Karen Hicks
@khicksph.bsky.social
Lecturer in Public Health,
Queen Margaret University, School Health Sciences & International Global Health and Development, Edinburgh
Member Leith Boxing Club 🥊🥊
Comments are my own.
Passionate about addressing health inequity 🏴 🇳🇿
Queen Margaret University, School Health Sciences & International Global Health and Development, Edinburgh
Member Leith Boxing Club 🥊🥊
Comments are my own.
Passionate about addressing health inequity 🏴 🇳🇿
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Article 1. The People’s Republic of China is a socialist state governed by a people’s democratic dictatorship...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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China to hike tax on condoms in attempt to boost falling birth rate
From 1 January, contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT rate – part of a carrot-and-stick approach by the government to increase births
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Article 1. The People’s Republic of China is a socialist state governed by a people’s democratic dictatorship...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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1 billion people are on the move today.
Let’s commit to ensuring that every migrant can access timely, affordable and dignified healthcare.
Learn more about WHO action to promote health of migrants:
bit.ly/4je2uYP
#HealthForAll
Let’s commit to ensuring that every migrant can access timely, affordable and dignified healthcare.
Learn more about WHO action to promote health of migrants:
bit.ly/4je2uYP
#HealthForAll
Refugee and migrant health
WHO answers to some of the most frequently asked questions on refugee and migrant health.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
1 billion people are on the move today.
Let’s commit to ensuring that every migrant can access timely, affordable and dignified healthcare.
Learn more about WHO action to promote health of migrants:
bit.ly/4je2uYP
#HealthForAll
Let’s commit to ensuring that every migrant can access timely, affordable and dignified healthcare.
Learn more about WHO action to promote health of migrants:
bit.ly/4je2uYP
#HealthForAll
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This time last year I penned a KJV-styled contemporary reimagining of the Christmas story from Luke.
Tragically, the situation has progressed very little—if at all. I would not recommend reading it to young children.
www.papyruswalk.com/2024/12/a-ch...
Tragically, the situation has progressed very little—if at all. I would not recommend reading it to young children.
www.papyruswalk.com/2024/12/a-ch...
A Christmas Story
And so it came to pass in the last days of the last year of the reign of Biden that Yusouf and his wife Mariam, who was heavy with child, made there way to Beit Lahiya
www.papyruswalk.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This time last year I penned a KJV-styled contemporary reimagining of the Christmas story from Luke.
Tragically, the situation has progressed very little—if at all. I would not recommend reading it to young children.
www.papyruswalk.com/2024/12/a-ch...
Tragically, the situation has progressed very little—if at all. I would not recommend reading it to young children.
www.papyruswalk.com/2024/12/a-ch...
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NEW 🔔 An exploration of cultural grounding in Indigenous health promotion: perspectives from First Nations communities in Canada
✍️ Brittany McBeath, Martine C Lévesque, Lucie Lévesque, Sonia Périllat-Amédée, Revathi Sahajpal, Marie-Claude Tremblay, Treena Delormier
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf211
✍️ Brittany McBeath, Martine C Lévesque, Lucie Lévesque, Sonia Périllat-Amédée, Revathi Sahajpal, Marie-Claude Tremblay, Treena Delormier
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf211
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NEW 🔔 An exploration of cultural grounding in Indigenous health promotion: perspectives from First Nations communities in Canada
✍️ Brittany McBeath, Martine C Lévesque, Lucie Lévesque, Sonia Périllat-Amédée, Revathi Sahajpal, Marie-Claude Tremblay, Treena Delormier
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf211
✍️ Brittany McBeath, Martine C Lévesque, Lucie Lévesque, Sonia Périllat-Amédée, Revathi Sahajpal, Marie-Claude Tremblay, Treena Delormier
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf211
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In this new opinion piece published via @bmj.com, FPH President Professor Tracy Daszkiewicz outlines the changes we need to see in public health following the UK covid-19 inquiry's second report.
- Proper funding
- Clear communication
- A protected workforce
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
- Proper funding
- Clear communication
- A protected workforce
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
An effective public health response to the next pandemic demands learning from past mistakes
Public health needs proper funding, effective lines of communication, and support for its workforce to respond to future emergencies, writes Tracy Daszkiewicz
The UK covid-19 inquiry’s second report...
www.bmj.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In this new opinion piece published via @bmj.com, FPH President Professor Tracy Daszkiewicz outlines the changes we need to see in public health following the UK covid-19 inquiry's second report.
- Proper funding
- Clear communication
- A protected workforce
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
- Proper funding
- Clear communication
- A protected workforce
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Discover the figures on how much smoking is estimated to cost the NHS, social care, and lost productivity due to ill health.
