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Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · 1d

Join us for a our next DHP Wales Connection Event "Using health psychology to improve the experiences of clients in sexual health services"
We have 2 speakers who will introduce their work followed by a group discussion on other innovative ways of working.

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Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · Jun 13

Our first (as editors) issue of HPU is out

BPS Division of Health Psychology @divhealthpsych.bsky.social · Jun 13

🌟 DHP members! 🌟

New issue of Health Psychology Update out now!

This month, you can hear from the new HPU editors Professor Caroline Horton and @drcmcknight.bsky.social, our outgoing DHP chair @aims-aubeeluck.bsky.social and our incoming chair Amy Baraniak!

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Edited by: Caroline Horton and Christine McKnight
Online ISSN: 2396-8729
Print ISSN: 0954-2027

Health Psychology Update is produced by the Division of Health Psychology (DHP) of the British Psychological Society and is designed to serve as a forum for discussion of issues related to the scientific analysis of psychological processes of health, illness and health care and the development of professional skills in research, practice, consultancy and teaching/training.

Health Psychology Update aims to:

disseminate information to the membership on behalf of the DHP relating to the training and continuing professional development of health psychologists at all levels of competence

stimulate debate among the membership and provide a forum for the discussion of issues relating to teaching, research, consultancy and the practice of health psychology

disseminate information, which may have an impact on members with respect to changes in national and regional practice and policy

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Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · Jun 4

Our letter for BMJ SRH is now published introducing our shared decision making toolkit for women prescribed valproate to sexual & reproductive health professionals.

srh.bmj.com/content/earl...

@cawr-cmu.bsky.social @delythjames.bsky.social @nannon-phillips.bsky.social

Incorporating contraceptive shared decision-making into consultations for individuals with epilepsy: facilitating a holistic and dynamic approach

Valproate is a teratogenic drug,1 where gestational exposure is associated with a higher risk of congenital malformations, and cognitive, language and psychomotor delay.1 In the UK, valproate is now c...

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Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · Jun 4

In conversation with @janeogden.bsky.social at #DPH2025

Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · Jun 4

Great to be here at BPS DHP Conference @divhealthpsych.bsky.social

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Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · May 21

Tomorrow at 11:30am

Cardiff Met UCU Met Caerdydd @ucu-cardiff-met.bsky.social · May 15

📢 loud hailer ✅
🪧placards ✅
🙌people coming in numbers ✅
come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.

Poster saying Cardiff Met ICU says no to compulsory redundancies

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · May 20

The University and College Union is to stage a demonstration outside the Llandaff campus of Cardiff Metropolitan University in protest against redundancy proposals ✍️Martin Shipton

Protest planned against compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met

Martin Shipton The University and College Union is to stage a demonstration outside the Llandaff campus of Cardiff Metropolitan University in protest against redundancy proposals. Members of the Cardi...

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Cardiff Met UCU Met Caerdydd @ucu-cardiff-met.bsky.social · May 15

📢 loud hailer ✅
🪧placards ✅
🙌people coming in numbers ✅
come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.

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Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · Apr 4

Published today our study on the perceptions of motherhood with women who have tested positive for the BRCA 1 or 2 gene

An Exploration Into the Impact of the BRCA 1 and 2 Genetic Mutations Diagnosis on Women’s Perceptions of Motherhood: A Thematic Analysis

The aim of this research was to explore the impact that the BRCA one and two genetic mutations have on a woman’s perceptions of motherhood. There have been attempts to understand the impact that th...

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Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · Mar 27

Looking for men to complete a survey on abortion for one of my students. Would really appreciate your insights
cardiffmet.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

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Bern Center for Precision Medicine (BCPM) @pmbern.bsky.social · Mar 14

Bluesky might be smaller than X, but it is a better platform for science. That is why we are here now.

Altmetric @altmetric.com · Mar 13

Mike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡

Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.

herrison2000.bsky.social @herrison2000.bsky.social · Mar 13

About to talk to medical affairs colleagues, with the news that Bluesky is carrying more posts about new journal publications than X #bluesky #altmetrics #x #xparrot

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · Mar 14

Our web traffic peaks reliably every Thursday, before sliding down into the weekend. Let's reverse that trend this week! Absolutely loads to explore via www.bps.org.uk/psychologist

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Feb 1

If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it

We cannot allow them to rewrite history.

If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
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NO Nigel Farage - the vaccine rollout was not helped by Brexit

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · Jan 31

UCU Cymru has launched a joint funding campaign for FE and HE. As the first draft budget debate is taking place a cross-sectoral rally will highlight concerns around the funding of post-16 education in Wales. It is crucial that we come together on Tuesday 4 February (12:30-13:30) outside the Senedd

Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · Jan 30

Survey on a support pathway for bereaved children and young people up to 25 years of age

Tell us what you think about our proposed support pathway.

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Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · Jan 23

This is just fantastic and a song for out times to stand together against the right wing crap that is going on around us

Stand Together by Seth Staton Watkins on Apple Music

Song · 2024 · Duration 2:31

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Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · Jan 22

You should understand the science before quoting it or putting it into law 🤦‍♀️

Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · Jan 21

Trump’s anti-trans Executive Order is bad BUT it technically defines everyone as female. It states:

“'Female' means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell."

Since all fetuses "at conception" are female, Trump just defined EVERYONE as female.

Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · Jan 13

Brilliant

Donna-Anita Black🏳️‍🌈 🇮🇪 @donnaablack.bsky.social · Jan 12

Gotta love ppl who work in book shops

Dr Christine McKnight @drcmcknight.bsky.social · Nov 22

Quelle surprise

There should be criminal repercussions for those ministers who helped their mate siphon off taxpayers money to line their own pockets

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Nov 21

PPE COVID Cash Carousel: Documents Expose Government’s Struggle to Recover £520 Million Lost to Dissolved and Bankrupt Firms

Hundreds of millions were wasted on contracts with zombie companies which vanished before any taxpayers’ cash could be recovered

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