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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 https://vision.city.ac.uk/news/. Interested in data, mental health inequalities, role of violence and adversities .. more

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Sally McManus @mcmanussally.bsky.social · Dec 5

"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

Economic Abuse Explained: A Powerful Animation

YouTube video by Women Research Hub (شبکه پژوهش زنان)

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 29d

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

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 · Jun 26

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 · Apr 22

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 · Mar 27

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

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...

bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com

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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · Mar 25

In 2023, our report 'Underexamined and Underreported' found that woman who had experienced intimate partner violence were 3x more likely to have attemped suicide within the previous year.

It's good to see increasing recognition of these links from the police.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Domestic abusers driving more victims to suicide, warn police

Report finds that 98 domestic abuse victims in England and Wales died by suspected suicide in 2023-2024

www.theguardian.com

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Ruth Weir @ruthweir.bsky.social · Mar 8

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 · Feb 7

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 · Jan 29

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 · Jan 20

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 [email protected] to find out more and book your course.

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Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social · Jan 20

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...

Data Governance Officer - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UKGOV.UK

Search and apply for jobs in the UK Civil Service

www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk

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uecna.bsky.social @uecna.bsky.social · Jan 20

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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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · Jan 13

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...

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...

ukdataservice.ac.uk

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Darío Moreno-Agostino @dmorenoagostino.bsky.social · Jan 13

📢 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!

Postdoctoral Research Associates (x2) - Youth Mental Health

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Ruth Weir @ruthweir.bsky.social · Jan 6

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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Tamsin Ford @tamsinford.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year wveryone - if you are able please consder sposoring my www.winterrun.co.uk/fundraisers/...

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.

www.winterrun.co.uk

Sally McManus @mcmanussally.bsky.social · Dec 20

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...

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...

journals.plos.org

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Sarah Dangar @sarahdangar.bsky.social · Dec 20

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...

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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Ruth Weir @ruthweir.bsky.social · Dec 18

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-...

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...

vision.city.ac.uk

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James @jhrowlands.bsky.social · Dec 16

Oh exciting. I just got a bit of funding to support an event in LGBT history month titled ‘Responding to LGBT+ Domestic Abuse: The History of the Movement and a Vision for its Future’. As a start to planning this, if anyone is interested in stories of organising and activism, get in touch.

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Prof James B Kirkbride @kirkbride.bsky.social · Dec 12

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

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 · Dec 10

Violence against older people is strongly associated with poor mental health https://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 · Dec 9

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

Sally McManus @mcmanussally.bsky.social · Dec 5

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

Tech abuse-Another form of violence against women

YouTube video by Women Research Hub (شبکه پژوهش زنان)

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Katrin Hohl OBE @katrinhohl.bsky.social · Dec 5

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...

rapecrisis.org.uk

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Tamsin Ford @tamsinford.bsky.social · Dec 2

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/

Research Assistant (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Assistant (Fixed Term) in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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SafeLives Charity @safelives.bsky.social · Dec 2

🚨 The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that 2.3 million adults in England and Wales experienced #DomesticAbuse in the year ending March 2024.

Read our full response.

safelives.org.uk/news-views/r...

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.

safelives.org.uk

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SafeLives Charity @safelives.bsky.social · Dec 2

📉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...

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.

safelives.org.uk

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UKPRP VISION research consortium @vision-research.bsky.social · Nov 29

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...

Evidence syntheses across VISION - City Vision

Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)

vision.city.ac.uk

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Louise Arseneault @larseneault.bsky.social · Nov 28

🗺️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
Sign up for our exclusive launch webinar!