Jessica Y Breland, PhD
@jbreland.bsky.social
health equity, clinical health psych, health services research, behavior change, & implementation science. lover of books. views my own.
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“Psychiatry experts agree that while the past decade has seen a vast proliferation of new mood-boosting tools, trackers and self-help apps, there has been little in the way of hard evidence to show that any of them actually help.”
‘They thought they were doing good but it made people worse’: why mental health apps are under s...
As experts worry over privacy issues, ineffectiveness and even harm, the UK is looking at whether the plethora of digital mental health tools need regulating
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2024 at 2:22 PM
“Psychiatry experts agree that while the past decade has seen a vast proliferation of new mood-boosting tools, trackers and self-help apps, there has been little in the way of hard evidence to show that any of them actually help.”
AI literally can’t compute flipping the script …. www.npr.org/sections/goa...
November 8, 2023 at 7:51 PM
AI literally can’t compute flipping the script …. www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Hi #AcademicSky, anyone know of a good, publicly available, county-level measure of public transit quality?
November 7, 2023 at 7:19 PM
Hi #AcademicSky, anyone know of a good, publicly available, county-level measure of public transit quality?
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Tuskegee Syphilis Study documents now digitized & online. #bioethics www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/...
Records from notorious Tuskegee syphilis study now available online
The digitized collection includes over 3,000 documents, from the study’s inception in the 1930s to the work of the panel that investigated it in the 1970s.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2023 at 12:10 PM
Tuskegee Syphilis Study documents now digitized & online. #bioethics www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/...
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“For masks, are randomized trials an appropriate way of evaluating… in the first place? We don’t rely on such trials for seat belts, bike helmets or life jackets, & the oft-cited randomized trial of parachutes is an old running joke… What do the engineers know that doctors don’t?”
Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn’t
New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work
www.scientificamerican.com
October 23, 2023 at 1:43 AM
“For masks, are randomized trials an appropriate way of evaluating… in the first place? We don’t rely on such trials for seat belts, bike helmets or life jackets, & the oft-cited randomized trial of parachutes is an old running joke… What do the engineers know that doctors don’t?”
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"In my view, academic institutions are fairly transparent (though not enough) about the fact that the primary duty of their scientists is not to make the world better, but to develop a professional profile and raise funds."
Nobel Prize Debate Misses the Mark on the Real Culprits Ignoring Scientific Merit
The furor over a Nobel Prize winner’s derailed career lets scientists off the hook for their own responsibilities to fix a broken academic reward system
www.scientificamerican.com
October 10, 2023 at 4:28 PM
"In my view, academic institutions are fairly transparent (though not enough) about the fact that the primary duty of their scientists is not to make the world better, but to develop a professional profile and raise funds."
Read this!
Not totally related to the quote below, but has me wondering how much the pressure on soft money researchers to pursue “novel” interventions that target big populations leads to these pre-disease definitions. Maybe not as avaricious in intent as drug makers, but maybe same end results?
Not totally related to the quote below, but has me wondering how much the pressure on soft money researchers to pursue “novel” interventions that target big populations leads to these pre-disease definitions. Maybe not as avaricious in intent as drug makers, but maybe same end results?
October 9, 2023 at 8:30 PM
Read this!
Not totally related to the quote below, but has me wondering how much the pressure on soft money researchers to pursue “novel” interventions that target big populations leads to these pre-disease definitions. Maybe not as avaricious in intent as drug makers, but maybe same end results?
Not totally related to the quote below, but has me wondering how much the pressure on soft money researchers to pursue “novel” interventions that target big populations leads to these pre-disease definitions. Maybe not as avaricious in intent as drug makers, but maybe same end results?
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In the hands of the biggest media corporations, the term 'diversity' has become a poison pill. A way to silo and minimize the contributions of the historically marginalized. There are *real* books and 'diverse' books, which you can safely ignore. At conferences, real panels and 'diverse' panels. Etc
Scholastic asks, "Do you want to opt out of 'diverse' books at your school's next book fair?" Your participation in white supremacy has never been easier, just uncheck the 'diverse' books box– poof, no problems. 🙄
Scholastic Under Fire for Allowing Schools to Opt Out of ‘Diverse Books’ for Book Fairs
Scholastic has been accused of bending to right-wing pressure, making having diverse books optional for school book fairs.
www.themarysue.com
October 9, 2023 at 5:28 PM
In the hands of the biggest media corporations, the term 'diversity' has become a poison pill. A way to silo and minimize the contributions of the historically marginalized. There are *real* books and 'diverse' books, which you can safely ignore. At conferences, real panels and 'diverse' panels. Etc
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US COVID SHOTS ARE FREE.
Please do not let Walgreens and CVS mislead you or your family members or neighbors about this! They are the biggest part of the federal bridge (free shots for uninsured people) program, but the rollout’s logistics have been a little scattered and you may get pushback.
Please do not let Walgreens and CVS mislead you or your family members or neighbors about this! They are the biggest part of the federal bridge (free shots for uninsured people) program, but the rollout’s logistics have been a little scattered and you may get pushback.
PSA: the CDC has a program that pays for your COVID vaccine if your insurer won't. The guy at CVS told me that my insurer had not added the new vaccine to its formulary yet, so I'd need to pay $190. I told him about this program, showed him the website, and paid nothing. 🤗
Bridge Access Program | CDCCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC twenty four seven. Saving...
www.cdc.gov
September 19, 2023 at 10:57 PM
US COVID SHOTS ARE FREE.
Please do not let Walgreens and CVS mislead you or your family members or neighbors about this! They are the biggest part of the federal bridge (free shots for uninsured people) program, but the rollout’s logistics have been a little scattered and you may get pushback.
Please do not let Walgreens and CVS mislead you or your family members or neighbors about this! They are the biggest part of the federal bridge (free shots for uninsured people) program, but the rollout’s logistics have been a little scattered and you may get pushback.