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Ruth Lewis
@drruthlewis.bsky.social
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Sociologist & Senior Lecturer at University of Glasgow | Population health, sexual health & wellbeing, public involvement, qual & participatory methods, evaluation, systems thinking | she/her

https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/staff/ruthlewis/
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Ruth Lewis @drruthlewis.bsky.social · Dec 18
Hey folks! Just moving over here from that other place and looking to re/build connections in
#AdolescentHealth
#SexualHealth
#Evaluation
#ParticipatoryApproaches
#PublicInvolvement
#SystemsThinking
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bmj.com
The Trump administration and its allies have taken several steps to ensure that medical schools in the US dismantle all diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

It is patients who will be the victims of this, write @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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hscwru.bsky.social
📢 Evidence & Policy journal SPECIAL ISSUE Call for Abstracts:
"Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care: Evidence, impact and policy learning"
Guest Editors: @annetteboaz.bsky.social & @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Abstracts deadline 3 November.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/strengt...
Evidence & Policy: Call for Abstracts | King's College London
Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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ythqual.bsky.social
Calling all UK Qualitative researchers working with Health-related Trials! We’d love your insights in a survey exploring your experience of the pace and timing of the qualitative research, as well as your experience of working with the trial team. 🔗 uofg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
September 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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ecdc.europa.eu
📢 #JustPublished!
Understanding sexual behaviour is key to preventing #STIs in Europe.

ECDC has reviewed recent sexual behaviour surveys to see what data we have – and how it can help improve STI prevention.

Read full: bit.ly/41I0Bw3

#SafeSex #SexualEducation #PublicHealth #STI
September 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reposted by Ruth Lewis
uofgshw.bsky.social
Is a ‘crisis of masculinity’ evident in UK secondary student attitudes towards gender equality, gender stereotypes and sexual harassment?

Letter in JECH from Prof Kirstin Mitchell & the Equally Safe at School team picked up by The Times & BBC today.

doi.org/10.1136/jech...

@uofgnews.bsky.social
A classroom with pupils at desks listening to a male teacher. A female pupil with long hair has her hand raised to ask a question.
July 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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crismontenegro.bsky.social
New article in Social Theory & Health, co-authored with
@judegreen.bsky.social, open access.

In a nutshell we argue that that lived-experience research is not the same as qualitative sociology in health research. The difference exists and matters.

Read here: rdcu.be/evZ7F
July 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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mcseto.bsky.social
Grateful to these sexuality and gender journal editors for this statement of support

Link is open access to Journal of Sex Research, kudos @cygraham.bsky.social @liamwignall.bsky.social and other signatories

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#AcademicSky
Screenshot of new open access editorial led by Cynthia Graham, published in Journal of Sex Research, titled "Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research", co-signed by many editors of sexuality and gender journals.
March 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
drruthlewis.bsky.social
Protocol for our evaluation of #EquallySafe At School is out now in BMJ Open @bmj.com 👇

#WholeSchoolApproach
#GenderBasedViolence
uofgshw.bsky.social School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow @uofgshw.bsky.social · Feb 21
📢 New paper explores how Scottish secondary schools can effectively address #GenderBasedViolence

The study focuses on the Equally Safe at School (ESAS) programme, a whole-school approach designed to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.

🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/2...
Equally Safe at School - a whole school approach to preventing gender based violence
February 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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louca-mai.bsky.social
UK #PublicInvolvement #PPI news:
@nihr.bsky.social Centre for Engagement & Dissemination (formerly INVOLVE) to be hosted by @bmj.com group from 1/4. They will lead & coordinate 'Public Partnerships & Research Impact activities'.
www.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-in...
Will be watching with interest...
#PPIE
NIHR to increase commitment to Public Partnerships and Research Impact with new Coordinating Centre contract
www.nihr.ac.uk
January 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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drcarriep.bsky.social
📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK).

Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures.

openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!
A flyer which says: We would love to hear from you. Are you Over 18? Living in the UK? Have you experienced pain during: smear test, colposcopy, hysteroscopy, IUD (coil) fitting, assisted conception or abortion? If so, please follow the QR code to complete an online survey which will help us to improve understanding of pain during these procedures. For any questions about the study please contact the lead researcher carrie.purcell@open.ac.uk. The Open University logo.
January 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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katha.bsky.social
Worried about how Meta's new moderation policies will impact online sexual and reproductive health promotion? So am I! This piece is co-authored with my expert colleague & HDR student Joanna Williams: theconversation.com/metas-shift-...
Meta’s shift to ‘community notes’ risks hurting online health info providers more than ever
Between allowing more “free speech” and removing official fact-checking, Meta’s platforms risk becoming more hostile to public health organisations.
theconversation.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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pvandergraaf.bsky.social
@northumbriaideas.bsky.social insightful presentation from Kathryn Skivington about the updated MRC guidance for evaluating complex interventions, which emphasises diversity of perspectives, voices and methods with a strong focus on knowledge mobilisation!
January 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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hwlg.bsky.social
2025 PPIE Conference at UofGlasgow - Call for Contributors! Seeking 15min presentations & posters. Submit 250-word abstracts by Jan 10 to shw-healthyworkinglivesgroup@glasgow.ac.uk. NIHR-funded, expenses covered. Please share!
December 17, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Reposted by Ruth Lewis
louca-mai.bsky.social
In an effort to build/rebuild online networks I've set up 3 starter kits in my main areas of research interest:
Links in the posts which follow - reply to be added.
And if you're in the intersecting areas, especially the middle bit, and we don't know each other already - do say hello 😊
Venn diagram with three intersecting circles: children and young people's health, inclusive public involvement and co-production and children's rights and youth participation
November 17, 2024 at 10:13 PM
drruthlewis.bsky.social
Hey folks! Just moving over here from that other place and looking to re/build connections in
#AdolescentHealth
#SexualHealth
#Evaluation
#ParticipatoryApproaches
#PublicInvolvement
#SystemsThinking
December 18, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Reposted by Ruth Lewis
kristina-s.bsky.social
Hi Bluesky! I wrote for @pillowtalkscot.bsky.social on the pain experienced during coil (IUD) fittings, removal and use, and the changes to reproductive healthcare contraceptive users in Scotland would like to see 1/2 pillowtalkscotland.substack.com/p/contracept...
‘It almost felt a bit barbaric’: Scottish contraceptive coil users speak out about pain
How much pain is ‘normal’ during a coil fitting? In Scotland, patients share their experiences of dismissed suffering and demand better from reproductive healthcare
pillowtalkscotland.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Reposted by Ruth Lewis
drcarriep.bsky.social
The report on our first year of the SRJ Scotland project - including the collaborative workshop in Glasgow in May - is now available here:

oro.open.ac.uk/101754/

We v much hope this is the start of a wider conversation through 2025 and beyond.

@ingridkyoung.bsky.social @julier282.bsky.social
The Open University
oro.open.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 9:24 AM