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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Braverman blathering on about who can be English, Farage starting his me-me-me tour of the country telling audiences he’ll fix the country in 100 days or they’ll all sack themselves… apart from him… and Yusuf fanboying that racist thug who got refused bail… A moron festival. Come on, UK. Enough now.

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For much of the last century public health asked how psychology could help public health. The more important question for the next decade may be how public health itself changes when psychological insight becomes one of its core foundations

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Grateful to my co-editors Fiona Day and Richard Amlot, colleagues and all the contributors to this special issue. Hopefully this is less the end of a conversation and more the beginning of a new phase in thinking about psychology's place within public health.

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For too long, psychology's contribution has often been reduced to behaviour change campaigns or communication strategies. The papers in this issue point to a much broader role across communities, organisations and systems.

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Together the papers in this issue argue that psychology should be viewed not as a specialist adjunct to public health, but as one of its foundational disciplines, working alongside epidemiology and the wider behavioural and social sciences ecosystems. And they give examples of applications

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This connects closely with my forthcoming commentary paper in the issue, From Behavioural Insight to System Design: which argues that psychology's contribution extends far beyond behaviour change and should help shape the design of public health systems themselves

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Public health has traditionally been strongest in epidemiology, population data and prevention. Psychology brings complementary strengths in understanding behaviour, social identity, communication, organisational culture, leadership and system change. Neither discipline is sufficient on its owN

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One of the strongest themes emerging from the issue is that psychological processes operate at multiple levels simultaneously: individual, community, organisational and system-wide. Public health challenges rarely arise from individual choices alone

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Across the papers in the special issue, one message repeatedly emerges: psychology is not optional for public health. Understanding population health requires understanding how people think, relate, organise, trust, cooperate and make sense of their world

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Our guest editorial, "Psychology and Public Health: Reframing the Relationship for a Changing World", has appeared. We start from a simple observation: these two fields have always been connected, but not always well integrated doi.org/10.1016/j.pu... #PublicHealth #Psychology #BehaviouralScience

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A key message runs throughthe issue: psychology is not optional for public health. It is foundational www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... #PublicHealth #Psychology #BehaviouralScience #PopulationHealth #HealthInequalities #SystemsThinking

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Gorgeous writing, clear message and an invitation to all of us from Ian Marcus Colbin. A must read for everyone who cares about the current challenges. Timely and rich @yalepress.bsky.social

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A major 2024 study used by some to argue that millions died from #covid #vaccines has been retracted by BMJ #PublicHealth “imbalanced, lacks rigour, and includes misinformation,” the BMJ stated www.scientificamerican.com/article/majo... bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/3/...

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Major COVID study that fueled vaccine skepticism retracted over ‘misinformation’

This study was originally published in 2024 and was criticized as being misleading by other scientists at the time

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026

People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

One of the best job applications ever written came from the hands of Robert Pirosh in 1934. MGM loved it, took him on and in 1949 he won an Oscar for ‘Battleground’.

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The work of people living with #Diabetes Type 2 and our #PublicHealth #Wales Diabetes team is showcased today on ITV news. Together they produced a point of diagnosis pack, written by and with people with Diabetes. www.itv.com/news/wales/2... search: living well with type 2 diabetes Wales

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I try in my latest piece to provide a practical framework for preventive action, including tools learned from practice (and by that I means LOTS of failures, and a few successes!) #PublicHealth #Prevention #SystemsThinking #ImplementationScience jimmcmanuswrites.substack.com/p/a-practica...

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A practical framework for planning, monitoring and sustaining preventive action

From architecture to stewardship: practical tools for designing prevention that lasts

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Prevention doesn't just produce outcomes. It produces trajectories. We should spend less time asking "Has the outcome happened yet?" and more time asking "Are we on the right trajectory?" New essay: jimmcmanuswrites.substack.com/p/prevention... #PublicHealth #Prevention #SystemsThinking

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Prevention effort should not (just) produce outcomes. It should produce trajectories.

The biggest mistake in prevention can be looking for outcomes without looking for trajectories

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Arrived today. A mere 769 pages. Holiday read or not I wonder?

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Drootinator @drootinator.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

New Substack: From interventions to architecture. Prevention rarely fails because we lack evidence. It fails because interventions aren't designed to work across system layers and timescales jimmcmanuswrites.substack.com/p/designing-... #PublicHealth #Prevention #SystemsThinking #Implementation

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Designing Prevention to succeed: beyond the 17 reasons for failure

A framework for thinking about prevention across layers and across time phases

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

How we support young employees matters. Healthy Working Wales has launched a new employer guide to help organisations create workplaces where young people can develop, contribute & thrive. Investing in young staff is investing in Wales' future. #WorkplaceHealth healthyworking.wales/topic/young-...

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Resources - Healthy Working Wales

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

New Ready, Set, Thrive workshops from Healthy Working Wales will help young people aged 16-24 feel more confident, supported and prepared as they start work. A practical public health intervention that supports wellbeing from day one. #YoungPeople #PublicHealth healthyworking.wales/workshops/re...

