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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Trust in scientists has been declining in Ireland and Canada since the pandemic, shows @gerrymolloy.bsky.social, who also points towards the global war on science. #scicomm is important, so join us in discussing how individual researchers and scientific societies can do better tomorrow! #EHPS2026

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Nick Byrd, Ph.D. @byrdnick.com · 03/09/2026

Maybe it's unsurprising that #trust in institutions like the #CDC is decreasing in the #USA, but what about other countries? Well @gerrymolloy.bsky.social and colleagues found a similar trend in #Ireland (Figure 1 via Kevin below) and #Canada. #publicHealth #Science #medSky #SciComm #EHPS2026 #edu

Two plots exhibiting nearly maximal variance in trust metrics by county.

Left: Country-by-country response distributions on a scale from "You can't be too careful" (0) to "Most people can be trusted" (10).

Right: Country-by-country response distributions on a scale of trust in policians from "No trust at all" (0) to "Complete trust" (10).

Figure 2 Canada: Percent of respondents who affirmed "I trust to a great extent" from most to least trusted:

1. Doctors or healthcare providers

2. Scientists

3. Local/public health authorites

4. The World Health Organization (WHO)

The misinformation and disinformation war on science, scientists and experts is not new:
• "We have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country."
• "The Professors are the enemy"

– US Vice President Vance (quoting Richard Nixon)

Contemporary misinformation and disinformation about health and medicine: Will GenAl save us?

Gerry: I have read on the Centers for Disease Control website that the statement that "vaccines do not cause autism is not an evidence based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. Should I get my children vaccinated against MMR?

chatGPT 5.2: Yes — based on the best available scientific evidence, you should vaccinate your children with MIMR unless a qualified clinician identifies a specific medical contraindication. First, it's important to clarify something: the statement you're queting is not an accurate reflection of the position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC's published position is that extensive research shows vaccines do not cause autism. If you encountered wording suggesting otherwise, it may have been taken out of context or misinterpreted.

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Gerry Molloy @gerrymolloy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Trust strategies in healthcare: A cross-disciplinary scoping review of quantitatively studied approaches to building, maintaining, and repairing trust from Dr Cole Etherington @jpresseau.bsky.social and colleagues share.google/7p1P1Mfu1Wse...

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Kevin Roche @kevinroche.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@gerrymolloy.bsky.social presenting trends public trust in the providers of health information #EHPS2026

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Robert Böhm @robertboehm.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Tomorrow marks the start of 🌍 World AMR Awareness Week 2025! We’ll be sharing insights from our AMR research as psychologists at @univie.ac.at @ipb.bsky.social @unierfurt.bsky.social and BNITM. Like/share this post for updates throughout the week! #AMR #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek #WAAW2025

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Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK) @behaviourresuk.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Are behavioural interventions more effective at key life moments? 2 new reports from the Dept of Transport assess if transport behaviour change efforts are most impactful during times of change & identify moments relevant to practitioners. Read more on Centre-UB: www.centre-ub.org/news/are-beh...

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Are behavioural interventions more effective when delivered at key times in people’s lives? - Centre-UB

New reports from the Department for Transport assess the evidence for the proposition that interventions to bring about transport behaviour change are particularly effective at moments of change. The ...

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Gareth Hollands @gjhollands.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

🔊 New in Social Science & Medicine - 'Do nudges need a regulatory push? Comparing the effectiveness and implementation of exemplar nudge (size-based) and non-nudge (price-based) dietary interventions' Available here (£0): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Summary 🧵 follows 👇 #BehSci #Nudge

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Do nudges need a regulatory push? Comparing the effectiveness and implementation of exemplar nudge (size-based) and non-nudge (price-based) dietary interventions

Changing behaviour across populations is key to improving population health and achieving net zero by 2050, including changing diets. We examine the e…

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Gerry Molloy @gerrymolloy.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Final from Clyde, New Zealand

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Gerry Molloy @gerrymolloy.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

So fortunate to spend a fantastic week in Clyde, New Zealand with many of the greatest health psychologists I have ever met.

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UCL Centre for Behaviour Change @ucl-cbc.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

💡We caught up with @luciebd.bsky.social & Prof Jo Hart to discuss their keynote at #BCConf2025! Join us to hear about the challenges & benefits of working with complex systems and international partnerships, & how to navigate them effectively. 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... @susanmichie.bsky.social

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Dr Chris Noone @chris-noone.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Join us at the 14th Conference of the International Society for Critical Health Psychology at the University of Galway this summer! This conference will be of interest to anyone interested in the intersection of health and social justice. Rarely has this been of more importance! www.ischp2025.ie

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