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Sally McManus

@mcmanussally.bsky.social
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Professor of social epidemiology, director of the Violence and Society Centre at City St George’s, co-deputy director of the VISION consortium vision.city.ac.uk/news. Interested in data, mental health inequalities, role of violence and adversities

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Safeguards against #DomesticAbuse and coercion in the #AssistedDying bill must be strengthened, urge Gene Feder, Elizabeth Cook and @mcmanussally.bsky.social in this opinion piece in @bmj.com ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/390/... @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk @bristoluni.bsky.social #GPSky #MedSky
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Safeguards against domestic abuse and coercion in the assisted dying bill must be strengthened
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is approaching its second reading in the UK House of Lords. If passed, it will allow people who are terminally ill and expected to die within six months to...
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Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
In my last role at SIPHER, I helped develop a systems map of the Wider Social Determinants of Mental Health (with a Scotland focus). You can explore it here: sipher_publicmentalhealth.layeredsystemsmaps.com/view/public_... 1/5
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Tim Woodhouse @tim-woodhouse.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Thank you @mcmanussally.bsky.social for the invite to present my work to @sarahdangar.bsky.social and the rest of your team at City University. Really interesting discussions and great to hear about all the interesting projects you have going on.
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Sophie Carlisle @drsophiecarlisle.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Really proud to say that my systematic review and meta-analysis on domestic and sexual violence and abuse services and interventions has been published! Read it here: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... @anniebunce.bsky.social @mcmanussally.bsky.social @matthewprina.bsky.social
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Effectiveness of UK-based support interventions and services aimed at adults who have experienced or used domestic and sexual violence and abuse: a systematic review and meta-analysis - BMC Public Hea...
Background Domestic and sexual violence and abuse (DSVA) is prevalent and harmful. There are a range of support services and interventions available to those affected by it, but evidence of their effe...
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Philippa Budgen @philippabudgen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
New police figures out this week about the link between suicide & domestic abuse. Such an important wake-up call. My eyes were opened by the report by @agenda-alliance.bsky.social @mcmanussally.bsky.social - well worth a look ⬇️ @nazirafzal.bsky.social
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Ruth Weir @ruthweir.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happy International Women’s Day! I am very lucky to work with some brilliant women @violenceandsociety.bsky.social and @vision-research.bsky.social. You can find some on here @mcmanussally.bsky.social @vanessagash.bsky.social @anniebunce.bsky.social @lizzie-cook.bsky.social @andri-i.bsky.social #IWD
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Ruth Weir @ruthweir.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Really pleased to share that our rapid systematic review on adolescent domestic abuse has now been published link.springer.com/article/10.1... . The article focuses on risk & protective factors. Brilliant to work with such a good team on this. @drsophiecarlisle.bsky.social @ktbg1.bsky.social
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respectuk.bsky.social @respectuk.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Our January newsletter is now live ❄️ mailchi.mp/respect/resp... We covered: 🔹Launch of our 2022/2023 Impact Report 🔹The first APPG on Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse meeting 🔹Landmark report from The Respect Young People's Service. 🔹Celebrating newly Respect accredited services And much more...
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respectuk.bsky.social @respectuk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The Respect Young People’s Service offers several training courses to support practitioners who work with young people causing harm in their relationships and have developed tools and resources to address teenage relationship abuse. Email yps@respect.org.uk to find out more and book your course.
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Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com · 20/01/2025
ONS friends have asked me to share a vacancy: Data Governance Officer Focus will be to support the governance of the access, use and sharing of data for research and statistical purposes Closes 28 January www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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Data Governance Officer - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UKGOV.UK
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uecna.bsky.social @uecna.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
UECNA Webinar Impact of Aircraft Noise on Children’s Learning January 27 18:00 CET Charlotte Clarke, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology at London University, author RANCH Study on children's learning Questions, discussion For zoom link www.uecna.eu
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Ruth Weir @ruthweir.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Our Practitioner in Residence @ktbg1.bsky.social and I have written a policy brief highlighting the findings and recommendations from ongoing research and stakeholder engagement into abuse in teenage relationships carried out by the @vision-research.bsky.social vision.city.ac.uk/news/address...
