@clairekerins.bsky.social
Lecturer in Evidence Based Healthcare | CFIR Leadership Team | Registered Dietitian | @sphereprogramme.bsky.social PhD Alumna https://research.universityofgalway.ie/en/persons/claire-kerins
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This new paper in the Lancet shows the power of social network analysis and data visualization to convey complex connections among the global political influence of the ultra processed foods industry.
I recommend reading this entire paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
I recommend reading this entire paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This new paper in the Lancet shows the power of social network analysis and data visualization to convey complex connections among the global political influence of the ultra processed foods industry.
I recommend reading this entire paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
I recommend reading this entire paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The collection & integration of data on migrants in health information systems (Ireland)
Deepanjali Vishwakarma, Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil, Anne MacFarlane, Jim Walsh, Alphonse Basogomba, Patrick O’Donnell, Ruth Armstrong & Ailish Hannigan
equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Deepanjali Vishwakarma, Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil, Anne MacFarlane, Jim Walsh, Alphonse Basogomba, Patrick O’Donnell, Ruth Armstrong & Ailish Hannigan
equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The collection and integration of data on migrants in health information systems: evidence from Ireland - International Journal for Equity in Health
Addressing disparities and promoting health for migrants requires policies and practices that are grounded in comprehensive and accurate health data. Health Information Systems (HIS) play a crucial ro...
equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The collection & integration of data on migrants in health information systems (Ireland)
Deepanjali Vishwakarma, Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil, Anne MacFarlane, Jim Walsh, Alphonse Basogomba, Patrick O’Donnell, Ruth Armstrong & Ailish Hannigan
equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Deepanjali Vishwakarma, Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil, Anne MacFarlane, Jim Walsh, Alphonse Basogomba, Patrick O’Donnell, Ruth Armstrong & Ailish Hannigan
equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Podcast feat. #IfIS members @balbers.bsky.social and @tschwalbach.bsky.social: De-mystifying Implementation Science. They share how they became involved in #ImpSci & why it matters for advancing equitable health care.
Available on the SLHS @uniluzern.bsky.social YouTube channel youtu.be/sXS6iYIeGZw
Available on the SLHS @uniluzern.bsky.social YouTube channel youtu.be/sXS6iYIeGZw
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Podcast feat. #IfIS members @balbers.bsky.social and @tschwalbach.bsky.social: De-mystifying Implementation Science. They share how they became involved in #ImpSci & why it matters for advancing equitable health care.
Available on the SLHS @uniluzern.bsky.social YouTube channel youtu.be/sXS6iYIeGZw
Available on the SLHS @uniluzern.bsky.social YouTube channel youtu.be/sXS6iYIeGZw
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To dismantle structures that cause imposter syndrome:
- Examine who gets credit & why
- Value collaborative achievements
- Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
- Examine who gets credit & why
- Value collaborative achievements
- Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Why women feel like imposters in spaces that value masculine traits
The solution to imposter syndrome isn’t teaching us to be more masculine. It’s dismantling the structures that make us feel like imposters in the first place.
substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
To dismantle structures that cause imposter syndrome:
- Examine who gets credit & why
- Value collaborative achievements
- Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
- Examine who gets credit & why
- Value collaborative achievements
- Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Can we audit the equity impact of our research interventions and service designs? Yes., we can, and perhaps this paper will help!
doi.org/10.1186/s430...
doi.org/10.1186/s430...
Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: a critical approach to patient-centred equity design - Implementation Science Communications
Background The field of implementation research has recently seen much interest in equity, with a strong emphasis on recognising and responding to disparities in care. Recent studies highlight the rol...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Can we audit the equity impact of our research interventions and service designs? Yes., we can, and perhaps this paper will help!
doi.org/10.1186/s430...
doi.org/10.1186/s430...
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Jurisdictional scans: methodological considerations for systematically analysing and comparing policy approaches across different jurisdictions - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Jurisdictional scans: methodological considerations for systematically analysing and comparing policy approaches across different jurisdictions
Jurisdictional scans are used to inform policy by systematically comparing how different
jurisdictions define problems, design policies, and implement strategies. They provide
insights into policy opt...
www.jclinepi.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Jurisdictional scans: methodological considerations for systematically analysing and comparing policy approaches across different jurisdictions - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
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Really good podcast from @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk on health #coproduction + engagement. Discussion gets properly (yes, even in 30 mins!) into nuances, complexities, hopes + pitfalls
www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/podcast/co-p...
