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Rebecca Ivers

@rebeccaivers.bsky.social
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Professor of Public Health, Head, School of Population Health UNSW. Chair, CAPHIA. Injury prevention, health equity.

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Rebecca Ivers @rebeccaivers.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Our new trial out today
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Rebecca Ivers @rebeccaivers.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Really tragic.
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Rebecca Ivers @rebeccaivers.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
We can’t be complacent here - time for some action to keep our community safe
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Rebecca Ivers @rebeccaivers.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
We know so much about how prevent falls but are lagging on affordable scalable solutions.
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Rebecca Ivers @rebeccaivers.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Our new trial out today
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
From “growth mindset” to wellbeing economy: rethinking what productivity really means – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/from-growth-... #AusPol
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Rebecca Ivers @rebeccaivers.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Just published - our trial of an exercise based fall prevention program in rural villages in China, showing that a primary care integrated program is effective in reducing falls. Read it here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Rebecca Ivers @rebeccaivers.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Don’t forget to read #TheZap!
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The quotable: "Racism in politics is not just a moral failure; it’s a threat to democracy itself and a real threat to individuals. Until we confront it head-on, we cannot truly call ourselves a fair and equal country.” HT Dr Jill Gallagher AO, CEO of VACCHO
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 07/05/2025
"What might seem like a small step for Trump and his fellow protagonists is a giant leap towards further irreparably damaging American science." @kamranabbasi.bsky.social on the wrecking ball the Trump administration has aimed at medical and scientific journals www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 24/04/2025
A new study revealed that someone is admitted to an emergency department with a gunshot wound on average every 30 minutes in the US. New HHS cuts to funding for firearm injury research threaten the federal government’s ability to track these patterns and inform prevention strategies.
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With future of gun research in question, new report finds US emergency departments see a firearm injury every 30 minutes | CNN
Cuts from the US Department of Health and Human Services and proposed changes to the federal budget could threaten research that reveals these kinds of firearm injury patterns.
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NPR @npr.org · 06/05/2025
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Most North American bird species are declining as once-safe habitats falter www.ehn.org/most-north-a...
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Most North American bird species are declining as once-safe habitats falter
Bird populations across North America are plummeting, with three-quarters of species in decline even in their most stable habitats, according to a new study.Dino Grandoni reports for The Washington Po...
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WHO @who.int · 07/05/2025
🌍 Climate change impacts access to resources that support health and longevity. Did you know that over the next 5 years, climate change is expected to push an additional 68–135 million people into extreme poverty? It's time to act now! bit.ly/43f3YLY
Text reads '68-135 million more people could face extreme poverty and higher health risks because of climate change'. On white background, the image shows a black and white thermometer showing heatwave temperatures, and a wall fan. Text on the bottom reads 'Let's be all for equity'.
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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 07/05/2025
“Equity is a political choice.” @who.int's new 'World report on social determinants of health equity' sets out what governments must do to create fairer, healthier societies — and what’s at stake if they don’t. www.who.int/publications...
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World report on social determinants of health equity
This comprehensive World report on social determinants of health equity, as requested by resolution WHA74.16, reviews the insufficient progress on meeting the Commission on Social Determinants of Heal...
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Institute of Health Equity @marmotihe.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
New @who.int global report o social determinants of health equity is a much needed reminder that to improve health equity we must improve society, say @michaelmarmot.bsky.social and @jessjallen.bsky.social #AllforEquity www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Call to action on social determinants of health
“Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale” was the rallying cry of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), published in 2008.1 It remains appropriate to the World Health...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 07/05/2025
The US National Institutes of Health will no longer approve research grants that involve “subawards” to foreign researchers, potentially spelling an end to the type of international multicentre studies that have delivered breakthroughs in many diseases www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Protests against cuts to NIH
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Timely reading - #WorldPressFreedomDay meets #AusVotes2025: Peter Dutton’s comments on “the hate media” are part of a wider global assault on media independence – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/peter-dutton...
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Peter Dutton’s comments on “the hate media” are part of a wider global assault on media independence
Introduction by Croakey: At home and abroad, the Trump Administration is undermining press freedom in ways that should be ringing
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Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Croakey editor Dr Ruth Armstrong shares the latest Croakey Bulletin – Speaking up youtu.be/KhVF1z5cccs
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Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Five years of COVID: calls for human rights and Indigenous voices to guide future pandemic responses
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Five years of COVID: calls for human rights and Indigenous voices to guide future pandemic responses
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Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Investment and wide-ranging efforts are needed to improve healthcare for First Nations people in prisons www.croakey.org/investment-and-wide… #publichealth
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Investment and wide-ranging efforts are needed to improve healthcare for First Nations people in prisons
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Rebecca Ivers @rebeccaivers.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Hello! I’m here @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @docsamantha.bsky.social @benhr.bsky.social
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