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Linda Slack-Smith

@slacksml.bsky.social
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Social epidemiologist, public health, social justice and equity. Oral health, child health, ageing health. Posts my own. Likes and reposts not endorsement

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Important theme - looking forward to strong interest.
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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
So important to have people leading journals who want to make a difference, and want to help others to do do.
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Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Women in Queensland prison suffer inhumane conditions
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Women in Queensland prison suffer inhumane conditions
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u...
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Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity
The McGill School of Population and Global Health is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity. The nomination deadline is Sunday, June 8th, 2025. Paul Farmer, ...
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Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca · 14/02/2025
Happy Valentine's Day to all souls 🫶🏼
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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Useful illustration for teaching students about difference between equality, equity & reality
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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Excellent article - raises important issues intouchpublichealth.net.au/how-language...
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How language shapes the fight against the Tobacco Industry : Intouch Public Health
The Tobacco Industry has a long and ongoing history of using language to deflect blame and resist accountability.
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Bill Hare @billhare.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The call for “Real Zero” is very important as it focuses on achieving real emission reductions as opposed to using offsets. In Australia, allowing industry to use of offsets looks likely to undermine any real action that might otherwise come out of the safeguard mechanism.
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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Cripes. This deserves wide circulation. Large US case-control study of recently diagnosed lung cancer finds smokers who also vape have 4x rate of lung cancer. On-going dual use (smoking + vaping) is VERY common .. often >50% of those who vape.
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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
WA’s state-owned gambling agency targets customers with promotions to maintain profits - @henrybelot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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WA’s state-owned gambling agency targets customers with promotions to maintain profits
Annual report attributed strong retail performance, in part, to its $13.8m spend on advertising
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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
@washingtonpost.com, @shannonosaka.bsky.social discusses our world first rapid systematic review on the health harms of #microplastics published today. @shannonosaka.bsky.social bit.ly/41HAypI
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What we just found out about the possible tie between microplastics and cancer
New research published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology offers evidence that microplastics are harming human health.
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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Our world first systematic review of the health harms of #microplastics was published today. We concluded that microplastics are “suspected” to harm human #reproductive, #digestive, and #respiratory health, with a suggested link to colon and lung #cancer. www.thenewlede.org/2024/12/bewa...
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Beware the air you breathe - more evidence links microplastics to health problems
By Carey Gillam People diagnosed with infertility and certain cancers may have to blame the very air they breathe, according to a new report that adds to evidence that tiny plastic particles in air p...
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Sam Burrow @samburrow.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Our systematic review of parents' experiences of child protection during & after pregnancy is freely available doi.org/10.1016/j.ch... Big thanks to contributors, original researchers, & participating parents! @emilyked.bsky.social @lisamorriss.bsky.social @karenb-2.bsky.social #academicsky
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Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca · 06/12/2024
Whether there is sadness or joy dwelling within, moments of peaceful calm or turbulent storms raging, the deepest stories and secrets of a heart remain known only to its bearer. Sharing joy with you today!
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Stefan Listl @stefanlistl.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🚨 $710 Billion: Economic Burden of Oral Diseases 🚨 Oral diseases cost the world a shocking $710 billion annually. As highlighted by WHO and the World Economic Forum, this figure underscores the urgent need for decisive policy action. See our article 👉 shorturl.at/t2KPF
Per capita dental expenditures
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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hi! If you are new here, here is a public health and health promotion starter pack filled with fabulous people and organisations! go.bsky.app/RhTFdxd
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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Thinking about buying our new edition of Epidemiology An Introduction? Oxford University Press is offering a 30% discount with the code AUFLY30 for orders from their website: global.oup.com/academic
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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
We hope you engage with the 19 papers that have been released today - and the papers that will be released over the next few weeks. We are incredibly grateful to our editorial team members, associate editors and peer reviewers! academic.oup.com/heapro/issue...
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Volume 39 Issue 6 | Health Promotion International | Oxford Academic
Publishes papers on major themes and innovations in the health promotion field. The journal publishes contributions from sectors beyond health, and seeks to promote theoretical, methodological, and ac...
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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
So many fascinating papers in the newly launched special issue on the commercial determinants of health #CDoH @healthpromint.bsky.social - will share some over the next while. Worth checking out the editorial first, especially the 3 challenges identified academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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Acting on the Commercial Determinants of Health
In 1986, when Health Promotion International was launched, the founding Chair of the Editorial Board, Professor Ilona Kickbusch, stressed that promoting he
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Hannah Forde @hannahforde.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
New viewpoint from Sharon Friel & team that highlights the substantial influence of the financial system on health and climate change outcomes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Financialisation: a 21st century commercial determinant of health equity
In 21st century capitalism, financial markets reign supreme. The elevation of investing, trading, and speculating as a way of making profit has shifte…
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Linda Slack-Smith @slacksml.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Fantastic start to #cetph2024 commercial determinants - commerce, economy trade and health conference melbournetoo many amazing speakers to choose
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 15/11/2024
We adapt social media tracking as platforms come and go or become places for research comms. We also track a bunch of other pretty interesting metrics like policy, news, Wikipedia and patents. So hopefully it wouldn’t be *completely* meaningless!
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
So presumably Altmetrics are going to become meaningless if all the academics are on here but Altmetric is still tracking Tweets? #academicsky
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Linda Slack-Smith @slacksml.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
So apparently Altmetric doesn’t track academic research papers and impact in Bluesky - hopefully we can change that
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