Michael Dalili
@michaeldalili.bsky.social
Public Health Registrar training in the West Midlands. University of Bristol Honorary Research Fellow. 🇨🇦 🇮🇹 🇮🇷 Views are my own.
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A major update to the CONSORT reporting guidance for clinical trials was published last week.
📌 CONSORT 2025 replaces all previous versions and should be used from now on.
So what’s new and what’s different? 1/7
#MethodologyMonday #116
(COI - I am a co-author)
📌 CONSORT 2025 replaces all previous versions and should be used from now on.
So what’s new and what’s different? 1/7
#MethodologyMonday #116
(COI - I am a co-author)
April 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
A major update to the CONSORT reporting guidance for clinical trials was published last week.
📌 CONSORT 2025 replaces all previous versions and should be used from now on.
So what’s new and what’s different? 1/7
#MethodologyMonday #116
(COI - I am a co-author)
📌 CONSORT 2025 replaces all previous versions and should be used from now on.
So what’s new and what’s different? 1/7
#MethodologyMonday #116
(COI - I am a co-author)
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This first article in a seven part series presents an overview of the essential elements of the GRADE approach that has proved useful in systematic reviews, health technology assessment reports, and clinical practice guidelines
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
April 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This first article in a seven part series presents an overview of the essential elements of the GRADE approach that has proved useful in systematic reviews, health technology assessment reports, and clinical practice guidelines
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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FPH welcomes today’s announcement of an increase in funding for local public health services.
After a decade of cuts, this 5% increase to the Public Health Grant represents an important first step in bolstering essential local health services.
www.fph.org.uk/news/fph-sta...
After a decade of cuts, this 5% increase to the Public Health Grant represents an important first step in bolstering essential local health services.
www.fph.org.uk/news/fph-sta...
FPH Statement on Public Health Grant allocations 2025/6
The Faculty of Public Health welcomes today’s announcement of an increase in funding for local public health services.
www.fph.org.uk
February 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
FPH welcomes today’s announcement of an increase in funding for local public health services.
After a decade of cuts, this 5% increase to the Public Health Grant represents an important first step in bolstering essential local health services.
www.fph.org.uk/news/fph-sta...
After a decade of cuts, this 5% increase to the Public Health Grant represents an important first step in bolstering essential local health services.
www.fph.org.uk/news/fph-sta...
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A reminder that the Thistle service was originally proposed on the back of an HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs in Glasgow in 2015 (!), and the strongest predictor of infection was Cocaine injecting. We still have limited treatment options for this group.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cocaine is most used drug in Glasgow consumption room
New figures also show that the vast majority of people who have used The Thistle are men.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A reminder that the Thistle service was originally proposed on the back of an HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs in Glasgow in 2015 (!), and the strongest predictor of infection was Cocaine injecting. We still have limited treatment options for this group.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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1/ President Trump is once again pushing for US withdrawal from WHO—and proposing an "alternative" structure. But is this a real solution or just chaos in disguise? A 🧵 on our new piece @bmj.com with @kentbuse.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social & Adeeba Kamarulzaman 👇
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
President Trump wants an alternative to the World Health Organization: how should we respond?
Much attention has rightly been placed on how to fill the World Health Organization’s funding gap if and when the US withdraws. Kent Buse and colleagues argue that President Trump’s idea to establish ...
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January 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
1/ President Trump is once again pushing for US withdrawal from WHO—and proposing an "alternative" structure. But is this a real solution or just chaos in disguise? A 🧵 on our new piece @bmj.com with @kentbuse.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social & Adeeba Kamarulzaman 👇
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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I was recently interviewed on Perth radio 6PR about problems with windfarms. Interviewer rather fixated on large amount of environmental damage from each turbine having a large concrete base. I gently suggested that coal mines have a somewhat larger environmental footprint
January 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I was recently interviewed on Perth radio 6PR about problems with windfarms. Interviewer rather fixated on large amount of environmental damage from each turbine having a large concrete base. I gently suggested that coal mines have a somewhat larger environmental footprint
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Media debate over the last week on the launch of Glasgow's drug consumption facility has been thoroughly depressing. Advocates & opponents consistently missing the main aim of the service (to reduce harm related to public injecting in the immediate area) and being dragged into a drug death debate.