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Ready, Set, Thrive workshops - Healthy Working Wales

This workshop is for young people in Wales who are about to start their first job or have recently begun working. Starting work is an exciting step, bringing new opportunities to learn, develop skills...

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Starting your first job is a major life transition. Healthy Working Wales has launched Thriving at Work: A Young Person's Guide to help young people build confidence, understand workplace culture, protect their wellbeing and thrive. #PublicHealth #YoungPeople healthyworking.wales/app/uploads/...

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Prevention doesn't usually die in a dramatic policy failure. Its much more like a long defeat. My latest piece maps the remaining 9 of 17 reasons prevention fails—and the deeper pattern tying them together. jimmcmanuswrites.substack.com/p/the-long-d... #PublicHealth #Prevention #SystemsThinking

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The Long Defeat: Seventeen Reasons Prevention Fails Continued...

Part Two: Why good prevention still loses momentum

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

MIllion minutes are looking for trustees. A great organisation and a fantastic opportunity millionminutes.org/vacancies

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Vacancies — Million Minutes

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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”

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A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.

West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

So why does prevention still fail? Usually not because of evidence. More often because of complexity, misaligned systems, weak implementation, poor accountability and failure to think across time. My latest piece: 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/jimmcman... #PublicHealth #Prevention

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The Seventeen Reasons Prevention Fails

Part One: Why prevention fails before it even reaches delivery

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David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Bang on.

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

#Publichealth problems aren't solo performances. They're symphonies. I explore symphonic thinking: a way of working with complexity that brings together multiple disciplines Read: jimmcmanuswrites.substack.com/p/symphonic-... #Complexity #SystemsThinking #Leadership #PopulationHealth

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Symphonic Thinking in Public Health

The Methodological Mindset we need for the Age of Complexity

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

latest in my series of reflections on #leadership out. chapter in “Human Leadership”edited by amazing claudia megele & tanya moore. This in the Pastoral Review. chapter on programme management coming in next edition of Oxford Handbook of #PublicHealth practice. www.thetablet.co.uk/pastoral-rev...

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Association for the Study of Obesity UK @ukaso.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We are excited to announce our first #UKCO2026 Plenary Speaker: Prof. Jim McManus Obesity, Complexity, and Policy: Why We Keep Getting It Wrong — and What to Do Next 🔗 Register now for UKCO 2026: aso.org.uk/events/ukco-... 📢 Early bird deadline 30th June 2026 @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social

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WHO @who.int · 04/06/2026

📣 Join our press conference, hosted by Africa CDC and WHO principals on the launch of the #Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease Continental Preparedness and Response Plan 📆 Friday 5 June 2026 at 14.00 CEST (GMT+2) Livestream via X, Facebook, LinkedIn & YouTube.

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Mae diabetes math 2 yn cynyddu’n gynt na’r disgwyl yng Nghymru. Ond mae modd atal llawer o achosion. Cymerwch gamau syml heddiw i leihau eich risg 👇 🔗 icc.gig.cymru/gwybodaeth-e... Darllenwch fwy gan ein partneriaid yn y BBC ⬇️ 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert... #AtalDiabetes #IechydCyhoeddus #Cymru

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Lleihau eich risg o ddiabetes math 2 - Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru

Mae gan un o bob pump o oedolion yng Nghymru ddiabetes neu ar y llwybr i ddatblygu’r cyflwr. Ond, yn aml, mae’n bosib atal diabetes math 2 - a'r cam cyntaf yw adnabod eich risg. Adnabod eich risg Mae'...

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Children & young people’s #mentalhealth isn’t a story about fragility or “too much screen time.” It’s a rational response to the world we’ve created: inequality, insecurity, disrupted lives, and rising pressure. #publichealth www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/children-and...

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Children and young people’s mental health: a crisis shaped by the world around them - Centre for Mental Health

Emily van de Venter and Jim McManus argue that framing the mental health crisis as a social media problem risks obscuring the bigger picture.

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WHO @who.int · 04/05/2026

Joint call by Director-General @drtedros.who.int @icrc.org President and @msf.ca International President on the 10th Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 2286 on health care in armed conflicts bit.ly/4tKznRn

World Health Organization joint statement with leaders of ICRC and MSF on the 10th Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 2286 on health care in armed conflicts:
"Ten years ago, the international community reaffirmed that the laws of war must be respected and that the wounded and sick, as well as those who care for them, must be protected. Today, health facilities continue to be damaged or destroyed. Medical workers and patients are still being caught in attacks that result in death and injury. That is not a failure of the law. It is a failure of political will."

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Taken together, these papers remind us: Public health isn’t only what services do — it’s what communities, workplaces and everyday professions already carry. #practicematters Find all of these papers online here journals.sagepub.com/toc/RSH/0/0

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Perspectives in Public Health - Volume 0, Number 0

Table of contents for Perspectives in Public Health, 0, 0

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

🏛️ And strong work on local authorities & health inequalities — reinforcing the role of place, power and prevention in reducing unequal outcomes. #localgovernment #councilscan @local.gov.uk

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