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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
There's still time to submit your proposal for our UK Census User Conference 2025 in Manchester! Full details at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2024/12/17/c...
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Call for papers: UK Census User Conference - UK Data Service
UK Census User Conference 2025 From data to decisions: The role of the 2021 Census in shaping research agendas Submission deadline: Sunday 2 February 2025, 23.59 You are invited to submit proposals fo...
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Darío Moreno-Agostino @dmorenoagostino.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
📢 Job opportunity! 📢 Dr Gemma Knowles @kingsioppn.bsky.social is recruiting two 2-year full-time postdocs to join our soon-to-start project on the causes and potential solutions to gender inequalities in youth mental health! See www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/103685-... for more info on post and how to apply!
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Postdoctoral Research Associates (x2) - Youth Mental Health
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Tamsin Ford @tamsinford.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy New Year wveryone - if you are able please consder sposoring my www.winterrun.co.uk/fundraisers/...
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Tamsin Cromwell
I am completing the London Winter Run on 23rd February 2025 for Cancer Research UK. Please support my fundraising and help me reach my target to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK.
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Ben Havers @benhavers.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Delighted to have had my analysis of cybercrime victimisation data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales published in the open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal PLOS One! Thanks to all my co-authors for their fantastic input. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Sarah Dangar @sarahdangar.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Managed to squeeze in one last publication for 2024 - what a year! Huge thanks to the brilliant Prof. Vanessa Munro and Lotte Young Andrade - I have loved working with you on this project. doi.org/10.1111/jols...
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Unchartered territory? Navigating voice, accountability, and prevention in suicide‐related domestic homicide reviews in England and Wales
Distinct from a criminal justice investigation, which focuses on the retrospective attribution of responsibility and the imposition of punishment on a perpetrator of abuse, domestic homicide reviews ...
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Sally McManus @mcmanussally.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Cybercrime victimisation in older adults: Ben Havers' analysis of Crime Survey for England and Wales with @claudiacooper.bsky.social aand others shows older people more vulnerable to repeat victimisation and financial loss journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Cybercrime victimisation among older adults: A probability sample survey in England and Wales
Background Younger people are more likely to report cybercrime than older people. As older people spend more time online, this may change. If similarly exposed, risk factors including social isolation...
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Ruth Weir @ruthweir.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Brilliant to be working with @ktbg1.bsky.social as our Practitioner in Residence on @vision-research.bsky.social research into adolescent domestic abuse. Here is more information about the national work Katy will be doing as part of her project: vision.city.ac.uk/news/deputy-...
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Deputy Chief Constable awarded Practitioner in Residence at Violence and Society Centre - City Vision
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) City St George’s, UoL, offers a Practitioner in Residence programme at the School for Policy and Global Affairs. It is for mid-level and senior pol...
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Prof James B Kirkbride @kirkbride.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Hello bsky. Good to be here. I'm hiring! Can't think of a better inaugural post than to share details of new 2-year research fellow post we're advertising for an outstanding epidemiogist to join my team to work on improving population mental health. tinyurl.com/28mlykr9 #CausalSky #EpiSky
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Violence against older people is strongly associated with poor mental health buff.ly/3VtQBmQ Sophie Carlisle explores the prevalence of violence against older people and how this relates to mental health. This is the third blog in our #16DaysOfActivism2024 series. #Violence #Abuse #IPV
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Tamsin Ford @tamsinford.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Calling all artists under the age of 12 or 12 to 17 - please help design a cover for the next CAPSS report - chance to win £50
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Sally McManus @mcmanussally.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
with VISION consortium (vision.city.ac.uk) support - Iran-based NGO Mehre Shams Afarid, IKWRO, a team of Iranian animators, Ladan Hashemi and many others produced these short films on domestic violence, including on recognising tech abuse: youtu.be/wtflT6uWlUw
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Tech abuse-Another form of violence against women
YouTube video by Women Research Hub (شبکه پژوهش زنان)
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Sally McManus @mcmanussally.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
"many still don’t understand what violence truly is. Raising awareness is the solution" said one respondent to this survey on violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Iran. Results explored in these incredible animations, from Ladan Hashemi and many collaborators youtu.be/PQOchFKZ6U0
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Economic Abuse Explained: A Powerful Animation
YouTube video by Women Research Hub (شبکه پژوهش زنان)
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Katrin Hohl OBE @katrinhohl.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Today, @rapecrisis.bsky.social CEO @ciarabergman.bsky.social has publicly and directly criticised the total absence of the sexual violence reduction - or any VAWG mission related mention - in the PMs milestones speech & the real term cut in victim services funding. rapecrisis.org.uk/news/our-ceo...