#MedSky #PPI #QISky #codesign
www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/podcast/co-p...
#MedSky #PPI #QISky #codesign
Co-production and engagement with service users
www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Really good podcast from @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk on health #coproduction + engagement. Discussion gets properly (yes, even in 30 mins!) into nuances, complexities, hopes + pitfalls
www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/podcast/co-p...
#MedSky #PPI #QISky #codesign
www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/podcast/co-p...
#MedSky #PPI #QISky #codesign
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📢 We're looking for a Project Specialist in Research and Evaluation!
If you have 1-3 yrs experience and want to further develop your skills working on high quality evidence informed projects and build a profile as part of a multidisciplinary team - apply!
www.effectiveservices.org/jobs/project...
If you have 1-3 yrs experience and want to further develop your skills working on high quality evidence informed projects and build a profile as part of a multidisciplinary team - apply!
www.effectiveservices.org/jobs/project...
October 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📢 We're looking for a Project Specialist in Research and Evaluation!
If you have 1-3 yrs experience and want to further develop your skills working on high quality evidence informed projects and build a profile as part of a multidisciplinary team - apply!
www.effectiveservices.org/jobs/project...
If you have 1-3 yrs experience and want to further develop your skills working on high quality evidence informed projects and build a profile as part of a multidisciplinary team - apply!
www.effectiveservices.org/jobs/project...
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Misinformation about health is flooding social media, exposing the limits of current regulations and interventions. In this scoping review, we highlight key challenges and gaps in the current landscape: ebm.bmj.com/content/earl... @brookenickel.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @ucph.bsky.social
Addressing misleading medical information on social media: a scoping review of current interventions
Background Misleading information about medical products on social media may cause overuse.
Objectives Explore interventions targeting the problem of misleading medical information and marketing on s...
ebm.bmj.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Misinformation about health is flooding social media, exposing the limits of current regulations and interventions. In this scoping review, we highlight key challenges and gaps in the current landscape: ebm.bmj.com/content/earl... @brookenickel.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @ucph.bsky.social
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Wisdom, moral imagination, an enlarged sympathy for those who live or have lived differently from yourself. This is what you get from studying the Humanities. So quite important, actually.
October 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Wisdom, moral imagination, an enlarged sympathy for those who live or have lived differently from yourself. This is what you get from studying the Humanities. So quite important, actually.
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www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social:-
life expectancy “is much less about your own choices and is instead tightly linked to where you live and the political choices made by your government”.
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social:-
life expectancy “is much less about your own choices and is instead tightly linked to where you live and the political choices made by your government”.
Life expectancy: public health and politics
Devi Sridhar's new book How Not to Die (Too Soon): The Lies We've Been Sold and the
Policies That Can Save Us sets out her hope of living to the age of 100 years in good
health “as a collective endeav...
www.thelancet.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social:-
life expectancy “is much less about your own choices and is instead tightly linked to where you live and the political choices made by your government”.
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social:-
life expectancy “is much less about your own choices and is instead tightly linked to where you live and the political choices made by your government”.
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🤩 Happy National Breastfeeding Week!
To mark the week our Project Specialist Jennifer Hanratty has published a piece in the Irish Examiner about our MaxBf project with University College Cork which aims to understand and improve support for #breastfeeding
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
To mark the week our Project Specialist Jennifer Hanratty has published a piece in the Irish Examiner about our MaxBf project with University College Cork which aims to understand and improve support for #breastfeeding
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Breastfeeding is tricky to talk about, but we must show support
New mothers don’t need your judgement on how they feed their babies, but if they do decide they want to breastfeed they need your support
www.irishexaminer.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🤩 Happy National Breastfeeding Week!
