Sarah Aston
@sarahaston.bsky.social
Public Health, people, policy.
Interested in proper evidence, adventure, creative solutions, communication and being much, much kinder 🏳️🌈🌿🦋✊ 🌊 🇪🇺 🪐 #publichealth #southwest #sexualhealth #HIV
Interested in proper evidence, adventure, creative solutions, communication and being much, much kinder 🏳️🌈🌿🦋✊ 🌊 🇪🇺 🪐 #publichealth #southwest #sexualhealth #HIV
Nicely said Gillian, stronger together for sure! 👍
Only by working together will we be able to ensure that more people can be tested, treated and supported, and continue to make good progress towards achieving the target of ending new HIV transmissions by 2030.
👀Read our response➡️ bit.ly/40WhbqN
www.gov.uk/government/n...
👀Read our response➡️ bit.ly/40WhbqN
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Government ramps up efforts to end HIV transmissions in England
Over 20,000 self-testing and self-sampling kits will be made available to help end HIV transmissions by the end of the decade.
www.gov.uk
February 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Nicely said Gillian, stronger together for sure! 👍
Reposted by Sarah Aston
Here’s an interesting and important study on how fact-checking social media can lead to accusations of bias against right wing discourse - but it’s actually because that discourse is more likely to contain misinformation to start with. Paging @sheencr.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Here’s an interesting and important study on how fact-checking social media can lead to accusations of bias against right wing discourse - but it’s actually because that discourse is more likely to contain misinformation to start with. Paging @sheencr.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
What an awesome day… incredible energy in the sector, I love this work!! And mostly, the people❤️ #fasttrack2025 #HIV #fasttrackcities
January 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What an awesome day… incredible energy in the sector, I love this work!! And mostly, the people❤️ #fasttrack2025 #HIV #fasttrackcities
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This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis focuses on the recent CDC guidelines on use of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections.
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#MedSky
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#MedSky
January 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis focuses on the recent CDC guidelines on use of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections.
ja.ma/3WxWi3D
#MedSky
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#MedSky
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🎥 Our #HIV webinar recording is now available
Showcasing projects:
➡️ Tackling HIV inequities with African + Caribbean communities
➡️ Emergency Department opt-out testing
➡️ Increasing HIV testing + PrEP in #PrimaryCare
➡️ #PrEP pharmacy pilot
#SexualHealth #STISky #HIVSky #SexualHealthSky #GUMsky🛟
Showcasing projects:
➡️ Tackling HIV inequities with African + Caribbean communities
➡️ Emergency Department opt-out testing
➡️ Increasing HIV testing + PrEP in #PrimaryCare
➡️ #PrEP pharmacy pilot
#SexualHealth #STISky #HIVSky #SexualHealthSky #GUMsky🛟
📢ICYMI📢The recording of the webinar on 'Ending new cases of #HIV by 2030? Novel interventions from Bristol research is now available on the @capcbristol.bsky.social YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOCh...
@arc-west.bsky.social , @nihrspcr.bsky.social ky.social, @sapc.ac.uk
@arc-west.bsky.social , @nihrspcr.bsky.social ky.social, @sapc.ac.uk
Ending new cases of HIV by 2030? Novel interventions from Bristol research
YouTube video by CAPC Bristol
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🎥 Our #HIV webinar recording is now available
Showcasing projects:
➡️ Tackling HIV inequities with African + Caribbean communities
➡️ Emergency Department opt-out testing
➡️ Increasing HIV testing + PrEP in #PrimaryCare
➡️ #PrEP pharmacy pilot
#SexualHealth #STISky #HIVSky #SexualHealthSky #GUMsky🛟
Showcasing projects:
➡️ Tackling HIV inequities with African + Caribbean communities
➡️ Emergency Department opt-out testing
➡️ Increasing HIV testing + PrEP in #PrimaryCare
➡️ #PrEP pharmacy pilot
#SexualHealth #STISky #HIVSky #SexualHealthSky #GUMsky🛟
Reposted by Sarah Aston
The Guardian view on the Pelicot rape trial: Merci, Gisèle, from women everywhere | Editorial
The Guardian view on the Pelicot rape trial: Merci, Gisèle, from women everywhere | Editorial
Gisèle Pelicot’s extraordinary courage and composure has forced a reckoning in France and elsewhere. We must act on her demand for change
Gisèle Pelicot, a 72-year-old woman who had retired to a small village in provincial France, has become a heroine…
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:23 PM
The Guardian view on the Pelicot rape trial: Merci, Gisèle, from women everywhere | Editorial
Tracey is the best of us - congratulations to her, Zafar and all the new board members 👏👏
🎉Congratulations Tracy Daszkiewicz, current ADPH Council Member & Zafar Iqbal on your successful
election to UK Faculty of Public Health 👏🏻
www.fph.org.uk/news/fph-ele...