January 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Media debate over the last week on the launch of Glasgow's drug consumption facility has been thoroughly depressing. Advocates & opponents consistently missing the main aim of the service (to reduce harm related to public injecting in the immediate area) and being dragged into a drug death debate.
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Eight additional infectious diseases will be added to the list of notifiable diseases in England once new legislation comes into force on 6 April 2025. Most with the exception of chickenpox will be rare. For more details, see link. www.gov.uk/government/c...
January 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Eight additional infectious diseases will be added to the list of notifiable diseases in England once new legislation comes into force on 6 April 2025. Most with the exception of chickenpox will be rare. For more details, see link. www.gov.uk/government/c...
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A new Cochrane review of interventions for quitting vaping has been published today.
There is low-certainty evidence that varenicline may help people to stop vaping.
Text-messaging based interventions may also help youth/young adults to quit.
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
There is low-certainty evidence that varenicline may help people to stop vaping.
Text-messaging based interventions may also help youth/young adults to quit.
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
Interventions for quitting vaping - Butler, AR - 2025 | Cochrane Library
Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.
www.cochranelibrary.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A new Cochrane review of interventions for quitting vaping has been published today.
There is low-certainty evidence that varenicline may help people to stop vaping.
Text-messaging based interventions may also help youth/young adults to quit.
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
There is low-certainty evidence that varenicline may help people to stop vaping.
Text-messaging based interventions may also help youth/young adults to quit.
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
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Report published in @AddictionJrnl here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds
Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds
Figure is nearly double an estimate from 2000 and means a pack of 20 cigarettes costs a person seven hours on average
Smokers are being urged to kick the habit for 2025 after a fresh assessment of the harms of cigarettes found they shorten life…
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Report published in @AddictionJrnl here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Number of people in hospital in England with flu jumps 41% in a week
Number of people in hospital in England with flu jumps 41% in a week
Average of 2,629 patients this week is more than four times number at this point last year, NHS figures show
The number of people in hospital in England with flu has jumped 41% in a week and continues to be more than four times the number at this point…
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Number of people in hospital in England with flu jumps 41% in a week
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Decolonisation of global conferences: unfinished business for women's health advocates
Bodies like @womenlifthealth.bsky.social & International Confederation of Midwives are turning the tide by holding conferences in low-and-middle-income countries
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Bodies like @womenlifthealth.bsky.social & International Confederation of Midwives are turning the tide by holding conferences in low-and-middle-income countries
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1...
December 18, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Decolonisation of global conferences: unfinished business for women's health advocates
Bodies like @womenlifthealth.bsky.social & International Confederation of Midwives are turning the tide by holding conferences in low-and-middle-income countries
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Bodies like @womenlifthealth.bsky.social & International Confederation of Midwives are turning the tide by holding conferences in low-and-middle-income countries
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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The CDC has reported the first severe U.S. case of H5N1 bird flu in Louisiana. This case is linked to exposure to a backyard flock. The case in Louisiana involves a severe infection, but the CDC emphasizes no evidence of human-to-human spread.
www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
CDC Confirms First Severe Case of H5N1 Bird Flu in the United States
December 18, 2024-- A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza A(H5N1)
www.cdc.gov
December 18, 2024 at 11:47 PM
The CDC has reported the first severe U.S. case of H5N1 bird flu in Louisiana. This case is linked to exposure to a backyard flock. The case in Louisiana involves a severe infection, but the CDC emphasizes no evidence of human-to-human spread.
www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision was a 2022 US Supreme Court ruling that overturned the constitutional right to abortion in the United States
Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...
www.ajmc.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:45 AM
The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision was a 2022 US Supreme Court ruling that overturned the constitutional right to abortion in the United States
The share of cycling rose from 22% to 35%, public transport users increased, air quality improved and the number of accidents fell by a third. Ghent has the lowest commercial vacancy rate of any Flemish city, built 50 bridges, tunnels, and underpasses for active travellers, & down to 1 car/household
A beautifully written piece on the political realities of the car circulation plan in Ghent.