To mark the week our Project Specialist Jennifer Hanratty has published a piece in the Irish Examiner about our MaxBf project with University College Cork which aims to understand and improve support for #breastfeeding
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
To mark the week our Project Specialist Jennifer Hanratty has published a piece in the Irish Examiner about our MaxBf project with University College Cork which aims to understand and improve support for #breastfeeding
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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✨ New Publication ✨
Health Promotion International:
[open access link: lnkd.in/ev-jynmU] For me, this was a labour of love. Young people’s voices are often overlooked in food policy. Yet these messages are meant for them & they want to contribute. #ChildHealth #Nutrition #YouthVoices #CoDesign
Health Promotion International:
[open access link: lnkd.in/ev-jynmU] For me, this was a labour of love. Young people’s voices are often overlooked in food policy. Yet these messages are meant for them & they want to contribute. #ChildHealth #Nutrition #YouthVoices #CoDesign
‘I want food to be tasty & healthy’: school-children’s experiences with nutrition education & messaging
@fionaquigs.bsky.social, Louise Lynch, Ruth Price, Lynsey Hollywood, Alison Gallagher, Elaine Mooney, Amanda McCloat, Anne Moorhead
@healthpromint.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
@fionaquigs.bsky.social, Louise Lynch, Ruth Price, Lynsey Hollywood, Alison Gallagher, Elaine Mooney, Amanda McCloat, Anne Moorhead
@healthpromint.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Validate User
academic.oup.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
✨ New Publication ✨
Health Promotion International:
[open access link: lnkd.in/ev-jynmU] For me, this was a labour of love. Young people’s voices are often overlooked in food policy. Yet these messages are meant for them & they want to contribute. #ChildHealth #Nutrition #YouthVoices #CoDesign
Health Promotion International:
[open access link: lnkd.in/ev-jynmU] For me, this was a labour of love. Young people’s voices are often overlooked in food policy. Yet these messages are meant for them & they want to contribute. #ChildHealth #Nutrition #YouthVoices #CoDesign
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🚨Publication🚨
Grateful to be part of this publication with @mgtmccartney.bsky.social and colleagues
Take home: lots of hormone replace therapy social media claims don't align with best practice recommendations. And lots of the posters have conflicts of interest.
Full study: tinyurl.com/2rxpfwnr
Grateful to be part of this publication with @mgtmccartney.bsky.social and colleagues
Take home: lots of hormone replace therapy social media claims don't align with best practice recommendations. And lots of the posters have conflicts of interest.
Full study: tinyurl.com/2rxpfwnr
Does online information about hormone replacement therapy (or menopause hormone therapy) reflect indications from the British National Formulary and guidance from the National Institute for Health and...
Objectives To describe: (1) the most visible information (from individuals or organisations) on UK social media regarding hormone replacement therapy (HRT)/menopause hormone treatment for menopause; (...
tinyurl.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🚨Publication🚨
Grateful to be part of this publication with @mgtmccartney.bsky.social and colleagues
Take home: lots of hormone replace therapy social media claims don't align with best practice recommendations. And lots of the posters have conflicts of interest.
Full study: tinyurl.com/2rxpfwnr
Grateful to be part of this publication with @mgtmccartney.bsky.social and colleagues
Take home: lots of hormone replace therapy social media claims don't align with best practice recommendations. And lots of the posters have conflicts of interest.
Full study: tinyurl.com/2rxpfwnr
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Come and hear me talk about myself! Amongst other things.
October 22nd, John Snow Lecture Theatre, 5.15-6.15
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
October 22nd, John Snow Lecture Theatre, 5.15-6.15
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Is research really worth it? with Professor Kathryn Oliver | LSHTM
Research is something we spend a lot of money and time on — as individuals, organisations, and states. But is it worth it? Do we get bang for our buck? Who really benefits? And does research actually
www.lshtm.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Come and hear me talk about myself! Amongst other things.
October 22nd, John Snow Lecture Theatre, 5.15-6.15
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
October 22nd, John Snow Lecture Theatre, 5.15-6.15
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
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So many emotions sharing this, but here is the 1st paper from the study I did with Dr Jo Garstang, Dr Nikki Speed & Jon Holmes, published in BMJl (Paediatrics). It centres on what families want & need from professionals after their child's sudden, unexplained death pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40850909/
Needs and experiences of families after a sudden unexplained death in childhood: a qualitative study - PubMed
Every family must receive swift, proactive, knowledgeable communication from professionals, during and beyond the investigation into their child's sudden unexpected death. This will help them through ...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
So many emotions sharing this, but here is the 1st paper from the study I did with Dr Jo Garstang, Dr Nikki Speed & Jon Holmes, published in BMJl (Paediatrics). It centres on what families want & need from professionals after their child's sudden, unexplained death pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40850909/
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"In times of crisis, the instinct to stay quiet can feel protective. But if we can’t speak freely or self-correct publicly, we lose the credibility we need most. And that ultimately harms the very communities we’re trying to serve moving forward."
cphn.net/blog/
by @tamar-antin.bsky.social
cphn.net/blog/
by @tamar-antin.bsky.social
Blog
What is the role of critical public health in crisis? by Tamar Antin If you’ve been reading the news, you know that public health in the United States is under direct threat from our own government…
cphn.net
September 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"In times of crisis, the instinct to stay quiet can feel protective. But if we can’t speak freely or self-correct publicly, we lose the credibility we need most. And that ultimately harms the very communities we’re trying to serve moving forward."
cphn.net/blog/
by @tamar-antin.bsky.social
cphn.net/blog/
by @tamar-antin.bsky.social
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New political science analysis of the renewed push for preventive health: ‘Can it be any different this time around?
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Redirecting
doi.org
September 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
New political science analysis of the renewed push for preventive health: ‘Can it be any different this time around?
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
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Taxes on sugary beverages have been dropped from a UN declaration on fighting chronic disease, reports @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
The omission is likely the result of lobbying that is "not documented" and "not transparent," one expert said
The omission is likely the result of lobbying that is "not documented" and "not transparent," one expert said
EXCLUSIVE: Weakened UN Political Declaration On NCDs Removes Target To Tax Harmful Products - Health Policy Watch
The final political declaration for the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on NCDs is substantially weaker than the zero draft, no longer referring to
healthpolicy-watch.news
September 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Taxes on sugary beverages have been dropped from a UN declaration on fighting chronic disease, reports @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
The omission is likely the result of lobbying that is "not documented" and "not transparent," one expert said
The omission is likely the result of lobbying that is "not documented" and "not transparent," one expert said
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Publication alert:
Commercial determinants of infant and child health: A focus on Nestlé’s baby food products marketed in Africa
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Commercial determinants of infant and child health: A focus on Nestlé’s baby food products marketed in Africa
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Commercial determinants of infant and child health: A focus on Nestlé’s baby food products marketed in Africa
The transnational baby food industry (TBFI), which operates in Africa, engages in aggressive marketing and deploys corporate practices to maximise pro…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Publication alert:
Commercial determinants of infant and child health: A focus on Nestlé’s baby food products marketed in Africa
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Commercial determinants of infant and child health: A focus on Nestlé’s baby food products marketed in Africa
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New in the Journal of Poverty & Social Justice: our colleague @drsoapsub.bsky.social and @annieirvine.bsky.social use qualitative analysis to question a narrow, medicalised framing of 'work capability', disclosing instead the broader range of structural factors that block access to fulfilling work.
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
New in the Journal of Poverty & Social Justice: our colleague @drsoapsub.bsky.social and @annieirvine.bsky.social use qualitative analysis to question a narrow, medicalised framing of 'work capability', disclosing instead the broader range of structural factors that block access to fulfilling work.
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Our newest #ImpSci article: How Are Qualitative Methods Used in Implementation Science Research? Results From a Systematic Scoping Review journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our newest #ImpSci article: How Are Qualitative Methods Used in Implementation Science Research? Results From a Systematic Scoping Review journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Life is not fair. #Evidence that women are still underrepresented in clinical cardiovascular trials. #equality #equity #EDI #DEI 🧪 #MedSky #PoliSky
Participation of Women in Cardiovascular Trials, 2017 to 2023
This systematic review describes the representation of women across a broad range of cardiovascular trials registered from 2017 to 2023.
jamanetwork.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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What is the average effectiveness of choice architecture ('nudge') interventions on behaviour? From Szaszi, B., Goldstein, D.G, @susanmichie.bsky.social & @dilipsoman.bsky.social #BehaviouralScience
Generalizability of choice architecture interventions - Nature Reviews Psychology
Choice architecture interventions (or ‘nudges’) aim to guide behaviour by changing the proximal physical, social or psychological environment. In this Review, Szaszi and colleagues show that the avera...
www.nature.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What is the average effectiveness of choice architecture ('nudge') interventions on behaviour? From Szaszi, B., Goldstein, D.G, @susanmichie.bsky.social & @dilipsoman.bsky.social #BehaviouralScience
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Key determinants in implementation processes: a systematic review using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)
Marin Schmitt, Maren Hawkins & Paul Florsheim
implementationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
@implementsci.bsky.social
Marin Schmitt, Maren Hawkins & Paul Florsheim
implementationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
@implementsci.bsky.social
Key determinants in implementation processes: a systematic review using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) - Implementation Science Communications
Background Contextual factors, or determinants, are commonly assessed in implementation studies due to their impact on the implementation process. While a substantial number of determinants have been ...
implementationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Key determinants in implementation processes: a systematic review using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)
Marin Schmitt, Maren Hawkins & Paul Florsheim
implementationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
@implementsci.bsky.social
Marin Schmitt, Maren Hawkins & Paul Florsheim
implementationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
@implementsci.bsky.social