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Tamsin Ford @tamsinford.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
We are lookkng fir a research assistant to work on a feasibility trial of a self-directed intervention for teenagers awaiting psychotherapy www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49384/
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Research Assistant (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge.
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SafeLives Charity @safelives.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📉To this end, we want to see a national domestic abuse data dashboard which draws together qualitative and quantitative data from survivors, frontline domestic abuse services, Maracs and local authorities. Read our full response. safelives.org.uk/news-views/r...
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Response to the latest ONS data on domestic abuse
The importance of collecting a broad range of qualitative and quantitative data from survivors, frontline domestic abuse services, Maracs and local authorities.
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SHERA Research Group International Collective researchers MVAWC @sheraresearch.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Thanks @safelives.bsky.social: Data held by police only provides a partial picture of the actual level of domestic abuse experienced, as only 1 in 5 people report to the police -we need a national domestic abuse data dashboard which draws together qual/quant data from survivors, services, Maracs LAs
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UKPRP VISION research consortium @vision-research.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Day 5 of #16DaysofActivism2024 - We have published a range of systematic, scoping & rapid evidence reviews. Topics include a scoping review of the effectiveness of domestic abuse services and a lit review on use of computational text analysis to study IPV: vision.city.ac.uk/evidence-syn...
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Evidence syntheses across VISION - City Vision
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Louise Arseneault @larseneault.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
🗺️The Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, our new @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded research platform designed to increase the discoverability of longitudinal data across the world, is almost ready to launch! Sign up to be invited to our launch webinar -> www.landscaping-longitudinal-research.com/webinar
Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets
Explore over 1,000 datasets from across the world
Launching January 2025
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Alexandria Innes @andri-i.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
📢📢📢New article out! On violence and insecure #migration status in Globalization and Health journal: read it here rdcu.be/d1gTT Reporting of violence victimization should never result in immigration enforcement. Everyone deserves to be free from violence. W/ Annie Bunce, Hannah Manzur & Natalia Lewis
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Experiences of violence while in insecure migration status: a qualitative evidence synthesis
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Sally McManus @mcmanussally.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Share these powerful animations exploring economic abuse and coercive control - result of an international collaboration led by Dr Ladan Hashemi, alongside multiple NGOs, universities, the brilliant IKWRO (ikwro.org.uk) and an incredible Iranian production team www.youtube.com/@WomenResear...
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Women Research Hub (شبکه پژوهش زنان)
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Ruth Weir @ruthweir.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
New article out on using unsupervised machine learning to find profiles of domestic abuse perpetrators. Great to work on this with Kat Hadjimatheou, Alejandro Quiroz Flores and Taylor Skevington. academic.oup.com/policing/art...
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Kintsugi is a Japanese art of repairing broken pottery and other ceramics using lacquer and powdered gold, silver, or platinum. Kintsugi translates to "joining with gold". Instead of hiding cracks, kintsugi highlights them with gold to tell the story of the object, finding beauty in damage.
Kintsugi is a Japanese art form that involves repairing broken pottery and other ceramics using lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. The term 'Kintsugi' translates to 'joining with gold.' Rather than concealing cracks, Kintsugi accentuates them with gold, telling the object's story and finding beauty in its imperfections.
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Jay Das-Munshi @jdasmunshi.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
My first post on Bluesky :) We’re hiring! We’re looking for a postdoc research associate, to come work with us in our national population mental health consortium. If you’re into psych epi, public health & tackling mental health inequities take a look ⏬ www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/mini...
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Research Associate/Research Fellow in Population Mental Health job with KINGS COLLEGE LONDON | 384309
About us In April 2024, IoPPN, King’s College London led the establishment of a national disseminated population mental health consortium, as part ...