Filip Watteeuw, deputy mayor in the city of Ghent:
Mobility, emotion and political will - Lessons from Ghent
Mobility, emotion and political will - Lessons from Ghent
December 17, 2024 at 3:41 PM
The share of cycling rose from 22% to 35%, public transport users increased, air quality improved and the number of accidents fell by a third. Ghent has the lowest commercial vacancy rate of any Flemish city, built 50 bridges, tunnels, and underpasses for active travellers, & down to 1 car/household
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Disney princesses face serious health risks, warn experts.
Disney must consider ways to improve princesses’ wellbeing, including mindfulness, training on cohabitation with animals, and personal protection measures against toxic particles
#ChristmasBMJ
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Disney must consider ways to improve princesses’ wellbeing, including mindfulness, training on cohabitation with animals, and personal protection measures against toxic particles
#ChristmasBMJ
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
December 17, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Disney princesses face serious health risks, warn experts.
Disney must consider ways to improve princesses’ wellbeing, including mindfulness, training on cohabitation with animals, and personal protection measures against toxic particles
#ChristmasBMJ
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Disney must consider ways to improve princesses’ wellbeing, including mindfulness, training on cohabitation with animals, and personal protection measures against toxic particles
#ChristmasBMJ
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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A very accurate illustration of what all work should look like for the next 2 weeks until 2025.😊
December 17, 2024 at 4:07 AM
A very accurate illustration of what all work should look like for the next 2 weeks until 2025.😊
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All my work is open - and you can use images from it without seeking my permission as long as it is correctly cited. Every week I get requests in relation to COM-B or the Behaviour Change Wheel. No need to request- the answer is always yes! #OpenScience
December 11, 2024 at 4:20 PM
All my work is open - and you can use images from it without seeking my permission as long as it is correctly cited. Every week I get requests in relation to COM-B or the Behaviour Change Wheel. No need to request- the answer is always yes! #OpenScience
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Inequalities in childhood vaccination are widening in England, with uptake rates of five key vaccines consistently lower in young children living in areas of higher deprivation from 2019 to 2023, finds this new study
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
December 12, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Inequalities in childhood vaccination are widening in England, with uptake rates of five key vaccines consistently lower in young children living in areas of higher deprivation from 2019 to 2023, finds this new study
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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Just a reminder:
All vaccines used in public health have been rigorously tested. Their benefits greatly outweigh their risks. While a few people have a medical reason for not taking vaccines, most people (and the population overall) will benefit. Doctors who claim otherwise are irresponsible.
All vaccines used in public health have been rigorously tested. Their benefits greatly outweigh their risks. While a few people have a medical reason for not taking vaccines, most people (and the population overall) will benefit. Doctors who claim otherwise are irresponsible.
December 10, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Just a reminder:
All vaccines used in public health have been rigorously tested. Their benefits greatly outweigh their risks. While a few people have a medical reason for not taking vaccines, most people (and the population overall) will benefit. Doctors who claim otherwise are irresponsible.
All vaccines used in public health have been rigorously tested. Their benefits greatly outweigh their risks. While a few people have a medical reason for not taking vaccines, most people (and the population overall) will benefit. Doctors who claim otherwise are irresponsible.
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Prevention rocks!
December 6, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Prevention rocks!
Thought this was a helpful discussion that new and old public health trainees alike can relate to about the shift from being a specialist to a generalist in public health training and coming to terms with that. Some great advice from some public health leaders in the replies!
The hardest thing about public health training for me so far, is adjusting to being a generalist not a specialist.
My brain is a deep-diver and wants to have a solid grasp a topic.
Now I need to know just enough about lots of topics to get by. But all those topics change often. How do I keep up?
My brain is a deep-diver and wants to have a solid grasp a topic.
Now I need to know just enough about lots of topics to get by. But all those topics change often. How do I keep up?
December 6, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Thought this was a helpful discussion that new and old public health trainees alike can relate to about the shift from being a specialist to a generalist in public health training and coming to terms with that. Some great advice from some public health leaders in the replies!
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Quit rates in trials of vaping cessation appear to be considerably higher than in trials of smoking cessation.
Suggests quitting vaping may be quite a bit easier than quitting smoking.
Suggests quitting vaping may be quite a bit easier than quitting smoking.
December 5, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Quit rates in trials of vaping cessation appear to be considerably higher than in trials of smoking cessation.
Suggests quitting vaping may be quite a bit easier than quitting smoking.
Suggests quitting vaping may be quite a bit easier than quitting smoking.