant & postpartum women at the hands of men underlines the intersecting social-structural inequalities of this risk across racialised & socioeconomic categories
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The importance of social infrastructure can’t be overstated. Health, education, and care services not only support communities but also deliver long-term benefits.
Prioritising social infrastructure should be at the heart of economic policies that aim to promote gender equality. 💜
Prioritising social infrastructure should be at the heart of economic policies that aim to promote gender equality. 💜
December 30, 2024 at 12:40 PM
The importance of social infrastructure can’t be overstated. Health, education, and care services not only support communities but also deliver long-term benefits.
Prioritising social infrastructure should be at the heart of economic policies that aim to promote gender equality. 💜
Prioritising social infrastructure should be at the heart of economic policies that aim to promote gender equality. 💜
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World leaders agreed on a major declaration to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a top public health threat.
Moreover, major new resolutions were adopted at the 2024 World Health Assembly.
bit.ly/4gpxQJK
Moreover, major new resolutions were adopted at the 2024 World Health Assembly.
bit.ly/4gpxQJK
December 26, 2024 at 8:43 AM
World leaders agreed on a major declaration to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a top public health threat.
Moreover, major new resolutions were adopted at the 2024 World Health Assembly.
bit.ly/4gpxQJK
Moreover, major new resolutions were adopted at the 2024 World Health Assembly.
bit.ly/4gpxQJK
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Health, youth & beauty: The great commodity cocktail we’re continuously duped into thinking we can buy
…so we let our leaders off scot-free regarding the worsening political, commercial, social-structural & environmental reasons for poor health
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
…so we let our leaders off scot-free regarding the worsening political, commercial, social-structural & environmental reasons for poor health
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Shrinking waistlines and growing profits: the weight-loss drug boom
Drugs such as Wegovy amd Mounjaro are an attractive prospect for online businesses and traditional pharmacies as well as the firms that make them
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Health, youth & beauty: The great commodity cocktail we’re continuously duped into thinking we can buy
…so we let our leaders off scot-free regarding the worsening political, commercial, social-structural & environmental reasons for poor health
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
…so we let our leaders off scot-free regarding the worsening political, commercial, social-structural & environmental reasons for poor health
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Describing #HealthInequalities is a valuable research activity allowing us to
-track trends over time
-observe them across different population groups & contexts
Above all, continuing to describe health inequalities means refusing to accept them, refusing to turn away & advocating for justice
-track trends over time
-observe them across different population groups & contexts
Above all, continuing to describe health inequalities means refusing to accept them, refusing to turn away & advocating for justice
December 23, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Describing #HealthInequalities is a valuable research activity allowing us to
-track trends over time
-observe them across different population groups & contexts
Above all, continuing to describe health inequalities means refusing to accept them, refusing to turn away & advocating for justice
-track trends over time
-observe them across different population groups & contexts
Above all, continuing to describe health inequalities means refusing to accept them, refusing to turn away & advocating for justice
Reposted by Caroline King
Violence against women is a giant public health problem. It affects physical & mental health and its effects are long-lasting and transgenerational. Governments don’t do enough to combat it. It’s not taken seriously enough & it’s still culturally acceptable.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
One-third of women across EU have experienced violence, survey finds
Amount of physical attacks, threats or sexual violence described as ‘invisible epidemic’ as reporting remains low
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Violence against women is a giant public health problem. It affects physical & mental health and its effects are long-lasting and transgenerational. Governments don’t do enough to combat it. It’s not taken seriously enough & it’s still culturally acceptable.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...