election to UK Faculty of Public Health 👏🏻
www.fph.org.uk/news/fph-ele...
FPH Elections Results
FPH thanks all those who stood in the recent elections and are pleased to announce the results for a new FPH President, Vice President and three General Board Members.
www.fph.org.uk
December 16, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Tracey is the best of us - congratulations to her, Zafar and all the new board members 👏👏
Not so much a quad-demic, just relentless waves of winter pressure - standard. V good read 👀 #publichealth #prevention #healthcare #NHS
Fantastic piece from @chrischirp.bsky.social outlining the real issues the NHS is facing- challenging the quadremic idea and suggesting pragmatic ways we can PROACTIVELY reduce the impacts and spread of these diseases and help the NHS! open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Is the NHS facing a 'quad-demic' this winter?
No, but it is finding it harder and harder to cope with 'normal' winter pressures. Plus flu might still have a nasty kicker in store this winter.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Not so much a quad-demic, just relentless waves of winter pressure - standard. V good read 👀 #publichealth #prevention #healthcare #NHS
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Just a reminder, as you look outside and notice it's already getting dark 😱, that today is the earliest sunset of the year (15:51 in London). From tomorrow the sunsets slowwwwly start getting later again. (Sunrises don't start getting earlier until Dec 30th hence solstice on 21st.) YOU ARE WELCOME.
December 12, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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Medical Misogyny - unfortunately not a minority experience for the majority of the population - 🤨
‘I was made to think the pain was all in my head’: gynaecological ordeals shared
‘I was made to think the pain was all in my head’: gynaecological ordeals shared
As a UK report finds women with reproductive conditions have faced poor care due to ‘medical misogyny’, people share their suffering
Women and girls in the UK with gynaecological conditions such as endometriosis and adenomyosis have spent years in pain…
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Medical Misogyny - unfortunately not a minority experience for the majority of the population - 🤨
Another train cancellation. Had to cancel existing ticket and buy a new one (different companies) to endure the alleged luxury of getting to work on time. Booking fees apply. WiFi intermittent at best. So long trains, promise I’ll try to travel green whenever I can… #greentravel #train #trainfail
December 12, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Another train cancellation. Had to cancel existing ticket and buy a new one (different companies) to endure the alleged luxury of getting to work on time. Booking fees apply. WiFi intermittent at best. So long trains, promise I’ll try to travel green whenever I can… #greentravel #train #trainfail
Sadly I’ve decided after 3.5 years of ‘green’ commuting and #activetravel across #Devon, I can’t do it anymore. The trains are frequently late and the fallacy that I can ‘work on the train’ is over… no signal, ever. Gutted. I tried.
December 10, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Sadly I’ve decided after 3.5 years of ‘green’ commuting and #activetravel across #Devon, I can’t do it anymore. The trains are frequently late and the fallacy that I can ‘work on the train’ is over… no signal, ever. Gutted. I tried.
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Heard it was a first for a long time, well done NAT team, glad to see this event at No 10 and partners there together again 👏🙌
Tonight we attended Downing Street’s #WorldAIDSDay event with @eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org and @thtorguk.bsky.social. The PM committed to ending HIV in England by 2030, and announced further funding for opt-out testing. We will work with the Government to support quality of life for people with HIV.
November 28, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Heard it was a first for a long time, well done NAT team, glad to see this event at No 10 and partners there together again 👏🙌
Or apprentice did his #worldAIDSday presentation to the team yesterday. 👏🏻🥹 🌱
Seeing this through an 18 year olds world view was humbling.