Learn more in our new Smoking and the Economy in Scotland evidence briefing - bit.ly/48suJhv
Learn more in our new Smoking and the Economy in Scotland evidence briefing - bit.ly/48suJhv
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Discover the figures on how much smoking is estimated to cost the NHS, social care, and lost productivity due to ill health.
Learn more in our new Smoking and the Economy in Scotland evidence briefing - bit.ly/48suJhv
Learn more in our new Smoking and the Economy in Scotland evidence briefing - bit.ly/48suJhv
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In Victoria, decades of progress are under threat: senior public health leader warns www.croakey.org/in-victoria-... #publichealth
In Victoria, decades of progress are under threat: senior public health leader warns
www.croakey.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
In Victoria, decades of progress are under threat: senior public health leader warns www.croakey.org/in-victoria-... #publichealth
#TransformScotHealth
Dr. Charlotte Refsum exploring the role of AI within preventio. Does AI facilitate agency?
Dr. Charlotte Refsum exploring the role of AI within preventio. Does AI facilitate agency?
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#TransformScotHealth
Dr. Charlotte Refsum exploring the role of AI within preventio. Does AI facilitate agency?
Dr. Charlotte Refsum exploring the role of AI within preventio. Does AI facilitate agency?
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Reposted by Karen Hicks
📣 New Concept Explainer!
Our most recent in the series looks at racism as a fundamental driver of health inequalities, influencing susceptibility to illness, the quality of healthcare received, and access to essential resources among racialised minority groups.
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Our most recent in the series looks at racism as a fundamental driver of health inequalities, influencing susceptibility to illness, the quality of healthcare received, and access to essential resources among racialised minority groups.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
📣 New Concept Explainer!
Our most recent in the series looks at racism as a fundamental driver of health inequalities, influencing susceptibility to illness, the quality of healthcare received, and access to essential resources among racialised minority groups.
🔽
Our most recent in the series looks at racism as a fundamental driver of health inequalities, influencing susceptibility to illness, the quality of healthcare received, and access to essential resources among racialised minority groups.
🔽
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This is Nathan Gill.
Nathan Gill was the Leader of Reform UK in Wales.
Nathan Gill is a long-term friend and ally of Nigel Farage.
Nathan Gill was arrested and convicted of being a Russian Asset - accepting Bribes in exchange for political influence.
Repost and make him famous.
Nathan Gill was the Leader of Reform UK in Wales.
Nathan Gill is a long-term friend and ally of Nigel Farage.
Nathan Gill was arrested and convicted of being a Russian Asset - accepting Bribes in exchange for political influence.
Repost and make him famous.
October 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is Nathan Gill.
Nathan Gill was the Leader of Reform UK in Wales.
Nathan Gill is a long-term friend and ally of Nigel Farage.
Nathan Gill was arrested and convicted of being a Russian Asset - accepting Bribes in exchange for political influence.
Repost and make him famous.
Nathan Gill was the Leader of Reform UK in Wales.
Nathan Gill is a long-term friend and ally of Nigel Farage.
Nathan Gill was arrested and convicted of being a Russian Asset - accepting Bribes in exchange for political influence.
Repost and make him famous.
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Good article. Raises interesting issues.
My new piece! 👇
Sure, UPFs Are Bad. But How Does That Help Anyone? thewalrus.ca/sure-ultra-p... @thewalrus.ca
Oversimplifying nature of problem by creating one big bogeyman can cause harm. It can muddle our understanding of healthy eating, blame the wrong people, and pave the way for bad policies
Sure, UPFs Are Bad. But How Does That Help Anyone? thewalrus.ca/sure-ultra-p... @thewalrus.ca
Oversimplifying nature of problem by creating one big bogeyman can cause harm. It can muddle our understanding of healthy eating, blame the wrong people, and pave the way for bad policies
Sure, Ultra-Processed Foods Are Bad. But How Does That Help Anyone? | The Walrus
Nutrition panic distracts from the policies that make healthy eating a privilege
thewalrus.ca
October 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Good article. Raises interesting issues.
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Party A tells Party B that unless they fulfill certain conditions, Party A will continue to commit war crimes against Party C.
And the world welcomed this plan. 😞
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
And the world welcomed this plan. 😞
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Trump’s peace proposal welcomed by world leaders, but some in Gaza remain sceptical
After being welcomed by Arab, Islamic and European leaders, experts say the onus rests on Hamas now to accept the peace plan
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Party A tells Party B that unless they fulfill certain conditions, Party A will continue to commit war crimes against Party C.
And the world welcomed this plan. 😞
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
And the world welcomed this plan. 😞
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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"Athletic nicotine" - what next?!
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch #addictionsci 🧪🛟 💊
Nicotine pouches advertised to athletes with claims of performance enhancement.