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kareningalasmith.bsky.social @kareningalasmith.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This doesn't happen often! We have a vacancy for a P/T (21 hrs) Researcher at the Femicide Census. We're looking for a feminist with strong research skills, the ability to deal with the emotional impact of the subject matter and the desire to make a difference to join our tiny but brilliant team.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/11/2024
The Guardian view on children’s homes: cap profits and don’t stop there | Editorial
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The Guardian view on children’s homes: cap profits and don’t stop there | Editorial
Private sector reform is overdue, but councils need funding if young people are to have the chances they deserve Curbs on profiteering in the children’s social care sector cannot come soon enough. It is getting on for three years since the Competition…
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Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) @seacharity.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
You might not have to leave your home to escape economic abuse. We’ve compiled essential information that may help you stay safely in your home ⬇️🏠
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Staying safely in your home - Surviving Economic Abuse
We outline some of the options to help you stay safely in your own home.
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Tamsin Ford @tamsinford.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Are you or do you know a teenager who struggles with low mood? If so we want to hear from you & you can find out more about what we are doing here www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ATTE...
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‘Teen-friendly’ mindfulness therapy aims to help combat depression
Researchers have developed a mindfulness therapy tailored specifically to appeal to teenagers to help them cope with increasing levels of depression and mental health problems.
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Prof. Kevin Fenton @profkevinfenton.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Hi everyone! Let me introduce myself. I’m a passionate advocate for #publichealth, #equity & impact. My public health work has spanned decades - from tackling #HIV/AIDS to leading London's response to COVID-19. I'll be sharing insights on wellbeing, disease trends & building healthier communities.
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Tomáš Formánek @tformanek.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Other epi disciplines already have their lovely starter packs, so for establishing parity of esteem, here comes the psychiatric epidemiology starter pack 👇 go.bsky.app/ADVqVyp Please nominate other people to grow our ranks ☺️
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Becca Lacey @rebeccalacey.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Want to do a PhD in health inequalities? The first 3 of our new Equalise Centre studentships are open for applications. Details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Oleguer Plana-Ripoll @planaripoll.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
📣JOB ALERT! Are you interested in psychiatric epidemiology? We are looking for a PhD student or postdoc to join our team in beautiful Aarhus (Denmark)! We welcome all applicants (regardless of gender, culture, country of origin, etc). bit.ly/AUepi2023 #EpiSky #demography Please share🙂
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SHERA Research Group International Collective researchers MVAWC @sheraresearch.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Job of a lifetime opportunity with @kareningalasmith.bsky.social and team
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Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
I'm delighted to introduce a new SIPHER report by Natalie Dewison, @profkatsmith and I, our 1st as part of new programme seeking a move towards a more preventive policy approach to mental health in Scotland. Here's a wee thread (BlueSky first 👍🏻) and link to PDF: www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_...
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 15/11/2024
Adults with learning disability are at increased risk of mental and physical health conditions, and have reduced life expectancy compared to the general population doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
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Primary care experiences of adults reporting learning disability: a probability sample survey | British Journal of General Practice
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Fiona Vera Gray @veragraf.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Fantastic opportunity here for anyone interested in pursing a #PhD in violence against women #VAWG. Fully funded PhD based at Nottingham Trent and working with the wonderful Juno Women's Aid ufncollaboratory.ac.uk/volunteering...
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What are the benefits and challenges of volunteering for domestic violence and abuse (DVA) organisations for those with lived experience? - Co(l)laboratory
Co(l)laboratory 2025 PhD Project Download PDF Key Details Project Title: What are the benefits and challenges of volunteering for domestic violence and abuse (DVA) organisations for those with lived e...
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Louise Arseneault @larseneault.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
🆕We have a fantastic new feature on the #CatalogueMHM! Click our new Harmony icon to export a standard measure to the Harmony harmonisation platform! Check it out now on www.cataloguementalhealth.ac.uk @kingsioppn.bsky.social @thementalelf.bsky.social @closer-uk.bsky.social
Discover our new Harmony function
Click the Harmony icon to export any measure to Harmony's data harmonisation tool!
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