His insight that none of his mates knew what it was reminded me … 😬 I think we might need a fresh approach to get to zero… #HIV #publichealth #HIVsky
Seeing this through an 18 year olds world view was humbling.
His insight that none of his mates knew what it was reminded me … 😬 I think we might need a fresh approach to get to zero… #HIV #publichealth #HIVsky
November 28, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Or apprentice did his #worldAIDSday presentation to the team yesterday. 👏🏻🥹 🌱
Seeing this through an 18 year olds world view was humbling.
His insight that none of his mates knew what it was reminded me … 😬 I think we might need a fresh approach to get to zero… #HIV #publichealth #HIVsky
Seeing this through an 18 year olds world view was humbling.
His insight that none of his mates knew what it was reminded me … 😬 I think we might need a fresh approach to get to zero… #HIV #publichealth #HIVsky
Been to see the fantastic #FontainesDC tonight. Love gigs, love going on my own too. Decent sized crowd of suitably hirsute folk… Feeling oddly nostalgic for smell of farts, cider, sweat and cannabis; now just farts, ale and bubblegum / blueberry vape smog… ewwww 😝
November 26, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Been to see the fantastic #FontainesDC tonight. Love gigs, love going on my own too. Decent sized crowd of suitably hirsute folk… Feeling oddly nostalgic for smell of farts, cider, sweat and cannabis; now just farts, ale and bubblegum / blueberry vape smog… ewwww 😝
A good read; glad to have inputted views with EHSHCG colleagues.
I particularly appreciate the leadership part, looking across whole systems 🙌 #HIV #publichealth
@nationalaidstrust.bsky.social @eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org @thtorguk.bsky.social
www.eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org/wp-content/u...
I particularly appreciate the leadership part, looking across whole systems 🙌 #HIV #publichealth
@nationalaidstrust.bsky.social @eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org @thtorguk.bsky.social
www.eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org/wp-content/u...
www.eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org
November 26, 2024 at 5:28 PM
A good read; glad to have inputted views with EHSHCG colleagues.
I particularly appreciate the leadership part, looking across whole systems 🙌 #HIV #publichealth
@nationalaidstrust.bsky.social @eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org @thtorguk.bsky.social
www.eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org/wp-content/u...
I particularly appreciate the leadership part, looking across whole systems 🙌 #HIV #publichealth
@nationalaidstrust.bsky.social @eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org @thtorguk.bsky.social
www.eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org/wp-content/u...
At our #publichealth team journal club today, I’m discussing this by @chcr-uwe.bsky.social on #PrEP #HIV #behaviourchange #COM-B
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Qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators to community pharmacy PrEP delivery for UK pharmacists and underserved community members using the COM-B model of behaviour change
Objectives Expanding delivery of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to community pharmacies could improve access, aligning well with the UK government’s goals to eliminate new HIV acquisitions by 20...
sti.bmj.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:31 AM
At our #publichealth team journal club today, I’m discussing this by @chcr-uwe.bsky.social on #PrEP #HIV #behaviourchange #COM-B
sti.bmj.com/content/earl...
sti.bmj.com/content/earl...
Something different this weekend… a pottery class… time for myself, time to be creative. When life gives you lemons, make a bowl and plan to fill it with #roastpotatoes *not final product - kiln stage awaits…
November 25, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Something different this weekend… a pottery class… time for myself, time to be creative. When life gives you lemons, make a bowl and plan to fill it with #roastpotatoes *not final product - kiln stage awaits…
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I feel this piece with my whole heart, of what is left of it open.substack.com/pub/stroopwa...
What went wrong is everyone can fuck off
The final votes weren’t even tallied before people took to social media, and what’s left of the barren media landscape, to crow about what Harris had done wrong, and the points were many.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:37 PM
I feel this piece with my whole heart, of what is left of it open.substack.com/pub/stroopwa...
Starting off with a happy thought; my gorgeous partner and I, in Paris having a wonderful time together this year.
Glad to be here sky people 🦋🥐💖 🏳️🌈
Glad to be here sky people 🦋🥐💖 🏳️🌈
November 22, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Starting off with a happy thought; my gorgeous partner and I, in Paris having a wonderful time together this year.
Glad to be here sky people 🦋🥐💖 🏳️🌈
Glad to be here sky people 🦋🥐💖 🏳️🌈