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
Nicotine pouches advertised to athletes with claims of performance enhancement.
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
September 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"Athletic nicotine" - what next?!
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As Gaza goes, so go we all.
Human rights are not supposed to be for some people, some of the time.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Human rights are not supposed to be for some people, some of the time.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
UNRWA chief: ‘Gaza is becoming the graveyard of international humanitarian law’
With famine declared and nearly 63,000 dead in less than two years, Philippe Lazzarini condemns the international community’s failure to act against Israel’s impunity
english.elpais.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
As Gaza goes, so go we all.
Human rights are not supposed to be for some people, some of the time.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Human rights are not supposed to be for some people, some of the time.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
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From smuggling to spin: how tobacco giants hijacked the illicit trade debate
ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org @whofctc.bsky.social
ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org @whofctc.bsky.social
From smuggling to spin: how tobacco giants hijacked the illicit trade debate - ASH
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.
ash.org.uk
August 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
From smuggling to spin: how tobacco giants hijacked the illicit trade debate
ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org @whofctc.bsky.social
ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org @whofctc.bsky.social
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A very interesting presentation from our Brown Bag Seminar Series has just been posted on Youtube: "Bridging siloes: Understanding and addressing violence holistically in contexts of displacement and adversity" by Dr Khudejha Asghar
youtu.be/fP7NuOokkes
youtu.be/fP7NuOokkes
IGHD Brown Bag Seminar Series | Dr Khudejha Asghar
YouTube video by IGHD QMU
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August 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A very interesting presentation from our Brown Bag Seminar Series has just been posted on Youtube: "Bridging siloes: Understanding and addressing violence holistically in contexts of displacement and adversity" by Dr Khudejha Asghar
youtu.be/fP7NuOokkes
youtu.be/fP7NuOokkes
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For an amazong summary of why this matters, why and how those industries use education programmes strategically see this excellent episode with @maizie333.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social
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Episode 13: Industry-funded school education programmes with May van Schalkwyk
Money Power Health with Nason Maani · Episode
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August 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
For an amazong summary of why this matters, why and how those industries use education programmes strategically see this excellent episode with @maizie333.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0Soc...
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open.spotify.com/episode/0Soc...
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August 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Reposted by Karen Hicks
How do we prevent AI from claiming Hitler was good or Jews were bad if Trump's anti-woke order forces us to drop ethical guardrails?
"Ideological neutrality" isn't neutrality, it's complicity.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
"Ideological neutrality" isn't neutrality, it's complicity.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
How do we prevent AI from claiming Hitler was good or Jews were bad if Trump's anti-woke order forces us to drop ethical guardrails?
"Ideological neutrality" isn't neutrality, it's complicity.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
"Ideological neutrality" isn't neutrality, it's complicity.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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🤨 I did not know the 'Greggs Foundation' existed until I just read details of their grant scheme in a newsletter via a health promotion service 🤨
www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/apply/greggs...
#COI #CDoH
www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/apply/greggs...
#COI #CDoH
Greggs Foundation | Greggs Foundation Community Grants Programme Application Form
Apply for The Greggs Foundation Community Grants Programme here today.
www.greggsfoundation.org.uk
July 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🤨 I did not know the 'Greggs Foundation' existed until I just read details of their grant scheme in a newsletter via a health promotion service 🤨
www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/apply/greggs...
#COI #CDoH
www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/apply/greggs...
#COI #CDoH
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Reposted by Karen Hicks
NEW 🔔 Health Promoting Campuses: a time for global reflection and renewed action
✍️ Patricia Taylor, Rebecca Kennedy, Matt Dolf, Catherine Woods, Audrey Tierney, Catherine Norton
FREE doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf086
✍️ Patricia Taylor, Rebecca Kennedy, Matt Dolf, Catherine Woods, Audrey Tierney, Catherine Norton
FREE doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf086
July 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
NEW 🔔 Health Promoting Campuses: a time for global reflection and renewed action
✍️ Patricia Taylor, Rebecca Kennedy, Matt Dolf, Catherine Woods, Audrey Tierney, Catherine Norton
FREE doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf086
✍️ Patricia Taylor, Rebecca Kennedy, Matt Dolf, Catherine Woods, Audrey Tierney, Catherine Norton
FREE doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf086
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I see Drinkaware is having its Summer Research Briefing tomorrow-"Understanding young adults’ drinking practices & experiences with alcohol in Ireland" 😏
No doubt they will get plenty of media coverage
Despite claims of independence, Drinkaware is alcohol industry-funded
#CDoH #COI #Alcohol
No doubt they will get plenty of media coverage
Despite claims of independence, Drinkaware is alcohol industry-funded
#CDoH #COI #Alcohol
June 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM